A PARTY LASHING OUT IN DESPERATION: SEN. CORZINE COMPARES CHENEY TO SADDAM

As part of a stepped up White House effort to reclaim the debate over Social Security, Vice President Dick Cheney headed west to campaign alongside a Congressional leader whose support will be crucial in selling the controversial overhaul plan to wary lawmakers.

Cheney was set to appear Monday with Rep. Bill Thomas, the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, in Thomas' central California congressional district. Since the committee controls Social Security and tax legislation, the White House is counting on Thomas to steer the plan once lawmakers have negotiated a bill More...