Quickhits

Katherine Harris has lost the rest of her campaign staff. The only one left seems to be her "spiritual advisor" Dale Borroughs from the Biblical Heritage Institute.

The Oglala Sioux tribe in South Dakota is talking about opening a women's clinic in the face of South Dakota's extreme new abortion law.

How much do you want to bet that this "new democrat" who has suddenly appeared to run against Hillary Clinton is being spotted by some big money folks on the right to try to kneecap her before 2008? Remember that it was a small collection of "former" Republican operatives who helped raise the majority of the early money for Sharpton in 2004. Even if there were no direct contributions to his campaign, there are other ways to get money to the guy. I guess after Republican challenger KT McFarland had a paranoid break at a recent campaign event, they had to do something.

Full credit to this AP reporter for pointing out that Bush's rhetoric about poverty in the wake of Katrina was just that, and that nothing has been done despite the momorable promises made in Jackson Square.

Lastly, I found this account of his own kidnapping by Phil Sands in Iraq very interesting reading.