Bush meets with reporters for off-the-record talks. The Times reports about it, but does not participate. Google is ramping up its lobbying efforts in Washington. Interpublic Groupe gives Wall Street 8 hours of speeches and presentations around the corner from mb HQ at the Puck Building in SoHo. Two years later, the Federal Election Commission rules unanimously that political communication on the Internet, including blogs, is not regulated by campaign finance laws. The only part of NASCAR we find mildly interesting: The post-race brouhaha.