"Tony Snow's funeral at Catholic University was magnificent, and President Bush gave a terrific talk. He spoke from the heart and basically told everybody that Tony Snow brought a unique perspective to the White House, a reasoned and optimistic view of the world. Tony's family had to be uplifted by such a tremendous tribute. His three children saw the most powerful people in the country gathered, all struggling for words to describe what a generous and courageous American Tony Snow was. During the ceremony I was thinking about how Tony would have processed all of this. As a convert to Catholicism, he believed God has a plan for everyone and we are rewarded in Heaven if we execute God's wishes faithfully. I think Tony would have liked the ceremony, it was almost magical. Thousands of you have written to me about Tony Snow; I've passed those letters on to his wife Jill so his children can have them forever. If more of you want to write, just send them in and I'll continue to do that."

The Factor welcomed FNC's Bernie Goldberg and Jane Hall, who analyzed the news that all three network anchors will accompany Barack Obama on his upcoming foreign trip. "If we needed any more proof," Goldberg began, "that the networks are on the Obama campaign team, this is it. By sending their anchors, they're sending the message that this trip is a lot more important than the trip to the Middle East that John McCain made." Hall offered a different explanation for the networks' interest. "Obama benefits from being the new kid on the block. I agree that this is a bit much, but the Republicans have made his lack of foreign policy experience an issue." The Factor urged the anchors to at least maintain a semblance of fairness. "If these three are tough and skeptical, I'm not going to have a problem. But if they go in the tank, Bernie and I are going to unleash a journalistic jihad." Goldberg also chastised The Factor for initially holding back Jesse Jackson's use of the "n word." "You and I could not disagree more on this," Goldberg said. "When an important civil rights leader calls other black people the 'n' word, that's news. Jesse Jackson has spoken out against the use of this word."

When Barack Obama visits the Middle East and Europe, Michelle Obama will remain home with their two daughters. According to conservative radio host Monica Crowley, the Obama team is intentionally curtailing Mrs. Obama's role. "She began as a real asset to his campaign," Crowley said, "but once she began saying things that were incendiary and almost socialist she began to be a drag on his candidacy. She would like a bigger role, but they're pulling her back into the role of traditional first lady." But Obama supporter Lauren Lake disputed the notion that Mrs. Obama is being reined in. "She doesn't always have to be on the front lines, even though she's brilliant and well-spoken. You don't have to be in on every play to be relevant in the game, it's all about the team. By taking care of her children she's showing balance."

34-year-old Nancy Cooper, a North Carolina mother of two, reportedly went out for a run last weekend and never returned. FNC's Megyn Kelly, who interviewed Nancy's husband Brad about her disappearance, told The Factor that Brad is now under suspicion. "Nancy's family believes Brad had something to do with this," Kelly declared, "and the police have made clear that they believe Brad had something to do with this. Her family says he had a history of emotionally abusing Nancy, and they don't believe she ever went jogging." The Factor explained why the story is worth covering. "We ordinarily wouldn't do a story like this, but you said you felt so uneasy after you interviewed Brad Cooper on the phone."

ABC's John Stossel, host of an upcoming report on sex in America, entered the No Spin Zone to elaborate on the program. "We're going to talk about polygamy," Stossel began. "Why should polygamists be locked up if they're consenting adults? And we're going to talk about how the worst fear of conservatives has happened - there is sex everywhere in the public square. But all the horrible things they though would happen never did. Rape, divorce, and births to teens are all sharply down." The Factor countered that omnipresent sexuality has also had negative effects. "What hasn't improved is the coarsening of our society, the way people speak and behave, the way young kids dress, the permissiveness. That disturbs a lot of traditional Americans and it disturbs me."

According to one media watchdog group, the networks are giving Barack Obama more than twice as much air time as John McCain. Fox News analyst Howard Wolfson, former aide to Hillary Clinton, scrutinized the media's infatuation with Barack Obama. "John McCain has always been the media darling," Wolfson declared, "and his campaign must be looking around and wondering what happened. The fact that the media is more disposed toward Obama is a huge advantage for him and a big disadvantage for McCain. Barack Obama is an exciting story for news people to cover, and this would be a real concern if I were working for John McCain." Wolfson also predicted that Barack Obama will keep his promise to enter the No Spin Zone.

The Factor began Reality Check with praise for American consumers: "According to the Energy Department, oil supplies have risen by nearly three-million barrels in the past month. Not only are Americans saving money, but we're sticking it to OPEC and the oil companies." On another subject, the women of "The View" vehemently disagreed about who is permitted to use the "n" word. The Factor's Reality Check: "No good comes from using the word or any other racial slang, so why use them?" Meanwhile, the animal rights group PETA has a TV ad showing parents urging their daughter to have sex, supposedly as a way to convince people to spay their pets. The Factor: "We know it's satire, but Check is tired of these PETA birdbrains comparing human behavior to animals. There's no moral equivalent." Finally, The Factor put forth this Reality Check about Planned Parenthood's complaint that insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control: "Viagra is used to help a medical condition, birth control is a choice. Why should I or anybody else have to pay for people's choices? Give me and every other taxpayer a break, Planned Parenthood."