Governor Mike Huckabee is outside looking in now, it is a race between Governor Romney and Senator McCain.

MCCAIN/ROMNEY DEBATE The story claims they “angrily fought for conservative support.”  (USA Today)  Transcript.  (CNN)  Some reaction.  (CNN)  From Hewitt:  John McCain won over few if any conservatives tonight, and his display of bad temper and his rambling filibuster of his wrongful "timetables" attack on Romney from last weekend may even have lost him some moderates.  (Townhall)  Not helping McCain, the liberal and tough to read Susan Estrich is impressed by him.  (FOX News)  Novak said McCain “might well consider providing "straight talk" about Samuel Alito and promising to veto any tax increase by a Democratic Congress.”  (Townhall)  From the Wall Street Journal:  When Mr. McCain took the stage in Sun City, the applause was polite. When he finished, he got a standing ovation. He has been at this game a long time, and his ability to sense and ride the emotional flow of an audience is astonishing.  (WSJ)

DEMOCRATS SEE RACIAL DIVIDE BETWEEN HILLARY and OBAMA Obama gets the black vote, Hillary gets the Hispanic vote. (Gallup)  Meanwhile, Nader is lurking.  (USA Today)   And ABC News is going after Hillary because she “remained silent” as Wal-Mart “waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.”  For six years, she was a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors. (ABC News)  A past Clinton defender attacks Hillary’s character.  (WSJ)

SENATE TO VOTE ON BIGGER STIMULUS PACKAGE Story notes “The legislation would pump $193 billion into the economy over the next two years. The House measure would inject $161 billion.”    (Boston Globe)  Unlike the House, the Senate chose to not include illegal aliens.  (FOX News)  More on the economy.  (Hoover) More of our money coming back to us during an economic downturn, great idea.

WOMAN THREATENED WITH $10 MILLION FINE OVER EBAY SALES Because she isn’t licensed to auction in Pennsylvania.  From the story:  Some Pennsylvania officials now acknowledge that Pletz, with her heart-tugging story, was not the best person with whom to make a legal point.  The 33-year-old opened her Internet business in 2004 so she could stay home with her 6-month-old daughter, Julia, who was diagnosed with a hypothalamic hamartoma brain tumor. Philadelphia Inquirer I'm a huge Ebay fan, my family has an Ebay Store for fun, extra income and selling our garage sale items of good value. This is an example of government legislation out of control.