Wow, what a blog-stravaganza yesterday. Truly blog-licious. Anyway, a quick question: Has anyone else noticed that the ads on the top of our blog are almost always either sports or politics related in some ways? Does anyone know anything about this? Does it have to do with our on-blog content?
Howard Dean looks to be picking up some major union endorsements next week. It looks like the service workers and the government workers are going to get behind him. They're among the two biggest (if not the two biggest) AFL-CIO members. I don't think it means much in terms of voters taking a cue from the endorsement, but these groups are going to have massive get-out-the-vote operations already on the ground. The impact of this will be felt largely in Iowa, where Dean is already starting to make a run at Gephardt. With the man-power this brings into Iowa, a caucus state where victory requires boots on the ground, this could be a windfall. Perhaps the beginning of the end for the other candidates?
Yesterday's Broder piece adds yet another dimension to the Democratic primary contest. With the front-loading of the schedule, (an idea, Broder points out, that can be pinned on Democratic Party Chairman and your friend and mine Terry McAuliffe), and the relative low national profile of the candidates (including Dean), Dems face the probability of choosing a candidate by March that the rest of the country knows almost nothing about. Yet again, another uphill fight for the Democrats.
Read Norman Chad's take on the BCS. Why? Because I told you too, and I'd never steer you wrong, baby. What? Ah, baby, don't give me that look. You know I don't mean these things I do, just sometimes I get so crazy inside, I...I don't what to do. I'm sorry Kevin Nealon.
In local rube news, Allegany County's flirtation with gambling made news in the Post the other day. Some lawmakers are focusing on turning Rocky Gap into a full-scale casino rather than have slots at the proposed racetrack.
While you're slummin' it, check out the Times-News webpage. You'll have to register first, but once you do check out the article on the front page concerning a suspected arson at FSU. Also, if you're still in the mood, read the editorial section. Look for Tom Marsh's latest School Board tirade, and a mother infuriated that waiting periods aren't required for paintball guns. Also, check the October section for the letter to the editor from the owner of Crab Alley regarding his infamous T-Shirts.
And finally, in peaked-with-Dana-Carvey-news, Dave Matthews will be on SNL this weekend and Al Sharpton will be taking a rocket to the moon with Astronaut Jones in early December.
That's all for now,
Good Night, and Good News,
Tony
