Stuart Smalley, More Sanford and #PdF09: Politics Dailies - June 30

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Did Mark Sanford's mistress, Maria Belen Chapur, have a domestic rendezvous with the S.C. governor?

Should we really expect our representatives to know what they're voting for?

Meghan McCain rejects requests to pose semi-nude on the grounds that it would hurt her father's career.

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), 91 years young, has been released from the hospital but will not be returning to the Senate immediately.

As of this posting, 22 news stories aggregated by Google News have already made a reference to Stuart Smalley in reporting on Al Franken's win.

For all you tech-heads out there, here's the summation of Day 2 of the Personal Democracy Forum, a group dedicated to studying how technology is changing the face of politics.

Eight percent of you still think Sanford has a chance at the White House? Really? REALLY?

And lastly, Stephen Colbert explains why it's time to do away with the census:

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