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!
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
· 50 percent of southerners say Obama better president than Bush (desmoinesdem)
· What Yesterday Says About Young Voters (Mike Connery)
· Max Blumenthal on the dysfunctional movement driving the GOP (Mike Connery)
· IA-Gov: Culver launches second tv ad (desmoinesdem)
· Hilarious Vid On Why We Must Vote No On Issue 2!! (Cliff Schecter)
· NY-23: Scozzafava Drops Out! (lipris)
· NY-23: Pataki Goes Rogue, Endorses Teabagger Darling Doug Hoffman (lipris)
· Dunne Considering Run For VT-Gov (Nathan Empsall)
· McGovern Grandson Looks to Challenge Thune in 2010 (Jonathan Singer)
· IA-03: Two potential challengers for Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· NJ-Gov: Daggett Goes After Christie and Corzine (Jonathan Singer)