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Congressman Walz, a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, endorsed Barack Obama after the Illinois senator was the favorite of First District DFL caucus goers. Several sources are reporting on Walz's reaction to Obama's acceptance speech.

In the short pre-primary period, the Brian Davis campaign took in $95,397.50, $88,798.00 of which were from individual contributions. Of the rest, $2350.00 was from party committees, $1500.00 from PACs, and $2749.50 from the candidate himself. And then there's the matter of the "revolving" loan.

While Senator Day's $16,867 is objectively paltry, the curious fact is that it's over $6,000 more than the $10598.53 he took in during the three-month quarter the ended on June 30. Spending remained almost the same.

Here's the detailed summary filed at the FEC. Walz took in $249,731.45 in contributions, and with various offsets and receipts added in, the total take was $255850.27. Contributions from individuals totaled $157,664.45; PACs pitched in $88,550.

Steve Sarvi's committee has filed its report in the Second--it's what the campaign had reported to the AP: about $77,000. 5. Covering Period 07/01/2008 Through 08/20/2008 Column A This Period Column B Election Cycle-To-Date 6.

In Walz leads challengers in race for campaign money, the Post Bulletin's Ed Felker reports on pre-primary fundraising. The Davis campaign spin on this paltry take is a side-slapper: Davis' campaign manager Brad Biers said the money raised for the period was almost entirely from donors, with no new personal donations or loans from the candidate.

While we've been posting congressional candidates' pre-primary fundraising reports from the FEC, the candidates in the First haven't filed yet. However, the MFP's political beat writer Mark Fischenich reports from the campaigns in Walz amassing campaign war chest; Davis has more cash than past

In 2006 and 2007, Bluestem Prairie and those pesky then-college students at IDHA maintained a friendly rivalry to see who would post Walz material first. Now we have to contend with that handsome rascal Chad at A Day in the Life. He found this first: Go over and give Chad some attention.

The Austin Herald's editorial board writes that Vets deserve the increase in their mileage rates. read more about Congressman Walz's proposed legislation in Walz unveils legislation to increase veterans' access to health and Walz announces legislation.

CQ Politics reports that a Judge Refuses to Stay Order on Subpoenas: A federal judge Tuesday denied a request to stay his order that White House chief of staff Joshua B. Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers must respond to House Judiciary Committee subpoenas. U. S. District Judge John D.