I have already posted about the NY 13th Congressional Race and how the DCCC is endorsing in a primary and someone who is pro-Iraq war but now they are spreading rumors about the candidate who is not their annointed one.

For the last four years Democratic leaders have been stating that we need to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home but they then do things that makes these sound like empty words.

Since most of the press tends not to talk about Hillary's endorsements and I do not recall seeing it here today it should be known that Hillary Clinton received the endorsement yesterday of a prominent African American leader and county executive.  That of Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson.

After claiming last week that the campaign had already divested itself of all Rezko related contributions the Obama campaign announces tonight that they will be dumping another $70,000.

In Iowa there was an event at which a question to Hillary Clinton was said to have been "staged" and people here and in the media, and with some merit, were quite upset.  In today's Newsday there is an article about an Obama roundtable event that not only was not a spontaneous event but that the "remarks" by the participants may have been literally put in their mouths.

This morning's Morning Joe was a perfect example of how the press likes to twist the facts, spin stories to match their commentary, or use partial quotes or quotes out of order to fit their needs.

Besides Hillary Clinton speaking at the "MLK Day at the Dome" in South Carolina and Bill Clinton speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church the rest of the Hillary Clinton staff is honoring Dr. King's legacy ad well.

Kansas City Star Endorsed Hillary Clinton yesterday.  I apologize if this was already posted and missed with all the other discussions.

Once again on Morning Joe this morning Chris Matthews showed his major anti-Hillary bias in talking about Iowa and the Democratic caucus.  He stated that a third place finish by Hillary would be the major domestic story and that somehow that would be a major repudiation by over 2/3s of the Democratic voters of Iowa.  Of course his anti-Hillary blinders made him lose sight of both the facts and history.

We all can agree that the intelligence that said that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and were on their way to building a nuclear weapon were wrong and this caused us to get into a war we probably could have avoided.

Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto Senator Clinton and John Edwards called for an international and independent investigation into the killing of Bhutto.  This was even prior to the questionable proclamation by the Pakistani government of how she died and who caused her death.

While the pundits and those in the MSM would like us to believe that Iowa likes Mr. Nice Guys and not candidates that attack each other and that John Edwards and/or Barack Obama are playing the Mr. Nice Guy role this is not accurate.

It has been discussed here and in other places that Chris Matthews seems to be pre-disposed to hating the Clintons and finding whatever he can that is wrong about them while praising other candidates and one particular candidate, Barack Obama, seems to get the Chris Matthews benefit of the doubt and seal of approval.  

The new CNN poll is out in Iowa and while the race is a close one with Hillary at 30%, Obama at 28%, and Edwards at 26% the issues that seem to matter all benefit Hillary Clinton.

Besides the personal apperances, the apperances for others on her behalf, and some ads/printed materials the rest of the Hillary Clinton campaign in Iowa should be the Des Moines Register endorsement.

I have been pretty obvious about my support for Hillary Clinton here and my belief that she will be best Democratic candidate for President.  That said I have some words of advice for the campaign that are totally unsolicited but I think warranted.  Keep Penn off TV

With the media concentrating on the visits to Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina by Oprah on behalf of Obama this weekend other campaigns are reacting to it.  Bill Clinton is being dispatched to South Carolina on Saturday and the Edwards team held a conference call with reporters today.  The question that comes out of that call is are they  addressing issues with her visit or not.

There has been much said about Robert Reich's statements about Hillary Clinton and where he stands comparing her to Barack Obama.  Huffington Post today has a response from Gene Sperling Article that argue in opposition to what Robert Reich has stated.