Tucker Canceled; Other Programming Changes Ahead  —  Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson's 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election.  The official announcement, expected tomorrow …

Revisiting the Four State Pledge on MI/FL Promises  —  Judging from the comments the Obama supporters are leaving on TalkLeft, it appears there's a fundamental misunderstanding on what the candidates promised and didn't promise regarding the outcomes of the Florida and Michigan primaries.

Sniping by Aides Hurt Clinton's Image as Manager  —  WASHINGTON — The morning after Senator Barack Obama shook the Clinton campaign by winning five states in one weekend, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's new campaign manager — Maggie Williams, who had taken over in a shake-up the night before …

From the Right, He Looks Too Blue  —  Think real conservatives will vote for John McCain?  Don't count on it.  —  The conservative talk-show community?  Don't mind them — they're irrelevant.  —  This message from John McCain surrogates and other members of the political class is filling the airwaves and op-ed pages.

Obama Wins Proxy War Versus McCain  —  Yesterday, little-known Democrat Bill Foster scored a major upset and won the congressional seat held for 20 years by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a Republican.  The race was a proxy war between Barack Obama and John McCain.  Obama cut an add for Foster — watch it:

‘A Common Experience’  —  In an interview with NEWSWEEK, the senator explains why, no matter the end result, the race is ‘win-win.’  —  Jonathan Torgovnik / Getty Images for Newsweek  —  ‘Extraordinary Movement’: Clinton bonds with supporters … An upbeat Hillary Clinton …

Obama and the Pet Rock  —  In fall 1975 I remember sitting in the Stanford student lounge watching two apparently educated and bright students compare their pet rocks, as the craze spread all over Silicon Valley and then went national.  By summer few would admit they had purchased one.

WAS THERE AN OBAMA-DALEY DEAL ON THE PRESIDENCY?  —  This is another in a series of stories that received some play in Chicago at the time it occurred but never made it past the state line for some reason.  —  It is especially curious that this story never took off nationally because far …

Gallup Daily: Obama 47%, Clinton 45%  —  Based on polling conducted March 6-8, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are roughly tied in national Democratic preferences — 47% for Obama vs. 45% for Clinton — according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted March 6-8.

Right at home  —  Michelle Malkin may seem like any mild-mannered blogger in her Baltimore-area home, but she's reviled by liberals like almost no one else online  —  Michelle Malkin has worked for Fox News for eight years and has two popular blogs that get 15.1 million page views per month.

Ten worst countries for women  —  In spite of real progress around the globe, the bedrock problems that have dogged women for centuries remain  —  The image of the 21st century woman is confident, prosperous, glowing with health and beauty.  —  But for many of the 3.3 billion female occupants …

PA Daily: Mass Murderer is a Martyr  —  (IsraelNN.com) Mahmoud Abbas's official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper has honored the terrorist who gunned down eight high school students at point blank range with the status of shahid, or holy Islamic martyr.

A Preview?  —  The beginning of a potential fall race: