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Vlad the Candidate Ron Paul is shifting to his re-election bid.

Door, ass, etc.

The worst thing about this guy's campaign: Otherwise sensible people thought that Paul represented something genuine. Oh well.

Maybe the Huckabee campaign can use the leftover spray-paint.

Kansas & Nebraska? Oh, yeah, Dorothy, grab Toto and let's go home!

Try it! But be aware you do have to sign up first.
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Tom Baer, Richard Briggs, and Pam Tracey interviewed. Piehl (?) was a no-show. some supporters spoke for Briggs, one citizen spoke to support Pams thought that Briggs shouldn't be appointed early.

Sproles spoke (not seeking appointment) to the same point, pointing out the voters didn't have a chance to speak out for him yet. Since Lambert was absent, Scott Moore had to embarass commission by asking Sproles what his views on gun control and abortion are. Sproles pointed out those issues aren't relevant to commission. Audience broke out in applause.

sigh...

Other than Scooby's question, questions were good- TIFs, development, budget priorities/education, what they hope to accomplish, as well as background (conflicts of interest, unpaid taxes). The process appears very open.

Every talking point dismantled, at TennViews...

"The Chicago Sun-Times today named Tom McNamee its editorial page editor after Cheryl L. Reed resigned, saying in a note to her staff she was "deeply troubled" the paper's presidential primary endorsements of Barack Obama and John McCain were subjected to "wholesale rewrites" by people outside the editorial board.

The choice of candidate did not change in the endorsements, only parts of the prose, Sun-Times Publisher Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. said in his own staff memo. "The changes made, in our judgment, deepened and strengthened the messages," he wrote. Link...