[rodguy911]

Me too NN!!

She's a teriffic choice and I'm really fired up about supporting the team in the weeks to come.

[steveegg]

Judging by the blogosphere reaction, just about everybody to the right of Her Royal Cankleness is liking the Palin pick.

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Back to business; here's the latest vortex data message that supports the rebirth of Hurricane Gustav...

000
URNT12 KNHC 291927
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL072008
A. 29/19:11:10Z
B. 18 deg 59 min N
  079 deg 24 min W
C. 700 mb 2924 m
D. 78  kt
E. 082 deg 021 nm
F. 157 deg 071 kt
G. 073 deg 027 nm
H.        980  mb
I.   8 C/ 3049 m
J.  14 C/ 3045 m
K.   9 C/ NA
L. CLOSED
M. C25
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 /  1 nm
P. AF307 1007A GUSTAV1 OB 02
MAX FL WIND 71 KT NE QUAD 19:02:40 Z
SURFACE WIND OBSERVED VISUALLY

Comparisons to the previous fix will be up shortly.