Either way, Chris Bell's exploratory committee is hard on the heels of its first grassroots fundraising campaign. It's so Joe Trippi I can't stand it. So MoveOn.org! So, so...tomorrow!

At $24,053 last time we checked they seem to be well on their way to reaching the modest goal of $30,000. We weren't in on the 'blogger conference call' last night because at 7 p.m. we are well into the liquor cabinet and talking politics before we get a full on drunk going is way too much to handle.