RE: Bye, Bye Mike  —  Regarding that Huckabee advisor's soon-to-be-regretted comments about Limbaugh, Huckabee actually encourages people in his book From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STOPs to Restoring America's Greatness to “listen to less talk radio” as part of his “12 Action Steps to STOP Being Cynical.”

Witnesses recall Romney-MLK march  —  Shirley Basore, 72, says she was sitting in the hairdresser's chair in wealthy Grosse Pointe, Mich., back in 1963 when a rumpus started and she discovered that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and her governor, George Romney, were marching for civil rights — right past the window.

Two Polls: Obama Tied In New Hampshire And Would Outpoll Clinton Nationally  —  Is it a sign that direct and apparent “surrogate” attacks from New York Senator Hillary Clinton's camp have backfired?  Perhaps...  Two new polls bring continued good news for Illinois Senator Barack Obama …

Persuasive Huckabee Changed a State, His Way  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In more than a decade of presiding over this state, Mike Huckabee produced a legacy like few other Republican governors in the South, surprising even liberal Democrats with his willingness to upend some of Arkansas's more parochial traditions.

Pimp My Ride  —  On the road with Ron Paul's merry band of misfits and his hooker fan club.  —  The first thing I learned from driving around Nevada with Ron Paul for a couple of days: People really hate the Federal Reserve.  This became clear midway through a speech Paul was giving …

Huckabee: Gitmo Is “Too Nice”  —  From CBS News' Joy Lin and Mary Hood:  —  DAVENPORT, IA - Asked about Guantanamo, Mike Huckabee said he had visited the facility and said it was “disappointing” that military personnel were eating meals that averaged $1.60 while the detainees were eating Halal meals that cost over $4 each.

Banks Abandon Effort to Set Up Big Rescue Fund  —  Treasury Backed Idea As Response to Crisis; Boost From Foreigners  —  One of the federal government's signature efforts to ease financial instability caused by the subprime-mortgage crisis collapsed as the nation's three biggest banks gave …

Huck talks religion, tolerance, morality  —  From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy  —  ON THE ROAD, IA — In a gaggle with reporters aboard his campaign bus, Huckabee elaborated on his response to a man from Marshalltown, IA, who had expressed concern that only Christians would be attended to by a Huckabee White House.

Tucker: John Edwards Can't Be President, His House Is Too Big  —  MSNBC claims to have a great political line up, yet they continue to allow feckless Tucker Carlson to darken their network.  To show just how low the bar can be lowered, Tucker decides that John Edwards' large house makes for good political discussion.

IMUS RIPS NOT-SO-BRAVE BROKAW  —  THE friendship between Don Imus and Tom Brokaw is over.  —  “He [Brokaw] is not the most courageous person I've ever met in my life,” Imus told his listeners on Wednesday.  “He's not the guy I'd want to be in a foxhole with.”