The Austin American-Statesman's Laylan Copelin takes a look at how Tom Craddick's path to getting re-elected as Speaker is getting more complicated by the day.

I read ThinkProgress quite often, so I was happy to see their new sister project take off: The Wonk Room, which they describe as a "public policy rapid response room" and "a resource for in-depth policy analysis on four core issue areas: health care, economic mobility, national security, and climate change." Those are several of my favorite political things joined together!

There are just a few problems in global financial markets following on the heels of the Bear Sterns bailout and the last night's rate cuts from the Fed. Could be a long week.

I saw this post the other day at Daily Kos in which pro-Clinton diarist called for a writer's strike, saying that the environment had become, "...progressively more abusive toward my candidate and her supporters." This actually became quite a big deal and garnered

This is disconcerting, but not entirely a surprise, as the fight over Michigan and Florida's delegates gets more heated:

Democrats in Michigan and Florida struggled Friday to resolve the impasse over their disputed January primaries, coming up with a plan to hold a June primary in Michigan while remaining deadlocked in Florida.

It is possible that John McCain may focus on national security issues and terrorism in the upcoming general election.

The National Journal examines this election cycle's Democratic resurgence in unlikely locations, starting with Abilene, Texas.

Could there be something as bad or worse for regular Americans than surging oil prices?

Government figures released Friday showed that grocery costs had jumped 5.1 percent in 12 months, the latest in a string of increases. In fact, the nation is undergoing its worst grocery inflation since the early 1990s.

Obama has an official direct response at Huffington Post; campaign also announces that Wright is no longer on the African American Religious Leadership Committee.

Bloomberg has an update on the hunt for superdelegates, and how they are breaking.