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Live chat going on right now at the LJ World about the severe weather planned for today. In case you haven't heard there will be an outbreak of tornadoes today. In the event of severe weather you should get in the lowest and most center part of your house. (cellar or basement if possible) If there is a central bathroom get in the bath tub (don't put water in it) and cover yourselves with pillows and blankets. If you have children have them put their bicycle helmets on. Those of you a little more like me should remember your extra battery packs for your video cameras

Speaking of natural disasters... I feel so sorry for all you moderate republicans out there who have to deal with Kris Kobach - he's such a nutbar...

Don Bettes spent yesterday blogging... EveryDayCitizen, DailyKos, and heaven knows what else. This makes him the first candidate in Kansas to embrace web 2.0 in this caliber and is a lesson for new candidates to utilize these new technologies to create an online dialogue between people and the Representatives who serve them. I'm impressed. Go Don Bettes!

Jim Slattery released a list of the companies he lobbied for and a description of the work he did for those companies while at the law firm of Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C. from 1995-2008.

Slattery made this list available to promote greater transparency in not only how the public elects individuals, but to bring about a change in how they should expect officials to conduct themselves while in office.

They include Amazon.com, Aquila - the Kansas utility company, various steel companies, Columbia University, Earth Energy and Environment where Slattery advocated for Biofuels, KC Southern Railroad, Moterola and Verizon, Wheat Gluten Industries, and Washington Citizens for World Trade just to name a few.

He also lobbied on behalf of the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation where from 1998-1999, Slattery served as the point of contact between the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation and the Connecticut Congressional Delegation regarding a Department of Education claim that the foundation was violating certain loan guarantee rules. Slattery was also involved in negotiations to resolve the dispute. (release)

Straw poll over at OL for the Veep spots - no word on whether the GOP has a blog doing a straw poll

MO Gov is disappointed about gay marriage.

MO Judge Panel missing half of its people. This might also be attributed to the MO Gov being disappointed about gay marriage... I'm not quite sure....

PB wants to know whether BO should make HRC the VP choice... staggering number say no, cast your vote here

According to TechPresidents' Nancy Scola

Make of it what you will, but I left the Twitter-scanning tool Summize open last night in two browser windows -- one set to track "Clinton" and the other "Obama." When I got to my computer this morning, Summize reported 684 new mentions of Hillary’s name and 4080 of Barack’s.

Also from TP

One thing particularly striking about Hillary Clinton's speech last night was how insistently she pushed supporters to get thee to hillaryclinton.com. What was she up to? Seriously soliciting ideas on going forward? Trying to harness whatever momentum is left? Collecting emails for a future run? TechPresident’s Dan Manatt and Daily Kos's Markos Moulitsas came to the same conclusion -- she's looking for help retiring her campaign debts. (Indeed, it's not subtle -- the "I'm with Hillary!" form redirects to a contribution site.

Can I just give props to my friend Randall who in 2004 told me that the he thought the Congressional Candidate we were working for should be saying her website at the end of every speech? Turns out Randall was right. Lessons to live by.

And according to a breaking email I just received - if you spend more than $100 a Pottery Barn you get 10% off. Hey, some people find this exciting....