Friday, August 08, 2008

Friday roundup 8/8/08

Former state representative Ed Fallon's new progressive organization is called "I'm For Iowa," designed to recruit progressive candidates for public office, and to promote clean elections and grass-roots community action. Their website features a handy "Shop Local" section that lists local businesses county-by-county. Polk and Johnson Counties, as examples, have long menus listed already, but other, particularly rural, counties are far from complete.

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Hillary Clinton says she hopes the upcoming Democratic convention will be "cathartic" for her. This will provide an interesting element to watch for among dispassionate viewers like myself who just can't get enough detailed examination of the Clintons' fragile psyches. But please, no wagering.

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One of the true lions of the left, Jerry Brown, is mulling another bid for governor of California. George Will's take.

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Former big-leaguer Doug Glanville has written a guest column for The New York Times.

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Alec Baldwin, on NBC's "30 Rock" winning a Peabody Award-- "The fact that we have a smart show with nothing that caustic or harsh is a miracle. To talk about what I want to do to Condoleezza Rice sexually without saying something really, really anatomical -- that takes a lot of doing."

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