Wisconsin's having our recalls and the thing that sucks is that there's almost literally nothing to report right now. Turnout seems to be high and that's about the size of it. I'll have more when I know more and will share it here.
A new CNN poll finds the Republican Party taking a nosedive. Only 33% approve of the party, down eight from 41% last month. Democrats are up a bit by two at 47% and the public is evenly divided on them with 47% disapproving. Most interestingly, only 41% believe that their personal House member should be reelected -- the first time in CNN's polling history that number has fallen below 50%. Bad news for the party that holds the majority in that chamber. And, as always, people are more convinced that everyone else's rep is the big problem; "the poll indicates only a quarter of the public says most members of Congress deserve to be reelected." This is one big reason why even crappy incumbents get reelected.
In somewhat related news, Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess thinks we ought to impeach Obama. The "High Crime and Misdemeanor" Burgess believes the President is guilty of? "Pushing his agenda." Way to ride that wave of GOP popularity into 2012, guys. Keep up the good work.
A plane buzzed S&P HQ today with a banner that read, "Thanks for the downgrade, you should all be fired." I would've just went with "YOU SUCK!" because it's important to be concise.
A very excellent take on the London riots. Today's must-read.
Shelly Bachmann is way too into institutional slavery.
The Dow is back up to 430 -- still way short of making up for lost ground.
Finally, I've been dying to write this headline for a while now: "Obama says it's gloves off with Mittens." Man, that was fun.
