State Sen. Ethan Strimling, D-Portland, said he will brave the elements Wednesday to turn in the more than 1,500 signatures he and others gathered in his run for the 1st Congressional District seat.

“Our volunteers worked hard to collect these signatures, so I’m not going to let a little snow stop me from turning them in,” he said in a statement.

Strimling is one of several Democrats running for the seat, which is being vacated by U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, a Democrat who’s running for the Senate.

Who won the debate?

Kudos to Tim Russert for asking some specific and pointed questions at last night’s MSNBC debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton.

It’s not often you hear discussion about health care, NAFTA, Louis Farrakhan, Saturday Night Live, Putin’s successor (whatever his name is) and Pakistan all in 90 minutes.

So, who won?