Clinton Adviser Claims Indiana Slur Video Is Conspiracy  —  A former aide to President Bill Clinton, and current informal adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, expressed outrage and shock on Friday after a videotape from 1992 surfaced allegedly showing him describing Indianans as “white n—rs.”

Obama's Other Radical Friends  —  When I was 15, I read an article in Rolling Stone about the Weather Underground and became fascinated with Bernardine Dohrn.  As a leader of the militant arm of Students for a Democratic Society, she was renowned for her beauty and daring, for her revolutionary rhetoric …

MCCAIN: IRAQ WAR WAS FOR OIL?  —  From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy  —  At the conclusion of a town hall held this morning outside in Denver, McCain decided to toss in a plug for his upcoming energy policy rollout.  But in the midst of decrying the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil …

The most influential US political pundits: 10-1  —  Telegraph.co.uk unveils the last installment of its list of the 50 most influential political pundits in America.  With just over six months before United States citizens choose their 44th president, the 2008 election is already proving …

BUSTED!!  McCain's “C*nt Questioner” Is a Huffpo Reporter!! ...  Update: It Was a Team Effort!  —  HUFFINGTON POST SPREADS MANURE AT McCAIN IOWA TOWN HALL EVENT—  Senator Joe Biden stands with his campaign office manager Marty Parrish.  —  Obama Supporter and Former Joe Biden Campaign …

Loyal to the Bitterness  —  I am out of step.  There is something that is upsetting others whom I care about and whose thoughts are often not unlike my own.  And it's not hitting me the same way.  —  I am referring to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.  I disagree with and disapprove of the things he says.

Secret Bush “Finding” Widens War on Iran  —  Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, “unprecedented in its scope.”  —  Bush's secret directive covers actions across …

How Much Did Rumsfeld Know?  —  Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq in 2003-2004, has written a new memoir, Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story, an account of his life and his service in Iraq.  Sanchez was a three-star general — and the military's senior Hispanic officer …

58% Say Obama Denounced Wright for Political Convenience, not Outrage  —  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 30% of the nation's Likely Voters believe Barack Obama denounced his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, because he was outraged.  Most—58%—say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience.

UDALL ANSWERS CLINTON GAS TAX CHALLENGE, STANDS WITH COLORADANS FOR MEANINGFUL ENERGY RELIEF  —  Yesterday in Indiana, Hillary Clinton challenged every member of Congress to go on the record with a position regarding her proposal to temporarily suspend the federal gasoline tax, and state whether they were with her or against her.

FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMA'S BACK TO THE WALL  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** Obama's back against the wall: After Pennsylvania, a lot of folks — including us — figured that Obama would win North Carolina by as much, or even more, than Clinton won the Keystone State …