McCain closes the gap with his Democratic rivals according to some new polling data.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton continues to lead Barack Obama in Pennsylvania (although not by a lot) and in Indiana, while Obama leads in North Carolina. Unfortunately for Clinton, another former cabinet member from her husband's administration, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, will reportedly endorse Obama later today. This latest defection is just more evidence of what I (and many others) have been saying for the last month or so, that Democratic party leaders, most of whom are superdelegates, will not allow Clinton to snatch the nomination away from a charismatic, intelligent, African-American. To do so would be to cause anger and disillusion among the party's most loyal block of voters, and would dash the hopes of millions of young people who have been attracted to the party by Obama. Those party leaders are not going to let that happen, despite any misgivings they may now have about Obama's potential weaknesses when facing McCain in the Fall.

Charles Krauthammer has some recommendations on a policy for the new world of rogue nuclear states.