• Stewart’s goodbye to Mitt, in words that Mitt would not use. [C&L] • “Rather than just own up to the situation — ‘We just didn’t win the states we needed to win,’ or something like that — Mr. Romney, ever the business consultant, had to try to customize his message for the client.” [The [...]

• Yes, we ALL can. [Ben Smith] • Superdelegates still getting offers for Bill to mow their lawns… [The Plank] • Tom Delay, supergenius: “I don’t think somebody who’s indicted ought to run for president.” [Think Progress] • “Full disclosure: I hate the Black Eyed Peas with a burning passion. And that spelling-bee reject Fergie, [...]

Some thoughts on what might help Hillary out of her slump. UPDATE: Yup, these are more environmental factors than strategic ones… no so much what Hillary can do to hold up Obama, but rather what might yet happen. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

Assistant Managing Editor/Occasional Swampland intern Michael Duffy, author of this week’s story exploring the concept of a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket, reports in with some additional analysis: KT Our new poll, taken before Super Tuesday, has some stuff Swampland readers might find interesting, if not terribly surprising: –Obama fares somewhat better against McCain than Clinton; [...]

Slate’s John Dickerson: Over the course of the GOP primaries, it became clear from exit polls that Republicans were voting based on candidate character more than policy positions. Despite all the money Romney spent on ads and organization, including millions of his own fortune, voters just didn’t seem to like him. In the last weeks, [...]

This is a really important piece in the Washington Post today about the success of the U.S. military–and Sunni tribal–effort against Al Qaeda in Iraq. One key metric, found in a memo sent by Riyadh al-Ogaidi, said to be an AQI leader: Ogaidi said the total number of al-Qaeda in Iraq members across the country [...]