Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain on a Roll; Clinton, Obama Neck-and-Neck in Key Super Tuesday States  —  Pollster John Zogby: “The Mac Attack appears ready to launch on Super Tuesday.  McCain's leads are commanding, except for in California where Romney leads in Southern California and among women, investors, and voters over 50.

In Democratic Families, Politics Makes for Estranged Bedfellows  —  Maria Shriver woke up Sunday morning and decided to surprise the audience at a rally for Barack Obama in Los Angeles, materializing alongside Oprah Winfrey and telling the crowd she was throwing her support behind Senator Obama …

Dyspepsia on the Right  —  The prospect of John McCain as the likely Republican presidential nominee has produced a squall of anger on the right.  Normally reserved columnists and usually ebullient talk-radio hosts vie to express their disgust with McCain, and their disdain for the Republicans who are about to nominate him.

Boasting in Boston  —  I am so confident of both a Patriots win today and a Romney win in Massachusetts on Tuesday that I made this pledge on the air Friday: “If the NY Giants beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl, I will vote cast my Super Duper Tuesday primary vote for (shudder) John McCain.”

The ‘I Hate Romney’ Club  —  Last summer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took time out of a GOP debate to defend John McCain: “I happen to be a very big admirer of Senator McCain and I can tell you quite honestly that if I weren't running for President I would be here supporting him.”

Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll  —  LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.

Private equity firms unlikely to rescue Ambac and MBIA  —  Leading private equity firms are unlikely to participate in any recapitalisation of Ambac and MBIA, increasing the pressure on banks to come up with a rescue package for the troubled US bond insurers.

HUD Chief Accused of Retaliation  —  Philadelphia Officials Sue After Land Dispute  —  Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson demanded that the Philadelphia Housing Authority transfer a $2 million public property to a developer at a substantial discount, then retaliated against the housing authority …

Clinton, Obama, Insurance  —  The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care.  It's a division that can seem technical and obscure — and I've read many assertions that only the most wonkish care about the fine print of their proposals.

ADAA Presents: Super Tuesday Bowl 2008!  —  The American Dodgeball Association of America, America's finest Dodgeball Assocation, presents...  SUPER TUESDAY BOWL, 2008, the Dodgeball Tournament that pits the two Democratic Presidential front-runners against the two top GOP contenders...

Fewer Want Bill Clinton Back in the White House  —  The negative coverage of Bill Clinton over the past couple of weeks seems to have hurt his standing with the public.  A new survey finds that fewer voters these days like the idea of the former president being back in the White House.

Breaking News: Pro-Clinton push poll erupts in California  —  Ed Coghlan was just starting to prepare his dinner in the northern San Fernando Valley the other night when the phone rang.  The caller was very friendly.  He identified himself as a pollster who wanted to ask registered independents …