Haha, it's really great reading all this local coverage-- I'll be going to the Hanover High polling place this afternoon.

Thanks for the link,  Transplanted Texan. I've also got a separate post up with tons and tons of photos from the Obama event in Lebanon.

I attended the Lebanon event with Obama a few hours ago and wrote about it here.

Perhaps it should be noted that Obama has already participated in 19 forums and 7 debates. It's certainly true that Obama isn't the most suited towards the soundbite format that is the only option candidates have at debates, but I think ultimately he's decided that his time can be spent better.

Edwards sent his message out to everybody: I'm on Edwards' list and not a MoveOn member and I got the email. Everybody did. Sorry to burst your conspiracy theory that MoveOn rigged it for Edwards.

As an aside, the Obama campaign did post an item on their official blog encouraging people to vote.

chrisinhampton is right: MoveOn members were given the chance to vote on which candidate had the best environmental plan after they asked questions of the candidates and the candidates replied in video format.

It wasn't about who they would vote for in general-- it was about who had the best position on the climate change. Just as the earlier straw poll was about who had the best position on Iraq (Obama won that one with Edwards as a close second). The next MoveOn straw poll will address issues about health care.

None of this is straw polling for the general election however, so it shouldn't be taken as Obama losing support, Edwards gaining support, or that 15% of MoveOn members will be voting for Kucinich.

John H. Sununu is the father/former Chief of Staff and John E. Sununu is the son/Senator.

I submitted this item to Slashdot when Obama announced:

Obama Announces for President, Boosts Broadband.

2008 DEMOCATS
Senator Barack Obama: No
Senator Hillary Clinton: No
Senator Chris Dodd: No
Representative Dennis Kucinich: No
Senator Joe Biden: Yes

2008 REPUBLICANS
Senator Sam Brownback: not voting
Representative Ron Paul: No

Also notable: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voted agaisnt the bill, while Harry Reid voted for it. See how your Senator voted here, and how your House Representative voted here.

Errr, by political structure, I mean Latino political structure. Hit the "post" button too soon.

It's true, there is a very big Latino community of eligible voters in California, but the political structure there hasn't been in existence particularly long, and is largely untested, at least election-wise.

This is changing pretty fast though- witness 2006 immigration mobilization, etc (still I can't see Richardson taking CA though).

Actually Jesse Jackson has already endorsed Obama, so there obviously isn't any more courting going on for his endorsement.

Excellent.

This is exactly the type of thing I like to see progressives do (and before anyone questions whether or not Obama considers himself a progressive, he self-identified as one at last weekend's healthcare forum in NH). Now we need to start putting the pressure on the other candidates, especially the ones who dropped out of the Fox/NV debate.

Yeah, 35M would be absurdly high... I would be absolutely shocked. Per the Hotline's final predictions:

Sen. Hillary Clinton will raise between $23M and $30M.

Sen. John McCain will raise between $18M and $22M.

Sen. Barack Obama will raise between $18M and $24M.

Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney will raise between $19M and $21M. ** Romney is not raising general election money yet.

Ex-Sen. John Edwards will raise between $13M and $17M.

Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani will raise between $12M and $15M.

These figures do not include transfers from other accounts or from the final quarter of '06.