Go ahead, spill the beans.

In addition to today's gubernatorial poll showing Republican candidate Meg Whitman leading by eight points, Rasmussen Reports also surveyed likely California voters on the U.S. Senate Race that could unseat Barbara Boxer. The poll, released Wednesday, shows former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina catching up to Boxer -- 43% to 44%. Among the other poll respondents, 5% said they'd choose a third party candidate and 8% were still undecided.

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Or is it  Thread Open Friday? Friday Thread Open?

Well, only sorta open. The below wasn't meaty enough for a diary of its own and all of our old open threads are old and busted, not leggy and perky like this one.

Sarah Palin to keynote ... the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association's 2010 trade show.

Pimm's No. 1 + Lemony Simple Syrup + Fizzy Water + Cucumber = Pimm's Cup BelShore.

Members of Stanley Cup winning teams are each given possession of the Stanley Cup for a day, during which time they can do pretty much with it as they please. The Cup has been lifted, by helicopter and Neidermayers, to the summit of a British Columbia mountain and it has been dropped to the bottom of Mario Lemieux's swimming pool.

This fall Democrats and independents will be asked to get frightened and get out and vote against the scary monsters of yesterday's GOP. They probably won't be asked to get out and vote for the promising vision offered by today's governing party.

And still we wonder, "Whither Ilya?"

Whither Ilya?

Gov. urges minimum wage for California state workers until budget deal is reached...

At stake is the size of paychecks for more than 200,000 workers, whose wages could be slashed as of July 1, though pay is issued at the end of the month. Once a budget is signed, those workers would be entitled to full back pay.

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