Links:

* The “Big 5” met again today with still no resolution. Are you holding your breath?

* Meg Whitman finished 2nd behind Al Checchi in $/vote in the primary for all time in California.  In the top 6, there is nary a winner in the group…

* Debra Saunders, in her own way, praises the President’s record on Iraq

* California Watch has a breakdown of the 98 bills passed in the closing hours of the legislative session.