Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle Poll: Too Close To Call!  Obama Barely Overtakes Clinton in Ohio and Retains Small Edge in Texas ...

How did the Clinton campaign get here?  —  Just a few months ago, few imagined she'd be struggling to catch up to Obama.  But her team has been riddled with feuding and second-guessing at the top.  —  WASHINGTON — As they mapped out a campaign schedule for Bill Clinton …

Obama Adviser Denies Trade Remarks  —  SAN ANTONIO - Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser said Sunday that Canadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his private discussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by The Associated Press.

‘Hamas using US weapons against IDF’  —  According to Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip, most of the gunmen who have been fighting the IDF over the past few days are members of Hamas's armed wing, Izaddin Kassam.  —  “At least 2,000 Hamas gunmen have been deployed in the northern Gaza Strip …

Obama and Chicago Mores  —  On Tuesday, Barack Obama may well wrap up the Democratic nomination.  Yet how he rose so quickly in Chicago's famously suspect politics — and who his associates were there — has received little scrutiny.  —  That may change today as the trial of Antoin “Tony” …

Texas v. Ohio  —  As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton race around Ohio and Texas for tomorrow's primaries, they are telling a tale of economic woe.  Yet the real story isn't how similar the two states are economically but how different.  Texas has been prospering while Ohio lags …

McCain's Economy Platform: Big Tax Cuts, With Caveats  —  WASHINGTON — Imagining how John McCain, the Navy war hero, would play the role of commander in chief has been easy.  Imagining how John McCain, the policy maverick, would lead as chief executive of the U.S. economy has been tougher.

Party Squabbles Leave Nominations Deadlocked  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid and President Bush both say they are ready to clear a backlog of presidential nominations needing Senate confirmation, but that goal appears increasingly harder to achieve as the end of Bush's tenure draws near.

House Democratic leadership: not just complicit but also self-destructive  —  The signs are unmistakably clear that what was always inevitable — full compliance by the House Democratic leadership with Bush's demands on warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty — is now imminent.

Deliverance or Diversion?  —  After their victory in the 2006 Congressional elections, it seemed a given that Democrats would try to make this year's presidential campaign another referendum on Republican policies.  After all, the public appears fed up not just with President Bush, but with his party.

Crist Says He'd Support a Repeat of Florida Democratic Primary  —  Florida Governor Charlie Crist said he'd support a repeat of the Democratic presidential primary so the state's delegates can be counted at the party's national convention.  —  Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said he's open to the possibility.

MCCAIN, HAGEE, AND SYMPATHY FOR THE ASSASSIN.  —  As Sarah Posner has noted, one reason that that Texas pastor and popularizer-of-the-apocalypse John Hagee gave for endorsing John McCain was the latter's “support of the state of Israel.”  Hagee also claimed that he personally backs Israel …