Battle for state legislatures carries high stakesSource: msnbc.com
Though state legislative races draw far less attention than contests for the White House, Congress and governor, the party that controls the legislatures has an outsized role nationally

Hillary Clinton just gave the speech of her political career. Following the brutally divisive primary race and her eventual loss to Barack Obama, Senator Clinton found herself preparing this week for the speech she hoped she'd never have to give.
Backers Want Clinton Nominated at ConventionSource: scrippsnews.com | Scripps News Service
Hillary backers are half way to having enough signatures for a nomination. They say this will help unify the party even though Obama is the presumptive Democratic candidate for the general election. Will this really unify the party or will it result in further division?

PUMA, which stands for Party Unity My A**, is a group of democrats (and, for that matter, Republicans) who feel disenfranchised by the DNC, the party elite and Barack Obama. They say they can see through Obama's persona.
Clinton and Obama share stage in Unity, N.H.Source: msnbc.com
Putting their past political turbulence behind them, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton make a public show of unity in the appropriately named town of Unity,��N.H.
Not all Democrats going for ObamaSource: msnbc.com
For all his successes, the Illinois senator does not go over so well in a fair number of Democratic lawmakers' home districts. So it seems there is little chance some will endorse him for president.
Clinton backers to protest outside rules meetingSource: msnbc.com
The Democratic presidential race is heading into a fractious end game as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton mobilize for a protest Saturday to demand that the party count two outlawed primaries that favored her.

Being a political aspirant many of my friends and family who know little of politics turn to me for reasoned opinion during these heavyweight political times.