What Stood Out This Week - 10/28-11/3

Oh, Primary Season, why dost thou leave me so uninspired?

I've decided that, until voting time, I'm going to sit down on Saturday mornings and top-line the election-related events that stand out from the previous week. Because I'm on many, many email lists for various political action committees, candidates, and issue-based organizations, and because I'm a fairly voracious consumer of (online) newspapers, journals, and a handful of news blogs, I should be exposed to the big stuff.

On the other hand, I'm so inundated with useless information and various spin operations that sifting through to the meaty stuff can certainly be a challenge. So when I sit down on Saturday with my first cup of coffee of the day, I will only report what I remember. No research.

Here's what I remember from the plethora of information that hit me full in the face between 10/28 and 11/3:

John Edwards is calling the corporatization of our government the "moral test of our generation." He's right. But do enough people care enough that it can move him up in the polls?

Chris Dodd (of all people) finally made it onto my radar. He has apparently made his campaign issue "the constitution." He seems to understand that he won't win anything, but he wants to make sure that anyone who will listen to the poor bastard will know that warrantless wiretapping and the plethora of constitution-shredding activities of the Bush administration are illegal and impeachable.

The Nation is on a real Bill Richardson kick of late. Because I'm overloaded with candidate information and therefore can't retain anything, I can't remember why they're so keen on him this week. They already like him for his all-and-I-mean-all-troops-out-of-Iraq stance. But this week had something to do with him being the only candidate to get involved in some ultra-wonky foreign policy conversation that demonstrated his seriousness as a candidate.

Hillary Clinton wasn't straight in some of her answers at the debate, and Barack Obama's going to make sure we know it.

Dennis Kucinich has the hottest wife of any of the presidential candidates, including Man of the Trophy Wife Fred Thompson. For proof, go watch The Daily Show's feature, "Is America Ready for a FLILF?"

And that's what's in my head, B&E readers!