Candidate on a High Horse  —  Barack Obama may be exactly what his supporters suppose him to be.  Not, however, for reasons most Americans will celebrate.  —  Obama may be the fulfillment of modern liberalism.  Explaining why many working-class voters are “bitter,” he said they “cling” …

Obama says he ‘mangled’ Pa. remark  —  Several thoughts ran together, he said.  Clinton and McCain kept up their criticism.  —  The debate spurred by Barack Obama's comments about small-town Pennsylvania raged on yesterday with the senator acknowledging he had “mangled” what he meant to say.

Clinton Stalls Obama, Holds 6-Point Pennsylvania Lead, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Many Clinton Dems Would Back Mccain Over Obama  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has stalled Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's drive in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary and holds a 50 …

Long-lost article by Obama's dad surfaces  —  Barack Obama's dad was such an important but absent figure in his life that he devoted his first book, Dreams From My Father, to the search for details about his father's life and how the quest helped forge a son's identity.

Loose Lips and Democratic Ships  —  The Democratic presidential candidates are doing a splendid job of helping John McCain get to the White House.  —  Barack Obama violated two elementary rules of political campaigning.  A candidate should never play the role of a political scientist …

Wall Street Journal Parody — With A Topless Ann Coulter — Rankles Murdoch In Real Life And On YouTube  —  My Wall Street Journal, a parody of the Wall Street Journal on newsstands this week to mark the April 15 tax deadline, has rankled News Corp executives so much that they're trying to make sure no one sees it.

A Speech About Nothing  —  We're in the middle of a series of historic economic transformations.  —  A string of technological revolutions have made American workers much more productive.  Over the past 30 years, steel producers have reduced the number of hours it takes to produce a ton of steel by up to 90 percent.

McCain “Family Recipes” Lifted from the Food Network  —  What will they call it?  Farfallegate?  Rosemary Chicken Dome Scandal?  Perhaps something with the ubiquitous Rachael Ray in it.  —  It seems that Cindy McCain, John McCain's perfect, blonde beer-baroness wife is about to find herself painted …

Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC  —  Political Funds, Lobbying to Promote Arab-Israeli Peace Deal  —  Some of the country's most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold …

Italy: It's a landslide  —  Huge, perhaps historic, victory for Berlusconi's “Popolo della liberta' ” (which translates a bit awkwardly as “the people of liberty;” maybe it's better to call it “the freedom folks").  It's considerably worse than AP lets on.  Berlusconi defeated Walter Veltroni's …

Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years  —  Food Costs Rising at Fast Clip, Squeezing Poor, Forcing Food Vendors to Explain Higher Prices  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20 …

A Back-to-Basics Messenger  —  Pontiff Expected to Stress Traditional Catholic Worship, Belief in Miracles  —  In an era saturated with entertainment and politics, a key question looms as Pope Benedict XVI leaves here Tuesday for Washington: Is his style too dense to get Americans' attention?

Bush Defeats Truman  —  Tough But Familiar Numbers for Bush: High Disapproval on Job Performance, Iraq and Economy  —  At 39 months in the doghouse, George W. Bush has surpassed Harry Truman's record as the postwar president to linger longest without majority public approval.