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- As Scott noted earlier, the Clinton campaign continued to utilize the services of Mark Penn, despite his lack of understanding for a fundamental feature of the Democratic primary system.
- It looks like Michigan Democratic party leaders have come up with a reasonable plan for seating their delegates -- Clinton gets 69, Obama 59, which won't fundamentally change the arithmetic of the race.
- Tom Edsall looks at the Obama campaign possibly settling Hillary's campaign debts in exchange for her dropping out the race. Josh Marshall asks how Obama's legion small donors would feel about their money being put to this use.
- Bloomberg reports that Nancy Pelosi has been quietly consolidating her power in the House, laying the structural groundworkfor formidable Democratic majority after the 2008 elections.
- Ezra flags a Matt Stoller post about how Obama is remaking the Democratic Party -- with himself at the center.
- Speaking of Obama, he was on the Hill today, where he spent 45 minutes schmoozing with House members.
- Hillary moves the goalposts again, arguing that since 1916 West Virginia has been the key to successful Democratic presidential campaigns.
- In case you missed it this week, check out TAP Senior Correspondent Spencer Ackerman's interview with General David Petraeus in the Washington Independent -- the final entry in a must-read five part series on COIN tactics.
--Mori Dinauer
