by Bob Brigham [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Lucas O'Connor [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

This was and probably could/should have stayed a quick hit, but I'm in a mood.

Rep. Mary Bono Mack and her husband Rep. Connie Mack are joining forces to form the new America Supports You Caucus. Reps. Adam Schiff and Allen Boyd join them as co-chairs.  The group will, at least in part, serve to highlight the Pentagon service that provides veterans with links to support services (instead of providing those services?).

I'm all for connecting veterans with support services and all, but at some point you can't wave that miniature American flag hard enough to hide that you aren't actually serving members of the military as well as you should.  How fast before this becomes a de facto test of support-the-troops devotion?

Open Thread yourselves as well. Fun with Metronomy's Radio Ladio on the flip.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By David Dayen
d-day

Obama actually had an excellent overnight. He kept contact in several districts, won enough in CA-09 for a 4-2 split, and I don't think CA-50 and CA-53 are worth calling yet until we see where the final votes are coming from; he's basically in the same position he was in CA-01. My approximations on delegates show that Clinton will win between 31 and 37 more delegates out of California. At one point last night it looked like 50-60.

(Those are slightly different than Caligirl's numbers, based on late-breaking numbers for Obama.)

My initial analysis wasn't all that off except for one key area: Clinton was able to get 3-1 splits in 8 key districts, almost all of them heavily Latino: CA-18, CA-21, CA-31 (hey, great job, Obama surrogate Xavier Becerra!), CA-32, CA-34, CA-38, CA-39 (awesome, Obama surrogate Linda Sanchez!), and CA-43. If Obama got enough votes in those districts to keep it close, and I mean a scant 35%, he would have basically been even or down by 5-7 delegates.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

A few random pieces cobbled together by the magic of bullet points:

by jsw [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Today's Blog Roundup is on the flip. It includes the experiences of a couple bloggers with arguments against impeachment (or evasions regarding the same), a few pieces on our environment (including our farms and fisheries), land use, another attempt at treating our gay and lesbian citizens fairly, and a smorgasbord of other items.

As always, let me know what I missed in comments.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The media will likely spill a lot of ink (and its electronicequivalent) over the decision by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and SenateLeader Harry Reid to drop their demands for a timetable in the Iraqspending bill. The Chronicle has an extensive article on the immense challenges Pelosi has faced and how far she has come in re-framing the debate over the war. ThoughPelosi represents a San Francisco district that is firmly againstcontinuing the war, she represents a caucus with a much wider range ofviews. In California alone, Democratic representatives run the gauntletfrom liberal Barbara Lee of Oakland, who has never voted to fund thewar, to moderate Adam Schiff of Glendale, a member of the Blue Dogs whosupported the authorization and its subsequent funding. Pelosi didn'twin this time, but she put up an incredible fight.

One alternative to Congress imposing a deadline for withdrawal is forthe Pentagon to do so. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton calledfor such action this week. It is, after all, the Pentagon's job to manage the war and a bipartisan consensus is growing that September is to be a critical month in terms of evaluating success.