Linda's blog

We all suspected it. Now VP Cheney has admitted that he was "directly involved" in the decision to allow torture of prisoners.

Courtesy of the New York Times, there's an interactive electoral map. Pick your own blue states and red states

We waited outside for hours, finally got in, and wound up going right back outside...but it turned out to be one of the most exciting things that has ever happened to me. We were close enough to the next President of the United States to count the stripes on the ubiquitous flag pin he has been coerced into wearing. <!--break-->

It's official, McCain lost the political game of Chicken. He's announced that he will be at the debate tonight in Mississippi.

So what's on your mind today?

Remember when John McCain was a different kind of Republican? Remember the Straight Talk Express? Seems like Mr. McCain has got to do a lot of talking to get himself out of this mess. The best cartoon I've seen so far after the break.

Our pals at over at the Dome have reviewed the DSCC's ad now airing that call's Elizabeth Dole the 93rd least effective senator. Is it accurate?

Just talk. Maybe about mooses. What is the plural of that, anyhow?

As we celebrate our Independence this week, please, don't forget Joseph Patrick Dwyer, Hometown Hero.

Children's advocates are hearing that the Senate budget worker bees are looking at cutting crucial programs in order to fund other priorities. The priorities being funded are good things, like raises for teachers, but the programs being cut cannot sustain these reductions and maintain adequate services across the state for children and families.