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It's a little more than a month until the Democratic National Convention and almost four months until the November election. It's time to put on the sunscreen, get some bottled water, put on some nice comfortable, cotton clothes, and get to work! Here's a few action items to get your thoughts going on a summer to-do list.

Looks like McHenry's playing the only card he knows how: raising hell about "Democrats in Washington". Tonight's flavor? McHenry, using Linda Daves (who has met me and knows I think she's as shallow as a puddle of water in the street) as a squawkbox for his patent brand of bull, screaming about how Congressional candidate Daniel Johnson is lying about claiming his bags are not packed with Washington money.

Wait, are you kidding me? Patrick McHenry is behind this? The man known for lining his pockets with more Washington money (and spending that said money more frivolously) than virtually any other politician in the state? Wow.

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Yes.

MAKE.IT.WORK.....

That is what this campaign is about, Making it Work, for Americans.

There's a whole list of treats if you and your life partner shell out $9200 for his "Victory Club." No word on what you get if he loses.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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My good friend Mark Kleinschmidt is an anti-death penalty attorney and a twice-elected member of the Chapel Hill Town Council. He is also gay. This last fact qualified him for membership on a list that is making the rounds on hate sites called the "National List Of Openly-Homosexual Public Officials."

[First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate 2008 Guru: Following the Races.]

Cross-posted at Blue Sunbelt.

Last week, another major Republican donor, Alan Fabian, was indicted on "23 counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and perjury." Obviously a big deal. And I do mean a major Republican donor. We're talking over a quarter-million dollars personally contributed to Republican campaign committees and candidates over the last few years.

What does this have to do with Elizabeth Dole? As you may have already guessed, Fabian chipped in to Dole's campaign kitty, $4,600 on May 15, 2007, three months ago today.

This is now dirty money. Will Elizabeth Dole return it (or, better yet, contribute it to charity)? Or will Dole keep this dirty money, look the other way on Fabian's 23 criminal counts, and put this dirty money toward her re-election efforts?