Public Policy Polling has some new data out that confirms or is at least related to the point I made a few days ago about terrible trends for the Democrats which Republicans, nevertheless, seem to be doing their level best to overcome. Read More

Rep. Eric Cantor, House Minority Whip, forced to admit that re-enacting the Bush Tax Cuts will, yes, make the deficit a whole lot bigger.

Dick Wadhams, once called the heir to Karl Rove, hits a rough patch.

Imagining how many “Dems in Disarray” stories you would be reading if intra-party divisions had cost Democrats their chances for Senate seats in Connecticut, Nevada, and Florida and for the governorship in Colorado.

The first poll is out and it looks clear that Tom Tancredo’s entry into the race pretty much dooms the GOP’s chances to pick up the Governor’s mansion in Colorado. Probable nominee Scott McInnis’s margin goes from -5 to -19 with Tancredo in the race.

Also check out this piece on how fun it is these days being the head of the Colorado GOP.

Despite the postponement, the RNC now says it remains committed to having Andrew Breitbart headline its planned LA fundraiser.

In our new era of concern for unsustainable national debt, our first objective must be to massively expand our annual budget deficits by re-enacting the Bush tax cuts, most of which were passed when we were still running a budget surplus.

Who could argue with that?

Late Update: As a related but distinct matter, I’m troubled and a bit surprised that the opponents of this folly are acquiescing in the idea that this is a ‘tax hike’. It’s not. The Bush tax cuts were for 10 years. Do nothing and they go back to what they were in 2001. At some level it’s all semantic: do nothing and taxes will be higher in 2012 than they would if you repassed the law. But semantics count. Or didn’t we get that already?

President Obama is gave a speech today to call people’s attention to the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, on schedule on August 31st.

Here’s one response already written in the comments section of the post by one of our most prolific TPM commenters ‘Destor‘:

But he did it, just like he said he would. So even though I think a 50,000 troop presence is 50,000 too many, I respect that it was part of his plan, that he informed the public about it and saw to it that he was able to keep his word despite the complexities involved. I’m happy about that and Obama’s competence and ability to do what he says is pretty impressive after 8 years of a blundering White House.

Last week we broke the news that the RNC’s Michael Steele was hosting an RNC fundraiser with Andrew Breitbart, just after Breitbart’s notorious video slam on Shirley Sherrod. Now the RNC has decided to ‘postpone‘ (or maybe just cancel?) the event.