Clinton challenges Obama to Lincoln-Douglas style debate  —  MARION, Ind. (AP) — Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he complained of a race that's largely …

Losing Ground  —  After losing Pennsylvania and a difficult month of scandals, Barack Obama's double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton has dropped to seven points in the latest NEWSWEEK poll.  —  After an important primary win in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton has reduced Democratic rival …

He's Back  —  Bill Clinton gives his wife's campaign new momentum as he seizes a bigger role  —  HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Bill Clinton, who called himself the “comeback kid” during his first presidential run, is pulling out all the stops for Hillary Clinton's comeback.

Why is it so quiet after the Moyers-Wright interview?  —  I expected a roaring debate in the political blogosphere this morning, and on cable news after the Friday night Bill Moyers interview with Rev Jeremiah Wright.  Instead, there's eerie quiet.  —  The most I could find was this post …

McCain Frequently Used Wife's Jet for Little Cost  —  Given Senator John McCain's signature stance on campaign finance reform, it was not surprising that he backed legislation last year requiring presidential candidates to pay the actual cost of flying on corporate jets.

Dissent Of The Day II  —  A reader writes: … My response is simply that honorable campaigns do not allow foreign agents, especially terrorist organizations, to insert themselves into American presidential politics.  No respectable foreign governments do such a thing; and the gambits of al Qaeda …

Sharpton vows to ‘close this city’ after officer acquittals  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed …

The Audacious Hypocrisy Of Terry McAuliffe  —  Added by Mark Nickolas on Apr 25, 2008 - add as a friend |  I want to follow-up on yesterday's widely-read post regarding the shameless hypocrisy of the Clinton campaign which is now arguing that the overall popular vote should determine …

3 Candidates With 3 Plans, but One Deficit  —  The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates differ strikingly in their approaches to taxes and spending, but their fiscal plans have at least one thing in common: each could significantly swell the budget deficit and increase the national debt …

Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats  —  FORT RILEY, Kan. — When Specialist Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists and freethinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq, he was excited, he said, to see an officer attending.  —  But minutes into the talk, the officer …

‘Very friendly’ on Fox  —  We won't know for sure until the Fox interview airs tomorrow, but Chris Wallace hinted that Obama didn't take the confrontational line his staff suggested he would.  —  In a message to TPM — which was a major voice in the Netroots assault on Fox last year — an anonymous Obama aide wrote: