Yes, there's even more news today.

But first, a special request. Frank Gonzalez is trying to win the endorsement of the Florida chapter of Democracy for America. I have no idea where most of you all live, but Floridians in the audience may consider supporting him.

Update: It looks like you don't have to be from Florida to support him. He's running neck and neck with another guy for first, so every vote counts . . . even in Florida!

Karl Rove is focusing on mobilizing evangelicals in the midterm election. President Bush is threatening to veto a bill that may pass through the Senate soon that would allow for federal funding of stem cell research.

Ryan Sager, author of the upcoming book "The Elephant in the Room," has an article at The Atlantic Monthly about how the Republican Party has too much South and not enough West in their coalition. Because the magazine is for subscribers only, you can read an excerpt at his blog.

After the 2004 election, plenty of people noted that a shift of 60,000-odd votes in Ohio would have handed the Electoral College to John Kerry. But there was another place—less remarked upon—where a shift of similar magnitude would have done the same trick: the Southwest. Fewer than 70,000 votes among Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico, with their collective nineteen electoral votes, could have swung the election just as surely as Ohio’s 60,000. And with George W. Bush winning by margins of 5 percentage points, 3 points, and 1 point, respectively, these were swing states by any definition of the term.

Demand for organic food is booming and American farmers are trying to keep up.

Looking at a history of the Libertarian Party it's easy to see that purists in the party doomed the fledgling party after the 1980 election. This illustrates the inability of fringe parties to moderate their stances to appeal to swing voters and explains (partially) why I work within a major party for change.