With yesterday’s ruling in Dutchess County by Judge James Brand that the counting of paper ballots can begin tomorrow, the team behind Republican Jim Tedisco is scrambling to revise their strategy—and that means Italian food.

On April 29th, FDL will be live broadcasting a netroots-hosted debate at Virginia Tech between gubernatorial candidates Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran.   I’ll be joining Nico Pitney of the Huffington Post, Ben Tribbett of Virgina blog Not Larry Sabato and David Grant of the Collegiate Times to pose questions asked by people on YouTube, Twitter and participating blogs.

Jonah Goldberg needs to read his Bible more often. It would really help him keep from putting his foot in his mouth when he talks religion.

Looking around the wingnutosphere today it’s SUCH A SCARY TERRIFYING WORLD.

Judge Emmet Sullivan has just announced that he will commence criminal proceedings against DOJ attorneys on the Stevens’ case

Now that Chris Dodd has said he won’t take any money from TARP recipients, GOP virgins Chris Calliguri and Rob Simmons will certainly remain taint-free from such filthy campaign lucre and we can all sip soft drinks and read the Nancy Drew for the rest of the race. It’ll be like a the first Senate purity ball, doncha think?

Or maybe not….

There will another reason other than apples, maple syrup and the leaves changing to visit Vermont this fall. Vermont legislators voted in equal marriage!

In an historic move, just moments ago the Vermont House of Representatives voted 100-49 to override Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto, following this morning’s earlier vote of 23-5 by the Senate. Vermont is the first state to recognize marriage for same-sex couples through the legislative process. The law goes into effect Sept 1.

Tonight Toby Warrick and Julie Tate at the Washington Post report that earlier this evening at the New York Review of Books Mark Danner posted the Red Cross’ secret February 17, 2007 report to CIA acting general counsel John Rizzo. Danner’s account, like Warren and Tate’s earlier work, reveals what the Red Cross saw in America’s gulags.

It’s amazing what you can learn from reading the Want Ads. Looking at who the FDIC is trying to hire ought to make folks at Citi, BofA, and other large banks very nervous.

Further developments in the right-wing attacks on Koh and Johnsen. The source from whom Sen. Specter drew his foul abortion attack on Dawn Johnsen has already, publicly, said that Specter’s statements are baseless and false. And the veracity and intent of criticisms of Dean Koh have been sharply called into question as well