/*

Theme Name: Ben Lange for United States Congress

Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/

Description: Ben Lange for United States Congress.

Version: 1.0

Author: Fusion Forward

Author URI: http://www.fusionforward.com/

Tags: blue, custom flash header, fixed width, widgets

*/



/* Begin Typography & Colors */

body {

	/*font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;*/

font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;

	font-size:.85em;

	line-height:1.2em;

}

input, select {

	vertical-align:middle;

}

small {

	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;

	font-size: 0.8em;

}

#sidebar h2 {

	font-size: 1.5em;

}

#sidebar h2, #wp-calendar caption, cite {

	text-decoration: none;

}

.entry p a:visited {

	color: #b85b5a;

}

.sticky {

	background: #f7f7f7;

	padding: 0 10px 10px;

}

.sticky h2 {

	padding-top: 10px;

}

.commentlist li, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {

	font: 0.9em Arial, Sans-Serif;

}

.commentlist li ul li {

	font-size: 1em;

}

.commentlist li {

	font-weight: bold;

}

.commentlist li .avatar {

	float: right;

	border: 1px solid #eee;

	padding: 2px;

	background: #fff;

}

.commentlist cite, .commentlist cite a {

	font-weight: bold;

	font-style: normal;

	font-size: 1.1em;

}

.commentlist p {

	font-weight: normal;

	text-transform: none;

}

#commentform p {

	font-family: Arial, Sans-Serif;

}

.commentmetadata {

	font-weight: normal;

}

#sidebar {

	font: 1em;

}

small, #sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li, .nocomments, .postmetadata, blockquote, strike {

	color: #333;

}

code {

	font: 1.1em 'Courier New', Courier, Fixed;

}

acronym, abbr, span.caps {

	font-size: 0.9em;

	letter-spacing: .07em;

}

a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {

	color: #06c;

	text-decoration: none;

}

a:hover {

	color: #147;

	text-decoration: underline;

}

#wp-calendar #prev a, #wp-calendar #next a {

	font-size: 9pt;

}

#wp-calendar a {

	text-decoration: none;

}

#wp-calendar caption {

	font: bold 1.3em Arial, Sans-Serif;

	text-align: center;

}

#wp-calendar th {

	font-style: normal;

	text-transform: capitalize;

}

/* End Typography & Colors */





/* Begin Structure */



.post {



	margin: 0 0 40px;

	text-align: left;

}

.post hr {

	display: block;

}

.postmetadata {

	clear: both;

}

.clear {

	clear: both;

}

/* End Structure */





/*	Begin Headers */

h2 {

	margin: 30px 0 0;

}

h2.pagetitle {

	margin-top: 30px;

	text-align: center;

}

#sidebar h2 {

	margin: 5px 0 0;

	padding: 0;

}

h3 {

	padding: 0;

	margin: 30px 0 0;

}

h3.comments {

	padding: 0;

	margin: 40px auto 20px;

}

/* End Headers */





/* Begin Images */

p img {

	padding: 0;

	max-width: 100%;

}



/*	Using 'class="alignright"' on an image will (who would've

	thought?!) align the image to the right. And using 'class="centered',

	will of course center the image. This is much better than using

	align="center", being much more futureproof (and valid) */



img.centered {

	display: block;

	margin-left: auto;

	margin-right: auto;

}

img.alignright {

	padding: 4px;

	margin: 0 0 2px 7px;

	display: inline;

}

img.alignleft {

	padding: 4px;

	margin: 0 7px 2px 0;

	display: inline;

}

.alignright {

	float: right;

}

.alignleft {

	float: left;

}

/* End Images */





/* Begin Lists



	Special stylized non-IE bullets



	Do not work in Internet Explorer, which merely default to normal bullets. */



html>body .entry ul {

	margin-left: 0px;

	padding: 0 0 0 30px;

	list-style: none;

	padding-left: 10px;

	text-indent: -10px;

}

html>body .entry li {

	margin: 7px 0 8px 10px;

}

.entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul ul li:before {

/*content: "\00BB \0020";*/



}

.entry ol {

	padding: 0 0 0 35px;

	margin: 0;

}

.entry ol li {

	margin: 0;

	padding: 0;

}

.postmetadata ul, .postmetadata li {

	display: inline;

	list-style-type: none;

	list-style-image: none;

}

#sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol {

	margin: 0;

	padding: 0;

}

#sidebar ul li {

	margin-bottom: 15px;

}

#sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {

	margin: 5px 0 8px;

}

#sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {

	margin: 5px 0 0 10px;

}

#sidebar ul ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {

	margin: 0 0 0 10px;

}

ol li, #sidebar ul ol li {

	list-style: decimal outside;

}

#sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {

	margin: 3px 0 0;

	padding: 0;

}

/* End Entry Lists */





/* Begin Form Elements */

#searchform {

	margin: 10px auto;

	padding: 5px 3px;

}

.box #searchform {

	text-align:center;

}

#sidebar #searchform #s {

	width: 108px;

	padding: 2px;

}

#sidebar #searchsubmit {

	padding: 1px;

}

select {

	width: 130px;

}

#commentform input {

	width: 170px;

	padding: 2px;

	margin: 5px 5px 1px 0;

}

#commentform {

	margin: 5px 10px 0 0;

}

#commentform textarea {

	width: 100%;

	padding: 2px;

}

#respond:after {

	content: ".";

	display: block;

	height: 0;

	clear: both;

	visibility: hidden;

}

#commentform #submit {

	margin: 0 0 5px auto;

	float: right;

}

/* End Form Elements */





/* Begin Comments*/

.alt {

	margin: 0;

	padding: 10px;

}

.commentlist {

	padding: 0;

	text-align: left;

}

.commentlist li {

	margin: 15px 0 10px;

	padding: 5px 5px 10px 10px;

	list-style: none;

}

.commentlist li ul li {

	margin-right: -5px;

	margin-left: 10px;

}

.commentlist p {

	margin: 10px 5px 10px 0;

}

.children {

	padding: 0;

}

#commentform p {

	margin: 5px 0;

}

.nocomments {

	text-align: center;

	margin: 0;

	padding: 0;

}

.commentmetadata {

	margin: 0;

	display: block;

}

/* End Comments */





/* Begin Sidebar */

#sidebar {

	padding: 5px 0 10px 0;

}

#sidebar form {

	margin: 0;

}

/* End Sidebar */



/* Begin Calendar */

#wp-calendar {

	empty-cells: show;

	margin: 10px auto 0;

	width: 155px;

}

#wp-calendar #next a {

	padding-right: 10px;

	text-align: right;

}

#wp-calendar #prev a {

	padding-left: 10px;

	text-align: left;

}

#wp-calendar a {

	display: block;

}

#wp-calendar caption {

	text-align: center;

	width: 100%;

}

#wp-calendar td {

	padding: 3px 0;

	text-align: center;

}

#wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn't work in IE */

	background-color: #fff;

}

/* End Calendar */





/* Begin Various Tags & Classes */

acronym, abbr, span.caps {

	cursor: help;

}

acronym, abbr {

	border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;

}

blockquote {

	margin: 15px 30px 0 10px;

	padding-left: 20px;

	border-left: 5px solid #ddd;

}

blockquote cite {

	margin: 5px 0 0;

	display: block;

}

.center {

	text-align: center;

}

.hidden {

	display: none;

}

.screen-reader-text {

	position: absolute;

	left: -1000em;

}

hr {

	display: none;

}

a img {

	border: none;

}

.navigation {

	display: block;

	text-align: center;

	margin-top: 10px;

	margin-bottom: 10px;

}

/* End Various Tags & Classes*/





/* Captions */

.aligncenter, div.aligncenter {

	display: block;

	margin-left: auto;

	margin-right: auto;

}

.wp-caption {

	border: 1px solid #ddd;

	text-align: center;

	background-color: #f3f3f3;

	padding-top: 4px;

	margin: 10px;

	-moz-border-radius: 3px;

	-khtml-border-radius: 3px;

	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;

	border-radius: 3px;

}

.wp-caption img {

	margin: 0;

	padding: 0;

	border: 0 none;

}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {

	font-size: 11px;

	line-height: 17px;

	padding: 0 4px 5px;

	margin: 0;

}

/* End captions */



* {

	margin:0;

	padding:0;

	font-size:100%;

}

body {

	background: #122752;

	text-align:center;

}

img {

	vertical-align:top;

}

a img {

	border:0;

}

ul {

	list-style:none;

}

.left {

	float:left;

}

.right {

	float:right;

}

.clear {

	clear:both;

}

input, textarea {

	background-color:#f5f5f5;

	border:1px solid #999;

}

input, select {

	vertical-align:middle;

	font-weight:normal;

}

a {

	color:#3666c9;

}

a:hover {

	text-decoration:none;

}

p {

	padding:5px 0 5px 0;

}

#page p {

	padding-top:12px;

	line-height:120%;

}

#page .entry p {

	line-height:170%;

}

table {

	border-collapse:collapse;

}

td {

	border:1px dotted #fff;

}

img.border1 {

	padding:4px;

	border:1px solid #c2c2c2;

	background-color:#fff;

}

/* ============================= main layout ====================== */



#main {

	width:980px;

	margin:0 auto;

	text-align:left;

}

.column-1, .column-2, .column-3, .col-1, .col-2, .col-3 {

	float:left;

}

.container {

	width:100%;

	overflow:hidden;

	clear:both;

}

.container2 {

	width:100%;

}

.top-tail {

	background:url(images/body-bg-08272010.png) top repeat-y rgb(0,21,41);

	/*background:url(images/body-bg.png) top repeat-x #5661db;*/

}

.bottom-tail {

	background:url(images/bottom-tail.png) bottom repeat-x;
	padding-bottom: 15px;

}

div.box h1 {

	color:#c4081c;

	font-size:2.25em;

	line-height:100%;

	font-weight:normal;

	margin-bottom:5px;

	margin-top:10px;

}

div.box h2 {

	color:#c4081c;

	font-size:2em;

	line-height:100%;

	font-weight:normal;

	margin-bottom:5px;

	margin-top:20px;

}

div.box h3 {

	color:#c4081c;

	font-size:1.75em;

	line-height:100%;

	font-weight:normal;

	margin-bottom:5px;

	margin-top:20px;

}

div.box h4 {

	color:#c4081c;

	font-size:1.25em;

	line-height:100%;

	font-weight:normal;

	margin-bottom:20px;

}

div.box h5, h6 {

	color:#c4081c;

	line-height:100%;

}

h2 {

	color:#fff;

	font-size:2em;

	line-height:100%;

	font-weight:normal;

	margin-bottom:5px;

	margin-top:12px;

}

h3 {

	color:#fff;

	font-size:1.75em;

	line-height:100%;

	font-weight:normal;

	margin-bottom:30px;

}

h4 {

	color:#1f4086;

	font-size:1.25em;

	line-height:100%;

	font-weight:normal;

	margin-bottom:20px;

}

h5, h6 {

	color:#c4081c;

	line-height:100%;

}

.link {

	background:url(images/link2-bg.gif) no-repeat 0 0;

	padding-left:21px;

	font-weight:bold;

	color:#ebbb22;

	display:block;

	float:right;

	margin:24px 0 0 0;

}

.box .link {

	background:url(images/link-bg.gif) no-repeat 0 0;

	color:#3666c9;

}

.link2 {

	font-weight:bold;

	color:#c4081c;

}

.link3 {

	color:#7c7c7c;

	text-decoration:none;

}

.link3:hover {

	text-decoration:underline;

}

li {

/*background:url(images/list-bg2.gif) no-repeat 0 0;



	padding-left:26px;*/



}

li a {

	color:#fff;

	text-decoration:none;

}

li a:hover {

	text-decoration:underline;

}

.box li {

/*background:url(images/list-bg.gif) no-repeat 0 7px;



	padding-left:15px;*/



}

.box li a {

	color:#3666c9;

	text-decoration:none;

}

.box li a:hover {

	text-decoration:underline;

}

.imgindent {

	margin:0 11px 0 0;

	float:left;

}

/* ============================= header ====================== */







#header {
	height:223px;
	overflow:hidden;
	background:url(images/menu-corner-bg.png) 945px 155px no-repeat;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-align:center;
}

#upper-wrapper {

	background:transparent url(images/upper-bg-03252010.png) top repeat-x;
	/*font-size:12px;*/

}

#upper {

	width:940px;

	margin:0 auto;

	text-align:left;

	height:33px;

	overflow:hidden;

	padding:10px 25px 0 23px;

}

#upper-left {

	float:left;

	width:460px;

	text-align:left;

}

#upper-right {

	float:right;

	width:460px;

	text-align:right;

}

form#searchform {

	margin:0;

	padding:0;

	text-align:right;

}

#searchsubmit {
	background-color:#EFEFEF;
	cursor:pointer;
}

#menu-wrapper {

	height:68px;

	width:940px;

	margin: 0 auto;

	background:transparent url(images/menu-bg.png) no-repeat;

	text-align:left;

}



#menu {

	text-align:center;

}

#menu ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}


#menu li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 ;
	display:inline;
	color:#FFF;
}



#menu a, #menu a:visited, #menu a:hover {

	font-size: 16px;

	line-height: 16px;

	font-weight:bold;

	color:#333;

	text-shadow:#ccc 1px 1px;

	text-transform: uppercase;

	text-decoration: none;

	display:inline-block;

	padding: 26px 31px;

	background:transparent url(images/menu-divider.png) right no-repeat;

}

#menu a:hover {

	background:rgba(0,0,0,.1) url(images/menu-divider.png) right no-repeat;

}

#menu .page-item-471 a {
	background:transparent;
}

#menu .page-item-471 a:hover {
	background:rgba(0,0,0,.1);
}


#menu .home-button a {

	padding: 18px;

}



#menu .home-button img {

	vertical-align:middle;

}



/* ============================= content ====================== */







#content {

	padding:0 20px 0 20px;

}

.box {

	color:333;

}

.box strong {

	color:#3666c9;

}

.box .top-row {

	background:#fff;

	padding-top:10px;

	border-top:1px solid #d5d5d0;

}

.box .corner-bottom-left {

	background:url(images/box-left-bg.gif) top left no-repeat;

	width:10px;

	height:11px;

	margin-right:-10px;

	position:relative;

	float:left;

}

.box .bot-tail {

	width:100%;

	float:left;

	font-size:1px;

}

.box .bot-tail .indent {

	margin:0 10px 0 10px;

	background:#fff;

	height:11px;

	padding:0;

}

.box .corner-bottom-right {

	background:url(images/box-right-bg.gif) top left no-repeat;

	width:10px;

	height:11px;

	margin-left:-10px;

	position:relative;

	float:left;

}

.line-hor {

	border-bottom:1px solid #c70820;

	padding:0 0 20px 0;

	margin-bottom:20px;

}

.box .line-hor {

	border-top:1px solid #e2e2dd;

	border-bottom:none;

	padding:15px 0 16px 0;

	margin:0;

}

.extra1 {

	border-top:1px solid #e2e2dd;

	padding:15px 0 0 0;

}

.extra1 .link {

	margin:0;

}

.extra-link {

	font-weight:bold;

	color:#c4081c;

	text-decoration:none;

}

.extra-link:hover {

	text-decoration:underline;

}

.extra2 {

}

.mark1 {

	background:url(images/mark1.gif) no-repeat 0 0;

	padding-left:25px;

}

.indent {

	padding:20px 0 8px 0;

}

.indent4 {

	padding:0 60px 0 17px;

}

.indent1 {

	padding:0 40px 0 17px;

}

.indent2 {

	padding-bottom:18px;

}

.indent3 {

	padding-top:13px;

}

.indent5 {

	padding-top:8px;

}

.indent6 {

	padding-bottom:8px;

}

.margin0 {

	margin-top:0;

}

.margin1 {

	margin-top:20px;

}

.margin2 {

	margin-top:10px;

}

.margin3 {

	margin-top:50px;

}

.padding1 {

	padding-top:28px;

}

.padding2 {

	padding-top:15px;

}

.padding3 {

	padding-top:24px;

}

.padding4 {

	padding-top:10px;

}

.padding5 {

	padding-top:42px;

}

.phone {

	float:right;

}

.table {

	font-family:trebuchet MS;

}

.table .first-line {

	font-size:1.273em;

	font-family:tahoma;

	font-weight:bold;

}

.name {

	padding:1px 10px 2px 20px;

	width:122px;

}

.name2 {

	padding:1px 10px 2px 25px;

	width:105px;

}

.rating {

	width:83px;

	text-align:center;

	padding:1px 0 2px 0;

}

.first-line .name {

	padding:3px 10px 8px 20px;

}

/* ============================= footer ====================== */











#footer {

	/*height:39px;*/

	padding:30px 28px 0 28px;

	color:#fff;

}

#footer a {

	color:#FFF;

}

#footer a:hover {

	text-decoration:underline;

}

#footer-left {

	float:left;

	width:770px;

	text-align:left;

}

#footer-right {

	float: right;

	width: 150px;

	text-align: right;

}

/* ============================= forms ============================= */



/*

textarea {

	width:429px;

	height:145px;

	border:1px solid #7d7d7d;

	background:none;

	padding:0 0 0 5px;

	overflow:auto;

	font-size:1em;

	color:#333;

}

*/



/* ============================= page ===========================*/







#page .line {

	background:url(images/line3.gif) repeat-y 449px 0;

}

#page .box .line {

	background:url(images/box-line.gif) repeat-y 674px 0;

}

#page .box .col-1 {

	width:629px;

}

#page .box .col-2 {

	width:240px;

}

#page .col-1 {

	width:398px;

}

#page .col-2 {

	width:437px;

}

/* ============================= other ===========================*/







.addthis_container {

	margin-top:15px;

}

#sidebar li {

	background:none;

	padding-left:0;

}

.form-submit {

	padding:5px;

	font-size:120%;

	background-color:red;

	cursor:pointer;

	font-weight:bold;

	color:white;

}

#sidebar h2 a {

	font-weight: normal;

	text-decoration:none;

	color:#c4081c;

}

#sidebar ul ul li {

	list-style: none;

	list-style-image:url(images/star-flag-bullet-small.png);

	margin-left: 20px;

}

#disclaimer {

	margin: 15px auto 0 auto;

	width: 400px;

	text-align:center;

	border:2px solid #990000;

	background-color: #efefef;

	padding-bottom: 3px;

}



a,span {

 white-space: normal;

 white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  /* Mozilla, since 1999 */

 white-space: -pre-wrap;      /* Opera 4-6 */

 white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    /* Opera 7 */

 word-wrap: break-word;       /* Internet Explorer 5.5+ */

 -ms-word-wrap: break-word;

}



span.wpcf7-list-item { display:block;}



#latest-videos {
	color: #fff;
}
#latest-news{
	color:none;
}
#latest-news a{
	color:none;
}
#latest-videos a{
	color:#3CF;
}
#latest-news li{
	list-style-image:url(images/star-flag-bullet.png);
	margin-left:30px;
}
#latest-news .post-date {
	font-size:10px;
	color:#aaa;
}
#latest-videos .post-date {
	font-size:10px;
	color:#efefef;
}
#latest-news li p{
	margin:0;
	padding:0px 0 10px 10px;
	font-size:11px;
}
#latest-news li.latest-news-item, #latest-videos li.latest-videos-item {
	margin-bottom:15px;
}

#latest-videos .latest-videos-thumb{
	float:left;
	margin-right:10px;
}
#twitterList-benlangeia-latest-tweets{
	color:#fff;
}
#twitterList-benlangeia-latest-tweets a{
	color:#3CF;
}
#twitterList-benlangeia-latest-tweets li{
	list-style-image:url(images/star-flag-bullet.png);
	margin-left:30px;
}
#twitterList-benlangeia-latest-tweets .post-date {
	font-size:10px;
	color:#efefef;
}