urban areas

So.

My little tomato plants are doing okay. I haven't killed them yet, which is a sign that they're very robust, perhaps even Super Tomatoes. Hopefully not Killer Tomatoes, just plants that can survive my flakiness.

According to the Daily Yonder via Facing South, the South was the only region Obama won in the Democratic primaries, and cities put him in the winners circle:

Doug Forrester discusses Hillary Clinton’s softening campaign tactics in preparation for Kentucky’s May 20th primary:

This morning, John Edwards did the media tour and I watched him on Morning Joe. Ostensibly, he was on to talk about his new program, 50 in 10, designed to cut poverty in half over the next ten years.

Brendan Loy argues that if Barack Obama gets the Democratic nomination his electoral strengths may lead him to win the popular vote going away yet still lose the electoral college:

Some local bloggers watched the debate last night, and with the exception of Egalia who is elated at the ability to act, talk, and walk like a Republican all in the name of "whats good for the Democratic party"; most weren't too pleased.

The news-o-sphere is all abuzz about a report that high school graduation rates in urban areas stink, especially when compared to suburban areas. Really? I had no idea. Somehow, I’m sure, this is George Bush’s fault.

The Brainstem doesn’t think

Well, for a while the media has talked about how Republicans were crossing over to vote for Obama.

What, that’s what I said not what I meant.

Respected liberal constitutional scholar and Obama supporter Laurence Tribe stated there was individual right to arms guaranteed by the constitution and noted he may have sway with the liberal justices in the Heller case. Now, he’s written a bit in the WSJ asserting basically that:

1) There is an individual right (I agree)

2) That right is not absolute (I also agree as no right is absolute)

3) Banning handguns