Today on the presidential campaign trail
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Sen. Kennedy, Rep. Kennedy endorsing Obama, expect to campaign for Democrat ... Romney criticizes McCain's legislative history ... Author Toni Morrison cites Obama's vision in announcing her support.
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Candidates focus on terrorism in reaction to assassination of Bhutto ... Poll: Many voters still bouncing among presidential candidates, especially on GOP side
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The presidential candidates are hitting big battleground states again today. President Bush will be on his second bus trip in Florida in four days.
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You can do a pretty good job of following the politics leading up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary from television in rain-soaked California. CNN has an excellent program running all afternoon called The Ballot Bowl. The format is really simple. They have cameras following the candidates and they're broadcasting their town hall stump speeches. They're authentic, based on my experience in the campaign for the 2004 New Hampshire primary. The NY Times has an excellent resource (no RSS feed apparently) that lists the candidates' schedules. It's also possible to import the schedule into Google Calendar as an overlay. ABCNews is hosting two 90-minute debates, one for each party, tonight starting at 4PM Pacific. Tomorrow Fox News is hosting a controversial Republican debate, which the Republican Party has withdrawn from because they won't let Ron Paul participate. He's polling third among the Republican candidates in New Hampshire. For once the Republicans got it right.  In the very limited time betw Iowa and New Hampshire there's a lot of action and drama. Romney all of a sudden is shamlessly the candidate for change. There was an Ahmadinejad moment when I thought for sure he was doing parody, but he was serious. He's changed his attire, but his pitch is still the sleazy VP-Sales who got promoted to CEO. Change change change, I can change too, just watch. Please die now. I don't think anyone stands for Romney.  Giuliani and Thompson are still nowhere to be seen. Edwards is doing a good job of keeping the game on. McCain is earnest and honest, but he's old and small and tired.  Obama has the aura of a front-runner and Hillary seems to believe that if only Iraq were still the big issue she would be where Obama is. Even so, according to recent polls she's likely to win New Hampshire. A lot of my friends on Twitter dismiss Huckabee, and to be clear, I could not vote for a Republican this year, no matter who their candidate is, but he is a fantastic American personality. Elections are all about feelings, not policies or positions or even records as the pundits insist. Who you vote for is a function of how you feel about the country and the world in relation to yourself. The candidate who comes closest to validating your feelings is the person you vote for. I think we'll tire of Obama quickly, and we're already tired of HIllary. I think the rational choice for each party, although many disagree, is Edwards and Huckabee because each of them tap into the well of frustration Americans feel about everything. But my guess, which will probably certainly turn out wrong, is that the Dems will nominate Obama and the Reps will nominate Huckabee, and Huck will win.  PS: After writing this, I wonder if George Lakoff would agree. I think I've just used a very Lakoffish process, unwittingly.  PPS: I went to UW-Madison. Bucky Badger is the school mascot. Our favorite cheer and T-shirt said Fuck em Bucky! It occurred to me the same slogan would work for Huckabee. PPPS: Obama? Yo mama!
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Clinton picks up emotional endorsements from black women in SC ... Obama looks to appeal to women ahead of SC primary ... Republican officials: Florida Sen. Mel Martinez to endorse McCain ... Edwards aims at Clinton-Obama fight on trail and in ads ... Huckabee focuses on widening Interstate 95 ... Kucinich quits presidential race ... Romney says his business background better qualifies him to fix the economy
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McCain stumps in Michigan; Clinton reviews political roadmap after surprise win ... Obama wins endorsement of SEIU Nevada ... Thompson draws 'line in sand' in South Carolina
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Romney tries to motivate high schoolers amid final day on Michigan stump ... Huckabee tells Mich. supporters he understands struggles of working-class people ... McCain says he would retool job training programs as president ... Racially tinged disputes heat up between Clinton and Obama
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TODAY AUTO RACING 1:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup Ford 400 qualifying at Homestead, Fla., Speed Channel 3 p.m. -- NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Ford 200 at Homestead, Fla., Speed Channel COLLEGE BASKETBALL/MEN 5 p.m. -- Marist Classic at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: Northeastern vs. Birmingham Southern, WRBB-FM (104.9) 7 p.m. -- Coaches vs. Cancer Classic third-place game at New York, ESPN2 7:30 ...
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Call it the political battle along the Potomac: Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold primaries today. Coming off his weekend sweep, Sen. Barack Obama is hoping for a hat trick over Sen. Hillary Clinton. And Mike Huckabee aims to show the GOP race with Sen. John McCain "is not over."
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IN THE HEADLINES: McCain proposes economic plan with corporate tax break ... Huckabee campaigns against 'Washington insiders' ... Giuliani pins his hopes for GOP nomination on a victory in Florida
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Democrats say tax the wealthiest in final debate before Iowa's caucuses ... Clinton campaign adviser out after comment about Obama's teenage drug use ... McCain calls on baseball players to cooperate after Mitchell Report ... Trailing in Iowa, Romney calls Huckabee "too liberal" on a host of issues ... Ron Paul pays Huckabee critics to travel to Iowa ... Obama wants you to be heard ... Edwards talks to Iowa's undecideds ... Clinton strikes intimate family note ... Huckabee's record on women's rights faces increased scrutiny.
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IN THE HEADLINES ... All eyes on the Iowa turnout ... Giuliani skips Iowa to campaign in Florida .... Will anyone notice Wyoming caucuses?
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Huckabee bags a pheasant in Iowa ... Some South Carolina ministers on Obama's list say they didn't endorse him ... Poll says George W. Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton are the man and woman most admired by Americans ... Edwards focuses on populist themes
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Clinton, Obama count on rookie caucus goers in Iowa ... Giuliani reads Christmas story to kids, says he's cancer free ... Dodd helps assemble packages for troops ... Dying Iowa woman prods candidates on health care
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Leading presidential contenders took to the hustings and the airwaves today in the key states of tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, a round of contests that offers the biggest one-day haul of delegates en route to the Republican and Democratic nominations.
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Obama gains upper hand with victories over Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii ... McCain inches closer to delegate goal ... Candidate wives' spar over remarks ... Candidates comment on Castro announcement ...
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats nationally (Washington Post-ABC News poll).