A Clinton insider sent me this note early this morning — agreeing with part of my take on yesterday’s Super Tuesday outcome: surge story ended, but money story begins. heavy sledding ahead Now the news has broken that Hillary Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million. To some degree, that’s not a big deal.

Tonight, I’m going to be on Brian Lehrer Live — a televised interview production with the well-respected WNYC New York Public Radio host Brian Lehrer between 7:30 and 8:30 PM. The show can be watched live on Time Warner Cable (Channel 75) or seen streaming over the web at CUNY TV’s site.

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s National Gallery portrait by Ginny Stanford This morning, I was invited to a media call with Clinton campaign director Howard Wolfson and strategist Mark Penn. It took forever for the call operator to get me on the call — more than 12 minutes waiting so missed the beginning of Wolfson’s statement.

Maybe. Obama has now won 13 states, and Clinton has won 8 states: Obama — 13 States: AK, AL, CO, CT, DE, GA, ID, IL, KS, MO, MN, ND & UT Clinton — 8 States: AZ, AR, CA, MA, NJ, NY, OK & TN Hers are mostly big.

Friends of mine just asked what I thought John Edwards would do now. Would he endorse Obama or Clinton? Then I got an email asking what I thought Bill Richardson would do. I have no idea on either of them — but endorsements at this point are of less and less consequence. . .

I’m sitting right now next to Alex Steffler, a real devotee of Barack Obama who just said something insightful about many (not all) Obama supporters. He said that many Obama advocates support “his aura” — not his substance.

Everyone I know is shocked that with Ted Kennedy and John Kerry endorsing Obama, Massachusetts went big for Hillary Clinton. I guess I’m surprised too — but Obama still did very strongly tonight. He has 11 states so far out of 24 — not bad. . .and may get more.

I’ve been on Al Jazeera Arabic for a few hours tonight and enjoyed encounters with a number of thoughtful Republican and Democratic strategists.

An odd moment during Mitt Romney’s address to supporters tonight: Romney promises to govern in the tradition of Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush and Teddy Roosevelt. I’ve heard him and others lay claim to the Reagan legacy before, but by bringing George H.W. Bush into the picture, Romney is smacking down President George W….

More. . .Romney gets his home state of Massachusetts. McCain takes Connecticut (thanks to Joe Lieberman) and New Jersey.