Civil Rights Tone Prompts Talk of an Endorsement  —  WASHINGTON — Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, said he was rethinking his neutral stance in his state's presidential primary out of disappointment at comments by Bill …

And Cuomo Too  —  I suppose there could be lots of tea leaf reading in this one, but now its AG Andrew Cuomo on Talk 1300, minutes after the governor came on.  Cuomo, to be fair, has been on the radio show a few times, if memory serves me, but his take on Hillary's win in NH …

Edmund Hillary, first atop Everest, dies  —  WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday.  He was 88.

Ned Lamont Endorses Obama  —  On the same day that Barack Obama scored the endorsement of John Kerry, he's set to get the support of a decidedly non-establishment Democrat: Ned Lamont.  —  Lamont has revealed on his Web site that he'll be backing the Illiniois Senator.

U.S.: Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats  —  Chilling Threat Could Have Come From the Shore or Another Ship, Navy Says  —  Just two days after the U.S. Navy released the eerie video of Iranian speedboats swarming around American warships, which featured a chilling threat …

Ron Paul literature ranted against blacks, gays  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A series of newsletters in the name of GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul contain several racist remarks — including one that says order was restored to Los Angeles after the 1992 riots when blacks went “to pick up their welfare checks.”

Kucinich Asks for New Hampshire Recount in the Interest of Election Integrity  —  DETROIT—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate in the Presidential field and in Congress for election integrity, paper-ballot elections …

Debate Highlights: Fred takes Huck to the woodshed; Update: Fred on “virgins"; Update: Stalking horse?  —  Who wants some piping hot Fred?  Here he is taking Mike Huckabee to task for his campaign manager suggesting that the Reagan coalition is dead.  Fred then goes on to hammer Huckabee's liberal tendencies.

The South Carolina GOP debate; Update 9:26pm Fred goes after Huckabee; 9:36pm - Fred's on fire, Hume embarrasses Paul; 9:50pm - It's the battle of the one-liners; 10:36pm Winners and losers  —  10:36pm Eastern.  The debate is finished.  (Here's the AP's take.  Kind of fun to compare it with mine.

Fred Thompson, Riled  —  Just got off the line with someone close to the Thompson campaign—and, more to the point, to Thompson himself.  His reading of what took place tonight?  Fred Thompson was riled.  —  “Nothing ever upset Fred Thompson more than the story [on the day of the Iowa caucuses] …

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO  —  The dream is dead!  Well, dormant anyway.  Unity08

Judges: Anti-Clinton Film Is Advertising … WASHINGTON (AP) - The early reviews are in, and three federal judges appeared in agreement Wednesday that a movie lambasting Hillary Clinton seemed an awful lot like a 90-minute campaign advertisement.  —  Citizens United, a conservative advocacy group …