Of the four speeches to the convention by gubernatorial candidates, the one by Don Berwick was the most crowd rousing one.

The other speeches were also good content-wise. Dan Wolf gave a more crowd rousing speech at his breakfast the morning of the convention than he gave to the full convention.

In my opinion, just about all the candidates have a tremendous potential for being a good governor. So the balance will probably shift as the campaign progresses. In other words, I am not locked on to any particular candidate, so far. I could support any one of them that gets the nomination. So far Don Berwick and Dan Wolf lead in my personal estimation.

USA Today has the article Senate appears to have avoided ‘nuclear’ option.

“I feel fairly confident,” [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid said on the floor Tuesday morning, crediting the efforts of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to reach a deal to approve pending nominations to the National Labor Review Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Here is a fluff video, but read the article to get the details.

Finally, putting the obvious pressure on the Republicans made them see the light. The Republicans used this tactic against the Democrats in the past, and it worked. Why has it taken 6 years for Harry Reid to finally figure this out?

If the Republicans renege as they frequently do, the real nuclear option is still available.