Olbermann Plays Nice With Hillary on ‘Countdown’By cable-news standards, Olbermann was restrained during his interview with Hillary Clinton last night; by Olbermann’s standards, he was almost sedated.
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Clinton and Obama Finally Throw Down With WWEOn ‘Raw’ the two candidates (with a little encouragement from McCain), finally get down and dirty. They even use “The People’s Elbow”!!
Clinton and McCain to Appear Side by Side on MLK PanelThis will be a much-needed photo op for Clinton, who wants to frame the race as being between her and McCain, as the two most distinguished and serious candidates.
A Fresh New Spokesman for PatersonAs Paterson’s personal scandals ebb into the past, he hires a flashy young communications manager to move into the future — at $175,000 a year.
Christine Quinn Joins the Scandal BandwagonThe City Council Speaker has been allocating monies to phony nonprofits at the beginning of every year so she can use the funds later for favors, reports the Post.
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Elizabeth Edwards Responds to John HeilemannIn an MSNBC interview, the former candidate’s wife claims she likes Hillary’s health-care plan and finds Obama to be “charming,” but still won’t make an endorsement of either.
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Hillary Is F**king Obama“On the floor, and when they talk about the war!” So sayeth the latest, awesome tribute to Sarah Silverman’s “I’m Fucking Ben Affleck” video.
Mayor Pats Christine Quinn on the BackAfter her help passing the congestion-pricing bill through City Council, Bloomberg is sharing an NRDC award with her.
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Nader to Clinton: Don’t Quit!Ralph Nader wrote Hillary Clinton an impassioned poem about why she should stay in the race, comparing her position to his own in previous presidential races before Obama even thought of it.
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McCain Says He Used to Be Way More of a Jerk Than He Is NowJohn McCain is scheduled to give a speech at his alma mater, Episcopal High School, in Alexandria, Virginia, today. According to Reuters, the speech will address what led the Arizona senator to become the temperamental, F-bomb-dropping hothead that we know and, well … know.