Political bits

(ABCblog) Sources tell ABC News, two top advisors made the case to the Senator to remove Penn -- Harold Ickes and Tina Flournoy.

(Politico) Paul Begala says on CNN that there are many in Clinton's camp who think Penn's demotion is not enough. He should be fired outright.

(NYTimes) Penn wasn't the only one in the Clinton camp with ties to lobbying for Colombia.

(ABC) "Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February."

(WaPoBlog) "That's another thing: Do you do you realize how much longer it takes me to get ready than my two opponents?" Clinton asked. "I think I should get points for working as hard as I do, plus having to spend so much time getting ready." (She brings that up?)

(Politico) "In the days and weeks ahead, the Barack Obama campaign is going to pose a simple question.... If Hillary Clinton can’t run a good primary campaign, how is she ever going to run a good campaign against the Republicans?"

(ChicagoTrib) What are the ethics of Bill Clinton charging big dollars for charity speeches?

(Politico) John McCain, said Tillman, “has pretty well zero relationship with the African-American community that I know of.” (They do point out that John McCain has several black friends... No, they really do.)

Happy Birthday, Chuck Todd.

And, the polls are a bit all over the place, but there is an indisputable tightening going on in Pa.. (Add Quinnipiac.)