The Low Road to Victory  —  The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it.

Breaking News (Updated): Ron Paul surges in Pa.  —  While some people pay attention to the alleged contest between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (and she won big), almost unnoticed is the Republican primary.  —  Many people think Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has won the GOP nomination.

Democrats  —  Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 49% to 47% among men (44% of likely Democratic primary voters).  Among women, Clinton leads 61% to 35%.  —  Clinton leads 66% to 30% among white voters (81% of likely Democratic primary voters).  Obama leads 86% to 11% among African American voters …

THE FRIENDS OF BARACK OBAMA, PART 1  —  When Illinois State Senator Alice Palmer decided to retire in 1995, she hand-picked local left-winger Barack Obama as her successor.  In order to introduce Obama to influential liberals in the district, she held a function at the home of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn.

CIA to describe North Korea-Syria nuclear ties  —  Officials will tell Congress members this week that North Korea was helping Syria build a reactor last year when it was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, a U.S. official says.  —  WASHINGTON — CIA officials will tell Congress on Thursday …

Wilting Over Waffles  —  He's never going to shake her off.  —  Not all by himself.  —  The very fact that he can't shake her off has become her best argument against him.  “Why can't he close the deal?”  Hillary taunted at a polling place on Tuesday.  —  She's been running ads about it …

Dead actor Roy Scheider donates to Barack Obama campaign anyway  —  Sen. Barack Obama does come from the Chicago school of politics, where historically voter turnout has been unusually high for residents of certain graveyards.  And he has been unusually successful raising money.

Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital  —  KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

STATUS QUO ANTE  —  Lots of spin coming from both campaigns tonight.  I'd say the real story is that this leaves us basically where we were.  It was a decisive win for Hillary but that was the expectation.  Going into tonight I think the dividing line was about 8 points.

GREEN & SMART  —  EARTH-SAVING DONE RIGHT  —  I HAVEN'T been able to get very excited about the big global-warming debate - but I am excited about some solutions to global warming.  These are just as worthwhile even if you don't believe that human-created climate change is a big problem, or even a reality.

The Worst Of All Worlds For The Dems  —  Right now, the actual results suggest what I thought would be the worst possible result for the Democrats: a nine point win for Clinton.  It doesn't change the race's dynamic or the math; but it will give Clinton just the tiniest sliver of an argument that she should not drop out.