memeorandum: Bill Clinton to make black church tour Sunday (Hillary Clinton/CNN)

Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:

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.

Discussion: TalkLeft and Sweetness & Light

Hillary Clinton / CNN:

Bill Clinton to make black church tour Sunday — (CNN) - Two prominent African-American politicians plan to join former President Bill Clinton on a tour of black churches this Sunday in Los Angeles. Sources say one of the officials has described it as Clinton's “mea culpa tour” to the black community.

Discussion: MoJoBlog

Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:

Bill Clinton Reportedly Will Soon Apologize At Black Churches (Super Tuesday Is Coming Up) — Once again, former President Bill Clinton seems poised to be pitchforked into the headlines right on the eve of a crucial primary vote amid a report that he's going to “repent” by going to some black churches.

Discussion: Associated Press

David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Closing Income Gap Tops Obama's Agenda for Economic Change

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Los Angeles Times

Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
The Accompanists — Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama Warm …

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain continues to be the primary beneficiary of Rudy Giuliani's recent exit from the Republican race for president. The percentage of Republican primary voters nationwide favoring McCain …

Discussion: TalkLeft

Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:

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.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, The New Republic and Hot Air

Gary Reese / Southern Political Report:

McCain, Clinton lead in InsiderAdvantage Alabama poll — There's a statistical tie in the Republican presidential primary race in Alabama, but Mitt Romney is not a part of it. And the Democrats could have a photo finish on their hands in that state. Our latest InsiderAdvantage/Majority …

Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune: Barack Obama and John McCain lead rivals 2-1 in Illinois, poll shows

Los Angeles Times:
John McCain for GOP nominee

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Patterico's Pontifications and The Caucus

La Opinión:

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.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, LA Observed and Calitics

Susan Eisenhower / Washington Post:

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.

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots

Richard Wolffe / Newsweek:
Barack + GOP = ‘Obamacans’

Discussion: Liberal Values and Taylor Marsh

San Francisco Chronicle:

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 …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Wake up America, Jules Crittenden, Balloon Juice, Flopping Aces, American Power, Neptunus Lex, The Belmont Club, PoliGazette, BLACKFIVE, Stop The ACLU and Fox News

Dan Gerstein / Wall Street Journal:

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 …

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Carpetbagger Report, Booman Tribune and Althouse

David Sparks / Boston Globe:

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.

Discussion: Riehl World View and GINA COBB

CNN:
Edwards unlikely to endorse before Super Tuesday

Discussion: The Swamp, The Carpetbagger Report and John Edwards '08 Blog

Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:

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.

Peter Gelzinis / Boston Herald:

Mitt happened to Mass., so let's return the favor … Only a fool, or maybe a couple of talk radio hucksters, would consider wasting a vote come Tuesday on our native carpetbagger, Mitt Romney. And to tell you the truth, I think the allegiance of the radio blow-hards is as much a scam as Mitt's allegiance to Massachusetts.

Discussion: The Corner

philly.com:

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 …

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings