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The Koufax Awards 2005: Best state and local blogs

This is a new category this year, so it was a little challenging to pull together. It is intended to honor blogs with a focus on happenings in a single state or single locality. In the spirit of community building, the basic tenet of the Koufax Awards, I excluded candidate blogs (we've done this in the past as well for other categories.) It took me a little longer than I thought to compile, as I'm feeling more obligated to do at least a cursory read of each nominee, so to make sure this category is appropriate, being a new one and all.

So here they are, the nominees for Best State and Local Blogs. As in the two previous categories, voting is not yet open. Take the opportunity to see what's going on outside your neighborhood.

Above Average Jane

The Angry Drunk Bureaucrat

Arnold Watch

Attytood

Bilerico

BlogAsheville

The Bluegrass Report

Blue Mass Group

Blue NC

BlueJersey

BlueOregon!

Burnt Orange Report

Clean Cut Kid

Colorado Luis

DC Metro Action

Dent

Dos Centavos

Dump Michelle Bachmann

Dump Mike

Ed Cone

Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Eleventh Avenue South

Enclave

Facing South

Fired Up Missouri

FLA Politics

Folkbum's Ramble and Rants

Gone Mild

Gort42

Green LA Girl

GreeneSpace

Greensboro 101

Grits for Breakfast

Hogg's Blog

Horse's Ass

Hypothetically Speaking

In the Pink Texas

The Inside Dope

The Jeffersonian

The Kentucky Democrat

The Last Liberal in Central Florida

Left in the West

Maine's Progressive Reason

NC Conservation Network Blog

Newsrack Blog

Off the Kuff

Operation Eden

Orange Politics

Pam's House Blend

Peach Pundit

People's Republic of Seabrook

Philly

Philly Future

The Pink Dome

Portland Communique

Proviso Probe

The Red State

Red State Rabble

Red State Rebels

Red Tory

Rhode Island's Future

The Richmond Democrat

The Rittenhouse Review

Ruby Sienreich

Sandy's Place

Sister Scorpion

A Smoke-Filled Room

SoapBlox/Chicago

Soapblox/Colorado

Southern Rants

South of the Suwannee

Stinging Nettle

Stygius

Tennessee Guerilla Women

Texas Civil Rights Review

Thoughts from Kansas

Three Way News

War Liberal

WashBlog

The Xoff Files

The Yellow Doggerel Democrat

Your Right Hand Thief

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Thoughts from Kansas

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Again, as required by law, Dent.

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folkbum's rambles and rants. Best coverage of Milwaukee's school voucher program anywhere.

What, my vote surprises you?

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HorsesAss is da kine, but next year i may have to vote south of the river

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Thoughts from Kansas. Now featuring Barack Obama.

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Folkbum's Rambles and Rants.

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FLA Politics

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Attytood

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Pink Dome

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Rittenhouse Review

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Attytood

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Thoughts from Kansas

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Horse's Ass. Now more than ever.

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Dump Mike

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Thoughts from Kansas

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The Yellow Doggerel Democrat

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Red State Rabble

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Horse's Ass

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BlueJersey

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Thoughts from Kansas, hands down.

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Definitely Thoughts from Kansas. Josh Rosenau really stays on top of local isues, and does a nice job with encouraging reader activism.

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In the Pink Texas

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Orange Politics.

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Colorado Luis.

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FLA Politics

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BurntOrangeReport, for courage in the heart of Texas.

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HorsesAss.org... how many other local blogs have swung an election by revealing the R candidate as a mother beater?

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WashBlog

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Burnt Orange Report

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Thoughts from Kansas

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Thoughts from Kansas

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With love in my heart for many blogs here, and especially for the Philadelphia-area sites, I cast my vote for Philly Future -- because it brings them all together.

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Arnold Watch

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folkbum's rambles and rants

Without a doubt.

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soapblox/Chicago

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BlueJersey. Cause they're Jersey, and they're Blue.

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Attytood

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Attytood

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Stygius

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BLueJersey

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The Rittenhouse Review

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BlueJersey

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Bluejersey.net is definitely the best. Congressmen post there. It covers the state like a blanket. They have some real respect in political circles. When they were arguing against Corzine appointing Menendez to his senate seat (after Corzine won the gubernatorial race), one of Menendez's staffers posted to Bluejersey.net to argue for him, which shows that the site is not only noticed, but is respected.

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Pam's House Blend

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Horsesass.org

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Red State Rabble-I discovered it last March and it's been consistently superb.

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bluenc - it's tough for those of us who live in the red states, blogasheville is good, too

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HorsesAss.org
Because Mike Brown's total lack of qualifications deserved to be outed!

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horsesass.org

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Horsesass of course...

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Pam's House Blend

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BlueOregon

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Blue Oregon. :)

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Preemptive Karma

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Horse Ass... Great stuff

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blueoregon

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Thoughts from Kansas

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Blue Oregon!

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Next year, I suspect, the answer will be WashBlog. But for now, HorsesAss.org still rules the roost.

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BlueOregon!

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BlueOregon! BlueOregon! BlueOregon!

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The Horse's Ass makes things happen!

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Folkbum's Rambles and Rants

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Horses Ass

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The Jeffersonian

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Horse's Ass, the cutting edge in Pacific Northwest Politics

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Above Average Jane

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Bluegrass Report.org! Mark Nickolas is singlehandedly changing the political landscape in Kentucky. And, believe me, with a corrupt Republican governor and out-of-control Republican senate majority leader, it needs changing.

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The People's Republic of Seabrook

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BluegrassReport.org

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BluegrassReport.org

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bluegrass report all the way.....

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Philly Future

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BluegrassReport.org.

Lots of fun.

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BluegrassReport.org

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Best local blog, Blueoregon.

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BluegrassReport.org

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bluegrassreport.org

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BluegrassReport.org

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bluegrassreport

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WashBlog

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Bluegrass Report

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Thoughts from Kansas

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Bluegrassreport.org

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BluegrassReport.com is the best!!!!!

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Above Average Jane

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Bluegrass Report.org!

Talk about making things change...

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The Angry Drunk Bureaucrat

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Most definately got to go with Blue Oregon here.

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Blue Oregon

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BlogAsheville!!!

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BluegrassReport!

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Bluegrass Report.org has really filled a void here in KY.

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Bluegrass Report---for a Koufax Award!!

One of the most comprehensive sources for KY Political News for those of us who live outside of the Louisville and Lexington media markets.

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BluegrassReport.org

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BlueOregon

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bluegrassreport.org

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It's too close to call between KY Dem and BGR, but I will go with Ky Dem

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My vote's with FiredUpMIssouri. It drives our governor and his PR flunky crazy.

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The Jeffersonian

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Colorado Luis

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This one's easier... Horse's Ass.

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Bluegrassreport.org has been the best thing that's happened for Democrats in Kentucky in a very, very long time. This blue blog in a very red state is the only voice we have against the Mitch McConnell Machine.

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Off the Kuff

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BluegrassReport.org keeps us all outa the political morgue.

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Blue Jersey
(because i live here)
they have podcasts with several congressmen and do a great job daily (not just a few times a week like most of the competition)

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Blue Jersey without a doubt. The best news coverage and
commentary.

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BluegrassReport.org- the Greatest!

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BluegrassReport.org for best State blog. Has caused a formerly retired Kentucky Democrat Congressman to come out of retirement after a term-limits departure. He will surely take back his House seat from Bush's French-Canadian transplanted wing nut. BluegrassReport is doing its bit to help take our country back one district at a time, even in Kentucky where it's REALLY slow going.

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The Xoff Files

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FLA Politics

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BluegrassReport.org!!!

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Fired Up Missouri is not to be missed. Irreverent stubborn mules, all of 'em.

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BluegrassReport.org is changing the dynamics of Kentucky politics for the better.

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FLA Politics

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FLAPolitics

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BlogAsheville

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BluegrassReport.org

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fla politics!

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Best local blog: Soapblox/Chicago!

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Tennessee Guerilla Women

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Attytood.

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Arnold Watch

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Philly Future

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Casting a vote for Burnt Orange Report

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SoapBlox/Chicago!

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Where is the www.UnitedforProgress.com blog?

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Folkbum's rambles and rants

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Attytood!

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Grits for Breakfast

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bluegrassreport.org

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folkbum's rambles and rants

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THOUGHTS FROM KANSAS

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I love Fired Up Missouri!

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horsesass.org

i was talking to a state house staffer (a dem) and he said ha is required reading in olympia. the latest posts are even included in the governor's daily press packet. ha is loved and a little feared.

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Excuse me while I flip a coin...Washblog or Horse's Ass?

OK. Heads. Washblog.

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Attytood

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Fired Up! Missouri

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The TRUTH about Kentucky Blogs: at

http://www.flapolitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=502

This ad paid for by Swiftboat Veterans for Single Malt Scotch.

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FLAPolitics! Check out the BlueGrassReport conspiracy to destroy America! :)

http://www.flapolitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=502

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ack! where is the Las Vegas Gleaner?

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Blue Mass. Group!

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Blue Mass. Group

Let's hear it for the Bay State!

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Red Tory has my vote

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Newsrack Blog does a great job covering sweet home DC and the states that straddle it.

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Grits for Breakfast

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Go Blue Mass. Group - choose Blue Mass. Group!

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Above Average Jane

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The Red State

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THE RED STATE - witty, clever, insightful, best blog ever on local SA and TX politics - it ROCKS!

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Again, I vote for Red Tory.

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Tennessee Guerilla Women

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I love thems Grits. Gotta have'm. I vote Grits for Breakfast!!!

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No doubt about it. Grits for Breakfast...the best grits in Texas!!!

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Every vote counts, so here's mine - Blue Mass Group!

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Blue Mass Group. Er, can we vote for ourselves?

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The Red State: best state and South Texas area blog

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Best State Blog is Fired Up Missouri!!!!!!

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Blue Mass Group

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BlueMass Group -- teh best

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TENNESSE GUERILLA WOMEN

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Tennessee Guerilla Women

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Red Tory

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FLA Politics

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My vote goes to Tennessee Guerilla Women

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Blue Mass Group!

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Thoughts From Kansas

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I vote for BluegrassReport.org. It kicks ass.

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Attytood (luv it)

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Grits for Breakfast

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Dos Centavos

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For undaunted blogging and cultural commentary in the home of the nation's most Republican legislature, Red State Rebels.

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Left in the West

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SYGIUS

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BlueJersey

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Blue Mass Group

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Burnt Orange Report

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I vote for Tennessee Guerilla Women for best state and local blog. It is truly outstanding.

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Red State Rebels

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Blue Oregon

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BlueJersey

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Off the Kuff

(I'm not too proud...)

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Provisoprobe makes the devilish details of one township's st
struggles for good government and a good quality of life
interesting. I vote for ProvisoProbe in the best state
and local category.

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HorsesAss.org kicks ass

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Off the Kuff

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Red State Rebels - everything you ever wanted to know about Potato State politics.

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Thoughts from Kansas, for multiple reasons. For being truly thoughtful rather than polemic. For providing a progressive voice where it is needed most, and where it is hardest to find. For devoting a LOT of time (it shows) to the blog while maintaining a full time grad student course load.

Launching a successful progressive blog in a place like Berkley or Philadelphia is one thing (love ya, Kos and Duncan). Launching one in KANSAS takes a whole 'nother level of smarts, dedication and balls.

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Fired Up Missouri gets my vote ... it's done a great job of of covering Missouri politics.

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Tennessee Guerilla Women

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Thoughts from Kansas

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Gort42

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Surely you didn't mean for us to vote for only one, with a group as varied as this one? I have three tiers, depending on how long you want the finalist list to be. If any of these were local to me (down to the third tier), I'd be reading them every day. I looked at a couple of weeks of posts to judge local focus, posting frequency, value-added to news, and voice...

A:
Horse's ass -- not all local (WA), but mostly, and catchy, original, news and snark -- great!
grits for breakfast -- local (TX), niche (law/crime), and yet still fascinating
operation eden -- fantastic photo-journalism of the natural and human crisis that is/was Katrina; no professional outlet even came close

B:
bluejersey -- good local (NJ) news coverage, more than just scanning papers, engaging and informative
blue oregon -- mostly local (OR) political news and encouragement of activism
facing south -- regional blog attempting to make the South more progressive (or represent its progressives)
Hogg's blog -- very strong 1-man local (Greensboro, NC) blog with discussion of issues and events in more essayish style
bluemass group -- strong local (MA) blog with interviews and other original content
soapbox/Chicago -- local (Chicago) news, activism, commentary
bluegrass report -- mostly local (KY), doing hard work to track races statewide, etc.

C:
red state rebels -- good local (ID) commentary mixed with some national news and goofiness
greenespace -- local (Chapel Hill, NC) politics, news, and musings
firedup!missouri -- short takes on local (MO) politics; appears to have professionals behind it, but newsy
washblog -- good group blog (WA), mix of news, discussion, essays
soapbox/Colorado -- good local (CO) group blog, news et al.
gort 42 -- feisty local (western PA) blog, news and local events
[A Smoke-Filled Room -- local (PA) news, activism, politics -- but I'm not sure I can vote for my own blog...]

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Oh, geez, and I left out Above Average Jane, which is in fact local to me and I *do* read it every day. Research brain. I put her in group B, because she finds tidbits others miss and conducts interviews and other stuff that's really valuable.

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Off the kuff

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Red Tory

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Red State Rebels!

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attytood - will bunch wears depends

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bluegrassreport.org for best state and local blog

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Bluegrassreport.org - best state/local blog

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Bluegrass Report

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Bluegrassreport.org!

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BlueNC, because it's the home of the one and only Southern Dem!

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bluegrassreport.org

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BluegrassReport.org

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BluegrassReport.org for Best State or Local Blog.

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Yeah, FlaPol is good, but frankly Bluegrass Report is ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS!

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Burnt Orange Report.

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BluegrassReport!! It is vital!!

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FLA Politics

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Have to go with Off The Kuff although there are several other great blogs there.

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BluegrassReport.org

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BlueNC - all the way

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BluegrassReport.org

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Bluegrassreports.org

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BluegrassReport.org helps fill in the holes left by the once proud now thoroughly corrupt Gannet owned Courier Journal.

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BluegrassReport.org!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Bluegrass Report doesn't always make me nod in agreement but Marc does get me thinking. It has been a great addition to the media scene here.

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bluegrassreport.org all the way

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BluegrassReport.org for Best State or Local Blog. This site has turned our state upside down. Someone finally has the guts to challenge the politicians in this state!

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bluegrassreport.org

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BluegrassReport.org is my vote for best state blog

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Bluegrassreport.org.....what a difference this blog has made in Ky

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bluegrassreport.org

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I give my vote to BluegrassReport.org

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I vote for BluegrassReport.org

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Bluegrassreport.org

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I vote for Fired Up! MO.

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bluegrassreport.org

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Kansans should be the best educated state when it comes to local issues because of this well written and researched, rare reality-based political blog. A great asset for any state not just Kansas.

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Kansans should be the best educated state when it comes to local issues because of this well written and researched, rare reality-based political blog. A great asset for any state not just Kansas.

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My vote is for BluegrassReport.org..stellar reporting with a dash of wry wit.

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I am referring to Thoughts from Kansas in the previous double(?!) entry.

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In The Pink Texas

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BlueNC. Especially given the recent break in the Dole Fundraising story.

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Orange politics

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BluegrassReport.org

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BluegrassReport.org

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Bluegrass Report by a landslide.

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Burnt Orange Report

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BlueOregon

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Tennessee Guerilla Women

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BluegrassReport.org

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SoapBlox/Chicago

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Blue Mass. Group, assuming we're allowed to vote for our own blogs.

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Blue Mass Group

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I vote for Blue Mass Group! They're the leading political blog in Massachusetts. I recommend checking them out even if you're in another state - take lessons from their great mix of front-pagers, diarists, and commenters on what a good state blog can be.

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Blue Mass Group

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BluegrassReport.org

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bluejersey

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I have to go with Red Tory for this one.

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Blue Mass Group

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Blue Mass Group

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Thoughts from Kansas, absolutely, emphatically, without question.

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BluegrassReport.org

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Blue Jersey.
Fast moving, current,informative, easy access

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BluegrassReport.org

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I vote for TENNESSEE GUERILLA WOMEN

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Stygius

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blue jersey

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Burnt Orange Report.

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blue jersey!!!

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blue jersey

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BlueGrassReport.org -- a breath of fresh air in a political field full of horses asses.

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BlueJersey

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blue jersey

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Blue Jersey

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My vote goes to Bluegrassreport.org

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BlueJersey...'cause that's how we roll! (And by "that" I mean electing Democrats and then holding them accountable.)

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The Red Tory!

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Thoughts From Kansas

because they're there

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HorsesAss.org - The republicans are so afraid of it that their staffers try to anonymously spin just about every post. Or they did until he posted about that too.

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�HorsesAss.org�

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Dump Mike

[Inspiration for Dump Doolittle]

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Blue NC!!

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Off the Kuff

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Off the Kuff. No doubt. Coverage of Texas, and especially Lampson vs. DeLay race. Most important race in 2006.

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Sound Politics (they have more thoughtful posts, and it will irritate HA readers)

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Horse's Ass (it will irritate the SP readers)

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I'm voting for Pink Dome.

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horsesass

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Pam's House Blend

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BluegrassReport.org for Best State or Local blog

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I like Horses's Ass; very good on local and state issues.

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Blue Oregon

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Burnt Orange Report

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Attytood

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Fired Up Missouri -- if more Missourians would read it, the state would go blue.

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Blue Oregon

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Tennessee Guerilla Women

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horsesass.org

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Horses Ass is the Best State and Local Blog. It's hard hitting, unvarnished content about Washington State politics is indespensible and a must read for anyone serious about the subject. I'm an absolute addict to HA and think it deserves a Koufax award.

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Blue Mass Group provides pithy, smart commentary on all the political goings on of the Bay State.

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My Koufax Awards vote is for:

http://www.HorsesAss.org (David Goldstein)

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My vote goes for Washblog --

But why can't we vote for 2? IRV... Horse's Ass is essential reading in WA too.

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Hands down, HorsesAss:
David Goldstein deserves tremendous credit for two major scoops in the last year. In one, he broke the local political story of the '05 campaign season when he reported on claims by family members of the Republican candidate for King County Executive (a major office in Washington state, since King County accounts for almost one-third of the state's voters) that the candidate was prone to raging tirades directed at women and had once even struck his mother in family dispute, and furthermore that he had vastly inflated his resume -- claims that had been deliberately ignored by the timid and provincial local press until David shamed them into covering it. (Disclosure: the victor in that race, King County Exec Ron SIms, is my boss, and I can attest to the fact that, Republican claims notwithstanding, he did it without our help). And second, in the immediate aftermath of Katrina he exposed Michael Brown's background as a horse judge, which obviously turned into a huge national story. Plus, the dude can sort of write, he's moderately funny in a profane sort of way, and, most importantly, he's an extremely natty dresser.

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I vote www.offthekuff.com
all the way.

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Bluegrass Report, no question. Mark Nickolas's work in getting Ken Lucas to run for KY-04 again was just tremendous. I think few bloggers have single-handedly ever made such a difference.

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BlueJersey

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HorsesAss.org

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Thoughts From Kansas!

SVP

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Red Tory!

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Soapblox/Chicago

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Red Tory

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Attytood

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Attytood

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Off The Kuff
Burnt Orange Report

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Horsesass

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folkbum's rambles & rants

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Rittenhouse Review

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Pam's House Blend

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The Jeffersonian

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The Jeffersonian

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HorsesAss.org

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Blue Mass Group

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Once again, the rest of the country conveniently forgets about New Orleans.

Your right hand thief, bitches.

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Philly

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The Angry Drunk Bureaucrat

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The Jeffersonian all the way!

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Folkbum's Rambles and Rants

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The Bluegrass Report

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Burnt Orange Report

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My vote is for Xoff!!!

folkbum is the closest second I could give...

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Facing South

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The Jeffersonian

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Burnt Orange Report

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Horses' Ass

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Burnt Orange Report - since I care more about my hometown than my college town

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The Inside Dope... the blog I'd write if I could write.

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BlueMassGroup.

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bluemassgroup without a doubt!

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I vote for The Inside Dope.

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The Inside Dope... though he read the post for this where it says that voting hasn't begun and figured it must be true. (It STILL says that!) Hello? Anyone?

The Inside Dope has shaken things up and added a much needed dose of independence in local Dem politics in the important Quad City area of Illinois. His writing is sharp, incisive, and interesting with a large dose of humor thrown in to make it all easy to enjoy.

Despite a massive harrassment campaign, threats, and intimidation from our appointed state senator and his supporters, the Dope has held steady and opened a lot of people's eyes.

TID has weathered the storm and survived to the ripe old age (for blogs) of a year old, and has literally changed the political stage of the area and opened the door for other bloggers to jump in.

The Inside Dope is worthy of a Koufax and gets my wholehearted support.

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The Inside Dope

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The Inside Dope. I agree completely with the post above by QC Dem. The Dope's website has actually become one of my regular morning and evening resources for political news. The Dope appears to have developed a mastery of the local political scene, perhaps explaining his very quick rise in popularity and site visits. He has received some significant attention from office-holders themselves. Hands down, The Inside Dope gets my vote.

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Your Right Hand Thief

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Your Right Hand Thief--great title, good posts--and his blogroll of Gret Stet'er sites is thorough.

And he made it through the hurricanes.

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attytood

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The Jeffersonian.

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Sister Scorpion

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Your Right Hand Thief

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Burnt Orange Report is the one!

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Pinkdome. Totally.

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Facing South

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Burnt Orange Report!!

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Burnt Orange Report

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Your Right Hand Thief. Oyster is the best of the best.

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Attytood

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The Inside Dope!

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Your Right Hand Thief has excellent coverage of post-Katrina NOLA.

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Your Right Hand Thief!!!!!! Excellent New Orleans coverage, well written and enticing!

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The Jeffersonian

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In the pink

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Burnt Orange Report

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oh gosh, this is a hard one.... i'm from texas and there are so many good blogs based here.

shoot.

um...

i'd have to go with burnt orange report on this one. pink dome is a close second, then off the kuff.

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Burnt Orange Report

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PinkDome

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Just so 11th Avenue South, our vote for Best State and Local Blog,
knows....Jesus, does indeed, love you.

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Angry Drunk Bureaucrat

Not too proud to vote for myself... after I finally figured out how.

[pretty clever to post a vote for self anonymously too. ebw]

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The Inside Dope ... number 38 on the list, number one in our hearts. For all you do, this vote's for you.

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Burnt Orange Report

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Blue Mass Group, Burnt Orange Report, and Soapblox Chicago, are my favorites.

If I have to pick just one, make it Blue Mass Group.

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My vote's for Your Right Hand Thief.

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The Rittenhouse Review

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My vote is for The Inside Dope

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Blue Mass Group

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Your right hand thief. Oyster has clued the rest of us in on what's really happening in New Orleans post-K (or should I say post-Army-corps-of-engineers-levee-disaster).

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Attytood.

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the jeffersonian

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