Have you seen this from Wikileaks? Via TPMuckraker and the New York Times comes the news that, in 2005, US armed forces were authorized to perform 'cross-border raids into Iran and Syria' from Iraq. The implications of rules of engagement along these lines are large, and both the documents and the stories are worth digging into.

The Obama campaign's David Plouffe is now trying to manage expectations ahead of tomorrow's contest. The media has latched on to national poll movement as an indicator of possible locations for Obama to pull off some stunning upsets tomorrow, but Plouffe is saying that getting within 100 delegates of Clinton when tomorrow is all said and done is a win for them. And his surrogates have been professing the same sentiment all day long on your favorite cable news network.

Forget what talk radio says or thinks about John McCain. Forget that Romney has so much money. The idea surrounding John McCain — that he is solidifying as the GOP candidate — is stemming from the fact that while he might be losing the conservative primary, he is winning the personality primary.

Mitt Romney is a fan of criticizing Hillary Clinton for her lack of executive experience, and regularly paints himself as a Board Room Superhero that single-handedly stopped a meteor from crashing into the economy in Massachusetts. Turns out he may have been exaggerating about all that economic recovery he takes credit for.

Over at the Star-Telegram's new PoliTex blog, Jay Root muses on whether Perry's endorsements of Giuliani and McCain will cause more trouble in an already troubled relationship — that between Perry and the conservative base.

The fight over whether the delegates from Michigan and Florida will be seated at the Democratic National Convention has expanded in recent weeks, with nudges from the Clinton campaign in favor of making those delegates count and rumors that a real fight was brewing over the issue.

Lest we forget, Mitt Romney won the Maine caucuses this weekend, sealing the deal amidst high turnout for the Pine Tree State's hearty 18 delegates.

President Bush unveiled his budget proposal for 2009 today, and did an amazing job of eradicating the last vestiges of fiscal conservatism. The GOP's budgetary policy is the same as it has ever been: benefits for the rich and punishment for the poor.

How I feel about national polls is well-established — they largely indicate name ID, especially in primary elections, and have only a fractious relevance that dissipates when the rubber meets the road in a real state.

It isn't often we have reason to link to E! Online and talk about labor dispute resolutions, but there you have it. The rumor mill is churning away about how an end to the Writers Strike is imminent.