/*  
Theme Name: Political Blog Blue
Author URI: http://ithemes.com
Version: 1
Author: Cory Miller
Description: Political Blog 2 Column is a clean blue and grey theme designed for political news blogs.
The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL: 
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
*/


body {
	background: #e3e3e3 url(images/contentshadow.gif) top left repeat-y;
	color: #000000;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	}

body * {margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}

a, a:visited { 
	color: #006699;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}
a:hover {
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #000;
	}
#container { 
	width: 960px;
	background: transparent;
	text-align: left; 
	margin: 0px auto 0px 0px; 
	overflow: hidden;
	}
* html #header{ width: 960px; padding: 0px;}

#header {
	background: #006699 url(images/headerback.gif) top center repeat-x;
	padding: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0px auto 0px;
	clear: both;
	height: 110px;
	border-top: 5px solid #006699;
	}	

#headerleft {
	color: #000;
	background: transparent;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	float: left;
	height: 70px;
	width: 465px;
	text-align: left;
	
	}

#headerleft h1 {
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 45px;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 15px 0px 5px 10px;
	}

#headerleft h1 a {
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: normal;
	}
#headerleft h1 a:hover {
	color: #ccc;
	text-decoration: none;
	}

#headerleft h2 {
	color: #fff;
	font-style: italic;
	font-size: 20px;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0px 10px 4px 23px;
	}

#headerright h2 a {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 20px;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-style: italic;
	}

#headerright h2 a:hover {
	color: #006699;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
#headerright {
	background: transparent;
	float: right;
	font-size: 12px;
	text-align: right;
	margin: 3px 15px 0px 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	overflow: hidden;
	height: 110px;
	}
	
#headerright img {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}

#menu { 
	background: #006699;
	margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;
	padding: 2px 0px 2px 0px;
	text-align: left;
	clear: both;
	}
#menu img{
	border: none;
	}
#menu h2 {
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 15px;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	}
#menu li {
	display: inline;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}
		
#menu ul {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 4px;
	}
	
#menu ul li a {
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #fff;
	padding: 2px 20px 2px 20px;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-transform: uppercase;
border-right: 1px solid #fff;
	}

#menu ul li a:hover {
	color: #000;
	background: #006699;
	padding: 2px 20px 2px 20px;
	text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid #fff;
	}

* html #content { width: 500px; }

#content { 
	display: block;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
	margin-left: 0px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	float: left; 
	padding: 0px;
	}

#content_box { 
	background: #fff;
	display: block;
	width: 520px; 
	margin: 0px;
	float: left; 
	padding: 20px;
	}
.toptags {
	color: #006699;
	font-size: 11px;	
	font-family: Lucida Grande, Tahoma, Verdana;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
	}

.tags {
	color: #000;
	background: #fff;
	font-size: 11px;	
	font-family: Lucida Grande, Tahoma, Verdana;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 10px 0px 10px 10px;
	padding: 10px;
	line-height: 120%;
	float: right;
	border: 1px solid #dddddd;
	border-top: 3px solid #006699;
	}
.tags a {
	color: #006699;
	font-size: 11px;	
	font-family: Lucida Grande, Tahoma, Verdana;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
	}
#content p{
	margin: 0px;
	line-height: 18px;
	padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
	}
	
#content p img{
	border: none;
	float: left;
	padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px;
	}

#content h1 {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 29px;
	font-family: Georgia, Arial, Helvetica;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
	padding: 10px 0px 10px 5px;
	border-top: 1px dotted #000;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;
	background: #fff;
	}
#content h1 a  {
	color: #000;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
	}

#content h1 a:hover {
	color: #006699;
	text-decoration: none;
	}


#content h2 {
	color: #006699;
	font-size: 18px;	
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
	}
#content h2 a  {
	color: #006699;
	font-size: 18px;	
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	}

#content h2 a:hover {
	color: #000;
	background: none;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}

#content h3 {
	color: #006699;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
	}
#content h3 a  {
	color: #006699;
	text-decoration: none;
	}

#content h3 a:hover {
	color: #000;
	background: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}

#content ol {
	list-style-type: decimal;
	line-height: 18px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px;
	}
#content ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
	}
	
#content li {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}
	
#content ul li {
	list-style: square inside;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
	padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
	}
	
#content ul li a {
	color: #006699;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}

#content ul li a:hover {
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}
blockquote{
	margin: 15px;
	padding: 15px;
	font-style: italic;
	color: #333;
	background: #dddddd;
	}
	

.postspace {
	width: 440px;
	height: 32px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}
.postspace2 {
	width: 440px;
	height: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}
.postspace3 {
	width: 440px;
	height: 15px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}


#sidebar { 
	display: block;
	background: transparent;
	color: #000000;
	width: 310px;
	float: right; 
	margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;
	padding: 0px 30px 20px 30px;
	text-align: left;
	}

* html #sidebar { width: 300px; margin: 20px 20px 20px 15px; }

#sidebar p, #sidebar .textwidget{
	margin: 0px;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding: 5px 0px 16px 0px;
	}

#sidebar h2, #sidebar .widgettitle {
	border-top: double #000;
	border-bottom: double #000;
	background: #006699 url(images/star.gif) top left no-repeat;
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 11px;	
	font-family: Lucida Grande, Tahoma, Verdana;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	list-style: none;
	padding: 10px 0px 10px 30px;
	margin: 10px 0px 5px 0px;
	}

#sidebar ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;
	}
	
#sidebar li {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}
	
#sidebar ul li {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding: 6px 0px 6px 20px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #666;
	}
#sidebar ul li a {
	color: #333;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
	}

#sidebar ul li a:hover {
	color: #006699;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
#sidebar ul li ul li {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 6px 0px 0px 10px;
	}

#footer { 
	color: #fff;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 11px;
	background: #006699 url(images/footerback.gif) top center repeat-x;
	padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
	text-align: left;
	clear: both;
	border-top: 5px solid #000;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
#footer a {
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}
#footer a:hover {
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
	}