Tucker Carlson Is An Embarrassment

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"All that Carlson did is clip it to get an "angry black man" in the minds of Americans. It's at once one of the most desperate and lame and vile plays of the race card I can remember - an obvious recognition that the 47 percent tape can only really be countered emotionally with race-baiting. [...] Carlson used to be a brilliant writer. He's now a racist demagogue. He's a story in one person of how degenerate and disgusting much of American "conservatism" has become." This is all they've got left, folks.  Expect more of this: Breaking News!  Obama is an angry black man! I had actually hoped we'd moved beyond this crap.  Silly me.

More Delaware GOP FAIL

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The hapless Delaware GOP has decided to show the world just how toothless they currently are by deciding to try to gin up some pressure on Governor Jack Markell to not take a job that he doesn't have an offer for yet. Seriously -- this is what they want to talk about *today*. Remember, Politico posted up their highly speculative article, guessing that Gov. Markell would be selected for Secretary of Education in President Obama's second term on September 14 (and Delaware Dem wrote about it the same day). 19 days later, GOP Chair Siglar and Gov. candidate Jeff Cragg are haplessly demanding that Governor Markell pledge to serve out his full term. More weak sauce from the Delaware GOP.

The Polling Report [10.3.12] — Dominique is no longer laughing Edition

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Our resident racist Sarah Palin fan laughed at the notion that President Obama could be winning 350 electoral votes yesterday. Well, new polling released yesterday puts the President within 3 votes of that benchmark, and there is more bad news for her and her illiterate bigoted ilk: Romney is losing support in red states. New Polls out of Missouri and Louisiana show tightening races in those states. Here is our new map today:

The Polling Report [10.2.12]

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Andrew Sullivan:
Romney, by the way, has had a bounce back on Intrade, up from around 21 percent chance to 26 percent. Nate Silver's now-cast has Romney with a 2.2 percent chance; and his forecast for November gives him a 14 percent chance. I didn't expect it to break this way - but it has, because of the arguments of both sides. Campaigns matter. The candidate matters. And the moment matters. It's an alchemy democracy; and it still holds the potential for surprise.
I did expect it to break this way. As did Booman, who is now seeing the beginnings of a blowout. Here is our map: