local blog-o-rama: NV-03, MO-Sen, CT-Sen, CO-06

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Cuz' local blogs never sleep:

  • The Las Vegas Gleaner reports that ads praising Congressman Jon Porter's pro-medicare Drug Plan votes were paid for by...the pharmaceutical industry. Hmmm.
  • Blue Girl in a Red State's "spidey sense" is tingling. Check our her blog to see what all the fuss is about.
  • Branford Boy at MyLeftNutmeg narrowly averts blowing a gasket over Joe Lieberman's latest hypocrisy
  • Here's a nice little local political cartoon courtesy of Tancredo Watch. (Tipton is the GOP challenger running against Salazar.)

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    kid oakland said…
    Maneegee writes from AZ on some blogs not to miss:

    Hey, thanks for the linkage. I've been laying low in the Az-8 race because 1) I just moved to Az-7 where Raul Grijalva is a liberal godsend and clear frontrunner, and 2) it's wide open for Az-8 and I'd rather focus on the general. The top three candidates so far are Weiss, Giffords and Latas. I would support any of them. Tedski, over at Rum, Romanism and Rebellion is always writing about the race in addition to Blog for Az and others.

    The Az-5 race is also getting alot of local coverage with Harry Mitchell giving JD Hayworth a strong challenge. Here's a local blog covering that district.

    Also, AZCongressWatch provides excellent roundups for all the races in the state, including the Senate showdown between Kyl and Pederson.
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