I spelled Zbigniew Brzezinski's name right, from memory, on the first try. Go me!

• Disenfranchising the citizens of Florida is a bipartisan effort. Way to win back the state that cost Al Gore the election, you dumb shits!
• Barack Obama, an inexperienced but clearly shining political intellect, whose name is frequently mispronounced, is being endorsed by an experience and clearly shining political intellect whose name is even harder to pronounce: former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Obama is running for president as a Washington "outsider," much like Brzezinski's former boss, Jimmy Carter. For the good of the universe, I hope Obama has better luck with the oval office than Billy Jimmy.
• The libertarian Reason Foundation asked presidential candidates to sign a pledge dedicated to helping make it easier to learn about who's been making political donations through some fancy system that's already been approved by Congress and the President. The only three candidates to agree to this pledge? Obama, Paul, and Brownback. Says a representative from the Reason Foundation, "It's staggering that they wouldn't sign, because this is already federal law."
• If the Iowa caucuses move into December, candidates may be able to double up maximum donations. The 2007 caucuses would be considered a separate election cycle, and $2,300 donors could expand their donations. I may be mistaken on this, but if my grasp of campaign finance law is accurate, this would mean that even if all of the "2007 cycle" donations were not used solely in the Iowa caucuses, any leftovers could be rolled into the 2008 cycle.
• The Chicago Tribune explains exactly why the race to be in the primary races are so incredibly stupid, and by my own interpolation, why all the primary voting should be held on the same day. Seriously, even though the article is satirical, it does point out exactly how much of a farce this election is already becoming. I have this image of Clinton, Obama, Edwards, and Richardson dressed up like Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo and running around the country at comically high-speeds, with their misadventures set to jaunty piano music.
  
• Want to stop insurgents in Iraq from getting weapons? Depending on who's selling them, Dick Cheney may have you tortured.