The CNN Democratic presidential debate in Texas  —  This is the transcript of the debate between Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on February 21, 2008 at the University of Texas in Austin.  —  CNN's CAMPBELL BROWN: And the candidates have taken their seats.

The McCain Article  —  A recent New York Times article examined a number of decisions by Senator John McCain that raised questions about his judgment over potential conflicts of interest.  The article included reporting on Mr. McCain's relationship with a female lobbyist whose clients often …

Exclusive: U.S. urges Pakistanis to keep Musharraf, despite election defeat  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _The Bush administration is pressing the opposition leaders who defeated Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to allow the former general to retain his position, a move that Western diplomats …

Try a Little Tenderness  —  Barack Obama's biggest draw is not his eloquence.  When you watch an Obama speech, you lean forward and listen and think, That's good.  He's compelling, I like the way he speaks.  And afterward all the commentators call him “impossibly eloquent” and say “he gave me thrills and chills.”

GOP Operative: Rove Sought To Smear Dem  —  60 Minutes: Woman Says Top Bush Adviser Asked Her To Take Compromising Pictures Of Alabama Gov. Siegelman  —  (CBS) A Republican operative in Alabama says Karl Rove asked her to try to prove the state's Democratic governor was unfaithful to his wife …

Obama once visited '60s radicals  —  In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district's influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

Clinton Donors Worried by Campaign's Spending  —  Nearly $100,000 went for party platters and groceries before the Iowa caucuses, even though the partying mood evaporated quickly.  Rooms at the Bellagio luxury hotel in Las Vegas consumed more than $25,000; the Four Seasons, another $5,000.

Never mind Iraq.  Just end the ‘war on terror.’  —  Using bold rhetoric that often makes his followers rapturous, Barack Obama has declared over and over that he will be the president of “change.”  But is Obama brave enough to bring about a really radical change?

OBAMA SHOOTING HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WITH ANTI-GUN STANCE  —  Barack Obama will have a big problem attracting the blue-collar white voters he needs to win the presidency, writes Bob Owens: they like guns and he wants to take their guns away.  —  Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers

Defining Victory Downward  —  Why was President Bush's decision more than a year ago to send another 30,000 troops to Iraq called “the surge”?  I don't know who invented this label, but the word “surge” evokes images of the sea: a wave that sweeps in, and then sweeps back out again.

Obama On Track To Raise Record $$ This Month  —  Barack Obama is on track to raise more than 50M this month, if outside projections and outside advisers to the campaign are correct.  —  His campaign officially admits that they'll raise more than $36M.  Beyond that, they're keeping mum.

Media Start Falling Out of Love With Obama: Margaret Carlson  —  Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — There's nothing easier than falling out of love.  On this, as opposed to credit default swaps, I am an expert.  —  The wakeup moment usually follows the realization that one's dearly beloved reads the newspaper out loud and won't share the remote.