Jane Fonda endorses Barack Obama; there goes his crossover vote  —  Jane Fonda, the actress and ardent anti-Vietnam War advocate who visited North Vietnam during those hostilities, has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president.  —  There were no formal ceremonies for the endorsement.

U.S. Cites Gaps in Planning of Iraqi Assault on Basra  —  BAGHDAD — Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker first learned of the Iraqi plan on Friday, March 21: Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki would be heading to Basra with Iraqi troops to bring order to the city.  —  But the Iraqi operation was not what the United States expected.

Joe Lieberman Attacks Barack Obama On Fox News (Video)  —  There's nothing quite like seeing it live:  —  LIEBERMAN: Well, I think that - let me say generally that Sen. Obama doesn't come to this debate with a lot of credibility.  Basically on the question of Iraq, John McCain has had the guts …

Obama's Dimestore ‘Mein Kampf’  —  If characters from “The Hills” were to emote about race, I imagine it would sound like B. Hussein Obama's autobiography, “Dreams From My Father.”  —  Has anybody read this book?  Inasmuch as the book reveals Obama to be a flabbergasting lunatic …

In Economic Drama, Bush Is Largely Offstage  —  WASHINGTON — The first hint that President Bush might be detached from the nation's economic woes was in February, when he conceded that he had not heard about predictions of $4-a-gallon gasoline.  —  Then Mr. Bush went to Wall Street to warn against …

Rezko witness: Gov was told of threat to ‘take them down’  —  A Chicago businessman-turned-Hollywood producer who believed he was being shaken down by two of Gov. Blagojevich's campaign fund-raisers threatened to “take them down” if they didn't back off, according to a recording played at the Tony Rezko corruption trial today.

OBAMA... LIKE HEINZ KERRY'S HUSBANDS?  —  From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger  —  PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Teresa Heinz Kerry joined Michelle Obama at a rally at Carnegie Mellon University today, saying she hoped the state would support Obama the way it had voted for both of her husbands.

McCain and the Model  —  Elizabeth Holmes reports on the presidential race.  —  So many stories, so little time.  —  Sen. John McCain spoke Wednesday morning at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., the third day of his weeklong tour.  True to form, Washington Wire is here to provide inquiring minds …

McCain the ‘Punk’ Goes Back to School  —  Once ‘McNasty’, Presumed Republican Nominee Praises Teacher's Influence  —  John McCain is a punk.  At least that's what the editors of his high school yearbook thought.  —  “It was a fateful three years ago that the “Punk” first crossed the threshold …

Dean meets with Florida Democrats  —  (CNN) — Florida's Democratic leadership and national party chairman Howard Dean presented a united front today as they met to resolve their dispute over the seating of that state's delegation at the presidential nominating convention in Denver.

Student Sues ‘Anti-Christian’ Teacher Over Remarks in Class  —  A student and his family have filed a federal lawsuit demanding that a popular European history teacher at California's Capistrano Valley High School be fired for what they say were anti-Christian remarks he made in the classroom.