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The WaPo is reporting Iowa Repubicans aren't liking their choices. All of this courtesy of a new poll.

M.R. Field talks about building win-win partnerships with her Leading Voices: Iowa publication.

I'm wondering if desmoinesdem at Bleeding Heartland may have wandered into one of the big three parenting debates on non-political blogs. She has a write-up about how she's discovered non-political blogs can be more sensitive and tend to censor comments. Those big three issues, at least in my experience, tend to be to snip or not to snip (circumcision), religion/religious tolerance, and the blame-the-parent game. The idea of a lot of non-political blogs isn't to begin a conversation, but to state a point. There is also a very real feeling of ownership of the space (i.e., don't try to tell me your opinion on my dime).

The worst online dispute I was ever involved in was on a predominantly parenting site. But that's too long of a story to get into today.

If you missed the report by Douglas Burns about brown being the new pink then you should click now and have a read. It's well worth your time.

Iowa Voters takes a swipe at the GOP folks who believe that just because there has been cheating at their fundraiser, that there's been cheating at real voting locations.

Ann at Feministing takes on a Marie Claire article: Fembots: The New Breed of Women.

Vocino takes offense at George and Laura Bush posing for photos near the bridge collapse in Minnesota while Louisiana is still suffering. Amen.

If you are looking for solid, first-hand reporting about the collapse and aftermath, visit Minnesota Monitor.