Follow-up on Obama and Fox News  —  I suppose I should follow up my earlier diary on Obama going on Fox News since it has sparked some discussion.  Eugene at Dailykos wrote the following diary, the gist of which was as follows. … That's not really the issue at hand, though of course that is how it's being framed.

Obama stars in Mississippi attack ad  —  The Republican candidate in a special election to fill an unexpectedly contested seat in a conservative Mississippi congressional district is using recent controversies surrounding Senator Barack Obama to tar his Democratic rival.

McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people  —  CORAL GALBES, Fla. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack Obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.  —  The GOP nominee-in-waiting rapped his Democratic rival …

Rev Wright NAACP Speech (Video)  —  Complete video of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's speech to the NAACP  —  Rev. Wright NAACP Speech PART ONE Rev. Wright NAACP Speech PART TWO Reverend Wright NAACP Speech PART THREE Reverend Wright NAACP Speech PART FOUR  —  Wow.  I saw this on CNN tonight - and was moved to tears.

An Anatomy of Surrender  —  Islam divides the world into two parts.  The part governed by sharia, or Islamic law, is called the Dar al-Islam, or House of Submission.  Everything else is the Dar al-Harb, or House of War, so called because it will take war—holy war, jihad—to bring it into the House of Submission.

NEVADA POLITICS: GOP convention cut short  —  Some supporters of Ron Paul riled after time runs out at state party event  —  RENO — The state Republican convention was called off Saturday evening without electing national delegates, prompting protests from a record crowd that included …

In the Rezko Trial, A New Name Surfaces: Karl Rove  —  The trial of Chicago developer and political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko has been closely watched for any mention of the defendant's onetime friend, Barack Obama.  But last week, prosecutors threw a curveball, telling the judge …

Craig Ferguson amuses at White House correspondents' dinner  —  Did you catch Craig Ferguson at the splashy dinner Saturday night of the White House Correspondents' Association?  C-SPAN offered arrival footage that made it look like the Academy Awards.  You could see snippets of “American Idol” …

Don't Blame All Borrowers  —  After more than a decade of steep growth, home prices peaked last year and have been falling rapidly.  Over 9 million mortgages are “under water,” meaning that more is owed on them than the home is worth.  As foreclosures mount, additional homes come on the market …

Re: “Kill the police!”  —  Actually, Kathryn, your post gets right to the heart of the matter.  —  In a scrupulously politically correct age, it's not offensive to organize a “Kill the police!” demo or to preach that the government invented Aids in order to perpetrate an African-American genocide.

Internet hijacking ‘disturbing’ says Ottawa woman  —  TORONTO — A woman caught up in a mysterious Internet hijacking scandal that has sparked a federal privacy investigation into the Canadian Human Rights Commission says she was shocked, angry and confused at suddenly finding herself publicly associated with white supremacists.

Obama says will back Petraeus for new military job  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who has called for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq, said on Sunday he will vote to confirm the top commander there for a new job as head of the military's Central Command.

John McCain's war, Howard Dean's war  —  For Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman who launched his own campaign for president five years ago on the wings of a nascent anti-war movement, the sixth year of the war in Iraq offers fertile ground for his party's 2008 campaign.