50-State Blog Network Weekly Roundup

This week’s Roundup was compiled by EricV at PrairieStateBlue. Permission is granted to cross-post at your blog.


Happy Friday the 13th! Looks like it wasn’t a lucky one for ethically

challenged Republicans. Between the prostitution scandals and the

increasingly obvious failure of the Iraq war to accomplish anything

Republicans are being hit hard across the states. Remember that all

politics is local and support your local state blogs!

Alabama
Left

in Alabama
Barack Obama visited Alabama on Monday. Here’s href=”http://www.leftinalabama.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=211″>a local

perspective
on the event.
Arizona
href=”http://www.aznetroots.com”>AZNetroots
Turnover

in the state Democratic party
has Arizona wondering.
California
Calitics
Healthcare reform href=”http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3249″>seems to be

moving
in California, with legislation that might even have a

chance of a signature of the governator.
Colorado
href=”http://www.squarestate.net”>SquareState
Does Sen. Ken Salazar href=”http://www.squarestate.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=4117″>fear his

own shadow
? His positions, or lack thereof, on Iraq seem to

suggest so.
Connecticut
My

Left Nutmeg
Remember “moderate” Chris Shays? Well he’s looking for href=”http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7485″>more

war
. In the meantime, the state’s GOP keeps href=”http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7474″>blaming

others
for their failures. Whatever happened to the party of

personal responsibility?
Delaware
href=”http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com”>Delaware Liberal
Sen. Joe Biden is href=”http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/joe-biden-rebukes-mike-castle-and-centerists-republicans-for-their-lack-of-spine”>criticizing

centrist Republicans
for not standing up to their parties

extremists. Then one of Delaware’s own href=”http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/mike-castle-reasserts-his-support-for-bush”>shows

his full support
for President Bush and his war.
Florida
FLA

Politics
Another Republican href=”http://www.flapolitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1955″>caught

soliciting prostitutes
? Look for the how to guide on href=”http://www.flapolitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1949″>building

Florida’s progressive community
.
Georgia
href=”http://www.tondeestavern.com”>Tondee’s Tavern
Georgia gives a big “WTF?” to statements of BushCo’s href=”http://www.tondeestavern.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=478″>stopping

terrorists attacks in Georgia
. Oh and in a twist to our theme,

Georgia’s Republican was caught href=”http://www.tondeestavern.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=476″>soliciting

sex from a male undercover cop
.
Hawaii
Poinography!
Republican

ethical problems
in Hawaii too. Surprised? I thought not.
Idaho
43rd

State Blues
Idaho’s conservative blogosphere tries to defend the surge, but

43rd State Blues href=”http://www.43rdstateblues.com/?q=node/3416″>will have none of

it
. Oh yeah, and their Republican soliciting prostitutes href=”http://www.43rdstateblues.com/?q=node/3419″>went after a male

undercover police officer too
.
Illinois
href=”http://www.prairiestateblue.com”>PrairieStateBlue
Ray LaHood (R) href=”http://www.prairiestateblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3185″>says

no to Bradley University
and is staying put. Mark Kirk (R) won’t

say

anything at all
to Iraq war vets. He’s headed towards a href=”http://www.prairiestateblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3183″>big

challenge
.
Indiana
Blue

Indiana
Gov. Mitch Daniels problems aren’t related to prostitutes, href=”http://www.blueindiana.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=771″>they’re

budgetary
.
Iowa
href=”/”>Bleeding Heartland
Sen. Tom Harkin is href=”/showDiary.do?diaryId=410″>posting

at Bleeding Heartland
. He’s looking for Republicans to stand up to

the President and party leadership on Iraq.
Louisiana
href=”http://www.dailykingfish.com”>Daily Kingfish
Louisiana is rightfully abuzz over the revelation that Sen. David

Vitter has

been frequenting prostitutes
(and now href=”http://www.dailykingfish.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=129″>the

Republican response
), but they haven’t forgotten about State Rep.

Jim Tucker (R) and href=”http://www.dailykingfish.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=126″>his

ethics problems either.
Maine
Turn Maine

Blue
While Sen. Collins href=”http://turnmaineblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=334″>flip-flops on

Iraq
, her challenger Tom Allen href=”http://turnmaineblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=338″>remains

steadfast in opposition
.
Maryland
Free

State Politics
Free State Politics href=”http://www.freestatepolitics.us/showDiary.do;jsessionid=6773CB2B055EB0FEE57DCED71B4AFC86?diaryId=403%20″>catches

the Baltimore examiner in right-wing health news coverage.
Massachusetts
href=”http://www.bluemassgroup.com”>BlueMassGroup
While former Governor Mitt Romney href=”http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7897″>is

embarrassed about being a Republican
, current Governor Deval

Patrick is

busy bringing reality-based decisions
to Beacon Hill.
Michigan
href=”http://www.michiganliberal.com”>Michigan Liberal
Republican Rep. Joe Knollenberg shows that href=”http://www.michiganliberal.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9416″>he can

run from Iraq questions
too. Meanwhile, the State legislature has

prolonged

their vacation
.
Minnesota
href=”http://www.mncampaignreport.com”>Minnesota Campaign

Report
Second quarter fundraising numbers are coming in. In Minnesota,

their taking

a look
.
Mississippi
href=”http://www.cottonmouthblog.com”>Cottonmouth Blog
The effects

of Katrina linger on
for the Mississippi coast, don’t let it be

forgotten.
Missouri
href=”http://www.firedupmissouri.com”>Fired Up! Missouri
How much does it cost to bribe, er… encourage, Gov. Matt Blunt?

Now, you too can

find out
.
Montana
Left

in the West
How bad is it becoming for Republican’s in Montana? Well, a state

Senator says href=”http://www.leftinthewest.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=732″>he might

vote for Democrat Max Baucus for Senate
and the GOP doesn’t really

push back.
Nebraska
New

Nebraska
The Nebraska governor’s office href=”http://newnebraska.net/2007/07/why-is-dave-heineman-so-scared-of-s-e-x.html”>wants

nothing to do with sex
. Nothing. Of any kind. And this time they

mean it.
New Hampshire
href=”http://www.bluehampshire.com”>Blue Hampshire
Senators Gregg and Sununu href=”http://www.bluehampshire.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1381″>can’t

seem to make up their mind on Iraq
.
New Jersey
Blue

Jersey
Tomorrow Jim Dean, chair of DFA, href=”http://www.bluejersey.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5168″>talks with

Blue Jersey Radio
. Maybe they’ll mention how their Republican

congressmen rolled

over to President Bush on Iraq
.
New Mexico
New Mexico

FBIHOP
Heather Wilson has href=”http://nmfbihop.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=307″>not just one,

but two

challengers lining up to get a chance at her seat.
New York
href=”http://www.thealbanyproject.com”>the albany project
New York firefighters are href=”http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1009″>talking

about the real Rudy Giuliani
. It should come as no surprise that

he isn’t the same person he plays on TV.
New York
Daily

Gotham
And about that Rudy and the Firefighters spat… href=”http://www.dailygotham.com/blog/bouldin/republican_knifefight”>Fred

Thompson’s all over it
.
North Carolina
Blue NC
A recent href=”http://bluenc.com/ppp-survey%3A-elizabeth-dole-vs.-grier-martin”>PPP

Poll
shows State Representative Grier Martin with a fair chance of

retiring Senator Elizabeth Dole if he were to challenge her in the

2008 elections. BlueNC community members have been busy with href=”http://bluenc.com/urgent%3A-action-needed-on-voter-owned-elections-bill”>several

action href=”http://bluenc.com/call-burr-and-dole”>plans and are

celebrating the passage of href=”http://bluenc.com/call-a-young-democrat-today#comment-60652″>Same

Day Voter Registration
legislation that was championed by the

Young Dems of North Carolina.
North Dakota
href=”http://www.northdecoder.com”>North Decoder
Republican’s href=”http://www.northdecoder.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=1″>aren’t

the party of small government
, not even in North Dakota.
Ohio
As Ohio Goes
Read a book

review
of the behind-the-scenes look into Rep-now-Sen. Sherrod

Brown’s campaign run Connie Schultz’s new book, “… and His Lovely

Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man”
Ohio
href=”http://www.buckeyestateblog.com”>Buckeye State Blog
Buckeye State Blog has a week full of top notch posts… this one

stands out for the images, href=”http://www.buckeyestateblog.com/breaking_the_ohio_gops_dc_madam_connection_prostitutes%20″>Breaking:

The Ohio GOP’s DC Madam Connection. Prostitutes!
Oklahoma
blue

oklahoma
Republican Tom Coburn href=”http://www.blueoklahoma.org/showDiary.do?diaryId=145″>doesn’t

care about family values
.
Oregon
href=”http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com”>Loaded Orygun
Loaded Orygun is href=”http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/2007/07/coming-sunday-loadedorygunnet.html”>becoming

a community blog (SoapBlox) on Sunday
. That’s all the better for

encouraging programs like href=”http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/2007/07/oregonians-for-relationship-equality.html”>Oregonians

for Relationship Equality
.
Pennsylvania
Keystone

Politics
Keystone Politics covers some far weightier issues this week, but

this

may be the lamest excuse ever for being caught in questionable

circumstances.
Rhode Island
Rhode

Island’s Future
Rhode Island’s Democratic activists href=”http://rifuture.org/blog/2007/07/11/the-rhode-island-lineup-for-08″>are

lining up behind Presidential candidates
.
South Dakota
href=”http://www.cleancutkid.com”>Clean Cut Kid
Is open government

coming to South Dakota
? It remains to be seen.
Tennessee
Knox

Views
The evolution of the South href=”http://www.knoxviews.com/node/5045″>is coming to Eastern

Tennesee
.
Texas
href=”http://www.burntorangereport.com”>Burnt Orange Report
The death

of the Republican party in Texas
? Burnt Orange Report takes stock

of how extremists have created electoral turmoil for the Republicans

of Texas.
Texas
Texas Kaos
Rick Noriega is announcing the href=”http://www.texaskaos.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3578″>beginning of

his bid
to unseat John Cornyn.
Utah
Wasatch

Watcher
Salt Lake City is looking for a new major and href=”http://www.wasatchwatcher.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=235″>Keith

Christensen is being considered
.
Vermont
href=”http://www.greenmountaindaily.com”>Green Mountain Daily
Democrats href=”http://www.greenmountaindaily.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1404″>failed

to override
the Republican governor’s veto of their energy bill.

Here’s

the next step
.
Virginia
href=”http://www.raisingkaine.com”>Raising Kaine
Raising Kaine speculates how Virginia might looks with a different

Senator in “How

About a Trade? Webb For McConnell
Washington
WashBlog
Efforts to href=”http://www.washblog.com/story/2007/7/12/91422/0755″>stop

electronic voting in Washington state continue
.
West Virginia
West

Virginia Blue
When West Virginia Blue isn’t busy href=”http://www.wvablue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=680″>calling out

biased newspaper coverage
they’re busy noting how href=”%20http://www.wvablue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=697″>ineffective

the advocates
for vulnerable Republican Rep. Shelley Moore

Capito’s (WV-02) are.
Wisconsin
Uppity

Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Assembly’s GOP href=”http://www.uppitywis.org/assembly-gops-self-destructive-budget”>revealed

their idea of a state budget
. Surprise, surprise, it looks awfully

cynical and partisan.

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