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By KENNETH R. BAZINET, DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) proposed a sweeping election-year revamp of immigration laws yesterday to make it easier for millions of undocumented workers to hold the jobs he says Americans simply do not want.

Democrats Rip Bush on Terror War, Economy By RON FOURNIER ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE (AP) - Sen. Joe Lieberman accused Howard Dean in a campaign debate Tuesday night of turning his back on Israel, and the Democratic presidential front-runner shot back that he and former President Bill Clinton held the same view on the issue. "It doesn't help...to demagogue this issue," Dean quickly added in the sharpest clash of the young Democratic debate season. Two days before the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Democrats criticized President Bush's handling of the war on terror at the same time they began...

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and told cheering supporters, many of them waving flags from Central American countries, that they should be able to drive to jobs. The signing Friday prompted recall candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger and other critics to accuse the governor of flip-flopping in a ploy to win over Hispanic voters as he fights to keep his job ... The license initiative, which takes effect Jan. 1, overrides a law passed in a wave of anti-immigration measures in the early 1990s and reflects the growing clout of the Hispanic...

We Went To War Just To Boost The White Male Ego by Norman Mailer With their dominance in sport, at work and at home eroded, Bush thought white American men needed to know they were still good at something. That's where Iraq came in ...

I'm confident the American people understand that when it comes to our security, if we need to act, we will act, and we really don't need United Nations approval to do so. I want to work -- I want the United Nations to be effective. It's important for it to be a robust, capable body. It's important for it's words to mean what they say, and as we head into the 21st century, Mark, when it comes to our security, we really don't need anybody's permission. - George W Bush, March 6, 2003