Everyone knows Barack Obama will accept the nomination at Invesco Field Thursday August 28.  We know there will be 70000 in attendance.  At this point I dont care who the VEEP is going to be.  Every possible VEEP candidate has been thoroughly trashed here and has their own list of "Why I cant be VEEP" diaries easily found here at KosLand.  

   So lets get to the real issue.  What I want to know is this... who will be doing the entertainment warmup and who will be doing the National Anthem  Thursday night?  

 Here are my "candidates" for live performances below the fold...

I apologize for the brevity.

As previously diaried here  by bewert, the next President of The United States is doing a live Town Hall in Bend, Oregon, beginning about 1:30 CST today (NOW!)

CNN LINK Here

I have to say I have been distracted by the myriad of state polls, daily trackers, and the debate madness and everything else.  Interspersed amongst all this growing histeria have been several supers announcing. Admittedly I lost track of what was what and where we stood.  It is after all, all about the math.

 The latest "bitterness-brouhaha" has added to the growing media meme I have seen lately about Barack Obama being an elitist.

 Yesterday SusanG had an excellent summation of the flare-up in this diary.  

 Today wmtriallawyer has an excellent diary Stick Your Elitism Where the Sun Doesn't Shine about who is or isnt "elite".

Now I have to ask regarding the three standing Presidential candidates, who is "elite"?

I also apologize for another "Elite" Diary.  I am not very slick at this and it took a while for me to put this together.  Upon finishing I see a whole slew of Elite diarys in the queue.  Oh well, into the elite slew I will toss it.

After all, I can only get yelled at or ridiculed for being another "elitist".

 This will be something different, a non-presidential Democratic candidate selection diary.

 Today Minnesota Congressional District 3, State Senate district 43 held its Caucus.  We have in CD-3 an opportunity at an open seat as Republican representative Jim Ramstad has announced his retirement.  Also on the docket is the endorsement of an opponent to Republican US Senator Norm Coleman.  All together now,  YUCK!

Barack Obama brings his campaign to Minneapolis today.  As previously diaried here 20,000 tickets to the Target Center event evaporated in hours.  Doors open at 1:30 CST and the event is scheduled to start at 2 PM CST.  Here is

This link is now working:

Live Stream of the event.

This is all leading up to Super Tuesday and the Minnesota Caucus which for the first time in years has some national significance.

====>       here is another working link: live link

warning! it is the local FOX outlet in MPLS.

It is all over but the finger pointing and blame laying in Iowa today as it becomes clear that Hillary Clinton is going to get her clock cleaned in the Iowa caucus this Thursday by at least 2-1.  Who would have guessed the Clinton machine could unravel to such mediocrity?  Details and latest scorching hot Polls below the fold.

Barack Hussein Obama is my guy.  Thats it.  It is final.  Barack is my guy.  I dont care if his middle name was Larrycurlyandmoe, Barack is my guy.  Nothing here on Kos and nothing out in no-brain MSM-land can change my mind.  Not all the things I dont care about are listed below the fold but anything else you can think about, I dont care.

This isnt a diary about the news of the day.  This wont be a diary about anger and hate.  This wont be about my candidate or yours.  This is just a personal rambling of some memories of someone I miss.

Freshwoman Senator Amy Klobuchar MN-D, is riding high with a 61% approval rating after 9 months in office.  Her counterpart, Senator Norm Coleman MN-R is at 45% and ripe for picking.  61% may startle folks here in Kosland because most of us actually cared about the FISA vote and/or the Move-on vote and Amy crossed us on those votes.

Something has been rolling around in my head lately. It is the candidacy of Barack Obama.  Can he really be elected President of the United States in 2008?  Is America capable of electing an African-American?  We know Hillary is preordained.  Her supporters have polls to prove it.  But beyond Hillary winning or losing the nomination battle, I have to ask, could America elect Barack Obama President?  With a black Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas, a funny name, and midddle name of Hussein to boot, is it possible?

Well could the son of a former US Senator and Vice-President and a future US Senator be defeated in a Gubernatorial race by a Professional wrestler?

That is what Minnesota Governor Pawlenty said about the DFL (democrats), last May when he vetoed a State Transportation Bill that would among other things, raise the gas tax that would provide money for highways, transportation, and, oh yeah, bridge repair.  

Recently a Minneapolis Community and Technical College  plan to incorporate Foot Basins for Muslims to use while attending class has caused a stir.  This was earlier diaried here with regards to a commentary by columnist Katherine Kersten, the local right-wing nutjob on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.  Here is that original Kertsen piece:  http://www.startribune.com/...  
Since then we have had further developments.

Phil Davis, president of the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, never expected his "plumbing issue" to become a national controversy.  However MCTC's plan to install foot baths for Muslims has prompted reaction from both a state legislator and the board overseeing Minnesota colleges.

http://www.startribune.com/...