In the Headlines:

"McCain Campaigns with Bush, Seeing Pluses, Minuses" (Liz Sidoti, Associated Press) - The president's own popularity is bottom-of-the-barrel low. Even allies privately fret that he's an albatross for the Republican looking to succeed him. Voters are crying out for change amid a prolonged Iraq war and a weakened economy....

"Stark Contrasts Between McCain and Obama in Judicial Wars" (Neil Lewis, New York Times) - The presidential election, lawyers and scholars agree, will offer voters a choice between two sharply different visions for the ideological shape of the nation's federal courts.

"Obama Heads West to Push Housing Proposals in Swing States" (Amy Chozick, Wall Street Journal) - Sen. Barack Obama is hoping the housing mess can help sway the November election. The Democratic front-runner pitched his plans to stem the crisis during a visit on Tuesday to Nevada, the state with the highest rate of home foreclosures and a swing state that President Bush narrowly carried in 2000 and 2004.

"Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq" (Michael Shear, Washington Post) - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated "political propaganda campaign" led by President Bush and aimed at "manipulating sources of public opinion" and "downplaying the major reason for going to war."

On the Morning Shows:

Good Morning America - James Carville argued Obama has the lead if the indicator is who leads in delegates, but that Clinton has the lead based on total votes. "If you believe that delegates are more important, Senator Obama will have the lead in delegates. If you think that votes are more important its very likely that Senator Clinton will have the lead in votes. Clinton has the absolute superior moral case on Florida and Michigan." (Video)

Morning Joe - David Axelrod, on McCain's remarks on Iraq yesterday: "Sen. McCain may not be willing to face the reality of the situation, but a majority of Americans are."

Howard Wolfson, on superdelegates: "I think if the Obama campaign were in a position to end this, they'd end it. If they had superdelegates in their pocket, they'd let them out of their pocket."

(Greg Bobrinskoy contributed to the Morning Report.)