New Hampshire: Michael J Fox

Here's a video aired on CNN yesterday about the most conservative Democrat in Congress - my Congressman, Walt Minnick. The town featured in the piece, St. Maries, is about an hour and a half south of my house. (Although the reporter, John King, refers to the region as west Idaho, around here we call it north Idaho.)

Embedded video from CNN Video

In part:
This week we have the opportunity to make history by confirming the first Hispanic and only the third woman to the United States Supreme Court.  I come to the floor today to speak in support of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination, however, not because of the historic nature of that nomination, but because she is more than qualified to sit on the Supreme Court and I am perplexed by why the vote on her nomination will not be unanimous.
Full statement below the fold.

As a side note, I am going to be especially interested to compare the number of Dems who voted no on Souter compared to the total of today's GOPers who vote no on Sotomayor.

SOURCE: Truthout.org Opinion

Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder - Tuesday 04 August 2009

by: Jeremy Scahill  |  Visit article original @ The Nation

Founder and CEO of Blackwater Worldwide Erik Prince stands in the company's offices in North Carolina. (Photo: AP)

    A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia.

Just got an e-mail from Mark Fernald announcing he has decided to withdraw from the Democratic primary field for US Rep from CD-02.
I am writing to let you know that I am withdrawing from the race for Congress in the 2nd NH District. I did not arrive at this decision easily. I felt that the time was right for my message of change based on our shared values:  community, equality, fairness, and democracy. But as I worked to build my campaign, I came to realize this is not the right time for a major campaign for me or my family. My son is entering college in the fall, and my daughter will be a junior in high school.