by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Greetings from the almost-impossible-to-enter-by-car Wadsworth Theater for a Presidential forum on energy and environmental issues, featuring John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Dennis Kucinich.  All the campaigns had good support out in front of the venue.  I'm here with Hekebolos, thereisnospoon from Daily Kos, RJ Eskow from the Huffington Post, Todd Beeton of MyDD and a couple others in Blogger's Row.  Each candidate will get a half-hour to answer questions on their energy plans.  There's a live webcast starting at 2:00pm PT at the enviro website Grist.

There will be press availability afterwards, possibly with Edwards.

UPDATE (1:26pm) Just got a pamphlet from the NRDC entitled "Solving Global Warming: It Can Be Done."  Interesting, considering that the latest IPCC report yesterday basically said it can't be done and it's time to adapt to a warmer future.  Wonder if that will come up today.

by pservelle [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Greetings from the CA. Barack Obama Campaign.

Let me begin by introducing myself. I am the volunteer coordinator for the Obama campaign in this the 45th congressional district. I was chosen for this role in the campaign because I have contributed 1,000 hours of volunteer time since the Senator's announcement of his candidacy on February 10, 2007 and also because I have lived with my family in Palm Springs for more than 10 years.

The Obama campaign is a grassroots effort with ordinary citizens, like myself, playing key roles in the campaign. Just like the thousands of other volunteers for Obama, I have made this commitment of time and energy to the campaign because I believe that Obama will bring the fundamental changes that are so desperately needed in our country.