Wheldon Win Indy 500
Danica Patrick isn't a joke or a gimmick. Even though she didn't win the Indy 500 today she showed she has the skills and the team to get her a sip of milk. Patrick compensated for two mistakes and almost won. She just didn't have enough fuel to hold off winner Dan Wheldon. But that had more to do with guessing fuel mileage rather than driving skill.
With Patrick's star rising we are seeing a winner of the IndyCar/Champ Car war. IndyCar seems to have some marketing savy and not just with promoting Patrick. With NASCAR's dominance it's tough to name any open-wheel driver but Patrick's further success (she'll have to win a race or become the Anna Kournikova of racing) could do for her sport what Tiger Woods did for golf.
Dodging the Subject
Scott Walker misses the point in having the state GOP apologize to Schenks for practically accusing their son on vote fraud. He tries to push the onus onto the Journal Sentinel when he writes to Charlie Sykes:
That's a discussion for another day. The state GOP should apologize simply because it's the right thing to do. They got it wrong; they have to make amends. Walker, like the state Democrats, tries to use this event to gain political advantage. That's cynical and unclassy.
One more thing, Walker didn't need to stick his nose in this. He didn't accuse anyone specifically of vote fraud. I wonder if the state GOP was pressuring him to say something.
"Speaking of Apologies"