In Rhode Island. Bayou Buzz.

Lieberman is a true liberal that rebelled on one issue made sacrosanct by MoveOn.org. Chafee, also a true liberal, tends to be off the reservation on virtually every bill of consequence. In 2005, Chafeeā€™s ACU rating (a conservative barometer on congressional votes) was a twelve out of one hundred making him the most liberal Republican in the US Senate.

Seventeen Democrats, including arch-liberal Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, had a higher ACU rating than Chafee, who had the same score as Hillary Clinton.

In Maryland

Rep. Ben Cardin, a veteran congressman who voted against the war in Iraq, won the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes.

Cardin had edged out his closest competitor, former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume, and 16 other candidates and will face Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele in November.

In Connecticut

. The AP carries Joe’s water.

“Ned Lamont is running one of the most negative campaigns that I can remember,” Lieberman said in a telephone conference call with reporters Tuesday. “He constantly criticizes, criticizes, criticizes. And he blames me for just about everything, maybe except the weather.”

In New Jersey. The New York Observer says the Democrats are in panic mode.

In Montana

Washington D.C. political strategist and Bush Administration insider Karl Rove is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., this weekend, but the event will be closed to reporters and the public.

The Burns campaign said Rove is going to be in Bigfork Saturday for a strategy session and reception following the Burns Classic Golf Tournament.

In Virginia. This is some bullshit.

A senior Democratic state lawmaker endorsed Republican Sen. George Allen’s bid for reelection Tuesday, after having earlier criticized Democrat James Webb’s position on affirmative action.

State Sen. Benjamin J. Lambert III (Richmond), who is black, praised Allen in a letter on his senate stationery released yesterday by the Allen campaign.

In Ohio

President Bush is coming to Cincinnati again to raise money for Sen. Mike DeWine, a Republican who faces a difficult re-election campaign against Democratic U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown.

The evening fundraiser on Sept. 25 will be at the Indian Hill home of Western & Southern Financial Group chairman John Barrett, brother of former Hamilton County Republican chairman – now federal judge – Michael Barrett.

Cost: $5,000 a ticket, or $10,000 a ticket to be photographed with Bush, according to the invitation.

In Tennessee

“Lacy Holloway; Chair Person of the Harold Ford Barn raising Committee of North East Tennessee is offering a great opportunity to help Harold Ford, Jr., in his bid for the U.S. Senate. Lacy is searching for barns with great visibility on major roadways or either interstate in North East Tennessee. This is a low cost avenue to support Rep. Ford as he campaigns from Mountain City to Memphis.”

In Nevada

While touting the programs at the Carter Center and promoting his forthcoming book on the Middle East, former President Jimmy Carter said that for the past five years, the United States has done nothing to encourage peace and dialogue in the war-torn region.

“The United States has to play a major role in bringing peace,” Carter said. “Over the last five years, the United States has made no effort to orchestrate peace talks between Israel and its neighbors.”

Carter spoke last night before a full audience at “The Carters on the Record,” the inaugural event of the 2006-07 “Conversations at The Carter Center” series.

But absent from the conversation was former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who was in Las Vegas tending to her son, Jack. Carter said that Jack Carter, who is running for the Nevada Senate, was stricken with a bout of colitis.

Both Carters had visited their son in Vegas, with Carter returning minutes before Tuesday’s event, only after getting reports that Jack Carter was recovering.

“But for a number of hours, his life was threatened,” Carter said, before adding a bit of good news ā€” the birth of his first great-grandson on Sept. 2.

In Arizona

On a night in June, Pfc. Justin Watt lay in his cot in Iraq, anguishing over whether to tell Army investigators that he suspected soldiers from his own platoon had raped a 14-year-old girl and then killed her and her family…

…When his name surfaced in the media, Rick and Vivi Watt pleaded for help from U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Kyl wrote the Army on Aug. 2, warning that Justin Watt had “received threats” and demanding that his safety be a priority. Kyl also questioned whether Watt should be shifted out of the 101st Airborne for his own security and provided a lawyer.

In a response Aug. 11, Army Brig. Gen. Bernard Champoux wrote that Watt has been provided a lawyer “although he is not suspected of any wrongdoing.” Champoux also says that the Army is investigating Watt’s claim that he has been harassed and mistreated since he came forward.

In Washington

The groundbreaking for the joint WSU-PNNL Bio-Products Research Center in Richland is Thursday. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) said Wednesday the new Bio-Products facility is the “cornerstone” of this country’s efforts to break the dependancy on foreign oil.

More than 50% of our country’s oil needs are met by foreign sources, Cantwell said; it will take innovation and federal investment to change this. Research done at the new facility can help produce techniques for more efficient and cheaper sources of alternative fuels.

In Minnesota

Tuesday’s primary was barely a pebble on the path to November for the endorsed major-party candidates for U.S. Senate.

Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar easily shrugged off intraparty challenger Darryl Stanton of Eden Prairie, a 2002 DFL nominee for Congress.

Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy easily dispensed with his challengers, retired military chaplain Harold Shudlick of Apple Valley and businessman John T. Uldrich of Minneapolis.

In Missouri

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill on Tuesday proposed a series of tax cuts that would help middle class families buy a first home, pay for child care expenses and fund college tuition.

“This proposal today is a way of saying it’s time we think about the middle class instead of just the wealthiest Americans,” McCaskill said in a dig at her rival, Republican Sen. Jim Talent.

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