Norimitsu Onishi of the New York Times reports on elections for upper house in Japan going strongly against the party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, apparently, hadn’t been in tune with what voters wanted and got the message too late:
The loss, however, will allow the opposition to check Mr. Abe’s legislative agenda. Using parliamentary […]

Kos blogged today on Rick Noriega:
The Texas netroots is launching their effort on behalf of Rick Noriega — an ambitious effort that will be easily the most difficult challenge tackled by the netroots to date. They’re launching with an effort to garner 800 contributors to their ActBlue page for Noriega. I’m in.
As things currently stand, […]

Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post describes the rise of the Richardson campaign the same way I do whenever asked by friends: “slowly but surely.” Cillizza also assesses the political implications of the Governor’s position on Iraq:
Expect Richardson to attempt to gain more traction in the coming weeks with his plan to remove all American […]

Matt Bai of the New York Times opines on the lack of governing experience held by the candidates currently ahead in the polls:
Of all the campaign themes that will emerge leading up to the 2008 primaries, one you probably won’t hear a lot about is experience. That’s because the candidates who are at the moment […]