Mary Beth Williams of Wampum Blog is running for a seat in the Maine House of Representatatives. She will be blogging about the process as she goes along.

Walter in Denver hosts the new edition of the Rocky Mountain Blog Roundup.

The Dreyfuss Report says Richard Perle didn't quit, he was pushed, from his position on the Defense Policy Board--by Rumsfeld.

Skippy is all things awol, all the time. He kept track of who made political comments at the Oscars last night--and says he's not tired of Lord of the Rings. He also writes about the many official government websites that are still "proffering the untrue version of what awol did in the 70's, ie, they say he served with distinction."

Randy of Beautiful Horizens takes on the issue of whether Aristede was pushed.

Daily Kos reports and comments on the Sierra Club's request that Justice Scalia recuse himself from the Cheney Energy case pending in the Supreme Court.

Dave Cullen of Conclusive Evidence has been in Seattle judging the Dart Awards which will be handed out in New York in April. The Dart Center is "a global resource for journalists who cover violence."

Digby is covering Haiti.