Business as usual...

Will have to wait until next Monday as the Olympics will be over a week from today.

It looks like, at this rate, that many out-of-office politicians will be seeking the presidential nomination. I am not the least bit surprised by this.

Sidney Ponson seeks redemption as we start the annual ritual of spring training - which coincides with the end of the regular college basketball season.

Former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Steve Brown has been elected to the University of Charleston Hall of Fame.

The Indy Star's Bayh Watch notices a trip to Florida.

Berger was a top fundraiser for Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and worked on Gore's Florida recount effort. Berger raised money for the 2004 presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., after first supporting Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., in the primary.

After Florida, Bayh heads to Los Angeles on Monday and will be there through Friday morning for more meetings with potential supporters.

Campaign contributions generated either during the trip or in the future will go into Bayh's Senate campaign fund or his political action committee. The Senate funds can be rolled over into a presidential campaign if Bayh decides to run. The PAC money helps him travel the country and build a potential campaign team while deciding.

The team recently got a little larger. Bayh's PAC has hired Chris Hayler as a regional political director. Hayler, who worked on Kerry's Iowa campaign staff, helped set up Bayh's trip to Iowa last weekend.

Bayh's PAC has five full-time and three part-time employees though has not yet replaced Steve Bouchard, the New Hampshire native who was the PAC's executive director last year.

Bayh's Iowa trip was his third in the past year, and he has a third trip to New Hampshire planned for March 26-27. His agenda includes speaking at a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for local Democrats.

I have to say that Berger has a good eye for a candidate.

TEAM USA has just lost in Men's Hockey to Sweden to bring their record to 1-2-1. It's not good enough to win the gold as they play Russia next.

Mark Warner has lived in several places, including Connecticutt. That's not an attack but friendly trivia on the potential candidate.

Evan Bayh was on FNS today and I linked to the transcript.