Former senator John Edwards (N.C.) remains on the political sidelines but that isn't stopping his wife, Elizabeth, from rejoining the fray as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Elizabeth Edwards will be dealing with health care issues at the progressive think tank founded by John Podesta, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton. In her new role, Edwards, who has gained a considerable following in the liberal blogosphere thanks to her willingness to vocally oppose conservative politicos from Sen. John McCain to commentator Ann Coulter, will also be contributing to CAP's blog.

The Fix - Washington Post

You should probably have received this e-mail now if you are an Obama supporter, but it is important to highlight this program.

First the campaign provides the justification for this program:

I want to tell you about one of the most exciting projects of this campaign. It's called the Obama Organizing Fellowship.

When I was a young man, I was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement and the idea of people working at a grassroots level to bring about change.

I got my chance on the South Side of Chicago, as a community organizer, and it was the transformative experience of my career.

It allowed me to put my values to work and to see that real change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up, when ordinary people come together around a common purpose.

The experience changed the course of my life -- and I want to share that kind of opportunity with you.

That's why we're introducing a program that's going to train a new generation of leaders -- not only to help us win this election, but to help strengthen our democracy in communities across the country.

If this interests you, follow me over the fold...

The date is September 4th, 2008 and the choice is yours. Which would you rather watch, the NY Giants against the Washington Redskins or John McCain accepting the Republican nomination?

While I know that many of us here will be watching the Republican Convention, I don't think that is the case for most Americans. While the game is scheduled to begin an hour and a half early to take the convention into account, I don't imagine those watching the game will stay on for the convention.

One of the ways that Senator Barack Obama is changing the way presidential campaigns are done is by inspiring the grassroots to take action. In Senator Obama's announcement speech over a year ago he said:

Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what's needed to be done. Today we are called once more - and it is time for our generation to answer that call. For that is our unyielding faith - that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.

Barack Obama

There was a group of people that was taking these words to heart before they were even uttered.

One of the things that the Obama campaign has been spectacular about is taking online support and turning it into on-ground support.

We have seen this with Obama's online fundraising which is unmatched. This has allowed Obama to focus on campaigning and not have to worry about fundraising. This fundraising has allowed him to compete in every state.

We have seen this ability with the Camp Obama program last summer. Thousands of people, or all ages and experiences, were trained to make them the most effective grassroots leaders possible. I went through this training and it was a truly wonderful experience... but he is now improving on an already good program.

We just discovered the only way to get the change we want, force them to give it to us. As many of you are well aware, the FEC currently lacks a quorum because Senate Democrats have been unwilling to confirm one of the President's nominees and he has said all are nothing. As a result, we have been locked in stalemate. How do we have a chance to break the stalemate? Keep refusing to confirm them, follow me below the fold for more.

The Obama campaign just sent out an e-mail indicating that they have received donations from more than 900,000 donors. They are closing in quickly on having 1,000,000 donors to this campaign and they are asking you to help. Come below the fold for my story and the e-mail.

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My girlfriend is doing an internship for college credit. In this class she is required to write a weekly journal reflecting on either the discussions they have in class or what she is doing in her internship. Instead she wrote a journal on the tragedy at NIU.

Upon reading this, it was obvious to me that it was something which ought to be shared. She has given me permission to post it here.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed to come down on the side of the Obama campaign in two recent process arguments. When discussing the role of super delegates she suggested that they ought to ratify the will of the people. She specifically said,

It would be a problem for the party if the verdict would be something different than the public has decided.

In addition she weighed in on seating the delegations from Michigan and Florida saying,

Well, I don't think that any states that operated outside the rules of the party can be dispositive of who the nominee is. That is to say they can't make the difference because then we would have no rules.

http://www.sfgate.com/...

MSNBC is currently doing an hour long state by state analysis of tomorrow's primary contests. Most based upon polls which they are picking one-by-one. It is hosted by Dan Abrams. I will record their predictions here as they come. Feel free to debate their conclusions below. They are only saying "leaning." I will stick to their wording, just because I'm nice.

Note: I do not endorse these predictions, but as the media sets up the CW it will be interesting to see what they are saying going into tomorrow.

Newly released poll:

Clinton   36
Obama     31
Edwards    7
Undecided 25

Margin of Error +/- 5%

http://www.wsmv.com/...

New poll out of Tennessee shows Obama's support evenly spread and Clinton's support concentrated in the east part of the state.

An Insider Advantage poll out today shows an entirely different result.

Clinton   59
Obama     26
Undecided  8

Margin of Error +/- 4%

This poll, which has a one night sample, suggests that Tennessee will be a blowout for Clinton. We will know in 4 days!

I thought it would be useful to have a place for those of us watching Senator Kennedy, Representative Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy endorse Senator Obama to talk. The rally hasn't started yet but will soon. If you want to watch it tune into MSNBC, AP live feed http://play.rbn.com/... or CNN live feed http://www.cnn.com/...

VIDEO UPDATE: The following links show video of the event.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

http://thepage.time.com/...

UPDATE: The text of the speeches of Caroline Kennedy, Senator Kennedy, and Senator Obama as prepared for delivery available here: http://my.barackobama.com/...

OK, I know that we are quick to jump to conclusions sometimes here in the netroots. There was an MSNBC post on First Read that someone linked to earlier. I found it interesting that Obama was sending out a mailer that spoke about his Christianity, so I thought I would look and see what the mailer said exactly. You can form your own opinion, follow the link:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/...

Now, nowhere do I see Obama calling himself a "Christian Leader." Nor do I see him putting out rightwing talking points. In fact when he talks about what his Christian faith points toward as moral imperatives it talks about things such as health care and poverty.

   As long as...

   ...47 million Americans don't have health insurance

   ...half of South Carolina students don't graduate from high school

   ...our country is fighting in a war in Iraq that never should have been authorized and never should have been waged

   ...37 million Americans live in poverty forgotten by their leaders in Washington

   ...OUR CONSCIENCE CANNOT REST.

I'm not one to sign on to conspiracy theories of any kind, but when I was perusing the county by county results in Michigan I noted something interesting. Uncommitted got second place or better in all but four counties. In four counties uncommitted got exactly 0 votes.

If anyone has any information on why Dickinson, Houghton, Otsego and Wexford counties reported 0 votes for uncommitted I would be very interested.

Update: According to smitha007:

There was some kind of major computer programming error in 20 counties that registered uncomitted votes wrong, or something like that.

There are a couple of interesting factors going into New Hampshire.

1. Obama just won Iowa

2. Most recent Suffolk poll:

Hillary  37
Obama    25
Edwards  15

3. Weather - 46 degrees and rainy

4. Hillary wants to start drawing contrasts

5. There is a debate on Saturday

Given all this information it is foolish and irresponsible to being making predictions. So lets get started.