Hillary's Math Problem  —  Forget tonight.  She could win 16 straight and still lose.  —  NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE  —  Hillary Clinton may be poised for a big night tonight, with wins in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.  Clinton aides say this will be the beginning of her comeback against Barack Obama.

GOP voters crossing over in large numbers  —  Poll watchers throughout Ohio are noting large numbers of Republican voters crossing over to vote in the Democratic Primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.  —  In the Republican roost of Chagrin Falls, veteran poll worker Liz McFadden …

Early Views From The Clinton/Obama Campaigns  —  Note: NONE of this information comes in any way from my own knowledge of embargoed exit polls.  All references to the exit polls come from the campaigns themselves.  —  The Obama campaign expects to net seven or eight delegates out of the night …

Why is Obama's skin blacker than normal in Hillary's new attack ad?  —  DailyKos has the original scoop.  I went and got the original footage from the Clinton ad, and then compared it to 3 different video clips of the same debate from 3 different sources.  I did this so as to take into account …

Highlights of Early Exit Poll Results  —  Highlights of preliminary results from exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks in Tuesday's presidential primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont:  —  ___  —  OPEN TO ALL  —  The primaries in Ohio …

Limbaugh Caller Says Obama Reminds Daughter of Cartoon Monkey  —  ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh issued an on-air apology to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., today after a caller said her daughter thought the Democratic presidential frontrunner looked …

Five reasons Clinton could come back  —  For weeks, the widespread expectation among most campaign journalists has been that the race for the Democratic nomination will, for all practical purposes, come to an end Tuesday night with a victory for Barack Obama.

An Iraqi Sea Change  —  Question: What is the most extraordinary thing about the following extraordinary sentence? … Answer: It is the lead of a story in today's New York Times.  The paper of record, which for the past few years could accurately be described as a body count with a styles section …

More Counties Affected By Secretary of State Voting Order  —  Just in from Secretary of State, we've got an update from my earlier post about counties facing Election Day voting changes.  —  Massive rain and flooding has affected portions of Southeast/central Ohio leading to closed and/or relocated precincts.

Picture Of The Day: Earth And Moon As Seen From Mars … Click image for higher resolution.  —  Full story here.

Hillary Clinton puts the media in its place — the men's room  —  In an obvious bid for the Ron Paul media conspiracy vote, Sen. Hillary Clinton's Democratic presidential campaign dumped the traveling press corps exactly where many voters believe they belong today — in the men's room of the Burger Activity Center.

Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck  —  WHY VOTERS ALWAYS CHOOSE THE WASCALLY WABBIT FOR PRESIDENT.  —  How did we reach the point at which Sen. Clinton, the clear Democratic front-runner six months ago, needs clear winds in Texas and Ohio to mute the calls for her to end her campaign?

Latest Clinton tactic: Fake news reports  —  The Clinton campaign's latest tactic in Ohio is, apparently, a radio ad that tries to make listeners think it's a news report until the very end.  —  Stuff like this, if it succeeds in fooling voters, fairly seriously pollutes the information environment …