Your turn.

I've been out the past several hours. Did anything newsworthy happen?

This is an open thread.

Ryan Lizza has a long article in the New Yorker on How Chicago shaped Obama. I haven't read it yet, but will update later this afternoon after I've had a chance to go through it.

Update: SusanG at Daily Kos has a review of Arianna Huffington's new book, Right is Wrong.

This is an open thread. Have a great Sunday.

(Guest Post by Anita Thompson)

Hi. It's Anita Thompson. I'm sitting here in my hostess's spotless new living room as we make plans to go to dinner. So... Please forgive me for taking the lovely Jeralyn away from you for the evening. She smiled and asked me to put up tonight's open thread. So have fun posting, as we look forward to reading your comments when we return.

We have Hunter's favorite drink mix here to sip while we read: Bailys Irish Cream with a splash of Chivas. "It's the drink that's always good." he liked to say. It's called a Bif. I'm sure so many of the times Hunter and I would watch Jerri on TV while cheering her on, there were Bifs on the counter. So have fun with the open thread, and if you can, enjoy a Bif too. Your friend, Anita Thompson

A reader comments in an e-mail:

Why are you [BTD] so stuck on attack threads on and branding Obama as just another politician? Making the same argument over and over which does nothing but divide our party and [keeps] us from fighting for the issues we care about is stupid. When you make the same case over and over again by selectively picking stances and articles that support that point you lose credibility. I do give credit to TChris and Jeralyn regardless of whether I agree with them their threads have been interesting and fair.

I agree with the praise for Jeralyn and TChris. This is an Open Thread.

Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothin'

UPDATE:

In the latest CNN Poll of polls, the Illinois senator holds an 8-point lead among registered voters nationwide, 49 percent to 41 percent, with 10 percent still undecided.

TChris and I have been focused on crime this morning and Big Tent Democrat is attending to some other matters, so for those of you with politics or other things on your mind, here's an open thread.

Your turn. Keep it civil.

This is an Open Thread.

Here is an Open Thread for those who want to discuss things not FISA Capitulation. You are on your own till J and Chris show up. So behave.

Sorry, one last FISA thing. The Senate will have the following issues: (1) Dodd Amendment to strike telco immunity (2) Specter Amendment to require court rule on constitutionality of surveillance programs; (3) Bingaman Amendment to delay immunity until 90 days after completion of Inspector General Report (all will fail).

After that the biggies, a cloture motion (Obama will vote for cloture, what will Hillary do?) and on the bill (ditto).

Did anyone see the Access Hollywood interview with the Obama family? The kids are cute. It will be airing in parts for a few days.

Obama's donors apparently are resisting helping Hillary retire her campaign debt. The comments are nasty. So far, his donors have contributed only $100,000 or so.

On an unrelated note, the iPhone goes on sale Friday. Is anyone here going to stand in line to buy one? I'm thinking about it.

This is an open thread. Remember, disagreement and criticism are fine, but no personal attacks or insults.

Since I'll be awol this evening-- see post below -- here's an open thread for you.

All topics welcome, but please remember the site rules.

Did you watch Nadal-Federer? This is an Open thread.

One unrelated note - Joe Gandleman, who runs The Moderate Voice, is a good guy so he should not be tarred when one of his writers uses sexist language ("the last thing Obama needs is this pack of doomsaying [formerly Hillary supporting] crows [Link] nipping at his ears and caw-cawing over every perceived slight") and falsely describes the posts of other bloggers, as was done to me. Somehow writing "absent a change in the dynamics of this election, Barack Obama will defeat John McCain for the Presidency in November" is "tak[ing] a masochistic delight in reporting on every poll showing problems for the Illinois Senator." To some, nothing short of fawning adulation will do.

By Big Tent Democrat