We were addicted to Nate Silver's 538 blog during the 2008 campaign, but had been so buried in tracking umpteen health blogs that we hadn't checked back too often lately.

Paul Krugman showed us the error of our ways. Silver has one post—who gets money and opposes public plan—that is getting a lot of attention in the blogosphere. We also scrolled back and found a few other great insights about the AMA and other health reform factors... (About Iran too, but we digress.)

That's the concern being expressed about a South Dakota initiative, Measure 10 on the November ballot, that would bar the use of taxpayer funds for lobbying. Cities, counties and school districts lobby the state government, and they use taxpayer funds. They're concerned.