A busy day it has been and will be. I'm helping a friend deal with the bureaucracy before undergoing a medical procedure. But I may have time, right now, for a few words.

New Hampshire: Today's must-read story is Brad Friedman's update on the NH recount. Despite the crap you may have read on Kos and other sites, the discrepancies discovered thus far are significant -- between 4% and 10%. Unfortunately, we don't yet know if a full, state-wide hand recount will yet be accomplished.

Only one site: Only one site is giving this story full and accurate coverage -- BradBlog. I realize that you are probably tapped out after the holidays, but if you ever wanted to donate to this blog, or to any blog doing good work -- toss a few coins Brad's way. The guy could surely use it, and he's running a small-time operation which is running circles around the New York Times on the election integrity front.

Is there a more important story...?

Kill the Messenger: The Sibel Edmonds movie is online. I don't know if it is there legally, but I will presume so. And here it is.

McCain v. Romney: Which one should Democrats prefer as the opposition?

McCain's a hard man to hate on a visceral level, but his ties to the current unloved administration go deep, and he's an Iraq war die-hard. Romney is like the CDer in a chat room who thinks he can get away with pretending to be a real girl: As far as he's concerned, he'll be whatever he thinks you want him to be. Will the American people be hip enough to see through his post-convention pose?

Back soon, I hope...