* A little dictatorship is no reason to stop being such good friends. [NYT]

* Candidates may include women and black people, but the money is doing the same shit as always. [Politico]

* The GOP field is the worst its been since like the 60s. [WP]

* The New York Times: paper of record, describer of the obvious. [NYT]

* Ted Kennedy is finding it difficult to work on education with the man who can't learn. [WP]

* Obama and Clinton are very different candidates. For example, Obama is black and Clinton is a woman. [The Hill]

* Democrats shouldn't interpret their lead to mean people actually like them. [Roll Call]