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Democratic state Rep. Earline Parmon is tangled in a political blog cat fight in Massachusetts about whether she plagarized from U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's website.

It's a bit confusing but we'll do the best to summarize: Liberal blog, Blue Mass Group, accused Brown, the Massachusetts senator, of plagarizing from Parmon's campaign site. But then the conservative Red Mass Group found evidence to suggest it's the other way around, that Parmon plagarized Brown. And now the liberal blog seems to agree.

Got that? Why does it matter: this isn't Brown's first plagiarism rodeo. In October, he was accused of stealing Elizabeth Dole's biography. As for Parmon, a call to her campaign office from Dome on Friday was not answered and her voicemail is full.

The two-lane Island Ford Road stretches west from Cliffside, a once-celebrated mill village in Rutherford County, tracing the Broad River as it cuts through pastures and untouched countryside.

It is easy to miss, barely marked. Yet it holds a strong place in Walter Dalton’s psyche, a memory of his late father and an inspiration that guides him as he campaigns for the state’s highest office.

In his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor, the lieutenant governor talks little about himself. But he mentions the road. It speaks to the influence of his father, who died when Dalton was 8, and his small-town roots, both of which define him today. Read the full profile here.