The TPM Poll Average shows Romney slipping into a tiny lead over Rick Santorum in Michigan.

Colbert is back after his brief absence. Watch.

There’s so much storm, drama and fascination around the Paul Babeu story. And we still don’t know the answer to the one genuinely significant question in it: whether Babeu used the de facto powers of his office to intimidate an estranged ex-lover. Read More

It’s a radical Islamist environmentalist Day In 100 Seconds.

Newt Gingrich. Still on the trail. Still saying stuff like this.

Rick Santorum spokesperson Alice Stewart got tied up in knots on MSNBC a short time ago talking about President Obama’s “radical environmental policies” and instead referred to his “radical Islamic policies.” Watch.

David Koch on defending Gov. Scott Walker against recall: “We’ve gotten pretty good at this over the years. We’ve spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We’re going to spend more.”

I still have an axiom for the 2012 nomination process: Mitt will be the nominee.

As I’ve noted repeatedly now, it’s just too late for anyone else to get in, if for nothing else simply because of the filing deadlines. But the other factor I keep coming back to is this: when the Savior candidate comes in, Mitt just says “Okay, cool. I’m still ahead in delegates. I’ve got tons of money. I’m not sure what else I’ll do with my life at this point beside do this. But sure, I’m just going to step aside now and become the only mulligan nominee in modern history.”

Really? Read More

Big movement for Mitt in Michigan polling, and it’s largely come without him having to go harshly negative on Santorum — at least so far.

You can see the movement in the TPM Poll Average, where Santorum peaked in Michigan last Wednesday: Read More

Why birth control, transvaginal probes, and pre-natal testing has suddenly come to dominate Republican rhetoric.