He bravely helps keep all those slings and arrows from fellow Democrats away from pal Sen. Barack Obama, but it's the sting of the little bee that keeps Sen. Robert Casey up at night. more >>

Disgruntled by the negativity of his party's nominating contest, DNC Chair Howard Dean is asking Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to do a better job of keeping their supporters from engaging in nasty exchanges. "You do not want to demoralize the base of the Democratic Party by having the Democrats attack each other," he told the Associated Press in an interview yesterday. "Let the media and the Republicans and the talking heads on cable television attack and carry on, fulminate at the mouth. The supporters should keep their mouths shut about this stuff on both sides because that is harmful to the potential victory of a Democrat." more >>