Today the transition from a Bush/Cheney to an Obama/Biden Administration will begin.  And here I thought that maybe Obama would get some down time, but no, I guess that’s not how it works.

I don’t know a lot about what goes on during a transition like this, at least I didn’t until I visited a site on Squidoo…if you don’t know what Squidoo is, well, you’ll have to figure that out when you visit this link all about Transitioning the Presidency.

If you’re looking for a place for lively debate and discussion about the political issues and the election, I’ve been made aware of a political blog where you can “argue with everyone”. This is an open-forum, un-moderated blog with few rules or guidelines, so in a sense you are diving in at your own risk, and might see just about anything. The intention, I am sure, is to embrace that fact that we as a Nation have Freedom of Speech. It is your choice what you chose to do with that freedom.

I’m about to go see what’s happening at the blog right now.

In reality, I’m not sure whether Barack was ever behind Hillary, and need I mention again that I feel as tired as Hillary looks at times when it comes to the ongoing battle between C & O. Boring. Still, the PA Primary is almost here, and so I have to say something about the two Dems who would be President.

Even though there has been a tremendous amount of press against him related to Pastor Wright, his performance in the debates last night, yadayadayada, many reports are still saying he is ahead and doing great! He got another endorsement from looooooooong time Clinton buddy Robert Reich, (or as Rush Limbaugh would say it “Reiccchhhhhhh”, hubby was so proud when I pronounced it like his hero, Rush would) who did a post to his blog today explaining why it took him so long to get around to making the decision…after all Reich and the Clintons have known each other and worked together on and off since the 1960’s, I believe. But Barack is his man now. Things may really be looking up for Obama, or just being made to sound like they are.

Ho-Hum….it will end soon, this too shall pass, I keep telling myself, and I hope soon!

I’m “twittering” Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton & Ron Paul…not that I’m voting for any of them, but I started searching the names of candidates and came up with these four.  Of course I wish I’d thought of this a long time ago…in case you’re not a member of Twitter, it’s a way of shooting out a quick communication, update, or whatever you feel like saying to anyone who happens to be “following” you.  The updates come on your personal “Twitter” page, for example, I’m http://twitter.com/happynut - happynut being the only letters in “happynutritionist” that would fit, so I sound like a nut who is happy, that’s okay with me.  The page isn’t all that exciting ’cause I don’t say a lot, but do keep up with what others are saying.  Take a look at the candidates I’ve found so far…I believe these are their official “Twitters”:

• http://twitter.com/BarackObama
• http://twitter.com/hillaryclinton
• http://twitter.com/Huckablog
• http://twitter.com/RonPaul2008

John McCain doesn’t appear to be a member, and frankly, I’m not sure the candidates do the posting, they probably have help, but still, it’s an interesting way to keep track of what they do in a day.

I thought you might be interested in reading the following press release, it’s a new format for sharing your views, opinions and ideas about the upcoming election, read on:

QlipMedia (http://www.qlipmedia.com) has just launched the public beta version of ElectionQlips (http://www.electionqlips.com), a new destination to discuss all that is Election 2008. Readers can share their comments with the community and leave comments on Presidential Election themed video posts using their recorded voice, free-hand drawing, and images to let everyone know what they think and how they feel about every point in the posted debates, ads, punditry and stump speeches.

As the nation’s attention increasingly focuses on the outcomes of the ongoing primary elections and the general election to follow this November, viewers of ElectionQlips can stayed tuned to all the exciting action, including voice and video comments of their fellow citizens. And anyone can bring their wit and wisdom to bear on the debate of the moment, commenting to their heart’s content with their own voice and images.

The blogosphere has always been about giving a voice to common ‘netizens’, while democratizing the dissemination of the news and opinion. But heretofore that voice has been confined to the two dimensional world of the written word. The broad appeal of video has added a third dimension, a layer of contextual relevancy just not possible with the written word alone. Blog commenting has been similarly constrained by the same technical barriers. ElectionQlips brings multimedia blogging full circle, giving blog commenters the ability to post live, multimedia comments right on the videos they’re viewing in their own voice, using their own doodles and images.

• 100+ million blogs in existence
• 1.5 million blog posts per day
• 1 blog with multimedia commenting capability

ElectionQlips users can take their election debate with them by sharing the link and embedding the player anywhere. On the video timeline, it’s easy to bring out all the facts with every detail of the debate through point-by-point analysis. The density of comments at every point let’s one see what’s hot and what’s not in every debate.

The goal of ElectionQlips is to make it possible for everyone to participate in any debate, discussion and controversy using their own voice. Commenting on blog posts is a common enough, ElectionQlips gives an edge over other contemporary election blogs, especially with respect to sharing your comments and opinions.

About QlipMedia:
QlipMedia makes QlipBoard, a tool that combines videos and images with drawing, highlighting and adds your voice is the easiest way to talk about anything and turn any video into an instant discussion room. ElectionQlips is produced by QlipMedia, Inc. and designed by OuterJoin. For more information, visit www.qlipmedia.com

One of my favorite political blogs to haunt is fairly new, but loaded with GREAT information, “Citizen Jane Politics, A Modern Girls’ Guide to Picking the Leaders of the Free World”.

During my stop today, I realized I was shortsighted in just including the Huckabee Christmas ad in my previous post, CJ balances me out by including the rest of the Candidate’s Christmas Ads!

Stop by and enjoy!