GOP Field Readies for True Test In Florida  —  The Top Candidates Finally Go All-Out In a Closed Primary  —  Riding the momentum from his weekend victory in South Carolina, John McCain turned his attention Sunday to Florida and the high-stakes primary there that will test whether …

Accessibility Opens Doors For McCain  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. — As the JetBlue charter from Michigan touched down in South Carolina, I strolled up to John McCain's front-row seat — none of his aides batted an eye — and asked if he would continue to chat with reporters around the clock if he won the Republican nomination.

Weird Florida Polls  —  We've been hearing, and I've been saying, that the polls indicate a wide-open, four-man race in Florida.  But the polls actually indicate some separation between those four guys.  —  Insider Advantage puts Huckabee at 13 percent, quite a ways behind Giuliani at 21 percent.

Obama faces off against both Clintons  —  ATLANTA - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama launched Sunday what his top aides described as a more aggressive bid to challenge “unbelievable falsehoods” pressed last week in Nevada by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.

THE PROBLEM WITH BILL  —  Yesterday I wrote that I was troubled by the intensity of Bill Clinton's attacks on Barack Obama.  A number of readers thought I meant that I didn't like seeing bare-knuckle politics.  But that's not it.  What troubles me is seeing the man who is in many respects still …

Obama addresses homophobia, anti-Semitism and xenophobia in MLK Ebenezer Baptist Church speech  —  Today Barack Obama zeroed in on equal opportunity bigotry — and why everyone should strive to not only elevate the political discourse, but to be honest about the base instincts, words and deeds that divide, not unite.