Remember, we’ll have live election results for you here at TPM tonight, the last major set of primaries of the 2010 cycle. The first polls close at 7 PM in New Hampshire. There are three races I’m going to be watching closely: two of which could matter a lot in November, the one probably won’t but is just fun anyway.

See the three races I’ll be watching after the jump … Read More

Senate Republicans coming together over plan to extend all tax cuts for two years.

It goes without saying that this kicks the can down the road to a point when Republicans might be in a position to make the cuts permanent.

Pelosi to take temperature of House Dems see if they’re willing to hold a vote on Obama Plan tax cuts before the election. Caucus meeting tonight.

Senior aide tells TPM: “Tonight is a temperature-taking. We’d like to see a vote.”

Sen. Reid says he expects a vote on tax cuts in the next three weeks. On which plan? He’s not so sure about that. Maybe Obama Plan. Maybe not.

Reid says he personally supports the Obama Plan.

Now House Dems changing tune on pressing hold to Obama Plan tax cut vote pre-election?

Brian Beutler reports in that Harry Reid expects to hold a Senate vote on extending the Bush tax cuts within the next three weeks.

The guy who tried (and failed via skateboarder) to burn a Koran over the weekend down in Amarillo and runs a group dedicated to detering “promiscuity, homosexuality and non-Christian worship practices through confrontation and prayer” has a day job guarding plutonium at local nuclear weapons production facility.

John Boehner is not the only Republican congressman who has conceded he’d vote for a bill extending the Bush tax cuts only for the middle class. Meet Rep. David Camp (R-MI), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Two months ago, Camp said almost exactly the same thing.

A furious 36 hours for Republicans trying to undo John Boehner’s Sunday morning gaffe on tax cuts. Have they put the genie back in the bottle? Have Democrats missed their chance? Christina Bellantoni walks us through the GOP’s scrambly 36 hours of damage control.

So where are we?

Since yesterday, House Democrats went from saying they wouldn’t force a vote on extending the tax cuts on incomes under $250,000. Then they said, well, maybe we will. Get back to us in a while. Read More