McCain looking to extend South Carolina poll hours  —  CONWAY, South Carolina (CNN) - A top backer for John McCain's presidential bid tells CNN the Arizona senator's campaign is seeking a court order to extend voting in Horry County by one hour, after learning voting machines in this eastern part …

Bill claims he witnessed voter suppression  —  Bill Clinton, speaking at a Vegas YMCA last night, made more charges against Obama and claimed to have, with Chelsea, personally witnessed voter suppression by the Culinary Workers: … (The transcript was provided by one source with a recording of the event, and confirmed by another.)

Fred gets wistful, hints at departure  —  Fred Thompson made it clear at a midday campaign stop that he won't continue in the race without a strong showing out of South Carolina tonight.  —  “We'll see how we have to do, we'll see what the results are,” Thompson said, when questioned …

Sun-Times Exclusive: Obama surfaces in Rekzo's federal corruption case  —  Source confirmed Obama is the unnamed “political candidate” referred to in document which outlines case against Rezko  —  For the first time, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has surfaced in the federal corrupton case …

Robocall trashes ‘Barack Hussein Obama’  —  The Obama campaign has released a recording (mp3) it says came from a Nevadan's answering machine of an anonymous robocall that criticizes Obama for taking money from special interests while repeating, four times, his rarely used middle name: “Hussein.”

Canada takes close allies U.S., Israel off torture watchlist  —  Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured.

‘The better angels’ side with Obama  —  The candidate's appeal to a more unified electorate rings historically true.  —  Alively debate has developed in these pages and in the blogosphere about the viability of Barack Obama's politics of hope.  Critics of Obama's promise to bring us together …

Battleground MSM  —  The mainstream media is now the key to the battle against Canada's so-called human rights commissions.  Despite the sensation on the blogosphere, the Ezra Levant inquisition is being ignored by big media in Canada, and here.  Also, there have been almost …