Clinton makes case for wide appeal  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests.

The Too-Long Goodbye  —  After the Tuesday primaries, Hillary Rodham Clinton now has maybe a 2 percent chance of winning the Democratic nomination.  But if she pursues her losing battle, she has perhaps a 20 percent chance of costing the Democrats the presidency in the fall.

Barack Obama's Big Mistake: He's Getting Too Many Votes  —  Following in the footsteps of other bloggers like Jeralyn Merritt and Armando, I must urge the superdelegates, the media and other creative class left blogs to be aware of something before it is too late.

A Comparison of NC Win With VA Win  —  This is my first Diary, so I'll gladly take any constructive criticism.  Full disclosure, I am a Hillary Clinton supporter.  I strongly and fervently believe her to be the stronger candidate to beat McCain and also the stronger option for President of the US.

Wright story: What took so long?  —  The controversial reverend's 20-year relationship with Obama was left to simmer for a year.  In our 24/7 media age, how could this have happened?  —  Barring some really strange math or a lot of second thoughts, the Democrats seem poised to nominate …

The 18-Cent Solution  —  BOTH Hillary Clinton and John McCain say that we should suspend the 18-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax this summer.  After her beating at the polls Tuesday, there may not be much reason left to worry about what Senator Clinton thinks, but the McCain proposal is alive and well.

A Gift From Tehran— ARMED HEZBOLLAH THUGS Roam Beirut, Gunfights & Beatings Reported  —  A GIFT FROM TEHRAN—  Boy, this says it all...  Beirut Spring posted this photo of a bridge banner in Beirut that reads: “A gift from the municipality of Tehran to the righteous, resisting Lebanese people.”

Wages Of Sin, We Keep Paying  —  There once was an Islamic extremist who was radicalized by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Egyptian peace treaty with Israel.  After the assassination of Anwar Sadat — in which his role was, at most, peripheral — he was arrested by the Egyptian security forces and tortured extensively.

Mich. Dems settle on how to split delegates  —  LANSING — Michigan Democratic leaders settled today on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the delegates seated at the national convention

In Defense of RINO Hunting  —  The Club for Growth Political Action Committee has long been attacked for intervening in Republican primaries and targeting the party's most economically liberal incumbents.  —  In 2000, Pennsylvania Rep. Jim Greenwood called the Club “cannibals.”

The Five Mistakes Clinton Made  —  For all her talk about “full speed on to the White House,” there was an unmistakably elegiac tone to Hillary Clinton's primary-night speech in Indianapolis.  And if one needed further confirmation that the undaunted, never-say-die Clintons realize their bid might …