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Three men -- each a community leader in his own right -- have qualified for the special election being held on November 4 in Chattanooga's 5th Council District. While your Ticketeer is not a resident of District 5, I have been asked to moderate a Brainerd candidate forum in about a month, and so it goes without saying that I will stay neutral in this race.

This morning Mr. Beale and I headed out for a late breakfast at a local eatery not too far from the house. Who is sitting behind us but Sen. Bob Corker, dining with what appeared to be a staffer. Plenty of folks were stopping by his table to say hello, so when we had finished our meal and I saw the senator was still there, I screwed up my courage to do likewise.

The curmudgeonly Tim Chavez is still underwhelmed by Barack Obama’s outreach to the Hispanic community:

Why on earth Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats is beyond me. He's a turncoat who has gone beyond his typical self righteous indignation to fear mongering, taking pages right out of the Karl Rove/Dick Cheney/W. Bush play book.

Lieberman is yet another reason we have to send more Democrats to the Senate, starting with Tennessee.

The world trusts Barack Obama:

Lamar Alexander discusses energy issues on the Newshour:

Too early yet to say whether this is a good sign or the more ominous one that folks have been out of work so long they can't even file any longer and have given up even bothering to look for a job.

From William M. Arkin:

From CNN.

Russia’s new president Dmitry Medvedev wasted no time in knuckling down to work–naming his predecessor Vladimir Putin as his new prime minister two hours after he was sworn in Wednesday, agencies report.