• Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick reportedly challenged Barack Obama's bona fides in the black community. When Obama called and asked for support, Kilpatrick defiantly asked if Obama would be comfortable being seen standing next to a six-foot four-inch black man from Detroit (Kilpatrick himself). Obama's response: No problem, but get rid of the earring. Kilpatrick ultimately gave Obama a warm, friendly introduction at today's speech before the Detroit Economic Club, though he has not committed to endorsing any candidate for President.

• In the Kentucky Gubernatorial race, State Treasurer Jonathan Miller has dropped out of the race, and will support former Lt. Governor Steve Beshear in the Democratic primary. Miller had been lagging in the polls, while Beshear has been moving into second place against businessman Bruce Lunsford. Had Miller been elected, he would have been Kentucky's first Jewish Governor. The first round of primary voting will be on May 22, with a runoff if no candidate gets over 40% of the vote.

• David Brody at Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network wants a straight answer from Mitt Romney, over whether or not Romney believes in evolution vs. creationism.

• The McCain campaign's national political director, Michael Dennehy, is stepping down, saying he wants to spend more time with his family. Rob Jesmer, a former staffer at the RNC and NRCC, is taking over.

• John Edwards said his wealth does not subtract from his concern for America's poor, noting the concern for poverty displayed by well-to-do liberals Franklin Roosevelt and Bobby Kennedy. And unlike Roosevelt and Kennedy, who were born into money, Edwards born in the working classes and fought his way upward. "Would it have been better if I had done well and didn't care?" Edwards asked rhetorically.

• At a stop in Iowa, Barack Obama called upon supporters to lobby their GOP Senators and Congressman to favor a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq — which some interpreted as a shot against Iowa's Republican Senator, Charles Grassley.

• John McCain has been endorsed by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, a major name that could give McCain a boost in the California primary.

• Although last week Rasmussen had the first and so far only poll showing Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton, they now have Hillary back in the lead by a margin of 34% for Clinton, to 26% for Obama.

• A new Hotline/Diageo poll shows Barack Obama and John Edwards being stronger general election candidates than Hillary Clinton. Clinton trails Rudy Giuliani and ties John McCain, while both Obama and Edwards beat McCain and Giuliani by 6-11 points.

• Both parties are planning for tough fights in Connecticut's three swing House districts. Last year Democrats Chris Murphy and Joe Courtney defeated GOP incumbents, and will now be targeted by the NRCC. Longtime GOP Rep. Christopher Shays was narrowly re-elected, and Democrats are planning to give him a tough race again.

• Mike Huckabee appears to be hedging on his espoused creationism: "I believe that the Creation has a creator. I believe there is a God. And I believe God put this whole creative process in motion. How he did it and the time frame in which he did it, I honestly don’t know. Nor do I think it’s relevant to being president of the United States."

• On Saturday, Mitt Romney warned the graduates at Pat Robertson's Regent University: "In France, for instance, I'm told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past." There is no truth whatsoever to the allegation that marriage is contracted for seven-year terms in France. (The institution of marriage is indeed facing a different kind of change in France — many couples live in stable relationships for decades without officially marrying, such as failed Presidential candidate Ségolène Royal and partner François Hollande. But Romney's notion is simply untrue.)