According to Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post, Jeanne Shaheen will enter the NH Senate race today.

This is really bad news for my favorite Senator, John Sununu. As the Boston Herald reminds us:

In a Research 2000 poll in July, Shaheen led Sununu by 22 percentage points. The poll had Sununu beating each of the other Democrats, but with less than 50 percent support.

Shaheen also evidently has a 60 percent approval rating, compared to Sununu's 43 percent.

As such, Sununu supporters had better hope that Shaheen's previous open support for the Iraq War, and the conduct of the War on Terror put Democrats in the Granite State right off of her (the best thing for Sununu would be to run against Katrina Swett, who will have little statewide appeal).

This is not looking good, however. And after yesterday's news about Mark Warner running in VA, Republicans should be worried about getting cut down to 45 seats in the Senate, or fewer.

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I'll try to post my own as soon as I have them...


Addo Elephant National Park


Hluhluwe Game Reserve


Table Mountain, Capetown

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Usually, I use this blog to comment on political goings-on. But, occasionally, I deviate into football/soccer-- and today is one of those days.

Last night, in the Euro 2008 qualifier, Scotland beat France 1-0, thanks to a goal by James McFadden.



I cannot overstate the importance of this. Scotland now sit at the top of their qualifying group, though admittedly, we do have a few tough games still in front of us. Nonetheless, last night was a great night-- and one that makes it look like Scottish football/soccer is on its way back (note: since one of my relatives once played for Scotland, this is a particularly important thing for me).

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