I was looking over stats at Open Secrets trying to see if I could find out patterns of donations within an industry.  Turns out that isn't easy to do, but I did get distracted by looking into the state by state fundraising numbers.  It turns out that Obama is the top fundraiser only in Illinois, Hawaii, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Colorado.

There are several states in which Obama is the top Democrat. States like Idaho, Utah, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Wyoming.  In fact in Mississippi Obama out raises everyone except Thompson and McCain.  In Wisconsin only Thompson beats Obama.

We have all been following the ST-Sen race with a certain sense of baited breath.  He stepped over certain lines when he started using talking points from Karl Rove, and has made it very clear that he is going to be a very independent vote in the Senate if he wins.  To me that is code for continuing his Neo-Con agenda.

You have seen the latest polling, showing Lieberman up, 49-37-8.  That looks like a race out of the margin of error and GOTV, but I think it will be a very close one tomorrow and possibly even a victory for Lamont, and I'll tell you why.

Party Loyalty and Ballot Placement.

I know that most of us bloggers are spending every spare moment you have wondering what you can do to help out the Patrick Murphy for Congress campaign.  This diary is for those of you who are still wondering.

You probably already know that we really need you to volunteer and contribute if you possibly can, but there are lots of other little things you can give which would help us, and probably any other campaign out a lot.

Just over a week ago I finally submitted my thesis and found myself with plenty of free time while I wait to defend my thesis and look for postdoc positions. What else is a good Kossack to do with free time in October, but head out and find a campaign to get involved with, so last a week ago last Sunday I headed out with Philly for Change to canvass for Brenden Doyle and Patrick Murphy up in Northeast Philadelphia. After a good afternoon of canvassing, I mentioned to the field worker that I was free for October, and he told me that he was going to try to get me to join the team.