The Accompanists  —  Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama Warm Up to Their Parts in Orchestrating Victory  —  Both are confident and funny, opinionated and very smart.  Both are Ivy League lawyers with working-class roots.  Both have formidable identities independent of their formidable partners.

The fat lady won't sing on Super Tuesday  —  THERE'S A side of me that resists giving career advice to rich successful guys with good hair.  That said, there's still hope, Mitt Romney.  —  There's a big difference between the Super Bowl and Super Tuesday.  At the end of the Super Bowl, the champion is crowned and the season is over.

Facing off over Marine Corps  —  3 war opponents chain selves to door of recruiting station, and right-wing blogosphere goes ballistic  —  As the right-wing blogosphere railed and a U.S. senator vowed financial retaliation against the Berkeley City Council for its effort to boot the Marine Corps …

Barack Obama and John McCain lead rivals 2-1 in Illinois, poll shows  —  Favorite-son Sen. Barack Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain each hold a better than 2-to-1 edge over their closest presidential rivals entering the Illinois primary, but many voters say they're still undecided or could change …

Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast  —  (CNN) — An undersea cable carrying Internet traffic was cut off the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, officials said Friday, the third loss of a line carrying Internet and telephone traffic in three days.  —  Ships have been dispatched to repair …

blogroll amnesty day!  —  email skippy if you want the code to these logos!  —  readers of this space may have noticed a plethora of “blogging around” posts, wherein we give you several links to several other blogs.  —  astute readers might theorize that we are just lazy.

Why I'm Backing Obama  —  Forty-seven years ago, my grandfather Dwight D. Eisenhower bid farewell to a nation he had served for more than five decades.  In his televised address, Ike famously coined the term “military-industrial complex,” and he offered advice that is still relevant today.

Tortured Testimony  —  THERE WAS one overarching takeaway from Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey's testimony yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee: When it comes to waterboarding and other extreme interrogation techniques, the ends justify the means.

John McCain for GOP nominee  —  At a different moment in American history, we would hesitate to support a candidate for president whose social views so substantially departed from those we hold.  But in this election, nothing less than America's standing in the world turns on the outcome.

Andrew C. McCarthy Joins Romney For President  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Boston, MA - Today, Governor Mitt Romney announced that Andrew C. McCarthy will be joining his Advisory Committee on the Constitution and the Courts, which is co-chaired by Professor Douglas W. Kmiec …

FOX News Poll: Clinton Seen as Ready, Most Likely To ‘Do Anything’ To Win  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain are the national front-runners for their party's presidential nominations, according to a FOX News poll released Friday, and Clinton is seen as the candidate …