DNC Lays Out Choice For Florida And Michigan: Rules, Re-Vote  —  Howard Dean will not bend the party rules to grandfather in the disputed delegates from Michigan and Florida, the Democratic party chairman said in a statement today.  —  Instead, he put the state parties on notice …

Charlotte Allen on Outlook Article, Reaction  —  Author, “We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?”  —  On Sunday, The Washington Post's Outlook section published a piece by Charlotte Allen under the headline “ We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?”

Both Obama And Clinton Hold Edge Over McCain  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) kicks off his general-election campaign trailing both potential Democratic nominees in hypothetical matchups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Even in Victory, Clinton Team Is Battling Itself  —  For the bruised and bitter staff around Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tuesday's death-defying victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Ohio and Texas proved sweet indeed.  They savored their wins yesterday, plotted their next steps and indulged in a moment of optimism.

‘NAFTAgate’ began with remark from Harper's chief of staff  —  OTTAWA — If the Prime Minister is seeking the first link in the chain of events that has rocked the U.S. presidential race, he need look no further than his chief of staff, Ian Brodie, The Canadian Press has learned.

Bush May Fire CentCom Chief Adm. Fallon, Replace With Commander More ‘Pliable’ To War With Iran  —  Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called CENTCOM commander Adm. William Fallon “one of the best strategic thinkers in uniform today.”  Fallon opposed the “surge” in Iraq and has consistently battled …

Ashkelon man builds homemade missile  —  Ashkelon resident Moshe Nissimpor decided that the best way to halt rocket fire from Gaza - in light of what he terms the government's failure to do so - is some vigilante justice.  —  Nissimpor developed a homemade 200-millimeter ballistic missile …

'68 or '96?  —  The problem facing the Democrats isn't exactly the one raised by Kevin Drum and debated here and here and here - the problem of 1968, that is, in which a long and nasty intra-party battle fatally weakens the eventual Democratic nominee going into the general election.

Obama camp: What's Clinton hiding'  —  (CNN) - Barack Obama's campaign took fresh aim at Hillary Clinton Wednesday for refusing to release her tax returns, asking in a memo circulated to reporters, “What does Clinton have to hide?”  —  “In the face of her unwillingness to release her tax returns …

Gallup Daily: Clinton 48%, Obama 44%  —  Based on polling conducted March 2-4, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton has moved ahead of Barack Obama in national Democratic nomination preferences, 48% to 44%, in polling conducted Sunday through Tuesday.

Olbermann to Matthews: “[E]specially you” should “[d]istance yourself as far as you can from” the word “bitch”  —  During MSNBC's March 5 coverage of the March 4 Democratic presidential primaries and caucus, NBC News anchor Brian Williams and MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann discussed …

HILLARY, ‘MOST SECRETIVE POLITICIAN IN AMERICA’?  —  From NBC/NJ's Aswini Anburajan and Domenico Montanaro  —  The Obama campaign is stepping up the rhetoric.  Campaign Manager David Plouffe went so far as to call Hillary Clinton the “most secretive politician in America today.”

Rezko In Debt $50 Million; How Did He Afford Obama Lot?  —  Court Transcript Says Rezko Depends on Family Handouts of $7,500 a Month  —  Accused Illinois fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko is in debt by $50 million and relies on “family” handouts of $7,500 a month to pay monthly costs …

Moving Forward: Obama Needs To Win Pennsylvania  —  I had a difficult time falling asleep last night, as I couldn't shake the feeling that something terrible had happened.  On the one hand, there is still pretty much no way for Clinton to win without a protracted fight involving superdelegates …

The Netroots Shift  —  You can sense a change in the left-liberal blogosphere.  They have now become quite virulently anti-Clinton.  As often, Kos leads the pack.  Part of me wonders whether the Clintons understand this.  They don't care juch for the netroots, to put it mildly …