Hello and welcome to Russert Watch, a day later than usual owing to a few extra "birth pangs." You know how it is. I'm Patrick Dall'Occhio, and I'm new to this beat so bear with me - I wrote this post in conjunction with frequent Russert-Watcher Rachel Sklar so if...

With the first veto of his presidency, President Bush discovered his "moral line" to spare innocent life. At his news conference, Bush explained this bill, using unwanted frozen embryos for stem cell research, was against his beliefs on the sanctity of human life. Bush was quoted as saying,

If you haven't already noticed, America has a growing problem with growing. It's a silent killer on par with the obesity epidemic. Our nation is not only gaining unwanted pounds, but unwanted people as well. And Congress has an answer to this swelling population of 300 million by going...