On My Faith and My Church  —  The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently preached his last sermon and is in the process of retiring, has touched off a firestorm over the last few days.  He's drawn attention as the result of some inflammatory and appalling remarks he made about our country …

Obama says Rezko played a bigger fundraising role  —  This corner lot at Hyde Park Boulevard and Greenwood Avenue in Chicago, formerly owned by Antoin “Tony” Rezko's wife, Rita, is next door to the home (right) of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.  (Tribune photo by Milbert O. Brown / March 6, 2008)

House Passes FISA Amendments Act  —  The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes, by a vote of 213-197-1.

WHY CLINTON DOESN'T WANT A RE-VOTE.  —  There aren't many windows into a strongly pro-Clinton/anti-Obama view in the blogosphere, making TalkLeft invaluable, where “Big Tent Democrat” (the former Armando of DailyKos) has been focused like a laser on the issue of how to deal with the Michigan and Florida Democratic delegations.

Playing the Racist Card  —  FERRARO'S COMMENTS ABOUT OBAMA WERE RACIST.  WHY CAN'T WE SAY THAT?  —  There is peculiar bit of jujitsu that white public figures have employed recently whenever they're called to account for saying something stupid about black people.

McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election  —  SPRINGFIELD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him.

Obama Cuts Into Clinton's Delegate Lead Among Elected Officials  —  Barack Obama has pulled almost even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials and has cut into her lead among the other superdelegates she's relying on to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

Halt the political hara-kiri  —  In this, the most fascinating and longest-running Democratic primary process of our time, we were presented with a silly moment that unfortunately is all too reflective of modern American culture.  Consider the case of one Samantha Power.

Don't Let Consumers Speak  —  What if you held a hearing, but the people who were most directly affected by the proposals were barred from speaking?  That's what happened yesterday.  —  The Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the House Committee on Financial Services held hearings on credit cards.

High-Level al-Qaida Figure Is Captured  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities have captured a high-level al-Qaida figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001, the Pentagon announced Friday.  —  Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman declined to say when or where Mohammad Rahim …

Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton 50% to 44%  —  McCain presents stiff competition for Obama and Clinton  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in national Democratic nomination preferences by a statistically significant 6-percentage point margin, 50% to 44% …