ON DEADLINE: Chickens Come Home to Roost  —  For years, Bill and Hillary Clinton treated the Democratic National Committee and party activists as extensions of their White House ambitions, pawns in a game of success and survival.  She may pay a high price for their selfishness soon.

Mohammed cartoon reprint: Show your solidarity  —  Two years ago, the Mohammed cartoon conflagration consumed the world and the blogosphere helped lead the way in fighting back.  Longtime readers will remember that this site hammered the issue in support of Denmark.

Obama Campaign: We're On The Verge Of Wrapping This Thing Up  —  On a conference call this morning, Obama advisers sounded as confident a note as they ever have, arguing that yesterday's victories have left them with an all but insurmountable lead in delegates.

Obama's Wiretap Votes  —  Now and then sanity prevails, even in Washington.  So it did yesterday as the Senate passed a warrantless wiretap bill for overseas terrorists while killing most of the Lilliputian attempts to tie down our war fighters.  —  “We lost every single battle we had on this bill …

Clinton Says Nothing About Losses  —  As news of her triple defeat in the Potomac Primary sank in, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did what has become a specialty in recent weeks: She headed someplace else.  —  After flying from Virginia to Texas for a rally on Tuesday night …

Berkeley backs down  —  (02-13) 01:33 PST Berkeley — After a day of enraged confrontation outside Berkeley City Hall between anti-war and pro-military demonstrators, the City Council backed down early Wednesday from its controversial decision to tell the U.S. Marines they are “unwelcome intruders” …

Edwards Weighs Clinton Endorsement  —  Former Candidate Torn Between Clinton and Obama in Democratic Race  —  As he weighs a possible endorsement in the Democratic race, former Sen. John Edwards is as split as the party he once hoped to lead — and is seriously considering supporting …

Hezbollah commander on U.S. ‘most wanted’ list killed  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — A senior Hezbollah commander implicated in some of the most high-profile international terrorist attacks of the last 25 years has died in an explosion in Syria, Hezbollah TV said Wednesday.

FIRST THOUGHTS: MR. FRONT-RUNNER  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** The statistical front-runner: No matter how one slices the election results from last night, there's no denying that Obama is the statistical front-runner.  He's got a 100-plus pledged delegate lead …

Syed Soharwardy wants a “hudna”  —  Today Syed Soharwardy told the Calgary Herald editorial board that he is withdrawing his human rights complaint against me that he filed two years ago when I published the Danish cartoons of Mohammed.  (Seriously, if you haven't done so, you've really got to look at his hand-scrawled complaint here.

Matthews: Obama Speech Caused ‘Thrill Going Up My Leg’  —  During MSNBC's live coverage of Tuesday's presidential primary elections, after the speeches of Barack Obama and John McCain had aired, Chris Matthews expressed his latest over the top admiration for Obama's speaking skills …

A Master Terrorist Is Killed  —  According to multiple press accounts, Iran's and Hezbollah's master terrorist, Imad Mugniyah, is dead.  He was reportedly killed by a car bomb in Damascus last night.  Hezbollah is claiming that he was killed by the Israelis.

Bush plays hardball on FISA legislation  —  In a move that puts great pressure on the House, President Bush said Wednesday that he would not sign any more temporary extensions to legislation updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).  —  Bush praised the Senate for passing …

Why Is Clinton's Back Against Wall?  Nobody Prepared  —  'We Didn't Put Any Resources In Small States,' Says Finance Chair Hassan Nemazee  —  John Catsimatidis (left), Hassan Nemazee (center) and Mark Penn.  —  “What's gone wrong is very simple,” said Hassan Nemazee …

BLOGGER LOSES DAY JOB WITH CNN OVER BLOGGING  —  Let's file this one under unreal.  —  Chez Pazienza, a producer at CNN assigned to American Morning, was unceremoniously fired from his job today — without severance — over the content of his popular and edgy blog, Deus Ex Malcontent (warning: adult language).

Gallup: McCain wins more Democrats than Obama wins Republicans?  —  They lead with the fact that Democrats are much more impressed with their candidates than we are with ours, but here's the surprise:  —  His approval rating among Republicans is only a point shy of Obama's with Democrats, too.

A Flawed Feminist Test  —  Russell Berman, a young reporter for The New York Sun, trailed Bill Clinton around Maryland all day Sunday.  The former president was on his best behavior, irritating the smattering of press.  —  After Bill's last speech at Leisure World retirement community in Silver Spring …