Has it been a good political week? A bad one? Depends on where in America you are. Have a peek at the headlines from around the 50-State Blog network:
New Jersey
Chairman Andrews discusses what's next with ENDA.
Texas
When a judge wields the power of life and death and considers regular office hours more important than ensuring that power is, well, judicicious, then it's time to impeach Judge Sharon Keller.
Michigan
Michigan government shut down on early Monday morning. It's back, but the media is at least partially complicit in what happened.
Georgia
A new name pops up in Georgia as a potential candidate to run against Sen. Saxby "Shamless".
More after the break
So there's this thing called the 50-State Blog Network, and you should check it out -- it's made up of progressive community-based sites like this one, and it's committed to connecting readers to stories not just in our state, but all over the country. This week the roundup is coming to you from Minnesota, where we have a top-tier Senate race against Norm Coleman, one of Joe Lieberman's best buds, and a third potential Dem candidate considering a run -- read the interview here.
On with the roundup!
· NC Sen: Dole is out of money (The Southern Dem)
· CO-SEN, CO-PRES: Obama, Udall each up 10 pts (em dash)
· VA: GOP Party Chair Compares Obama to Bin Laden (lowkell)
· Texas County Agrees to Stop Vote Suppression Efforts (Matt Glazer)
· VA-05: Tom Perriello Closes in on Virgil Goode (lowkell)
· Hotline: Colorado is last toss-up state in nation (em dash)
· Jim Webb: Barack Obama Will be a "fine commander in chief" (lowkell)
· IA-04: Latham and Greenwald hold second radio debate (desmoinesdem)
· One Really Bad Typo: 'Barack Osama' on Ballot in NY County (lipris)
· NC Sen: Kay Hagan Fights back against False Freedom's Watch Ads (The Southern Dem)
· Gordon Smith: Sarah Palin is "a great governor of CALIFORNIA" (karichisholm)
· Rossi subpoenaed in Buildergate Case (John Rohrbach)