- Obama, the postmodernist (In the Illinois senator’s world, words have no fixed meaning, and truth is often just a matter of perspective. (By Jonah Goldberg, USA Today)
- New Jersey Poll Released by Fairleigh Dickinson: Barack Obama 47%, John McCain 41% (Transworld News)
LOCAL POLITICS
- Party Crashers (Gotham Gazette/The Wonkster) A look at how the DP county committee works in New York City
- Hatch Act rules against politicking more lenient for feds, observers say (Gov Exec.com) Push to allow federal employees to run in nonpartisan elections in small cities
BOOK REVIEW
American Roots -- Review of The Hemmingses of Monticello, An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (Washington Post) The story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings
