Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

Comes now before the public in Ellen Knickmayer's Most Buried Article in the WaPo, found through the good offices of the Iraq Revenue Watch:

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The Bush administration does not intend to seek any new money for Iraq reconstruction in the budget request going before Congress in February, officials say.

Not everyone is pleased:

"It is easy for the Americans to say, 'We are doing reconstruction in Iraq,' and we hear that. But to make us believe it, they should show us where this reconstruction is," said Mustafa Sidqi Murthada, a men's clothing store owner in Baghdad.

Whether the is glass half-full, or half-empty depends on whether you're drinkin pourin' I guess.