The AP notes that President Obama is embracing ‘Obamacare’ on the campaign trail. And recent polls suggest why. Health Reform is more popular than it’s been in two years. And it’s been steadily getting more popular over the course of the summer.

Trend chart after the jump. Read More

Mid-summer has seen something of a lull in presidential polls. Still, we’re so inundated by horse race numbers of questionable import that it’s hard to resist looking for those less noted but perhaps revealing metrics buried deep in the polling data. Read More

For those of you keeping score at home, I wanted to flag that two of the high priests of the voter suppression game — John Fund and US Attorney Firing Scandal alum Hans Van Spakovsky — have a new book coming out on August 14th. Who’s Counting: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk. Read More

Defense industry leans on GOP to come off firm anti-tax position to avoid big defense cuts.

Wade Michael Page, the man accused of mass murder at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin on Sunday, was deep in the underground white supremacist music scene.

Our Nick Martin reports.

The Romney campaign is sticking to its gross mischaracterization of the Obama camp’s lawsuit over early voting in Ohio.

Off the campaign trail and back on Capitol Hill, there’s an important battle unfolding over the relationship between 501(c)(4) groups and super PACs, and the tax abuse senior Democrats say many are engaged in.

Postcards from the Red Planet.

We’ve arrived at the lunch meat taunt part of our quadrennial exercise in choosing a president.

TPM Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 319, Romney 191 as new polls nudge Colorado from Toss Up to Leans Obama.