Sacrifices

• "Military analysts named in Times exposé appeared or were quoted more than 4,500 times on broadcast nets, cables, NPR" [MM]

• "College democrat representatives Lauren Wolfe and Awais Khaleel endorsed Barack Obama on Tuesday, using YouTube to unveil their preference." [Threat Level]

• "Cole said that comparing Democratic candidates to Barack Obama remains 'a useful tool.' But 'is that a substitute for an agenda? No.'" [Ambers]

• "[Dean] has raised $74 million and spent $64 million. He says it's a long-term strategy. But what he has spent it on, apparently, is just hiring a bunch of staff people to wander around Utah and Mississippi and pick their nose. That's not how you build a party." [dK]

• "A steep descent brings Clinton's plane to Charleston's hilltop airport. ... She pretends to spot an old friend in the crowd, points and gives another wave; in fact, she is waving at an aide she had been talking with on the plane minutes earlier." [WP]