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To continue the politics theme for one more item, the California presidential primary is less than two weeks away. But as Kevin Drum at Calpundit points out today, nobody's really talking about it. Contrast this quietude to the way everybody was buzzing about the recall less than five months ago.
Vanessa Kerry, the Democrat's medical student daughter, will try to create some excitement in Southern California this weekend. She's at Claremont McKenna College and USC tomorrow and at Pepperdine and UCLA on Monday. On Sunday at 2 p.m. she will help open the Kerry headquarters at Pico and Fairfax.