Political bits

How significant is it that the one Republican candidate who didn't call for rounding up illegals is the likely GOP candidate? Has the damage already been done by the party?

(Swamp) "Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center...." (Take a look at the CNN video. This seems like the media is creating this. Not much there.)

(WaPo) "Angry McCain," the latest Romney attack angle features on the front page of the WaPo.

(WaPo) "One Clinton adviser, granted anonymity in order to speak candidly about the contest, said the campaign is now anticipating it will not be able to reclaim its front-runner status on Tuesday night. Even California, once believed to be firmly in the Clinton column, has now tightened, the adviser said, but Clinton still hopes to carry it." (I think this is talking down expectations.)

(Politico) Obama's camp tries to lower expectations. (Chuck Todd has a more analytical take.)

The end of this WaPo piece looks past Super Tuesday.

And, Has there ever been a major presidential candidate who is as poor on the stump as McCain?

(Regarding the Dem polling, I don't think there can be any argument that there has been an Obama surge tightening it all up, but with the crazy rules on delegate apportionment, the polls, even if accurate, may not reflect what comes out tomorrow.

The two key questions are whether the "likely voter/caucuser" modeling will be accurate in this year of huge turnouts, and how the Edwards voters are breaking. (Looks like Obama?)

So we wait, and we watch. It's really exciting, isn't it?)