Daily Briefing: Paint The White House Black
*Barack Obamafires up an exploratory committee, thus ending the beginning, beginning the end, or maybe, just maybe, beginning the beginning. [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
* Democratic Presidential primary to be full of historic firsts, with an African-American and a woman candidate as front runners. [ WP ]
* Republican Presidential primary to be same as usual, with loudmouth racists up and down the ticket. [ WP ]
* SCOTUS says "Fuck it, we'll do it later" to eminent domain case. [ NYT ]
* Lobbyists banging members of Congress have loophole in new reform package. [ WP ]
*Scooter Libbydeserves your pity, as he might never find a jury in this jaded city. [ WP , NYT ]
* The Washington Post gives its young political readers a glimpse of the ghost of campaigns yet to come. [ WP ]