Morning Buzz: May 17, 2007

This morning's top stories:

• Tony Blair is in Washington for the British prime minister's last official visit with President Bush, a meeting between the two longtime friends that is expected to be more personal than substantive.
• A resolution on the fate of embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz could come as early as today, as many news outlets report that the White House is brokering a deal for his resignation. Wolfowitz's lawyer insists his client will weather the storm.
• An Associated Press analysis of the demographics of primary states suggests that the highly influential early primaries and caucuses in New Hampshire and Iowa are "white, rural and homogenous," while Illinois is a much more demographically representative state.
• An influential lobbyist nominated by President Bush to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission is coming under fire for receiving departing payments from an association he would be in charge of regulating if confirmed.