Patrick Ruffini has an interesting piece on TechPresident noting that MittTV & HillaryHub, both of which have received stellar and unending press, aren’t exactly innovative. I won’t spoil the whole thing so go read it BUT I did want to wholly agree.

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You know I actually think a lot of people in Congress look alike but I was watching Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt on C-Span today and I ran across something startling. Look at these pictures:

He looks like California Representative Duncan Hunter! Worse than that they actually sound exactly the same too. Someone needs to look into this!

Frankly I had never heard Duncan Hunter speak until he started running for president and I hadn’t really paid much attention to him either. The likeness is scary though.

From The Hill:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) communications director Thursday said he expects the campaign to take in about $27 million in the second quarter but added that he anticipates Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to “significantly” eclipse that total.

So the Clinton camp is lowering expectations while raising them for the Obama campaign. Is it honest or is it playing politics? I have no idea but the fact that both candidates will raise that much money in the second quarter is amazing, I mean utterly amazing. It also means bad news for John Edwards and other candidates and it makes it more difficult for Al Gore if he runs.

Think about it, I am sure Gore can get a ton of Hollywood support and even some business support, but can he raise that much money if he jumps in around September?

Now remember one thing, Money is by no means the final determinate. All the money in the world cannot help if one or both of the campaigns start flubbing up or of the electorate doesn’t want them. Still its pretty darn impressive.

Five teenage girls were killed in a car accident around this area in Fairport, NY yesterday. It became a national story and I just thought I would mention what a tragedy this is and send out my best wishes for the families and community.

Marcus Merriman, an 18-year-old who knew the victims, described Hannah Congdon as “probably my best friend.”

“She always had a perfect smile on her face. She said ‘hi’ to everyone in the halls. She was very caring and sympathetic,” he said.

The girls were Bailey Goodman, Hannah Congdon, Meredith McClure, Sara Monnat, Katie Shirley. They all graduated High School this past Thursday.

The immigration bill appears dead in the Senate. Will now undoubtedly continue to be a major campaign issue and Democrats are hoping it will favor them.