WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic Governors Association (DGA) Chair Gov. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Executive Director Nathan Daschle today congratulated Gov. Janet Napolitano (Ariz.) on being nominated to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

By JIM KUHNHENN By Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA For more than three decades, the National Governors Association has assembled on presidential election years as one of its members made a bid for the White House - a Carter or a Reagan, a Dukakis, a Clinton or a Bush.

PHILADELPHIA _ There has been plenty of talk of "cellulosic ethanol" and "state-federal partnerships" during the National Governors Association meeting in Philadelphia, but presidential politics has created the real buzz in the halls _ specifically, whether one of them might be tapped to run for vice president.

By Andy Sher, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Jul. 26--NASHVILLE -- Former President Clinton will attend the upcoming Democratic Leadership Council meeting in Nashville, but neither his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Sen.

Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana will not seek the presidency in 2008, saying he believes the odds of a successful run were too great to overcome.