/*  Site wide styles */

 body {margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: #B2B0A0;}
 
 a {color: #2C587A; text-decoration: none; }
    a:visited {color: #2C587A; text-decoration: none; }
    a:hover {color: #2C587A; text-decoration: underline; }    



/* Font Sizes */
.small_font			{ font-size:11px; }
.medium_font		{ font-size:13px; }
.large_font			{ font-size:16px; }
.x_large_font		{ font-size:20px; }
.xx_large_font		{ font-size:24px; }



/* Font size changer interface style */
#text-size a 		{ text-decoration:none; color:black; }



/*  Header styles */

#headerbox { width: 100%; height: 122px; background: #ECECEC; overflow: hidden;}

#headerbox-inner {text-align: left; width: 994px; height: 122px; background: #CDCDCD;}

#headerbox-interior { width: 976px; height: 122px; margin-left: 9px; background: #fff; float: left; overflow: hidden; }

#headerbox-interior img.affiliate  { padding: 0; margin: 2px 0 3px 0; float: left;}  

#logobox { width: 725px; float:left;}

#logobox img { float: left; margin: 2px 74px 0 36px;}

#logobox form { padding: 0; margin: 69px 0 0 0;}

#logobox .inputtext { padding: 0; margin: 0; width: 170px; height: 19px; background: #E7E7E7; border: 1px solid #9D9D9D;}

#logobox .submit { padding: 0 0 4px 0; margin: 0; background: #fff; border: none; width: 84px; height: 21px; background-image: url(http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/images/search.gif); }

#header-greenbar { height: 9px; width: 725px; line-height: 5px; background: #427D1E; float: left;}

#header-greennav { height: 23px; width: 233px; background: #427D1E; float: left; color: #fff; font-size: 12px; }

    #header-greennav a {color: #fff; text-decoration: none; }
#header-greennav a:hover {text-decoration: underline; } 
     
#header-greennav div { margin-top: 3px; }     




/*  Main box styles */

#mainbox { width: 100%; background: #B2B0A0;}

#mainbox-inner { text-align: left; width: 994px; background: #999789; }

#mainbox-interior { background: #fff; margin: 0 0 0 9px; float: left; }

#mainbox-interior-inner { width: 976px; }

#leaderboard { text-align:center; width: 100%; height: 104px; background: #D4D2C3; margin-bottom: 5px;}

#leaderboard-inner { padding-top: 7px;}




/*  Main content styles */	
	
#mainrail { float: left; width: 565px; }
	
#mainrail-inner {margin-top: 5px;}
	
#text-size { float: right; font-size: 11px; color: #666; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; margin-right: 23px; }

#tools { float: right; margin-right: 23px;}
     
#tools img {margin: 0 0 0 15px;}
     
.mainrail-greenbar { clear: both; width: 100%; height: 7px; background: #006B00; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 3px;}

#moreposts .mainrail-greenbar { clear: left; width: 563px; }
        
#comments h3, #rightrail h3  {font-size: 15px; text-indent: 20px; padding: 5px 0 5px 0; line-height: 15px; margin: 0 0 10px 0; color: #006B00; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'bell gothic std', 'bell gothic', helvetica, arial; background-image: url(http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/images/rightrail_bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y;}

#comments h3  {margin-top: 25px; }

#mainrail h1, #contentbox-top h1 {font-size: 22px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; font-weight: bold; color: #255C06; margin-left: 15px; width: 530px; float: left;}

#mainrail h2, #contentbox-top h2 {font-size: 14px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; color: #255C06; margin: 5px 0 15px 15px; }

#mainrail #moreposts h2 { margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 3px; }

#mainrail h1 a, #contentbox-top h1 a {color: #255C06;}

#mainrail h2 a, #contentbox-top h2 a {color: #255C06;}
 
#mainrail h4 {font-size: 14px;font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; color: #255C06; margin: 5px 0 15px 15px; }
     
.story-box { margin: 10px 12px 10px 12px;}

#moreposts .story-box  { margin-bottom: 10px; }

.story-box-top { width: 543px; height: 20px; background-image: url(http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/images/mainrail-box-top.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat;}
     
.story-box-middle { width: 543px; background-image: url(http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/images/mainrail-box-sides.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; }
     
.story-box-bottom { width: 543px; height: 5px; background-image: url(http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/images/mainrail-box-bottom-short.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; }

img.swampicon  { margin-left: 20px; float: right;}
     
#mainrail div.image { padding: 5px 0 15px 0; margin: 0;}

#mainrail div.image img { max-width: 485px; margin-bottom: 10px; }

#mainrail div.image p { color: #595959; font-size: .9em; margin: 0; padding: 0;}
   
#mainrail div.content { clear: left; width: 100%; }

#mainrail div.content-inner { margin: 0 25px 0 30px;  }
      
.story-body, .comment-content { font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; color: #3F3F3F;}
     
.story-body p {margin-bottom: 10px;}

.comment-content {padding-top: 10px; }

.bookmarking {margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 15px; }
     
.bookmarking img {margin-right: 10px;}
     
.entry-more-link {margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; }

.entry-footer {float: right; margin-top: 15px; width: 150px; font-size: 10px;}

.date-stamp {font-size: 12px; color: #999789; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;}

.content-nav {font-size: 12px; margin: 0 15px 0 15px;}

.content-nav-header { font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #3F3F3F;  margin: 0 15px 0 15px; }

#comments {width: 485px; overflow-x: hidden; }

#comments-open p {padding-top: 15px;  color: #3F3F3F;}

#comments-open-text label { display: block; }

#comments-open-footer { padding-bottom: 15px; }

.comment-footer, .search-entry-footer {font-size: 11px; padding: 5px 0 10px 0px; color: #3F3F3F; }

.entry-tags { background-image: url(http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/images/mainrail-box-sides.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; padding-left: 5px; padding-top: 1px; }

.entry-tags-inner { width: 533px; background: #E2E2D6; border-top: 1px solid #B2B0A0; border-bottom: 1px solid #B2B0A0;} 

.entry-tags-header {  font-size: 15px; text-indent: 15px; padding: 10px 0 5px 0; line-height: 15px; margin: 0; color: #2C2C2C; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'bell gothic std', 'bell gothic', helvetica, arial;}

ul.entry-tags-list { margin: 0 0 10px 15px; }

li.entry-tag {display: inline; padding-right: 3px; }

li.entry-tag a {color: #2C2C2C; }

#next { margin: 0 0 10px 445px; }

.archive-content {padding-bottom: 10px; }


/*  Rail content styles */	

#rightside { width: 410px; float: right; }
	 
#cubead { width: 410px; margin: 10px 0 10px 0; }
	
#insiderightrail { width: 209px; float: left;}
     
#insiderightrail-content { border-left: 2px solid #ACAC9B; background: #DCDCCC; padding: 3px 10px 0 0;}
     
#insiderightrail h3 {clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-indent: 20px; padding: 5px 0 5px 0; line-height: 15px; margin: 0 0 10px 0; color: #000; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'bell gothic std', 'bell gothic', helvetica, arial; background-image: url(http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/images/insiderightrail_bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y;}
     
#insiderightrail-content img {margin: 0 10px 10px 20px; float: left; width: 65px; height: 65px;}
     
#insiderightrail #electionrail a {font-size: 12px; }
             
             
#rightrail { float: right; width: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px;}
     
#rightrail-inner { float: left; width: 200px; margin-top: 1px; border-top: 1px solid #BCBCB7; }

     
#rightrail-content { border-left: 1px solid #BCBCB7;}
     
#rightrail-content img {margin: 0 0 3px 39px; width: 120px;}
     
#rightrail-content p {margin: 0 20px 10px 39px; font-size: 12px;}


.search-results-header, .module-header {font-size: large; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; }

.search-results-container h3 {margin: 10px 0 2px 0; }

.module-categories, .module-archives, .module-tag-cloud {margin-top: 20px; } 
.module-list-item {margin-bottom: 5px; font-size: 12px; padding-right: 10px;}

.module-categories { margin-left: 10px; } 

.module-syndicate {margin: 20px 0 10px 0;}

.module-tag-cloud .widget-list-item {
    display: inline;
    margin: 0 5px 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    line-height: 1.2;
    background: none;
}

.module-tag-cloud .rank-1 a { font-size: 1.85em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-2 a { font-size: 1.75em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-3 a { font-size: 1.625em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-4 a { font-size: 1.5em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-5 a { font-size: 1.375em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-6 a { font-size: 1.25em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-7 a { font-size: 1.125em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-8 a { font-size: 1em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-9 a { font-size: 0.95em; }
.module-tag-cloud .rank-10 a { font-size: 0.9em; }



/*  Footer styles */	
     
#footer { clear: both;  text-align: center; background: #B2B0A0; color: #fff; font-size: 12px;  padding: 10px 0 10px 0;}

#metrics {font-size: 11px; color: #999789;}

#leaderboard-bottom { clear:both; text-align:center; width: 100%; height: 104px; background: #D4D2C3;}

#leaderboard-bottom-inner { padding-top: 7px;}


/*  jts april 2008 */

/*  blockquote fix  */
blockquote {
margin-top: 10px;
margin-right: 20px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-left: 20px;
color: #666666;
}