Quick Hits - Holiday Weekend Edition

Sorry for the site hiccup earlier today. We were trying to get rid of a bug with the user profiles and the site didn't want to play nice.

Here's the last of my catchup - a rundown on some stories you may have missed while you were out BBQ and watching giant explosions in the sky.

• The Hip Hop Caucus reports that anti-affirmative action measures will likely be on the ballot in Arizona and Nebraska this fall. Will that be a boon or an albatross around the neck of candidates like Scott Kleeb? I'm not sure. This might rally the Republican base, but young voters are a tolerant group; this could backfire on the GOP.
• Beginning today, the interest rates on student loans have decreased. College Democrats have the lowdown on what that will mean for students.
• The New York Times profiles Chris Hughes and the Obama social networking operation.
• The Rothenberg Report profiled a long-shot but interesting race in which 29 year old Josh Segall is taking on a Republican incumbent in Alabama. I'm going to see about getting Josh to live-blog. If anyone can hook that up, please contact me.
• Sam Stein at The Huffington Post notes that redistricting will be a major issue in 2010 when 32 gubernatorial elections will determine whether Democrats or Republicans benefit most from the next round of gerrymandering.
• Katrina Vanden Huevel has a must-read piece on reforming our voting system - top to bottom.
• Obama is running into some trouble with his supporters over his flip-flop on FISA and everyone from bloggers to Bob Herbert have weighed in. Will Obama listen to the grassroots uprising within his own support base? This is a big test for just how open and bottom-up the Obama campaign really is.
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