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McCain, through his need to pick a conservative and a woman, may very well have advanced a woman who is now be poised to lead the new conservatism that must emerge from the chaos of the current Republican Party if the party is to have any type of future. From Ross Douthat:

I’ve been trying hard this year not to link to items that fall into the shiny object chasing category I’d call “tech-blogger meme-of-the-day.” However, I can’t help myself on this one.

No, it has nothing to do with Darfur, or China’s human rights record, or their treatment of Buddhist monks in TIbet.

I simply can’t stay up that late. And I’m trying, trust me. I fell asleep, remote control in hand, trying to catch Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson Thursday night. Somewhere between the vault and uneven bars I succumbed. I think it was around 11 pm.

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Designing Women creator, and Harry Thomason will produce the video for Hillary's prime time convention speech. They also produced Bill Clinton's "Man From Hope" video.

So says the Politico:

The Convention Committee never actually put that out, but it’s been fairly widely reported (and, in a few cases, corrected).

A NY Times article pointed out the fact that while Fox News is still #1, it’s growth is declining while other networks are advancing in viewership at a much faster rate:
The overall prime-time audiences watching CNN and MSNBC, by contrast, have each grown by more than 50 percent this year, when measured against the same [...]

Press Release from Tennessee Senator Bob Corker , May 22, 2008 , WASHINGTON, D.C.

I was able to meet and to chat with Council Member Bo Mitchell (Dist. 35, which is Charlie Tygard's old district and the location of the church that motivated the LED bill) at Monday night's LED meeting. As representative of the pastor who wants the LED and of neighborhoods who oppose LEDs in general, Mr. Mitchell is in a bit of a pinch.