host: good morning on this president s day weekend. the house and senate are in recess. president obama will be going to camp david later today. later this week he has campaign stops in denver and las vegas. marines say the offensive could take weeks to take control of the taliban stronghold in afghanistan. in an interview later today, joe biden says that his predecessor, dick cheney, is either misinformed or misinforming when it comes to the administration s efforts to combat terrorism. we are going to begin on the issue of campaign finance laws. an action led by chuck schumer to undo the campaign finance rulings. some of the details are coming up from david mark in just a moment. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. the cover story of the new york post this morning is power- play. with 15,000 troops moving into southern afghanistan. more details coming up this morning. for the front page of the new york times i