just adding that shooting tips to the email address provided is better than leaving them here in comments. much appreciated.

I'm seeing way too many stories about Hillary Clinton, the failed presidential candidate. I'm not seeing any stories about the historic nature of Obama's nomination.

Here in Illinois, there are rumors that a native son will make a strong bid for the Presidency. He may even carry the state.

Greg,

Sure I'll keep an eye on other races.

I haven't played much attention or displayed much interest in politics before. Obama is the reason for my heightened engagement in politics. I'm so deep into now, I'm beginning to pay attention to few other races.

A word on Lautenberg- Rob Andrews race. Lautenberg has one leg in his grave, and he is a political coward and Rob Andrews has no political philosphy to speak off- NJ primary race was shamefully old school. Most NJ politics is scum anyways. As a New Yorker, by the way, I wish Bloomberg could run again. He is refreshingly no-nonsense get it done guy.

I dunno if I'll see much, being in small-town VT, but I'll definitely let you know. Maybe when I get back to school in NY in September I'll be able to do some real observing.

Greg, I live in John Boehner's district, and I occasionally receive mailings from his campaign. If I wanted to send scans of the documents, is there a file attachment size limit I should be aware of? I would be glad to pass on anything ol' Crocodile Tears sends me.

dito that

New Hampshire is in the "swing state" column (we're the only red state in all of New England -sigh), so we'll be working hard here to get Obama to take the state. We also have Jean Shaheen running for senate. Wll pay attention for you.

Great call on that PubCrawl in Austin, I was just going to post that. On another note Rick Noriega is running against Sen John Cornyn who had this to say about his opponent via the Houston Chronicle, "On another election front, Republican Sen. John Cornyn criticized his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Rick Noriega, for supporting a climate change bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. In a news release, Cornyn called the bill radical legislation that would cost $6.7 trillion."
The absolutely funny thing is that this came out while his democratic opponent is in Afghanistan serving our nation in the Armed Forces. Rick is a good guy, who has seen the foreign diplomatic trouble we face first hand, it is time that Texans decide for themsleves who ultamately lives up to their rhetoric and words. John Cornyn like John McCain has been a big supporter of most of the failed policies of GWB making.

I agree completely. My mother has been and educator for over 30 years and every time we talk about the stae of our education system she emphasizes many of tht troubling apsects of NLCB. She is an independent and gave GWB the benefit of the doubt when he was GOV but shortly lost her patience with the emphasis on standardized testing and expanding the influence and power of the administrators at the price of paying more for more qualified teachers and a curriculum which is dynamic and representative of our diverse ethnic population. Thank goodness the TX BOE did not use the alterantive document sponsored by Donna Garner which would have made our education system more of a right-wing mouthpeice then it already is. I surely hope we se Hutchinson for what she is, even a Republican or an Independent would be hard pressed to find that much in her background which supports her having good judgement in leadership. But maybe that could be a good thing?

I'll keep you posted on the race for Vito Fossella's seat in the Isle of Staten. I presume you know all about Powers Jr.'s penchant for flinging boogers on the Staten Island Ferry. I kid you not - he does it every morning. And his unique mullet - business in the front, matted in th back. I will deliver footage in action from my cell phone. This I pledge to you.