Despite the postponement, the RNC now says it remains committed to having Andrew Breitbart headline its planned LA fundraiser.
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.
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.
Dick Wadhams, once called the heir to Karl Rove, hits a rough patch.
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.
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
Things are getting to a good place when prison guards are blowing away lawyers to steal their guns to stockpile said guns in preparation for the coming overthrow of the federal government.
The accused, Pennsylvania prison guard Raymond Peake, 64, says that he and Thomas Tuso have told authorities they are members of the organization that is going to overthrow the government. But he’s declined to provide its name.
Robert Reich on why we really, really, really shouldn’t be re-enacting the Bush tax cuts.
A few days ago, Charlie Cook, noted election watcher, pointed out that for two straight weeks the Gallup ‘congressional generic’ poll had moved clearly in the direction of the Dems, despite other pollsters still showing continued Republican strength. Blip or trend?
Now we know. At least for the moment. Gallup’s latest number came out this afternoon. And it’s gone right back into the Republican column — GOP up 48% to 43%.
Here’s the TPM Poll Average trend graph for the Congressional Generic …
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