John McCain has been declaring that Washington is broken since at least 1989 (he’s been in Congress since 1983). Jon Stewart has the video take-down. Pay special attention to the evolving eyeglass styles.
We first heard that someone was sending out absentee ballots to Illinois Dems with key, but subtle, errors contained in them. The sort that would likely lead to those ballots getting tossed in a close race. It looked like it might be part of a dirty tricks campaign.
Alas, no. The Dems just sent out tons of error-riddled absentee ballot applications.
We’re under a week to go and we’ve just updated our numbers. So take a look at our snapshot of where the key races stand one week out. We’ve put together a slide show of the trend graphs, as of today, of all the key races. Take a look.
If you want to dig into the numbers yourself rather than take the guided tour, use the interactive map at TPMPolltracker to find any race in the country you want.
Fox News keeps lecturing President Obama today on civil rights history after he used term “back of the bus.” tells Republicans they “gotta sit in back.”
Feds indict Virginia man for allegedly plotting to launch bomb attacks on the DC Metro transit system in suburban Northern Virginia. The people he is charged with plotting with were federal agents.
Late Update: From the Washington Post:
The investigation is focused on a naturalized U.S. citizen, originally from Pakistan, who became the target of an undercover sting operation, the sources said. An administration official said the man drew the attention of law enforcement officials by seeking to obtain unspecified materials. The planned attack was not imminent, the sources said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the matter remains under investigation.
After being treated for an infection related to post-breast cancer reconstructive surgery, Carly Fiorina has been greenlighted to return to the campaign trial tomorrow.
The overwhelming majority of TPM readers are pro-sanity, so I imagine quite a few of you will be coming to DC this weekend for the “Rally To Restore Sanity.” We have fewer pro-fear readers, but the “March To Keep Fear Alive” will be a draw, too.
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New video taken immediately before the Kentucky stomping incident Monday night conclusively shows that the assaulted protester had it coming. The big reveal: She was protesting.
This is a pretty telling and (for me) depressing poll out from CNN on the PA Senate race. Pat Toomey is 4 points up over Joe Sestak (roughly in line with other polls) by 49% to 45%. That’s likely voters. Among registered voters it’s 47% to 43% in Sestak’s favor. A pretty big spread. But it gets better. That’s 4 points better than Sestak did in the previous poll, among registered voters, even though he stayed the same with likely voters.
In other words, Sestak is catching fire with people who are too languid and unmotivated to turn out and vote.
Rock on.
Even a bigger bummer? This chart.