Florida

Obama and Cardin: Getty Images PhotoU.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Baltimore) is headed down to the bellwether state of Florida this weekend, to campaign for the presidential campaign of his colleague Barack Obama (D-Ill.). He'll headline three events on Sunday and Monday, Aug. 10 and 11.

On Sunday, Cardin will kick off the campaign's 'Florida Forums for Change' with a discussion on baby boomer retirement security in Port St. Lucie. On Monday, he will host events with the Jewish Community in Delray Beach and Coconut Creek.

Cardin remained neutral throughout the long primary season, endorsing the Illinois senator in June. Since then, he has taken an active role with the campaign, specifically in appeals to his fellow Jewish voters.

The Boston Herald today takes a look at a wide open electoral map. The Inside Edge counts 15-20 states that could be in play this November. If it seems like a lot, it is.  

This weekend state Sen. Martha Fuller Clark (D-Portsmouth) will be one of 30 people who could determine Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) fate.

Fuller Clark is a member of the Democratic National Committee Rules Committee that will meet this weekend to determine if the delegates from Florida and Michigan should be seated at the national convention.  The two states were stripped of their delegates because they voted before the date purposed by the DNC.

When the Democratic Party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee meets on May 31 to determine the status of the votes cast in the Michigan and Florida primaries, its members should try to look past self-serving campaign arguments and silly attempts to save face by bumbling party leaders.