Sen. Byron Dorgan has endorsed Obama.
Rep. John Lewis has flipped and officially endorsed Obama.
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has formed an exploratory committee to take on the ethically tarnished Sen. Ted Stevens. Begich has a web site up, but if you want biographical detail, try his wiki.
The Dems have won shocking upset special elections in Florida and New York.
Obama may be the first Democratic nominee in a very long time that red state/district Democrats are eager to campaign with.
Al Franken picked up the SEIU endorsement.
And let’s pay attention to this:
…Iraqis have actually said the “surge” has “worsened” their lives. According to a September 2007 ABC/BBC/NHK poll (.pdf):
79 percent oppose the presence of coalition forces, unchanged since winter.
63 percent say it was wrong for the U.S. to have invaded Iraq, up from 52 percent in March and 39 percent in Feb. 2004.
47 percent now favor “immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces,” a 12-point rise since March.
