Rescuing early to get me and my camera off to a local convention where a well liked activist/blogger is going to stake out a surprise challenge for state party chair.  Apologies to any last minute scribes, but I'm not missing this for the world!  Enjoy the rest of this week's best:

• Paul Hogarth brings the state of California Republicans into perspective with Garamendi Runs for Congress - But in the Wrong District.
• Thought you knew everything about conservapedia douchebaggery?  Think again in Barrett Brown's My Vanity Fair Piece on Conservapedia.
• A great idea deserving of the spotlight in Nonpartisan's One Week Left to Help Jobless Ohioans!
• Shock and awe in jamesboyce's Yes, MSNBC. There Are Racists in the GOP.
• Suddenly some light on why Republicans loves da school vouchers in WashStateBlue's Did the American School System Program the Millennials against the Republican Orthodoxy?
• Help beat Kentucky's crazy uncle in RDemocrat's Bunning Lowers Expectations While Congressional Democrats Give Insight.
• General Petraeus, Can You Hear Me Now? (ralphlopez)
• John Russonello applauds big, bold agendas in Obama More Like Roosevelt or DiMaggio?
• The Opportunity Agenda is Launching Bi-weekly Public Opinion Roundup.
• Breaking: GOP Calls for Investigation of Previous Administration. Not. (campaignmonitor)

What else is out there?