George Bush declaring victory in Iraq at the National Assembly of Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville:

"I strongly believe the surge is working, and so do the Iraqis."

"And as a return on our success -- in other words, as we get more successful, troops are able to come home.... They're coming home because we're successful."

Great! So where's the timetable for withdrawal?

Grim economic picture painted by columnist Jane Bryant Quinn on Friday's edition of Newshour:

Clearly, we're in a recession. We're going to have job problems. We've got difficulties with the mortgages....

Foreclosures are at record rates. People look around and they see foreclosed homes on their blocks and they see nothing but trouble ahead.

Judging by this picture in the Chicago Sun-Times [online], you'd assume Obama figured prominently in yesterday's proceedings in the Tony Rezko Trial. I mean, it's his picture along with that of defendant Tony Rezko and "star witness" Stuart Levine.

Election scenario courtesy of the Chicago Tribune:

"There's just going to be a tidal wave if Barack is on the ballot," one longtime state Republican official said. "There are going to be people coming out of the woodwork, and they're going to vote Democratic."

If Oberweis does lose -- and no candidate was ever more deserving of such a fate -- it's due at least in part to the lousy NRCC ads that they kept running incessantly on the airwaves.

They were all about that "liberal" Foster and how he was going to spend all that money on "government-run health care".

I agree with there being a conflict of interest in U.S. Presidents setting up their own libraries. It's just ironic to see the point being made in a newspaper that has its own "Freedom Museum":

Because we're not going to let slurs about Dems being less concerned than Republicans about national security go unchallenged ever again: Courtesy of Crooks and Liars

Inspired by Howie Kurtz:

"Hey Barack, Rush Limbaugh says you hate America and Matt Drudge showed that you hate the flag and The Politico says you love Terrorists. Do you?"

More chez Glenn Greenwald...

From the Foster Campaign:

Volunteer now or on Election Day

We are a short time away from the Saturday, March 8 Special Election. We need folks who can walk door-to-door on election day, the days before and to help us recruit volunteers. A few hours can make all the difference. Volunteer today.

FireDogLake has set up a convenient form to express your outrage by email to local newspapers that carry the slanderous material by Nedra Pickler.

Let's be clear about this, once they take away your patriotism, there's not much left. The article by Nedra Pickler was a hit piece not only on Barack Obama but on all progressives determined not to see a repeat against the next incumbent of the White House -- whoever that might be -- of what the media did to Bill Clinton for 8 long years.