Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won't quit  —  While the case for Hillary Clinton to stay in the race is shakier than ever, one ugly reason for staying in could be found Tuesday amid the ruddy, sun-kissed Hoosiers who cheered her on to victory at the Indianapolis Speedway.

Christopher Hitchens on Barack Obama's latest primary victory  —  Of all the slogans that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama might have picked to distinguish themselves from one another, “Prolier Than Thou” was probably the least convincing.  —  Yet in the closing days …

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue  —  But Barack Obama's support has narrowed dangerously—and he'll need to make critical changes to beat John McCain.  —  The Democratic primary is over.  Hillary Clinton might still run in West Virginia and Kentucky, which she'll win handily …

Ignoring “The Problem”  —  In the Left blogs today, it is considered a mortal sin to point out that Barack Obama has trouble connecting with white working class voters.  It is a mortal sin to point out that in the South Carolina campaign, the Obama campaign fed the narrative that the Clinton campaign was race baiting.

Obama Announces 3 Superdelegates  —  From this point forward in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, the fight between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will be boiled down to a day-by-day accounting of superdelegates.  —  Today, in the wake of the North Carolina …

Hillary Chief Strategist: North Carolina Loss Represented Progress Because We Won Among White Voters  —  On the Hillary conference call, Hillary chief strategist Geoff Garin made the case for her electability in some of the most explicitly race-based terms I've heard yet.

Today's Must Read  —  Nobody does compromise quite like the Bush administration.  —  If you're a regular reader of TPM, you're familiar with Hans von Spakovsky and in particular, Spakovsky's remarkable track record at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.