With the days before NN starts down to just two, Many people are already traveling to Austin.  Some will not be able to make it.

This short diary is a quick check-in for anyone who will be attending Virtually instead.

A notice about a half hour ago on MSNBC.com's first read announces Obama's first advertisements.

First Read Article

Video of the actual ad is in the link

Whats interesting in is the quotes below the fold

In response to Trapper's Diary Last night)

And This BAN Superdelegates Diary

I offer this idea for a national Primary system, below the fold

With the divisiveness that originated here on Daily Kos and has spread to the rest of the campaign, this news article reminds us why we need to stick together in November.

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

Governor Hailey Barbour is robbing his own, still homeless citizens to buy a port.

From WRAL-TV and the Greensboro News and Record:

Jim Neal, A Chapel Hill investment banker plans to seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Elizabeth Dole.

A Press Release bio below the fold

I have a chance today to speak with Newt Gingrich this afternoon, as part of the 'Solutions Foreward' conference.  What sort of questions should I ask him?

I've heard the whining, wailing, and gnashing of teeth all weekend and all day.  These 57 Dems should fear US.  And Now is the time to start

Are you outraged at your Representative's or Senator's behavior over the Iraq funding bill?

Well, theres just one thing to do.  And its not forming a third party or abandoning the Democratic Party.

What to do?  

Come below the fold

I don't know how many people watch NBC's hit Law & Order, but it regularly 'rips from the headlines' and usually I like it for it's 'follow the clues' mystery solving, but Friday's episode bothered me greatly.  Because it seems to have defended Bill O'Reilly's asinine ideas.

With the knowledge that Constanzo was a poster at Free Republic, I decided to wade over there and see if they had any response.

Put on your hipwaders and pull out the popcorn.  quotes and commentary below the fold

I posted this back in September, and was told to shelve it until after the election by more than one poster.

OK, its after the election,  We did it.  We won the House, and the Senate.

I think we'll probably win the Presidency in 2008 if we campaign smart.  What do we do about preventing the last time we were swept into power by Republican scandal and incompetence?

See below the fold

Just a short question for everyone, with a poll:

Who are you going to watch for news coverage of the elections, and why?

this will be a short, but sweet diary.

Peak Oil is here, now.

The numbers quoted below the fold are the first solid sign of a global decline in oil production.

Vernon Robinson's desperation shrill is just amazing to hear!

Below the fold  is his current TV ad, running at least once an hour on cable channels like MSNBC, Weather Channel, and even Cartoon Network.

It amazingly racist, but its wingnut thought processes (and Hysteria!) in action

There has been a lot of media lately about how the drop in oil prices means the crisis is over.

Even Jerome a Paris posted a diary over the controversy.  

In truth the sharp drop in price is a perfect example of peak oil.  Come with me below the fold.

Its looking like we might FINALLY win one this year, 2006.

But what next?  We've been here before, remember?

        This question came up in a class on Democracy and its problems around the world.

        In every democratic country where a powerful executive branch has been established, that president has eventually subsumed almost total power, with one exception, that being the US.  But we questioned if that was true of the US.

more below the Jump

With the confirmation on Alito, I think the court concensus on Roe has altered.  As such, I suspect Roe won't survive the Bush/Cheney Presidency. We should start preparing for the worst.

It had been 5-4 before the death of Rehnquist and retirement of O'Connor.  It should therefore be 5-4 against at this point. (I know Ginsburg, Souter, Breyer and I think Kennedy are pro-Roe, and Scalia, Roberts, Thomas, and Alito are against.  I am not sure where Stevens is.