Dole scolds Limbaugh  —  Bob Dole, the former Senate Republican leader, wrote an insistent letter to Rush Limbaugh on Monday and suggested that for the good of the party, the conservative talk-show host should stop his strafing of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Budget  —  Fact Sheet: The President's FY09 Budget  —  Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming.  I just met with my Cabinet, where we discussed a lot of issues.  And one issue we discussed is the budget.

Hillary Clinton cries in Connecticut  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s.  —  Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke up …

FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping  —  CLARKSBURG, West Virginia (CNN) — The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people's physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists.

Super Delegates To Determine Nominee  —  It can no longer be avoided: super delegates will determine the Democratic Presidential nominee this year.  Here is the current situation:  — With Michigan and Florida removed from the equation, 2,025 delegates are required to win the nomination, and there are 3,253 pledged delegates.

Bizarre Bedfellows for Barack  —  On the eve of Super Tuesday, the Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama race resembles the closing minutes of a football game: Team Clinton has a small lead, but Team Obama has the ball—and the momentum.  Some of that momentum derives from an extraordinary, if unspoken …

Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdul Razzaq Hekmati was regarded here as a war hero, famous for his resistance to the Russian occupation in the 1980s and later for a daring prison break he organized for three opponents of the Taliban government in 1999.

Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008  —  Based on daily polling from Feb. 1-Feb. 3, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — On the eve of the Super Tuesday election, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama remain closely matched in national Democratic voters' nomination preferences.

The sun'll not come out tomorrow  —  On the eve of Super Duper Tuesday, conservatives in this great republic could do with some pepping up.  Instead, this turned up in my in-box: … Gulp.  Anything else? … In a less apocalyptic sense, a spell out of power can do a party good if you get the timing right.

Winston Churchill didn't really exist, say teens  —  A fifth of British teenagers believe Sir Winston Churchill was a fictional character, while many think Sherlock Holmes, King Arthur and Eleanor Rigby were real, a survey shows.  —  The canvass of 3,000 under-twenties uncovered …

Before the Big Day...  I resist predictions, as all sane people should after the New Hampshire primary, but I felt compelled to make a few observations before the Big Day.  —  GOP:  —  1) John McCain has another good night.  —  Democrats:  —  1) It will be a draw between Hillary and Barack, deciding little.

A Message to Sen. Clinton — Forcing People to Buy Insurance is Not Universal Healthcare  —  Someone needs to tell Senator Hillary Clinton and her minions to stop practicing consumer fraud on healthcare.  Forcing people to buy insurance is not “universal healthcare.”

Actor Jack Nicholson Endorses Hillary for President  —  In a surprise announcement on this morning's Rick Dees show, Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.  —  “Mrs. Clinton has been involved in issues, everything from health care, which we know and prison reform …