We’re now 20 minutes out from polls closing in Wisconsin tonight. We’ll have the results live on our TPM Election Scoreboard.

Here are a few things to watch for. Read More

Reid picks his three members of the debt deal “super committee”.

Don’t forget: We’ll be bringing you live election returns tonight from the Wisconsin recall elections. Polls close at 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM local time.

The South Florida Tea Party has launched “Tea Party in Space” to break the stranglehold of NASA socialism.

The EPA has granted almost $3 million dollars to create a computer liver to replace the process of using rodents to simulate the effects of environmental toxins on mice.

Sounds like the state GOP in Wisconsin has the state’s text messaging buzzing today with campaign ads.

In today’s recalls, how high can turnout go?

As Congress fans out across this great nation to do townhalls in districts and home states, please remember to keep us posted on what you see and hear — whether you’re attending townhalls or simply seeing reports in the local press.

I just noticed this report of what John McCain had to deal with this week at a Tea Party-deluged townhall in Gilbert, Arizona.

There seem to have been two main topics of conversation: whether McCain would apologize for calling Tea Partiers hobbits and what he was going to do about the UN’s plans to take away their farms. Read More

Nebraska AG Jon Bruning (R), frontrunner to challenge Sen. Ben Nelson next year, compares welfare recipients to scavenging raccoons. Watch.

Democratic Party: Favorable 47%, Unfavorable 47%

Republican Party: Favorable 33%, Unfavorable 59%

The last poll before this one was from July 20th when the numbers were

Dem: Fav: 45%, Unfav 49%
GOP: Fav: 41%, Unfav 55%

The story here.