The Reverend Wright  —  Oy.  —  And furthermore, I've been to dozens and dozens of African-American church services over the years, including the investiture of one of my friends as an AME minister two years ago, and I have very rarely, if ever, heard the kind of rants that are part of Reverend Wright's canon.

Gallup Daily: Race Still Close with Obama 47%, Clinton 46%  —  Preferences nearly tied in each of the last three days  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted April 25-27 shows Democrats closely divided in their nomination preferences, with 47% favoring Barack Obama and 46% backing Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Gets No Respect  —  I normally don't claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy.  After all, we're each nefarious in our own, individual way.  Indeed, we often disagree with one another.  —  But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this …

With Bingaman Endorsement, Obama Takes Senate Support Lead  —  Sen. Barack Obama officially pulled ahead today in the scramble for endorsements from colleagues in the U.S. Senate, thanks to Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.  —  Never one of the Senate's most high-profile members …

Supreme Court says states can demand photo ID for voting  —  WASHINGTON - States can require voters to produce photo identification, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding a Republican-inspired law that Democrats say will keep some poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots.

AP NewsBreak: Gov. Easley to endorse Clinton  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A person close to North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley tells The Associated Press he will endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.  —  Easley is a Democratic superdelegate who has served as the state's governor for two terms.

Party of the Damned  —  As the Bush presidency staggers to an end, it's hard to say who has less to brag about: the president or the journalists who cover him.  So it's fitting that the last White House Correspondents' Association dinner of the Bush era — the ultimate celebration …

What The Clintons Did For Feminism  —  Could Obama do for race relations?  It is a situation, with a history, steeped in irony.  —  Younger people might not be aware, but there was a time, back in the early nineties, when feminist principles like opposition to sexual harassment in the workplace …

Is The US Now A Non-Geneva State?  —  The manner in which free societies lose their moral compass is always incremental.  Step by step by step, certain core values are whittled away.  There is rarely a moment at which a government stands up, and asks its people if they wish to abandon such …

ARUGULA?  —  When did arugula become the new latte?  Newsweek is using it as the counterpoint to beer (which, though drunk by hipsters and sold in Trader Joe's, apparently denotes blue collar cred), but does that register with folks?  Arugula just looks like...lettuce.  I couldn't even identify it offhand.

HILLARY ON REV. WRIGHT AND BILL CLINTON  —  From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli  —  GRAHAM, NC — While saying — once again — that she would not have attended a church led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Clinton said she regretted that Republicans have “politicized” the matter and criticized McCain …