A new poll shows that 45% of voters say they’re less likely to vote for Mitt Romney because of his tie to Donald Trump. 9% says they’re more likely.

Florida AG Pam Bondi says she’ll “keep fighting” to purge the state’s voter rolls.

As usual, we’ll be here bringing you live election results tonight from across the country. Of course, the marquee contest is the gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin. Join us.

Romney says he would have saved Detroit after all. Read More

This chart — which you should really take a look at — shows that President Obama has overseen the biggest drop of government spending in half a century when you put together government spending at all levels. And that rebuts wild Republican claims that the President has pushed through a massive binge of spending. And yet, is this a good thing? Dramatic drop offs in government spending during a massive contraction is actually a really bad thing — at least if growth or lowering unemployment is one of your goals.

Definitely give this piece a look.

Donald Trump says the word ‘birther’ is derogatory and offensive to people in the “place of birth movement.”

The Barrett campaign went out last night with a warning that some unidentified group was doing robocalls telling voters that they didn’t need to vote if they’d already signed the recall petition.

Democratic challenger Barrett says Dems were outspent “six to seven to one, maybe as high as ten to one” but still expresses confidence that new voters at the polls will lead him to victory tonight.

Remember a year ago plus and those massive protests at the state Capitol in Wisconsin? The runaway state legislators? The phony budget numbers and all the rest? It all comes down to today’s Recall election that the once deeply unpopular Gov. Walker is favored to win. Can Dems pull it out with heroic efforts on the ground in the state today? Here’s our report.

The results of a Public Policy Polling survey to be released later today will show a “big shift” against Minnesota’s upcoming ballot initiative banning same sex marriage. This follows on the heels of similar shift of opinion in Maryland, where voters will decide in November whether to uphold the state’s recent legalization of same sex marriage.

So why the sudden change?

There’s a long way to go until November, but it certainly seems that the president’s support of same sex marriage is proving to be a very big deal.