This is a big hometown paper endorsement for the challenger who came surprisingly close to knocking off incumbent Congressman Albert R. Wynn in her first run for office two years ago (when the paper had also endorsed her). Edwards has been a netroots favorite, and the Washington Post editorial board has been one of its favorite targets. …

• 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 Caucus]

• Mitt’s next. [Radar]

• 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

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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:

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Our new poll, taken before Super Tuesday, has some stuff Swampland readers might find interesting, if not terribly

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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,

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I’ll be trying to collect a few of them today, as the GOP tries to put humpty dumpty back together again. The first one I’ve come across that seems both informed and honest –witheringly so — comes from Patrick Ruffini:

What Romney didn’t account for is that it would take more than being a CPAC, or Agenda Conservative to win the

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Five reasons to be sorry Romney’s gone.

Shorter Mike Huckabee: Don’t let the door hit you…

“Today, Mitt Romney announced that he will no longer seek the Republican nomination for President. I wish Mitt and his family all the best.

“Over the past year, Mitt and his entire family have sacrificed a lot during the course of his campaign and for that, we should all be

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Based on Romney’s prepared remarks, he won’t come anywhere near endorsing McCain during the red-meat speech he’s giving to CPAC right now. He’ll offer only tepid praise for McCain’s hawkishness on national security. Here’s the passage:

I disagree with Senator McCain on a number of issues, as you know. But I agree with him on doing

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I have no idea what will get McCain staff out of bed in the morning…

Can we take down the horserace banner up there now?

UPDATE: Perhaps the weirdest thing about Romney’s speech at CPAC right now is that it is, essentially, the same stump speech I’ve seen him deliver about, well, innumberable times, right down to the “First, not …