Demfrom CT wonders: Are Blogs Becoming Respectable and Legitimate? From the Flu Wiki and the aids.gov blog to emergency preparedness and the Library of Congress, this post explores the increasing use of blogs and Internet technology in places you wouldn't expect to see them.
Present day John McCain continues to take shots at John McCain of the past. It's a classic political battle: the maverick with an independent streak getting beat up by a rank-and-file, war-waging straight talk Republican.
Ezra Klein takes a look at a few models for paying for political campaigns in The End of Public Financing.

Putting in place structures that help small donors participate in a meaningful way and help politicians who rely on them would make a lot of sense. It would be change you could believe in, to steal a line.

If Harry Reid steps down, who would you like as the next Senate majority leader? I like Feingold, Dodd, and Durbin. How about you?
Todd Beeton sorts out the details of Hillary's presence in Wisconsin. Are they scaling back, giving up, or just getting started? Find out at MyDD.
Russ Wellen explores the difficulties the Clinton campaign may have in keeping Obama supporters on her side if she wins the primary. He concludes:

How dare Democrats desperate to regain the White House at any cost guilt-trip reluctant Obama supporters into voting for Hillary? The onus isn’t on the latter if the Democrats fail to take the White House — it’s on the party for driving a lemon of a candidate out of the showroom.

Makes sense to me.
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