Indiana

Michael Steele, the current chairman of the Republican National Committee, says he preferred Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as the party’s nominee for vice president last year. He didn’t say who he likes for president in 2012, but Steele’s remarks, as well as Palin’s at an anti-abortion rights event last week [...]

A new network TV comedy, NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” premieres Thursday, April 9. Fans of the show’s star, Amy Poehler (late of “Saturday Night Live”), or of another NBC series, “The Office” (off of which “Parks and Recreation” is said to have spun), have their own reasons to watch. But anyone who has dealt with [...]

Found, in the Republican National Convention Minneapolis St. Paul Host Committee’s filings with the Federal Election Commission over the last few days: big corporate donations (Target, Best Buy and UnitedHealth each gave more than $1 million) and a sizable sum left over unused ($4.7 million). Together with analyses of donors’ lobbying activities, they tell a tale about the costs and benefits of throwing a party for the national Republican Party.

Lost amid the news accounts and watchdog reports: some of the lesser line items that suggest their own story lines. Here are a few, after the jump.

Editor’s note: The plates are shifting under both Democratic presidential campaigns today, making this potentially the most pivotal news cycle since very early in the race. So we’ve opened this item to filter some of the more interesting and consequential stories breaking today. We’ll be updating regularly through the afternoon; if you spot something notable [...]

Both post-primary speeches were interesting this time around–Obama’s for tactical and rhetorical reasons, Clinton’s for its unfolding psychodrama. As I said in the previous post, watch Bill.

Barack Obama in North Carolina (10:38)

Hillary Clinton in Indiana, part I (9:35)

Part II is below the jump.

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You could learn everything you needed to know about the suddenly transformed circumstances of the Clinton campaign from the face of Bill as he grimaced and fidgeted at Hillary’s side during her post-primary speech in Indianapolis last night. Cheeks flushed, eyes fixed and glazed at times as they stared wistfully into infinity, it was a [...]

In what has become an obligatory bit of choreography on the eve of a primary, the Clinton campaign on Monday released a new attack ad going after Barack Obama’s opposition to a gas-tax holiday. The Obama campaign fired right back with a she’ll-say-anything spot that doesn’t mention the gas tax but quotes the New York [...]