LAST TICKET: Gentry Collins declares for RNC chair; Roland Burris eyes a political comeback

The Ticket

Blogging will be light over the next few days due to the Thanksgiving holiday. First Ticket and Last Ticket will return Monday. Meanwhile, here are the stories we took note of today, but didn't give the full blog treatment:

• Gentry Collins, who accused Michael Steele of mismanaging the Republican National Committee, is officially running for GOP chair. (ABC)

• Ex-Illinois Sen. Roland Burris may run for Chicago mayor. (CNN)

• Meanwhile, Rahm Emanuel's tenant declared his own run today. (Daily Intel)

• Elizabeth Wurtzel thinks Sarah Palin is a "riot grrrl." (The Atlantic)

• But an animal rights group is mad at Palin for clubbing fish on her reality show. (TMZ)

• Sixty-one percent of New Yorkers think Mayor Michael Bloomberg shouldn't run for president. (Quinnipiac)

• Is Joe Miller hurting his political future by challenging the Alaska Senate results? (The Atlantic)

• Mike Huckabee says the First Family should undergo a TSA pat down. (Ben Smith)

• David Brock, the man behind the new Democratic political group American Bridge, defends using undisclosed donors. (The Plum Line)

• Minnesota agreed to a recount in the state's still-undecided gubernatorial race. (Star Tribune)