The new Gallup numbers are out and they show almost every major GOP challenger essentially tying the president. Romney is actually ahead, 48-46, though well within the margin of error. And even Michele Bachmann is only trailing him by four points.

Here’s an image from the Libyan rebellion from July 13th, though I think I think there are some folks up in Wyoming and Idaho who have these things too.

Orrin Hatch (R) has been quaking in his boots over the possibility that Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R) would primary him in 2012. But that’s not going to happen.

Why? Good question. A Republican friend of mine on the Hill asked me what I thought. I said maybe he just figured he could get it without a fight in six years. To which he replied, “That is far too logical, rational, and methodical for someone like Chaffetz. You or I might think like that, but him? Put me in the “Stunned Speechless” camp for now….”

So who knows? I’m not as close to it as folks on the Hill. So maybe they know more.