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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …