Markos Moulitsas joins another mainstream political rag; a satiric post about a new computer chip implanted in candidates' heads that makes them say almost anything; tracing the Obama smear emails; Mitt Romney livestreams today's "Big Speech"; Why Tuesday snares John McCain in NH; a Huckabee staffer takes to blogging outreach to rebut critics; and a surprising statement from Dan Bartlett portrays conservative bloggers as unofficial White House PR machines.

Fallout from Elizabeth Edwards' quote; Rocketboom on how Denver '08 will be open access; cracks in the liberal-left; bundling for the unbundled; Ellen Goodman weighs in on net-gender; YouTube YouChoose has issues; ABC and NBC liberate pres-video; Republicans use the net for stealth attacks; and we win an award...

The techPresident team left YearlyKos yesterday evening, before Markos Moulitsas's keynote, and we're taking today off to catch our breath and nurse our sore feet (it was not for nothing that some were calling YK the "Blogger Exercise Conference"). Here are a couple of quick thoughts and quick links in case you can't enjoy a Sunday in August without your techPresident hit

Is it possible that there are no workshops on the Iraq War at this year's YearlyKos?...Barack Obama is winning the armband poll among registered attendees...and what does Markos Moulitsas say about the DLC, Hillary Clinton's newfound respect for DailyKos and the chances for a Republican version of DailyKos?