NOT BEAN BAG  —  We seem to be at the point where there are now two credible possibilities.  One is that the Clinton campaign is intentionally pursuing a strategy of using surrogates to hit Obama with racially-charged language or with charges that while not directly tied to race nonetheless play to stereotypes about black men.

Obama goes gloves off, head-on  —  He discusses how race has flared up in the campaign, a suit over voting on the Strip  —  In a Sun interview Sunday, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama addressed the suddenly front-and-center issue of race in his fight with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Former Gov. Milliken supports McCain's bid  —  Moderate, once George Romney's lieutenant governor, calls his son a 'disappointment.'  —  Michigan's most famous Republican moderate, former Gov. William G. Milliken, has endorsed Arizona Sen. John McCain in Tuesday's presidential primary …