Inside Huckleberries — 11/3/06

We’re ending the week with a bang, HBOers. National blogmistress Michelle Malkin just posted Jesse Tinsley’s photo of veep Dick Cheney signing that National Guard poster last night at the Empire Air hanger in CDA here .

*Dan of the County: “I’m going to have to revise my estimate of how many absentee ballots may get cast before election day from 8,500 to almost 10,000. As of yesterday we had about 9,200 cast with today and Monday to go.”

*Head count from the meet-the-veep fete: 2,700 inside; 200 left out in the cold.

*Huckleberries hears … that some people, including the veterans among the Empire Airlines staff, were hosed because the large flag (that served as a backdrop as VP Dick Cheney spoke) was dragged on the ground by those who put it in place, including White House staffers.

*Gotta call from a guy at the Poynter Institute who’s writing a story about the tempest in a teapot caused when gay activist Mike Rogers alleged that U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was gay 2 or 3 weeks ago. Don’t think I did a good job explaining to him how blogs and newspapers are different. I don’t like being interviewed for stories. Now, I know how you feel.

*The Coeur d’Alene Press had he second endorsement recommendations as the SR in legislative districts 4 & 5 here .

*I’m done with endorsement editorials for another general election year. I wonder if the time and effort is worth it. On the other hand, I know how to answer people who ask about certain races or propositions. I guess there’s something to be said about being an informed voter. I second guessed myself on the recommendation to the Editorial Board on only one race. But I’m not losing sleep over it.

* Greg Lee /Idaho Preps tells me that he’s banned his first commenter — some guy who didn’t know how to back off when Greg told him to do so. The first one’s always the hardest. But I enjoy the challenge of keeping everyone in play.