WASHINGTON, Dec.

By Johnathan Alter A READER logging on as KellyB last week posted a comment on a Politico.com story covering the funeral of former White House spokesman Tony Snow: "Rest in peace, Tony. You were a kind, decent soul on this earth for too short a time.

Female Hollywood power brokers are backing Democratic U.S. Senate candidates looking to take on GOP incumbents, sources told a political Web site.

An e-mail campaign questioning Sen. Barack Obama's patriotism shows the murkier side of the Internet's effect on the U.S. presidential race, analysts said.

Yahoo! News and Politico, a Washington-based political journalism organization, tomorrow will host an interview with President George W. Bush, representing the first time the President has been interviewed on-camera exclusively for an online audience.