/*  
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 {
	color: #455266;
	font-family: Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	background-color:#21304A;
	background: #134790 url(images/body-back.jpg) repeat-x;
}

body * {margin: 0px; padding: 0px; align:center;}

a, a:visited { 
	color: #013281;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a img{
	border:0px solid;
}
#main_container {
	background-color:#dbeeff;
	width: 920px;	
	padding:20px;
	margin: 0px auto 0px auto; 
}
#main_container.subpage {
	padding-top:0px;
	background:#dbeeff url(images/header-back.jpg)  center -115px no-repeat;
}
#container {
	width: 920px;
	text-align: left; 
	margin: 0px auto 0px auto; 
}

#main_background_container {
	background:url(images/header-back.jpg) center -115px no-repeat;
}


#header_container {
	height:286px;
	background: url(images/header-back.jpg)  center no-repeat;
}
#header {
	width:960px;
	padding: 0px;
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
	clear: both;
	height: 80px;
}	

#headerleft {
	background: transparent;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	float: left;
	height: 260px;
	width: 700px;
	text-align: left;
	border-left: 0px solid #fff;
}

#headerleft h1 {
	color: #244A7C;
	font-size: 57px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

#headerleft h1 a {
	color: #00224c;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#headerleft h1 a:hover {
	color: #024089;
	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: #2F76B8;
	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;
}





#header_container_subpage {
	height:115px;
	background: url(images/header-back.jpg) top center no-repeat;
}
#header_subpage {
	width:960px;
	padding: 0px;
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
	clear: both;
	height: 80px;
}









#menu { 
	height:35px;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding: 1px 0px 1px 0px;
	text-align: left;
	clear: both;
}
#menu img{
	border: none;
}
#menu li {
	display: block;
	float:left;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

#menu ul {
	margin: 0px;height:15px;
	padding: 5px 4px 6px 0px;
}

#menu ul li a {
	font-family: Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 15px;
	color: #4973a9;
	padding: 0px 0px 5px 20px;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#menu ul li a:hover {
	color: #000;
}
#menu ul li.facebook a{
	background:url(images/facebook-icon.png) no-repeat middle 12px;
	padding-left:23px;
	border-right:0px solid
}

#main-poster-title{
	float:right;
	text-align:right;
	margin-bottom:2px;
	color:#003180;
}
#main-poster-title h2{
	margin:0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	font-size:28px;
	color:#003180;
	line-height:28px;

}
#main-poster{
	float:right;
	text-align:right;
	margin-top:10px;
	color:#003180;
}

#main-poster h1{
	margin:0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
	font-size:28px;
	line-height:41px;
	font-style: italic;
	font-weight:normal;
}
#main-poster h1 strong{
	font-style: normal;
}
#main-poster h1 span{
	line-height:80px;
}

* html #content { width: 590px; }

#content { 
/*	margin-top:-192px;
	position:absolute;
*/	display: block;
	float: left; 
	padding: 0px;
}

#content_box { 
	background: #f1f8fe;
	display: block;
	width: 550px; 
	margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
	padding: 20px 20px 4px 20px;
	border-bottom:19px solid #dbe8f6;
	
}
.content_area { 
	background: #f1f8fe;
	display: block;
	margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
}

.content-title-small{
	height:17px;
	background: #DCE5F1 url(images/content-title-small-back.png) no-repeat top left;
	padding:1px 0px 0px 32px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	color: #003180;
	margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
	font-size:15px;	
}
.content-title-small.bottomspace{
	margin-bottom:20px;
}
.content-title-big.bottomspace{
	margin-bottom:20px;
}


.content-title-big{
	height:29px;
	background: #DCE5F1 url(images/content-title-big-back.png) no-repeat top left;
	padding:13px 0px 0px 32px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	color: #003180;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	font-size:15px;	
}



.read-more{
	text-align:right;
	padding-top:3px;
}
.toptags {
	font-size: 12px;	
	font-family: Arial, Verdana;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0px ;
	padding: 5px 0px 3px 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
	font-style: italic;
}
.toptags strong{
	color:#003180;	
}
.topcomments{
	float:right;
	font-weight:normal;
	font-size:12px;
	
	
}
.tags {
	color: #000;
	background: #fff;
	font-size: 11px;	
	font-family: Arial, Verdana;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 10px 0px 10px 10px;
	padding: 10px;
	line-height: 120%;
	float: right;
	border: 1px solid #dddddd;
}
.tags a {
	color: #244A7C;
	font-size: 11px;	
	font-family: Arial, Verdana;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
}
#content p{
	margin: 0px;
	line-height: 23px;
	font-size:13px;
	color:#455266;
	padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;
}

#content p img{
	border: none;
	float: left;
	padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px;
}

#content h1 {
	color: #455266;
	font-size: 26px;
	line-height:32px;
	font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",Sans-Serif;
	margin: 3px 20px 10px 0px;
	padding:0px;
}
#content h1 a  {
	color: #455266;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#content h1 a:hover {
	color: #2F76B8;
	text-decoration: none;
}


#content h2 {
	color: #2F76B8;
	font-size: 20px;	
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 5px 0px 10px 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
}
#content h2 a  {
	color: #2F76B8;
	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: #2F76B8;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	line-height: 120%;
}
#content h3 a  {
	color: #2F76B8;
	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 3px 25px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Sans-Serif;
	font-size:16px;
	color:#00317f;
}
#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: #2F76B8;
	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 {
	height: 2px;
	font-size:1px;
	background-color: #d2deee;
	border-bottom:1px solid #909aa8;
	margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
.postspace2 {
	width: 440px;
	height: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
.postspace3 {
	width: 440px;
	height: 15px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}


.commentlist{
}
#content li.comment{
	background: #f1f8fe;
	width:545px;
	padding:10px 20px 20px 0px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}
#content li.comment .comment-title{
	margin-left:8px;
	padding-bottom:2px;
}
#content li.comment .comment-title cite{
	background: url(images/comment-bubble.png) no-repeat center left;
	padding-left:20px;
	font-size:14px;
}	
#content li.comment .comment-title small{
	float:right;
	padding-top:2px;
	font-family: Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif;
	color:#455266;
	font-size:12px;
	
}
#content li.comment p{
	font-family: Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif;
	margin-left:8px;
}


#respond{
	padding-top:10px;
}
#respond form{
	padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;
}
#respond form p{
	display:block;
	padding:12px 0px 0px 0px;
	margin:0px;
	line-height:0px;
}
#respond form label{
	display:block;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:12px;
	color: #455266;
	padding:0px 0px 3px 0px;
}
#respond form label sup{
	color: #003180;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:10px;
	font-weight:bold;
}
#respond form input{
	font-size:14px;
	border: 1px solid #89a9d4;
	width:250px;
	padding:2px;
}
#respond form textarea{
	margin-top:0px;
	font-size:14px;
	border: 1px solid #89a9d4;
	width:536px;
	height:146px;
	padding:2px;
}
#respond form #submit{
	background-color:#1f53a6;
	border:2px solid #1f53a6;
	color: #E2F3FD;
	width:150px;
}
#sidebar { 
	display: block;
	color: #000000;
	width: 310px;
	float: right; 
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
	text-align: left;
}
#sidebar #searchform{
	padding:0px;
	background: url(images/search-box-back.png) no-repeat;
	height:42px;
	margin-bottom:20px;
	
}
#sidebar #searchform #search-text{
	padding:12px 30px 0px 18px;
	color:#FFF;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	float:left;
	
}
#sidebar #searchform input{
	float:left;
	border:0px solid;


}
#sidebar #searchform #s{
	margin-top:12px;
	font-size:14px;
	width: 178px;
}
#sidebar #searchform #searchsubmit{
	margin-top:10px;
	width:28px;
	height: 22px;
}
#sidebar p, #sidebar .textwidget{
	margin: 0px;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding: 5px 0px 16px 10px;
}

#sidebar h2, #sidebar .widgettitle {
	background: #c5c6c5 url(images/main-menu-back.png) repeat-x bottom;
	color: #000;
	font-size: 14px;	
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	list-style: none;
	padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px;
	margin: 10px 0px 5px 0px;
}

#sidebar ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 20px 0px 16px 9px;
}


#sidebar ul li {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	background-image: url(images/dotted-arrow.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 0px 4px;
	padding:0px 20px 7px 22px;

}
#sidebar ul li a {
	font-size:13px;
	line-height:18px;
}

#sidebar ul li a:hover {
	color: #2F76B8;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#sidebar ul li ul li {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 6px 0px 0px 10px;
}


.follow-icon{
	width:28px;
	height:28px;
	margin:5px 2px;
	background: url(images/follow-icons.png) no-repeat;
}

.follow-icon.facebook{
	background-position: 0px 0px;
}
.follow-icon.youtube{
	background-position: 0px -28px;
}

.follow-icon.twitter{
	background-position: 0px -55px;
	height:27px;
}
.follow-icon.rss{
	background-position: 0px -83px;
}

#bottom_links_box a{
	padding:5px;
	background-color:#1F53A6;
	color: #E2F3FD;
}

.image_navigation{
	width:300px;
	height:20px;
}
.image_navigation img{
	width:20px;
	height:20px;
}
.alignleft{
	float:left;
}
.alignright{
	float:right;
}


#footer { 
	width: 920px;
	margin:20px auto;
	color: #718cab;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-style: italic;
	background: #003180;
	padding: 20px 20px 10px 20px;
	text-align: left;
	clear: both;
}
#footer #copyright{
	border-top: 1px solid #fff;
	padding-top:7px;
}
#footer #copyright a {
	color: #718cab;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#footer a:hover {
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
}