By: Ben Smith

Political reporters are pleased at how much of Ed Rendell we’re going to be seeing.

Peter Baker notes that Spitzer reminds people, and TV producers, of Monica. (This seems pretty marginal to me.)

Axelrod resists mail-in votes.

Tapper does a detailed round-up of Iowa, and finds that Clinton’s working Edwards delegates hard too.

Does “granddaughter of a millworker” resonate?

Because there ain’t no party like a Scranton party?

Obama offices spring up across PA

The Philly Inquirer gives a taste of why Clinton loves dealing with the local press.

The digging into Bill Clinton’s finances continue–this time, a connection to an exploitative Brazilian ethanol company.

Jeff Greenfield argues that primary returns are a bad proxy for how states will vote in the general, in a more sober rendition of Colbert’s “both Clinton and McCain will win Texas” routine.

65,000 new Democrats have registered in Pennsylvania since the fall, compared to 3,000 Republicans.

In Mississippi, a more frantic version of the campaign dynamic so far plays out: Obama relies on grassroots, while Clinton deploys on family face time and existing political networks.

Middle East Diplomacy Expert Marc Lynch goes from pro-Obama to anti-Hillary because of the campaign’s relentless Samantha Power-bashing.

Americablog channels the Clinton campaign and doesn’t see race, especially when it comes to black people.

Clinton supporters Rendell and Corzine call for a re-vote in Michigan and Florida.

And Jesse Jackson feels change has come to Mississippi. 

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