Last night I did a spot on Al Jazeera English to discuss President Obama’s major speech in Cairo, Egypt. Here’s the video.

If you haven’t yet done so, you should read the full text of the Obama speech. This speech is critically important and while it’s still to be determined whether it accomplishes a new beginning for American/Muslim relations, it was clearly an important first step.

is said to be quitting his campaign for the presidency. Developing…

Mitt Romney has won the Michigan primary with 39%. Sen. John McCain has placed second with 30% and Mike Huckabee has come in third with 16% of the vote. CNN results can be found here.

Wow! I just received an email in my inbox from Tagg Romney, Mitt Romney’s son, alerting me to a new video that I must check out of the Romney clan from this past summer living it up in beautiful Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. In the video, Mitt is celebrating a “day off” with the Romney’s. In the flick, he is seen mowing the lawn, surfing the interwebs, cooking s’mores, lighting fireworks and most of all, letting his hair down and taking his shirt off.

I worked on the 2002 race up in Massachusetts and I’ve seen this play before. Days before the election, the Romney camp released an ad on television showing Mitt gallivanting around topless, playing with his sons and his grandkids . This television ad was widely credited as being one of the reasons he was able to beat out Shanon O’Brien for the Governor’s seat that year.

Now, six years later, Mitt is running again and while the office he’s seeking has changed, the tactics have not. As Michiganders head to the polls today to decide Mitt Romney’s fate, the question remains: are voters in 2008 looking for tried and tested or are they willing to take the best and the buffest?

This is funny:

Sen. Barack Obama’s small donors [NY Times]

Sen. Fred Thompson continues to “test the waters” [NY Times]

Sen. John Edwards hits the poverty trail [Washington Post]

Dow Jones, Murdoch Reach a Deal [Wahington Post]

Mitt Romney likes to spend [Boston Globe]

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty to endorse Obama [Washington Post]

David Vitter speaks [The Times-Picayune]

Hillary Clinton Backers Retire Vilsack’s Debt [LA Times]

The two most awkward things i’ve seen in a long time.

1. Willary Romney trying to explain how his position on abortion has changed from this:

2. Evan O’Dorney, this year’s national spelling bee winner, getting interviewed on CNN:

This is great…

“Well, he wasn’t just for gay rights, he was more for gay rights than Ted Kennedy,” said Carlson facetiously. “He was basically gay.”

-MSNBC TV host Tucker Carlson on Willard Mitt Romney’s position(s) on gay rights

Another great video of Willard Romney being clear on where he stands on the issues.

Though he will likely be their nominee, it is clear that Willard is a disingenuous, flip-flopping chameleon.

Mitt Romney:

Mitt Romney 48 months later: