Jon Stewart: “Arizona is the meth lab of democracy.” Watch.
Meet the GOP direct mail consultant behind that phony census mailer that has gotten the RNC in hot water with Congress. His name is Walter Lukens, and he says his company has sent out some 100 million of the mailers in the past decade — and isn’t planning to stop now.
How did the emerging swing state of the last decade turn into ground zero of the Crazy ™?
House Ethics Committee: We did a thorough investigation, honest!
Democrats in Congress are asking the postmaster general to investigate the RNC’s latest phony census mailer which we first reported on yesterday.
Obama hits the Midwest campaign trail today and tomorrow with stops in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
TPM’s Financial Reform Wire can’t be filibustered. We’re still tracking every last development in the legislative and political battle here.
Sen. Kerry (D-MA) says news of the death of the climate bill is greatly exaggerated.
Sen. Ben Nelson’s most prominent constituent (if you exclude Tom Osborne, of course) is billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who was opposed to provisions in the financial reform bill that would regulate existing derivative contracts. There was a move afoot to exempt those pre-existing derivatives from the bill’s reach, but it failed. That may explain why Nelson deserted his party and voted not to bring the bill to the floor for debate.