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"There was a woman in Iowa who shared her story of financial struggles, and [Romney] gave her an answer right out of an economic textbook. He said, "Our productivity equals our income." And the notion was that somehow the reason people can’t pay their bills is because they’re not working hard enough. If they got more productive, suddenly their incomes would go up. Well, those of us who’ve spent time in the real world -- (laughter) -- know that the problem isn’t that the American people aren’t productive enough -- you’ve been working harder than ever. The challenge we face right now, and the challenge we’ve faced for over a decade, is that harder work has not led to higher incomes, and bigger profits at the top haven’t led to better jobs."

Wisconsin goes back to the blue side. Pennsylvania stays blue. Vermont stays dark dark blue. Arizona stays red, albeit light red.

Florida moves into the Lean Romney camp, while Pennsylvania stays in the Lean Obama camp. North Carolina stays as a toss up state, despite the number of Romney ads Jason is seeing in North Carolina right now.

Alternative title: Wow, this Jonathan Moseley guy really sounds like a creepy obsessive stalking guy.... but that is if I only believe Christine O'Donnell's side of the story and what the hell I am doing believing Christine O'Donnell's side of the story?

This is my first one in a long time. I'll get better as the campaign progresses.

A new poll out of Texas keeps the state colored light red, as in Lean Romney. It shouldn't be as surprising as you think it is. Further along in this post, we will discuss Texas' future as a swing state (yes, it is coming). But not this year, as Texas will be won by Romney, no doubt about that.

In case you can't watch the video, this is President Obama responding to a reporter's question at yesterday's NATO summit about why at criticism of Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital is relevant to the 2012 campaign. Click inside to read what he has to say.

Christine O'Donnell is in a Delaware courtroom today for a civil suit involving an alleged debt that she and/or her campaign owes Attorney Jonathan Moseley, a former supporter and campaign worker of hers, who used to comment here quite regularly. O'Donnell, who will testify along with her treasurer and ex-campaign manager Matt Moran, calls Moseley's efforts "rogue by a needy person who wants to feel relevant."

When the year began, we were all hoping for one credible candidate to take out New Castle County Executive Paul Clark in the Democratic primary. We had two not well known and definitely underfunded candidates file, and then had one drop out, leaving Bill Shahan as Clark's opposition. Bill is a nice guy, and a good Democrat, but he has not been blowing the doors off this race so far. So guess who sensed an opportunity. Convicted criminal Tom Gordon, whose last stint at County Executive ended up in a corruption trial and a conviction. After weeks of rumors and one obvious poll, Tom Gordon has filed candidacy papers with the Department of Elections today.

Looks like my friend Booman saw the same Josh Green column that I did, and he concludes that the alternate universe would be even rosier than Josh Green predicts.