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Kevin McCann doesn’t understand why the Tennessee Democratic Party feels the need to trash a candidate who is not even on the ballot:

The bettors at Intrade are projecting a huge Obama electoral win. 
Somewhere between 306-232 (average odds) or 338-200 (with leaning states).
Odds  now are at about 65% for Obama and have been increasing.
Which way is McCain/Palin going?
It’s in the bag, my friends.
Game over.

The scary reality many Americans find themselves in:

I’ve got a new niece and nephew from Ethiopia being adopted into our family soon.  And adoption is a tad on the expensive side.  But you can help.  You can visit my brother-in-law’s blog, donate some money and be entered into a raffle unraffle for fantabulous prizes.

Sharon Cobb thinks the meme that Barack Obama is an elitist contains racial undertones:

I think when Obama is called an elitist, what Republicans are really saying is he’s an uppity Negro.

It was announced this morning that retail giant Best Buy will buy Napster for $121 million. Given Napster's $67 million in cash and short term investments, the net price of the acquisition is $54 million. Best Buy will offer $2.65 per share, a 94.8% premium over Friday's close.

I’m sitting here watching the Titans win their second game with Collins at the helm while waiting on the inevitable screech from Sami’s room.  Go Titans!  Go Sami!  Not.

Ilissa Gold experiences the true reach of the 2006 Harold Ford, Jr. for Senate campaign at a meeting of young Democrats at Washington University:

Over the last few days, all of the student organizations at Wash U Law have had lunch meetings to tell people about what's going on with their groups the rest of the semester and to gauge interest among the 1Ls.