More news of 2006. But what about 2005?

It used to be, and still is, IMHO, bad form to put a lot of noise into the coverage of elections that are two or three away. It is better to devote most of the talk to the next elections. Why fuss and fast-forward to 2006 fall when 2005 needs to be made clear. If this coverage was in addition to 2005 mentions, I'd not gripe.

U.S. Rep. Melissa Hart of Bradford Woods (www.peoplewithhart.com) is thought to be potentially vulnerable, although the Dems seem to think Murphy is the more vulnerable of the two. Still, two Dems have lined up to challenge Hart already -- Georgia Berner of Butler County (www.georgiaberner.com) and Jason Altmire of McCandless (www.jasonaltmire.com).