Many of you are very aware I am not, and have not been a supporter of Barack Obama.

This is not because I support Hillary Clinton - in fact, I like/dislike Hillary and Barack equally, for very different reasons.

My goal for 2008 is to see a Democrat in the White House.  I felt there were problems with both of the remaining candidates being elected.  I supported John Edwards, in part because I felt he was the most electable in the general election.  We can see where that went.

After watching Hillary throw her campaign in the toilet, I long ago realized that Obama would be our nominee, and I have hoped for the best.  The Wright controversy made me feel we were doomed.

Most of you know me, you know I was firmly planted behind John Edwards, you know I still support John Edwards, and you probably know, as of this minute, I plan on voting for John Edwards in the WI primary.

What you probably don't know is that I don't want to.  I want to cast a vote that matters, a vote that will help my candidate, a vote that will ensure I am part of the process.  A process that I love and believe strongly in.

Well, this diary is going to tell you why I plan on voting for John, and how you can change that, if you so desire.

Debate on the Senate floor before the vote to confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General.

Liveblog Part I - chapel hill guy

Liveblog Part II - noweasels

The California wildfires are still burning out of control.  Zero containment, with fierce Santa Anna winds as of 11:30am CST.

Please use this diary as your go-to resource for emergency info.  We have many Kossacks in CA and in the fire zones providing invaluable information, which can be accessed through these Wildfire diaries.

RED CROSS DONATION SITE

Please DO NOT click these links unless you are in the area and need emergency info.  The servers are completely stressed as it is.

Barbara's diary - Updates #1 through #9

Egarratt's diary - Update #10

California Wildfires Mothership 2 - Live Blog  Please recommend this diary.

Miss Blue's diary - California Wildfires Mothership I - Live Blog - You are here.  

Continuing coverage of the Petraeus/Crocker Senate hearings.  
Links:

C-Span
C-Span 3
Real Player (C-Span)
CapitolHearings.org

Continuing coverage of the non-testimony of Sara Taylor before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senators Leahy and Schumer opened the show, with damning remarks towards Bush and Gonzales.  Arlen Spector once again carried water, all the while tsk-tsking the President's gag order.

List of Live Blogging Volunteers Today:

 1. aimeeinkc

 2. donnamarie

 3. misterajc

 4. Marcus Tullius

 5. MKinTN

 6. bluesweatergirl

 7. Miss Blue

 8. dday

 9. bumblebums

10. gchaucer2

11. On The Bus

12. tommurphy

13. Cedwyn

14. chainsaw mary

15. zeitshabba

You know the drill - Please recommend this diary and unrecommend the previous one.  NO pictures, please.

We need more diary volunteers.  If you would like to participate today in producing one of the live-blog diaries, please leave a comment indicating your preference for one of the open slots in response to my first comment.  

Live Blog Away!!!

To today's live-blog diarists:  For new diaries in today's series, please link back to the previous diary only.  This will save you time in your diary preparation.  Also, please copy the remaining diary volunteers list into your new diary entry.  New diary starts when previous one reaches 250 comments.

The official Live-blogging thread #4 for the Gonzales testimony.  

Please recommend this diary and unrecommend the previous ones.

By law, C-Span 1&2 MUST cover the Senate and House when they are in session, so C-Span3 is the best we can get.

MSNBC

Cspan3

Don Imus radio simulcast on MSNBC has been permanently dropped, effective immediately.

Tucker Carlson is reporting the breaking news.  The reason given is obviously the racist remarks, but the spoken wish of Barack Obama that Imus be fired, as well as the loss of advertisers sealed the deal.
Obama call for Imus to be fired.

Advertisers pull out of Imus show.

CBS Exec calls for Imus to be fired.

The next announcement will be the formal firing by CBS Radio.  I'll update as soon as it's made, most likely today.  

The White House, per MSNBC, has just announced Tony Snow has cancer of the liver.

I will flesh this diary out as soon as more details are revealed.

As you recall, in February 2005, Snow revealed that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer. He returned to work in April 2005. On Friday, March 23, 2007, Snow announced that he would be undergoing surgery the following Monday to remove and investigate an abdominal growth. Unfortunately, the growth was cancerous and may have spread to his liver.

This is the story of one person's life struggle.  The struggle to survive, be happy, make a difference, be remembered.

We've all met them - the people seemingly with no history.  They are just there.  You know them, but you don't.  You hear tales of family, kids perhaps, past adventures.  But you never meet anyone who can confirm.  No old friends, no family members.  And you wonder.  Why is this seemingly intelligent, interesting, lovely person all alone in the world?  By choice?  By accident?  Or perhaps destiny is pre-ordained, and we all end up where we are supposed to be - all beyond our control.

This is the true, detailed story of one such woman.  Please join me, as it will make her feel not so alone on another "family day" spent without family.

This diary is part of the Elections Results Live Blogging project. To see more liveblogging diaries, see Election Results Live Blogging This diary covers the results of:

WI-08:  Steve Kagen (D)Projected Winner vs. Jim Gard (R))

WI Marriage Amendment-Passes UPDATE: I'll be putting this diary to bed now as all races have been called.

This diary is part of the Elections Results Live Blogging project. To see more liveblogging diaries, see Election Results Live Blogging This diary covers the results of:

MN-GOV
Mike Hatch (D) vs Tim Pawlenty (R)

MN-Sen
Amy Klobuchar

(Projected Winner-MSNBC) (D) vs Mark Kennedy (R)

MN-01
Tim Walz (D)Projected Winner vs Gil Gutknecht (R)

MN-02
Colleen Rowley (D) vs John Kline (R)

MN-03
Wendy Wilde (D) vs Jim Ramstad (R)

MN-06
Patty Wetterling (D) vs Michele Bachmann (R)Projected Winner

UPDATE: It is now 12:15am CST. I will be changing the numbers only on the GOV race from here on out. All other races have been called.

Meet Brian, affectionately known over the CB as Red Cow Truck.  Brian is a bull-hauler, a trucker who hauls cattle.  Has been for decades.  Your typical redneck, gun-loving WASP, and devoted Bush lover.  He has also been my dear friend for eons.  I love him, but we have had some screaming matches regarding politics, especially before, during, and after the 2004 election.  With all of his built-in biases, he is an intelligent, self-educated man with an overabundance of street smarts.  A sense of humor that will keep you in stitches and a heart as big as all outdoors.  Follow me below the fold to hear more about this lovable Republican.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks -- including those on American troops -- if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The groups who've made contact have largely shunned attacks on Iraqi civilians, focusing instead on the U.S.-led coalition forces. Their offer coincides with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's decision to reach out to the Sunni insurgency with a reconciliation plan that includes an amnesty for fighters.

MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Jim Doyle on Friday vetoed a bill that would have forced doctors to tell women seeking abortions after their fifth month of pregnancy that their fetuses could suffer pain.

Here's the facts, and only the facts?

1.  If you post a comment, remember to give a 4 to all the other posts.

2. To regain your trusted user status, so cruelly wiped out by the upgrades made by Kos yesterday, you need SEVERAL comments rated 4 by others.  So feel free to reply to everything.

3.  When this thread becomes too large, somebody start a Round 4, and unreccommend this thread.