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Roundblock Roundup for August 8

Norman and Me
The DSCC has produced a great new video called "$600." In the cinema vérité campaign tradition of Paul Wellstone, we see how difficult it is to find a place to live in Washington D.C. and Minnesota for what Norm Coleman calls "fair market value."

Flee The Press
If you're the Senate Minority Leader and your asked your opinion of the performance of the President, a member of your party, by a local tv reporter, shouldn't you have answer?

Unholy unions
A business alliance is running ads against Tom Allen that equate unions and the mafia. Although she's against third party advertising, Susan Collins is okay with that.

If a news department finds an ad misleading, does the station/network have an obligation to pull it?
Sweatshop Bob Schaffer is running an ad claiming that Mark Udall voted to raise taxes "at least 50 times." DENVER NEWS 7 debunks it.

Inhofe doesn't hate the troops, he's just body armor intolerant
James Inhofe's streak of votes against the interests of our service men and woman and veterans continues (now 10 straight).