Wisconsin exits: Big night for Obama?  —  Mike Allen emails:

Exit Polls: Voters Seek ‘Change’ in Wisconsin  —  Women, Seniors Dominate Democratic Vote; White Men, Conservatives on GOP Side  —  Preliminary exit poll results in the Wisconsin primaries underscore both differences and similarities between the two parties in the state.

What Now For Hillary?  —  The final number looks like a double digit win (the spread is currently 11 points and the current delegate split is 13-8, and likely to be around 42-32 at the end) win for Obama.  That is bad for Clinton.  But the bad news comes from two other results.

Obama turns tables on Clinton  —  Under fire for uncredited echoes of another candidate's speeches, the Obama campaign sought Tuesday evening to turn the tables on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) by highlighting her clearly false claim that her campaign had not fueled the controversy.

Obama's Political Origins  —  Until I came across this article by Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media, which I regard as factual — with all that that implies — the questions about Obama's background that should have come naturally never quite rose to the surface of my mind.  Barack Obama is the new man, of course.

Spousal Spat: Cindy McCain responds to Michelle Obama “proud” comments  —  Brookfield, WI — During her introduction of Sen. John McCain at a rally Tuesday, his wife Cindy took a shot at controversial comments recently made by another 2008 spouse.  —  “I am proud of my country.  I don't know about you?

CNN: Be kind to castro  —  Michael Graham, blogging at The Natural Truth, brings us this disgusting but not surprising story about how CNN coached its anchors to treat the subject of fidel castro in an early morning email today.  —  I can now confirm independently that not only did such an email go out, here it is in its entirety:

NO SILVER LINING FOR HILLARY  —  A couple of things jump out from tonight's Wisconsin results.  —  First, despite polls showing a relatively close race, Obama looks likely to have a final winning margin in the double digits.  In other words, not close at all.

Late Nite FDL: Clear Sailing For Obama?  —  Photo via -ART-.  —  Chuck Todd on MSNBC gave a portrait of how dire the situation is after tonight for the Clinton campaign.  According to his tallies, she needs 58% of the remaining pledged delegates just to get the lead.

The Task for Huckabee and Clinton: Define Their End Games  —  Barack Obama and John McCain were the winners of their respective parties' presidential primaries in Wisconsin today.  Obama appears ready to win the Democratic caucuses in Hawaii and McCain in the Republican caucuses in Washington …

Thousands of Prairie View Students March 7.3 Miles to Vote  —  (Crossposted on Daily Kos by dewberry ........ See aerial pictures here.)  —  Photo Courtesy Ken Basart  —  Early voting starts today in Texas.  In Waller County, a primarily rural county about 60 miles outside Houston …