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Scott Kleeb has been added to the Expand the Map! ActBlue page , so if you happen to have ten extra dollars that you don’t know what to do with, throw them his way !  Many thanks!! The Guru wishes both Senators John Warner and Robert Byrd speedy recoveries . Alaska : Mark Begich’s big announcement yesterday was the formation of a 2008 Senate exploratory committee.  He has even updated his campaign website appropriately.  He’s in, and scandalicious Ted Stevens is in big trouble.  The Hill points out : The mayor serves about 40 percent of the state in his current capacity, giving himself a solid base on which to build a statewide campaign. When will Begich move from the exploratory phase to official campaign phase? Begich said he would move quickly to decide whether or not to run; "I will definitely decide far in advance of June 1," he said, referring to the state’s federal filing deadline. I ea...