I don't know Rezko, Clinton says...

"Today" show host Matt Lauer asked presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Friday if she has a connection to indicted developer Tony Rezko after flashing an undated photo of the two posing with President Bill Clinton.

"You were attacking Senator Obama, in particular, his work connected to what was a so-called a slumlord in Chicago, a guy named Tony Rezko," Lauer said. "You can't see what I'm going put up on the screen ... but it is a picture of you and your husband Bill Clinton posing with that same man." Read on @ Chicago Sun-Times

The Next Attorney General...

Robert Novak is reporting that Obama and Edwards could be making a deal.... Democrats close to Sen. Barack Obama are quietly passing the word that John Edwards will be named attorney general in an Obama administration.

Installation at the Justice Department of multimillionaire trial lawyer Edwards would please not only the union leaders supporting him for president but organized labor in general. The unions relish the prospect of an unequivocal labor partisan as the nation's top legal officer.

In public debates, Obama and Edwards often seem to bond together in alliance against front-running Sen. Hillary Clinton. While running a poor third, Edwards could collect a substantial bag of delegates under the Democratic Party's proportional representation. Edwards then could try to turn his delegates over to Obama in the still unlikely event of a deadlocked Democratic National Convention. Courtesy Rasmussen Reports

Florida's Republican Debate

A recap of the debate via the politicalwire.... If you missed last night's Republican debate in Florida, CQ Politics has the "bests and mosts" of what we wrongly predicted would be a fiery event.

Chuck Todd: "Overall, the tame affair was good news for both Romney and McCain, the two frontrunners in Florida; both got to sound and look presidential. Romney, in fact, may have had his best debate performance in a long time because he wasn't attacked. In every other recent debate, Romney's struggled when under attack. But he wasn't really attacked tonight and that allowed Romney to control his image more so than in previous debates. McCain also got to look like a frontrunner, but it appears he tailored his message nationally, more so than Florida."

Rick Klein: "It was a snoozer. That's good for John McCain and Mitt Romney. I'd make Romney the winner on points -- he looked the part, as he always does, and mostly ducked the incoming fire, while talking about the economy in strong terms."

Josh Marshall: "Candidly, I was surprised that there wasn't more contentiousness in tonight's GOP debate in Florida. After all, probably at least two candidacies will end Tuesday night. So the stakes were extraordinarily high."

Andrew Sullivan: "The big take from the debate is the Republican unanimity on the Iraq war: it's been a great thing and we should keep at it. Maybe it helps with base voters (although I doubt it), but it's going to be a real issue this fall and every single one of them is now wedded to it."

Public Policy Poll: Obama Widens Lead, Edwards a Possible Second?

Most recent polls in South Carolina show a tightening Democratic primary race, but not the most recent results from Public Policy Polling. The latest survey shows Sen. Barack Obama with a commanding lead at 44% support among likely voters, followed by Sen. Hillary Clinton at 24% and John Edwards at 19%.

The results do show Edwards gaining on Clinton, a result also reflected in other recent polls.