A { text-decoration:none;}

/* Layout Stylesheet */ 
body{
margin:0;
padding:0; 
background: #fff;
}

#lh-col{
position:absolute;
top:142px;
left:0;
width:160px;
z-index:3;
padding: 10px;
padding-top: 11px;
background:#EAECE7;
color: #0E0F0F;
border-right: solid 1px #ccc;
border-bottom: solid 1px #ccc;
}

#rh-col{
position:absolute;
top:158px;
right:0;
width:169px;
z-index:2;
background:#fff;
padding: 10px;
padding-top: 2px;
color: #0E0F0F;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
border-left: solid 1px #ddd;
}

#c-block {
width:100%;
z-index:1;
background:#fff;
height:80%;
}

#hdr{
height:116px; 
border-bottom:1px solid #778899; 
width:100%; 
background: url(http://www.yaledemocrats.com/images/topbanner.jpg) #eeeeee;
margin:0;
}

#c-col{
margin: 0px 191px 0px 181px;
position: relative;
background: #fff;
z-index:5;
border: solid #000000;
border:0px ;
padding: 25px;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 120%;
}

#nav{
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
font-family: Verdana, serif;
font-size:11px;
background: #EAECE7;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 100%;
top:116px;
width:100%; 
font-weight: normal;
border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}

#ftr {
width:100%;
height:35px;
border: solid #000000; 
border-width:1px 0;
background:#eee;
color: #333333;
margin:0;
}
 
h1 { /*Sidebar Header*/
font-size:14px;
font-family: georgia, sans-serif;
color: #8B2626;
margin:0px;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: capitalize;
margin-bottom: 5px;
text-align:left;
font-style: none;
border-top: solid 1px #336699;
border-bottom: solid 1px #336699;
padding-top: 2px;
padding-bottom: 2px;

}

h2 {
list-style: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: normal;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
}

h3{ /*post title*/
font-size:14px;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}

h4 { /*grey blog post dates*/
font-family: Arial, Sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: slategray;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: uppercase;
margin: 0px;
margin-top: 20px;
}

h5{ /*"posted by..." info*/
color:gray;
font-size:11px;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
margin:0px;
font-weight: normal;
}

blockquote {
font-size:12px;
font-weight:normal;
border: dashed 1px lightslategray;
background:#F8FAFA;
margin-left:30px;
margin-right:30px;
padding: 0px;
padding: 10px;
}

input {
background: #fff;
border: 1px solid #336699;
color: #8B2626;
}

.blogtitle {
font-family:georgia, serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #8B2626;
margin-bottom: -10px;
}

a:link {
color : #006699;
}
a:visited {
color : #006699;
}
a:active {
color : #A43C31;
}
a:hover {
color : #A43C31;
text-decoration: underline;
}

a.joinlink:link {
color : #A43C31;
}
a.joinlink:visited {
color : #A43C31;
}
a.joinlink:active {
color : #A43C31;
}
a.joinlink:hover {
color : #A43C31;
text-decoration: underline;
}

/*RSS FEED STUFF*/
.rss_title, .rss_title a{
margin: 0px 0;
padding: 0;
margin-bottom: 5px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 120%;
}

.rss_items {
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

.rss_item  {
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
	
.rss_date {
font-size: 10px;
}


ul {
padding-left: 1em;
}