/* Landing Page */
* {
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
}
body{
	margin:0px;
	
}
/*body,p,input,select {*/

 body,input,select {
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
	color: #382D2C;
}
a:link, a:visited, a:active {
	
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #382D2C;
}

.linksleft {
	font-size:12px;
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #382D2C;
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
}
a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #382D2C;
	background-color: #FFF107;
}

/* a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #382D2C;
	background-color: #FFF000;
} */
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
	font-size:11px;
}
ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
#politalk-wrapper {
	float:left;
	background-image:url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/poliTalk_strips.jpg);
	background-color:#FFFFF;
	background-position:top left;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	padding-left: 26px;

}
#box-banner {
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/poliTalk_flag.gif);
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: top left;
	width: 959px;
	height: 166px;
}
.pt_ad {
	float: center;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width: 728px;
}
#topNavContainer {
	width: 959px;
	float:left;
	margin-top:9px;
}
.pt-beta {
	float: left;
	width: 34px;
	margin-left: 34px;
}
.pt-logo {
	float: left;
	width: 170px;
	margin-left: 34px;
}
.pt-logo a:link,
.pt-logo a:active,
.pt-logo a:visited,
.pt-logo a:hover
{
	background-color:#000052;
}

.pt-logo-beta {
	float: left;
	width: 34px;
	margin-left: 34px;
	vertical-align:bottom;
	background-position: bottom;
	margin-top: 78px;
}
#topNavContainer .topMenu {
	float: right;
	margin-right: 9px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	padding-top: 35px;
}
#topNavContainer .topMenu ul {
	list-style-type: none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
#topNavContainer .topMenu li {
	display: inline;
	padding-left:9px;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#topNavContainer .topMenu li a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	background-color: transparent;
}
#topNavContainer .topMenu li a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
	background-color: transparent;
}
.searchForm {
	float: right;
	width: 200px;
	padding-top: 32px;
	margin-right: 9px;
}
.searchForm input.inputtxt {
	float: left;
	border: 1px solid #252525;
	margin-right: 6px;
	width: 121px;
	height: 17px;
}
.searchForm input.inputbtn {
	float: left;
	width: 70px;
	height: 19px;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	border: 1px solid #252525;
	background-color: #000;
	padding:1px 0;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

#mainBodyContainer, #pt-footer {
	float: left;
	width: 960px;
	margin-top: 7px;
	font-weight:bold; 
}
#leftContainer, #centerContainer, #rightContainer { 
	float: left;
	margin-bottom: -2000px;
	padding-bottom: 2000px !important;
}
#mainBodyContainer {
	overflow: hidden;
}

#leftContainer {
	width: 155px;
	padding:0 14px 0 11px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/texture_repeat.gif);
	background-color: transparent;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	background-position: top left;
}
#leftContainer p{margin-bottom: 18px; }

.subscribe { float: left; width: 155px;	margin-bottom: 8px;}
.subscribe label {float: left;margin-bottom:6px;}
.subscribe input.alert {
	float: left;
	border: 1px solid #000;
	width:134px;
	height:15px;
}
.subscribe .submitalert {
	float: left;
	border:0;
	width:19px;
	height:17px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/poliTalk_button.jpg);
	background-color: transparent;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: top left;
}
p.policy {
	font-size: 9px;
	text-align: right;
}
.nationalDebate h1 span {
	display: none;
}
.nationalDebate h1 {
	display:block;
	width: 100%;
	height: 16px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/national_debate.gif);
	background-color: #000;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 4px 50%;
	margin-bottom:8px;
}

#leftContainer .nationalDebate li {
	padding-bottom:2px;
}

#centerContainer {
	width:432px;
	padding: 0 8px 0 13px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/poliTalk_border.gif);
	background-color: transparent;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	background-position: top left;
}
#centerContainer h2 span,
#centerContainer h3 span {
	display: none
}

H3 {
font-family: arial;
text-decoration: none;
color: white;
}


#centerContainer h2 {
	display:block;
	width: 100%;
	height: 16px;
	background-color: #000;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 4px 50%;
	margin-bottom:8px;
}
#centerContainer h3 {
	width: 100%;
	height: 16px;
	background-color: #000;
}
#centerContainer #flashMap {
	margin-bottom: 18px;
}
#canidateList .canidatebox {
	float: left;
	width:60px;
	height: 115px;
	margin-left:10px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#canidateList .canidatebox p{
	font-size:10px;
	text-align:center;
	margin-bottom:2px;
}
#rightContainer {
	width:300px;
	padding: 0 10px 0 13px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/poliTalk_border.gif);
	background-color: transparent;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	background-position: top left;
}
#rightContainer h4 span,
#rightContainer h5 span {
	display: none
}
#rightContainer h4 {
	display:block;
	width: 100%;
	height: 16px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/news_nbc.gif);
	background-color: #000;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 4px 50%;
}
#rightContainer h5 {
	display:block;
	width: 100%;
	height: 16px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/news_msnbc.gif);
	background-color: #000;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 4px 50%;
}

#rightContainer ul#newsList {
	width:300px;
}
#rightContainer #newsList li {
	padding-top:6px;
	padding-bottom:6px;
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/poliTalk_border.gif);
	background-color: transparent;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: top left;
}
#rightContainer #newsList li.first {
	background: none;
}
#localProviders select {
	width: 287px;
	border: 1px solid #000;
	margin: 16px 0;
}
#ad_sidebar {
	margin-bottom:18px;
}
#ad_sidebar span{
	font-size: 10px;
}
#pt-footer { 
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/ptfooter_border.jpg);
	background-color: transparent;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: top center;
	padding-top: 20px;
}
#pt-footer p{ 
	text-align:center;
}.searchwidth {
	width: 200px;
}
.talkerHead {
	font-family: Tahoma;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #CC0000;
}
.PostName {
	font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #C40000;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	
}
.textallign,.textallign2  {
	font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #382D2C;
	float: none;
	/*clip:rect(auto auto auto auto);*/
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-style: normal;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
.textallign2{
	
	margin-top: 0px;
	padding:0px;
}
.textallign2 p{
	padding:0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
}
.floatleft { float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 0.25em; border: double 3px black; 
}
.img-shadow {
	clear: both;
	float:left;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 2px;
	font-family: Tahoma;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #382D2C;
	margin-top: 7px;

}
.divider {
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/divider.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	width: 600px;
	background-position: center center;
	margin-left: 6px;
}

.scroll{
	overflow-y: scroll;
	position: absolute;
	height: 247px;
	width: 578px;
	left: 44px; 
	
	/*top: 422px; */
}

.Tablebroder {
	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
	height: 248px;


}
.divider2 {
	background-image: url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/divider.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;

}
.commentsone {
	font-family: Tahoma;
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #375279;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 150%;
	margin-left: 9px;
	padding-left: 10px;

}
.inputwidth {
	width: 250px;
	font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #2D3A4F;

}
.titletext {
	font-family: Tahoma , Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #2D3A4F;
	font-size: 12px;

}
.broder2 {
	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
}
.leftnavhead {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-color: #382D2C;
}
.btns{
	background-image:url(http://blogs.nbcuni.com/politalk/images/preview.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:top left;
	width:120px; 
	height:20px;
	font-family:Verdana,Arial; 
	color:#F1F1F1;
	font-weight:bold; 
	text-align:left;
	padding-left:8px;
	font-size:12px; 
	border:0px;
} 

ol{
list-style-type:decimal;
}

.tips{
	font-family: tahoma,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #382D2C;
	float:right;
	padding-top:25px;
}

#CommentsBox{
	width:inherit; 
	height:247px; 
	overflow-y: scroll; 
}
.CommentsNo{
	clear: left;
	padding: 5px 5px 5px 10px;
	/*font-size: 13px;*/
	line-height: 125%;
	text-decoration: none;	
}