HuffPo has an excerpt from "FREE RIDE: John McCain and the Media" by David Brock and Paul Waldman -- it should be a strong candidate for the short-list of the better books about the '08 presidential campaign.

The MSM takes another broadside in Paul Farhi's "Off Target" at the American Journalism Review web page. Farhi documents MSM ineptitude in predicting political trends in the '08 election -- an instructive lesson for pundits who are tempted to prognosticate.

Bruce Drake has an encouraging update at CQ Politics: "Democrats Making Big Inroads In Party Identification," showing a 3-point gain for Dems since '04, with the GOP down 6-points -- a trend both broad and deep.

Nick Timiraos has a WSJ article "North Carolina Can Change Race Dynamic" continuing the discussion Matt Compton launched in his March 26 post.

Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello and Brendan Smith have an article in The Nation, "How Green Is Your Collar?" that should be of interest to Dems who want to build bridges between the environmental movement and blue collar workers.

David Paul Kuhn's Politico article "GOP looks to 'McCain Democrats'" examines the formidable crossover appeal of the GOP's likely nominee.