Guam Democrats set up about 20 sites for its presidential caucuses today -- an event that usually passes without much notice in Washington, 8,000 miles away. But in Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton's protracted race, no contest is being ignored. Obama and Clinton made their case for the territory's four convention delegates at stake with advertising and interviews.
WRIGHT MAY TIP INDIANA VOTE
Obama is trying his best to put the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy behind him, but he's girding for the chance that his best won't be enough when Indiana Democrats vote on Tuesday.
A survey out Friday found that the contest between Obama and Clinton is so close in the Hoosier State -- and that concerns about Wright are strong and widespread enough -- that Wright just might cost Obama the primary.
Just weeks ago, Obama boasted that he could win Indiana and use the victory to nail down the Democratic nomination. He conceded Friday that Wright had changed the equation for some voters.
In North Carolina, which also votes Tuesday and where Obama is favored to win largely because black voters are more numerous there, the survey found Wright less a factor.
Meanwhile, Clinton picked up the endorsement of Indiana's largest newspaper. The Indianapolis Star praised both Clinton and Obama, but said, "Clinton is the better choice" to face the nation's challenges.
MCCAIN PROTESTS ADS ON IRAQ
Republican John McCain defended himself against television ads that accuse him of advocating a 100-year war in Iraq. The ads are being run by the Democratic National Committee and MoveOn.org. McCain doesn't deny saying "100 years" in connection with U.S. military operations in Iraq, but says he was clearly referring to a possible peacekeeping force -- not a century-long war.
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