TotT is a daily rundown of campaign events, compiled by Katie Rooney.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) celebrates last week’s official entrance into the presidential race with a fundraising reception in Westminster, Calif. tonight at 6 p.m. hosted by a local assemblyman. But not just anyone can get into this party — it costs $1,000 per person …

Many of our commenters have been asking (okay, demanding) that we respond to it. And I’ve been agonizing over the cost/benefit of doing that, considering how it is certain to generate a blogswarm. There’s a lot of anger out there at the media in general, and because we have opened up this blog to comments, we feel the brunt of it, aimed …

Over at National Journal, Murray Waas has this indicating that AG Alberto Gonzales had delegated “to two of his top aides — who have since resigned because of their central roles in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys — extraordinary authority over the hiring and firing of most non-civil-service employees of the Justice …

Funny because it’s true….

PRESS CORPS: (Applause.)

Q Where ya been? (Laughter.)

MR. SNOW: Just hanging out. Thank you so much, it’s great to be back.

Q We thought Rove double-deleted you. (Laughter.)

Good to have you back, flute-playing guy.

Now, about those emails…

UPDATE: Geez, guys, I haven’t seen the Moyers

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Some advice from a first-time campaign correspondent: Never leave your computer on the charter. Also, invest in a broadband access card. My limited posts from my limited time on the Straight Talk Express are due mostly to lack of internet access and in part to the almost complete lack of news.

I don’t have much to add to the traditional …

TotT is a daily rundown of campaign events, compiled by Katie Rooney.

While we don’t know where most of the presidential candidates themselves will be today, we do know this much – several of them are leaving today’s campaigning to their surrogates. Former Sen. John Edwards‘ (D-NC) wife Elizabeth has a packed schedule in New …

From elsewhere on TIME.com, here’s the excerpt and here’s Michael Duffy’s interview.

As if it weren’t daunting enough that so many other big states moving their presidential primaries up to February 5, Florida is considering stepping on South Carolina by holding its on January 29. As Adam Smith reports in the St. Petersburg Times, the national parties are threatening to punish Florida by taking away some of its delegates …

He has a resume that trumps every other candidate in the 2008 Democratic field: Governor, U.N. Ambassador, Congressman, cabinet secretary. He has rescued hostages and negotiated with some of the toughest characters on the planet. So it seemed fair to ask: Why isn’t New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson doing any better in the …

Been on the road with McCain for his campaign relaunch tour — an entertaining diversion from the Democrats’ Gravel-tastic debate. Yesterday saw a tour through South Carolina, during which the Senator repeatedly insisted that his 2000 loss in the state was not due to the sneaky, bastard black baby tricks of Karl Rove, but rather to a …

TotT is a daily rundown of campaign events, compiled by Katie Rooney.

After last night’s debate, the majority of the Democratic presidential candidates – including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) and Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) …