AP - Democratic Party officials struggling with the question of what to do with delegates from Michigan and Florida are grappling with a more complicated issue: how to resolve an election when front-runner Barack Obama wasn't even on the ballot.

AP - Republican John McCain's estimate of U.S. troop levels in Iraq touched off squabbling with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, the latest turn in the presidential rivals' escalating disagreement over the war.

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she expects uncommitted superdelegates to begin making the choice that will decide her marathon Democratic primary race against Barack Obama soon after the Tuesday's primaries.

CQPolitics.com - Just two days before the issue is supposed to be resolved, Democratic National Committee member Joel Ferguson has defected from the Michigan Democratic Party's compromise plan to seat the state's delegation to the national convention.

AP - South Dakota newspaper endorses Clinton five days ahead of primary ... Obama campaign mastered party rules and used them to foil Clinton ... League of Democracies concept gains ground in presidential race ... Texas Democratic Party chairman, wife endorse Obama

AP - The Democratic presidential race is heading into a fractious end game as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton mobilize for a protest Saturday to demand that the party count two outlawed primaries that favored her.

CQPolitics.com - Just two days before the issue is supposed to be resolved, Democratic National Committee member Joel Ferguson has defected from the Michigan Democratic Party's compromise plan to seat the state's delegation to the national convention.

AP - A top Clinton supporter in Michigan said Thursday the state Democratic Party's plan to split the convention delegates between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama is "fatally flawed."

AP - Top Democratic leaders intend to push for a quick end to the battle for the presidential nomination when primaries are over next week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday, adding that he, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and party chairman Howard Dean will urge uncommitted delegates to choose sides.

AP - Top Democrats to push for quick resolution to race when primaries end next week ... Latin artists unite to support Obama in new music video on eve of Puerto Rican primary ... Cheney rallies NY Republicans ahead of November elections ...

Reuters - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday predicted a Democratic landslide in the U.S. presidential election against a gloomy economic backdrop over the next 18 months.