- Obama's mama's ancestors owned slaves. McCain and Edwards also have slave-owners in their family's past.

- Somewhat related, the ancestors of a past segregationist candidate for President (Strom Thurmond) kept Al Sharpton's ancestors as slaves. . .

- Speaker Pelosi wants to make the Capitol green [Think Progress].

- John Edwards' campaign site on Second Life was vandalized. Maybe going web 2.0 (or is it 2.5 yet?) isn't best for every candidate.

- Over a year past Katrina, Bush finally "hears" the problems the residents of the Gulf are having [Washington Post].