You know....if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck......it's probably a____________

On the eve of the South Carolina primary, those of us near the state are busy canvassing, calling and doing everything we can to stay on top of the local news. Earlier today I pulled up every online newspaper I could find listed for the state and found that the local news was doing a better job than the national media at portraying the race for the Democratic presidential nomination as a three person race.

Hope my neighbors in the Palmetto State know what they're doing. Come on y'all. Vote Edwards.

Don't forget to vote. Huge turnout. Historically high turnout. Make your voice heard and make your vote count.

In all the mad rush surrounding this time of year bloggers at the 50 State community blogs are busy staying on top of local news. It's a bit shorter than last week, but should give you some good reading over the weekend.

A personal thank you to Karl for putting together a comprehensive roundup for us last week and for helping me pull together submissions for this week.

Here's your 50 State Blog Roundup for the week of December 21, 2007:

Illinois
   PSB poster bored now serves up an excellent updated analysis of the Dem candidate three-way for Denny Hastert's abandoned seat in IL-14. In IL-03: Lipinski wants to have his cake and eat it too

New Jersey
   The Clinton Campaign stumbles big in New Jersey, performing dismally at an early organizational test in the Garden State.

North Carolina
   The Navy has been trying to shove an "Outlying Landing Field" down the throats of North Carolinians for the past several years. Republicans went along with this dangerous, unpopular idea, but now Congressional Democrats have said that local support is necessary. For more on the OLF.

As early as November 2006, some of us here at BlueNC speculated about Sue Myrick's reasons for spending so much money to run against a virtually unknown candidate, Bill Glass in 2006. At the end of the last election cycle she had only $150,000 COH. This led to speculation that she might be planning a run for the Senate in Liddy Dole's place. We further speculated that Pat McCrory, the popular mayor of Charlotte, might run for Myrick's seat.

All that was a little under a year ago and now McCrory has been re-elected mayor of Charlotte. How did he decide to thank the voters in Charlotte? Well, by basically telling them he didn't really want the job after all. Via the CharO:

Even on the night he swept to a record seventh term, Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory fueled speculation about his political future.

Robert P. and I worked together to bring you this week's 50 State Blog Roundup. The really heavy lifting was performed by the excellent bloggers you'll find at each state site.

Enjoy!

Texas
   Texas Kaos reports that rogue Judge Sharon Keller got a rebuke from another quarter this week when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals changed its rules to allow email appeals.

Texas
   The Burnt Orange Report staff reflects on the enormous shifts that have occurred in Texas since the fateful 2002 elections.

I stole this from Jerimee. Originally posted at BlueNC. He's amazing. Go Jerimee.