@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */




body { 
margin: 0px;
background: #ffffff url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/bg.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-x;


 }


 p {margin: 0; padding: 0 0 1em; } 

	#container {
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	width: 100%;
	
	
	
}




.leftflap {

	background: url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/flap_left.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: top right;


	
	
}



.rightflap {

	background: url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/flap_right.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;


	
	
}



.base {

	
width: 955px;
background: url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/base_bg.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
	
	
}


.sub_base {

	
width: 955px;
background: url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/subbase_bg.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
	
	
}

.bluetitle {
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #6a6a6a;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
}

.bluename {
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #1c6fb2;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	display: inline;
}

.greyname {
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #6a6a6a;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#column1 {
	float: left;
	width: 280px;
	padding-right: 27px;
	line-height: 1.7em;
}

#column2 {
	float: right;
	width: 290px;
	border-left: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
	padding-left: 25px;
	line-height: 1.7em;
}

#column3 {
	float: right;
	width: 190px;
	padding-left: 15px;
	line-height: 1.3em;
}

#orgtop{
	width: 630px;
	float: left;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #6a6a6a;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
	line-height: 1.8em;
}


#promo_signup {
float:left;
	background: url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/signup_bg.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width:247px;


	
	
}



#promo_twitter {
float:left;
	background: url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/twitter_bg.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width:247px;


	
	
}



#promo_twitter .text{

float:left;
padding: 55px 10px 0px 15px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:16px;
 line-height:20px;
	color:#ffffff;
	


}


#promo_twitter .time_text{

float:left;
padding: 8px 10px 0px 15px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-style:italic;
 font-size:11px;
 line-height:20px;
	color:#ffffff;
	


}


#promo_twitter .follow{

float:right;
padding: 8px 0px 0px 0px;
width:140px;
	


}





#spotlight {
float:left;
position: center top;
padding: 2px 0px 0px 13px;
width:675px;


	
}



#promo_home {
float:left;
position: center top;
padding: 4px 0px 0px 28px;



	
}






#promo_home .news{

float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:16px;
	color:#575757;
	width: 320px;


}




#promo_home .about{

float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#575757;
	width: 320px;


}


#promo_home .news_promo{

float: none;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:11px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#575757;
	background: url('/images/homedivider.jpg');
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: bottom;




}

#promo_home .news_headlines {
	
	
float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:11px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#575757;
	width: 320px;

	
	
	
	
}


#promo_home .fight{

float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#575757;
	width: 320px;


}





#nav {
float:left;
position: center top;
padding: 15px 0px 0px 11px;
width:675px;
	
}




#ident {
float:left;
position: center top;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
height:124px;
width:692px;
	
}



#sub_title{

float:left;
padding: 8px 15px 0px 22px;

	width:650px;


}


#sub_share{

float:left;
padding: 0px 15px 0px 22px;
height:55px;
	width:650px;


}

#sub_share2{

float:left;
padding: 0px 15px 0px 22px;
height:14px;
	width:650px;


}




#sub_text{

float:left;
padding: 0px 22px 0px 28px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:17px;
	color:#575757;
}

#sub_text2{
	float:left;
	margin: 0px 2px 0px 14px;
	background-image: url(/images/commentbluebg.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-color: #264879;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding: 15px;
	font-size: 13pt;
}



#sub_text_petition{
	float:left;
	margin: 0px 2px 0px 14px;
	background-image: url(/images/pledgebg.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-color: #062b60;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding: 15px;
	font-size: 13pt;
	width:650px;
}



#commentsborder {
	float: left;
	border: 1px solid #ffffff;
	padding: 15px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #ffffff;
	width: 611px;
}


#commentsborder2 {
	float: left;
	border: 1px solid #ffffff;
	padding: 10px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #ffffff;
	width: 611px;
}



#whitecommentbox {
	float: left;
	width: 562px;
	background-image: url(/images/whitecommentbox.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	height: 75px;
	margin-top: 15px;
	padding: 10px;
}

#commentbuttons {
	float: left;
	height: 23px;
	padding-top: 15px;
	width: 562px;
	padding-bottom: 40px;
	line-height: 1em;
}

#confirmbox {
	float: left;
	width: 562px;
	padding-top: 20px;
	line-height: 2em;
}


#conventionbox {
	float: left;
	width: 600px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	line-height: 2em;
}

.emailem {
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #ffffff;
	display: inline;
	font-style: italic;
}



#sub_text .title{

float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 7px 0px;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size:20px;
 line-height:22px;
	color:#174872;
	width:630px;
	


}


#commentlist {
	float: left;
	margin: 0px 2px 0px 7px;
	color: #474646;
	font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding: 15px;
	font-size: 12px;
}

.commentcontainer {
	float: left;
	width: 652px;
	padding-bottom: 25px;
	margin-top: 15px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #666666;
	margin-bottom: 25px;
}

.commentlistleft {
	width: 56px;
	float: left;
	padding-right: 10px;
}

.commentlistleft img {
	border: 5px solid #d1d1d1;
}

.commentlistright {
	width: 583px;
	float: right;
}

.commentlistrighttop {
	float: left;
	height: 10px;
	width: 583px;
	background-image: url(/images/lowercommentbox_top.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.commentlistrightmiddle {
	float: left;
	width: 553px;
	padding-left: 15px;
	padding-right: 15px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	background-image: url(/images/lowercommentbox_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

.commentlistrightbottom {
	float: left;
	width: 583px;
	height: 21px;
	background-image: url(/images/lowercommentbox_bottom.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.commentname {
	width: 435px;
	float: left;
	padding-left: 150px;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #474646;
}

.commentname a:link {
	color: #174676;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.commentname a:visited {
	color: #174676;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.commentname a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #174676;
}

textarea {
	resize: none;
}
	
	

#sub_text .sub_title{

float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 7px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:14px;
 font-weight:bold;
 line-height:17px;
	color:#174872;
	width:630px;
	


}



#date{

float:none;
padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:11px;
	color:#575757;
	


}


#date_extended{

float:none;
padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:11px;
	color:#575757;
	


}



#sub_nav {

float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
width:247px;
	height: 30px;
	background: url('http://www.bernsteinformichigan.com/images/subnav_bg.gif');
background-repeat: no-repeat;


}


#sub_nav .text {
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size:11px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#575757;
	width: 227px;	
	
}




form { margin:0px; padding:0px;}


form .signup_promo_text {
	
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:12px;
 font-weight:bold;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#ffffff;
	
}

form .signup_formfield {
	
	background: #ffffff;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:12px;
 font-weight: bold;
color:#093152;
border: 1px solid #ffffff;

 
	
}





#tail{

float:left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:11px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#575757;
	


}


#disclaimer{

float:right;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:11px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#575757;
	border:1px solid #575757;
	


}



#masthead{

float:left;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#3981be;
	


}


#video_row{

float:left;
padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;
width:640px;
	


}



#video_row .topic {
	float:left;
	padding:0px 20px 0px 20px;
	width:265px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size:11px;
 line-height:15px;
	color:#ffffff;
	

	
	
}

#topic_list{

float:left;
width: 240px;
padding:8px 0px 0px 18px;
background: url('/images/arrow.jpg');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: left 10px;

}



#list{

float:left;
width: 600px;
padding:10px 0px 10px 18px;
background: url('/images/arrow.jpg');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: left 10px;

}








 a:link  { color: #2159a1  }
a:visited  { color: #2159a1 }
a:hover  { color: #ca940e }	
a:active  { color: #2159a1  }	



a.title:link  { color: #2159a1;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}
a.title:visited  { color: #2159a1;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}
a.title:hover  { color: #ca940e ;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}	
a.title:active  { color: #2159a1;   font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}	



a.title_big:link  { color: #2159a1;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:15px;text-decoration: none;}
a.title_big:visited  { color: #2159a1;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:15px;text-decoration: none;}
a.title_big:hover  { color: #ca940e ;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:15px;text-decoration: none;}	
a.title_big:active  { color: #2159a1;   font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:15px;text-decoration: none;}	




a.news_headline:link  { color: #2159a1;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}
a.news_headline:visited  { color: #2159a1;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}
a.news_headline:hover  { color: #ca940e ;  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}	
a.news_headline:active  { color: #2159a1;   font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size:13px;text-decoration: none;}


a.sub:link  { color: #2159a1;  text-decoration: none;}
a.sub:visited  { color: #2159a1;  text-decoration: none;}
a.sub:hover  { color: #ca940e ; text-decoration: none;}	
a.sub:active  { color: #2159a1;  text-decoration: none;}	


a.mast:link  { color: #3981be;  text-decoration: none;}
a.mast:visited  { color: #3981be;  text-decoration: none;}
a.mast:hover  { color: #174872}	
a.mast:active  { color: #3981be;  text-decoration: none;}	




 a.tail:link  { color: #2159a1;  text-decoration: none;}
a.tail:visited  { color: #2159a1;  text-decoration: none;}
a.tail:hover  { color: #ca940e ; text-decoration: none;}	
a.tail:active  { color: #2159a1;  text-decoration: none;}