GALLUP: MCCAIN NOW LEADING REPUBLICAN FIELD 33 percent to Huckabee’s 19. (Gallup) But Michigan can change that. From the story: "If Romney wins, all of a sudden he's a tier-one candidate," independent Michigan pollster Ed Sarpolus said. "If McCain wins, the national Republican inner circle begins to want to have him as the candidate." Sarpolus cast Huckabee as an underdog. (USA Today) Zogby has them in a dead heat in Michigan. (Reuters) Hewitt on McCain. (Townhall) Dean Barnett looks at the difference between the Mitt Romney he knows and the Mitt Romney seen by the public. (NY Times) The primary calendar. (US Politics)
HILLARY LOSING BLACK SUPPORT Because, the story notes, black voters “are more devoted to the dream of having a black president for the first time.” Later in the story: "This movement has become bigger than Barack Obama, as it always does, and so in the annals of history, the question will come down to whether the Clintons stopped the man who could have become the first black president or they stood in the way of him becoming the first black president," said Mr. Reid, managing partner with Westin-Rinehart, a political consulting firm. "Anything the Clintons would typically do to another opponent simply doesn't work with Obama. It just doesn't, because the smallest of things, criticisms, whatever becomes front-page news." (Washington Times) Race has jumped to the top in this battle. (CBS News) As Obama gains black support, he’s closing in on Hillary nationwide. (Rasmussen)
Others of note today...
SCHOOL INSTALLS SECURITY CAMERAS TO STOP THIEVES, ACTIVISTS WANT THEM SHUT OFF Somehow, a hallway camera is a violation of privacy. Boston Globe
