Bill Clinton Prepares Mea Culpa  —  Once again, Bill Clinton is ready to repent.  —  On Sunday the former president is scheduled to visit black churches in South Central Los Angeles, where he's expected to offer a mea culpa to those who “dearly loved him” when he was their president, Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) says.

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 …

The Democratic choice is Barack Obama  —  The Democratic Party arrives at the California primary with a historic choice between two extraordinary candidates.  We believe that of the two, Senator Barack Obama represents fundamental change in a campaign in which “change” has become a central theme.

Huckabee factor could sap Romney in South  —  ATLANTA - As Mitt Romney prepared this week to enter the Super Tuesday contests, he declared confidently that “in a two-person race, I like my chances.”  —  But the problem with Romney's assertion is evident in the South.

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.

Decline of the Angry Left  —  Last Saturday's South Carolina Democratic primary will probably be remembered as the day when the party's emotional dam burst and many of the personal grievances and tensions that have built up over the past generation spilled out into the open …

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.

Most GOP govs shun Romney  —  As chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2006, Mitt Romney crisscrossed the country to elect GOP governors and broke the group's fundraising record by hauling in $20 million.  —  Yet just two of the 16 governors he worked to elect then are supporting his presidential bid.

Spygate sparring  —  Specter: NFL tried to embarrass him over his interest in the Patriots scandal.  —  PHOENIX - What started out yesterday as the NFL commissioner's defending his decision to destroy evidence implicating the New England Patriots in a spy scandal turned into a Super Bowl …

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 …

Paul Volcker, Former Fed Chairman, Endorses Obama  —  Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the endorsement of former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.  —  “It is only Barack Obama, in his person, in his ideas, in his ability to understand and to articulate …