The aide reportedly telling Canadian officials that Obama’s NAFTA talk is more “political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans.” (USA Today) John Fund looks at how the media is ignoring Obama’s troubled past. (WSJ) Another story begins “Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday said damaging stories swirling around her rival show that the true vetting of Sen. Barack Obama has just begun, and she predicted that a strong finish today in Ohio and Texas will revive her run for the Democratic presidential nomination.” (Washington Times) The Senator from Illinois is also under fire from a fellow member of the United Church of Christ for alleged lies about a speech he gave to the church. (American Spectator) Obama hopes to finish Hillary off today. (FOX News) But final polls in Ohio are breaking for Hillary. (Realclearpolitics) And she’s retaken the lead in Texas. (Realclearpolitics) From Rick Santorum on Obama’s battle against the Born Alive Infants Protection Act: “He effectively voted for infanticide. He voted to allow doctors to deny medically appropriate treatment or, worse yet, actively kill a completely delivered living baby. Infanticide - I wonder if he'll add this to the list of changes in his next victory speech and if the crowd will roar: "Yes, we can." (Philadelphia Inquirer)
OBAMA IMPLIES SERMON ON THE MOUNT SUPPORTS CIVIL UNIONS...
Record numbers of California teenagers are saying "no thanks, maybe later" to what once was a rite of passage - scoring a driver's license. Instead of jetting down to the DMV once they turn 16, most teens are content to ride shotgun with their parents a little longer, according to a Bee analysis of statewide license data. The movement away from early driving is backed by a generation of self-acknowledged "chauffeur parents" who say they can keep a better eye on their kids by ferrying them from school to study dates and to the mall and movies. What has lead to this result, and why aren't we changing the driving age to 18-years-old? Sacramento Bee
WEEKEND COLLEGE DEGREE PROGRAMS...
They call it weekend college, and no, it's not about earning a beer buzz in a class called Party 101. Rather, Fresno City College students are earning a two-year degree by attending classes only on Friday nights, Saturdays and some Sunday afternoons - times when other students usually are kicking back. Another Valley school -- College of the Sequoias in Visalia -- modified the weekend concept so students can get a two-year degree by spending Saturdays in class and six hours weekly online. Fresno Bee