Mid-Day Blog Watch

Hotline has the memo warning the GOPers not to distance themselves from Bush.

Hurricane Season is not far away; meteorologists warn the North East is more vulnerable.

FarLeft has the story of the old lady who makes pies being shut down by the state of Georgia. It's nice to know that the GOP is saving us from old ladies making pies to buy heart medication!

Should Medicare be extended to all Americans?

Newsday has "With no health insurance, growing numbers lead precarious lives"

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Amanda Parsons, one of more than 400,000 Connecticut
residents without health insurance, has a hole in her tooth but won't see a
dentist. She also is delaying gallbladder surgery as she still owes nearly
$7,000 for earlier gallstone surgery.