I'm fascinated by Chris Cillizza's post about states that look poised to change colors, through a combination of national, state and congressional elections. Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico (all much-sought after states) seem likely to flip blue. But Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Michigan are threatening to flip the other way. What do you, dear readers, think? Do these seem like reasonable projections? What can be done to save those last three?

--Kate Sheppard

Still more problems with endless war. Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have come home from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, or 300,000 in total, report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Only slightly more than half have those veterans have sought treatment, largely because there is a fear that seeking treatment will harm their career, and even among those who sought treatment, only half received treatment that researchers would categorize as even "minimally adequate."