And The First Exit Polls in Michigan Say...  I'm surprised no one else has put this up yet.  I'm hearing the first round of exit polls have Romney 35, McCain 29, Huckabee 15, Ron Paul 10, Giuliani 4.  This doesn't count absentee ballots.  —  If this holds, the networks will be able to announce shortly after 9 p.m. eastern time...

Across Michigan, light turnout and some upset voters  —  Around metro Detroit and across the state, turnout has been so low for the presidential primary that some clerks predict the majority of votes will come from absentee ballots.  —  Clerks say snowy weather and a non-race on the Democratic side have kept numbers down.

Obama's Farrakhan Test  —  Barack Obama is a member of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.  Its minister, and Obama's spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. In 1982, the church launched Trumpet Newsmagazine; Wright's daughters serve as publisher and executive editor.

Dems battle in court, debate and voting booth  —  Three presidential rivals face off tonight in Las Vegas, but not Kucinich  —  LAS VEGAS - Democratic presidential rivals and their supporters vied for advantage in the courts, on a debate stage and at the ballot box on Tuesday in an unsettled race …

Setting Mich expectations  —  Aside from anecdotal buzz about low turnout, nobody has a great feel for what's going on here in Michigan.  —  But that hasn't stopped McCain's camp from already trying to spin the meaning of a loss here.  —  Senior Adviser Steve Schmidt strolled …

Banned at The DoJ  —  We here at TPM get hundreds of emails each day, ranging from reader emails to press releases.  And it took me a while to notice that on October 10th of last year, the Justice Department stopped sending us their releases.  We had been on their list for well more than a year.

Pelosi pushes gourmet menu  —  The processed cheese has been replaced with brie.  The Jell-O has made way for raspberry kiwi tarts and mini-lemon blueberry trifles.  Meatloaf has moved over for mahi mahi and buns have been shunted aside in favor of baguettes.

Wow.  —  I'm on the radio this morning.  For the last thirty minutes, I've been talking about the Clinton v. Obama race war.  This isn't a new topic, but something very interesting happened.  —  Mayor C. Jack Ellis, the recently term limited out of office Mayor of Macon, GA, called in the show.

From the McCain party...  McCain supporters have already arrived at the charming Hibernian Society building here near the corner of Meeting and Broad streets ("The Four Corners of Law") in downtown Charleston.  —  No sign of the candidate, but the cameras are in place on a riser facing a ginormous American flag.