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And boy, was he a little peeved by that ad: Oh yes they do Glenn. But they sure wouldn't mind if you did. Would be fascinating to see how you would defend your czar policy when Nixon, Reagan, and the Bushies had it. Would be interesting.

Not bad At least it wasn't a happy go lucky ad. Wish they would say the word torture, but the fact they put McCain's soundbite from Sunday is pretty good in my mind.

Unprecedented And now, this: Both Josh Marshall and Greg Sargent on Monday and Tuesday respectively raised the point of where the pushback to the lobbyists founded, conservative driven, nut case hecklers at these health care town halls would come from, and when. TPM's publisher said this on August 3rd : We spent most of Monday reporting on these tea-bagging crowds going to Democratic health care town hall meetings to shout down the hosts and shut the events down. It's classic agitprop, very akin to the 'Brooks Brothers riot' down in Florida during the recount. But where's the other team? Folks can whine on endlessly about outfits like Freedom Works putting these rackets together. But if the president's plan has any public support they should be able to get supporters to these events too, right? Not to pull the Black Shirt routine but to provide some public demonstration that there's real public support for making reform a reality. If there is. So that's ...

(Click to enlarge the photo) From what Greg reports With some polls showing erosion in support for some Obama policies, Democrats tell me they’re going to ratchet up their attacks on the GOP’s historic unpopularity, in hopes that the media will take the focus off Obama’s numbers and start raising questions about the GOP’s credibility with the public. The core argument the Dems will be making, according to the memo, is this barbed line: To put it simply, the GOP’s take on Obama’s poll numbers is a lot like the owner of a 1987 Buick pointing out the dents and potential engine trouble of a 2008 BMW sedan. Top House Dem communications aide Doug Thornell emails another data point about the new WaPo poll, specifically that it shows “the public supports the President over Congressional Republicans on the most important issues, including the deficit, the economy, combating terrorism, and health care, by an average of 24 points.” Sometimes you can say "A new day" has come without loo...

(Photo from the Associated Press, via the Wall Street Journal) Tremendous news indeed. Despite a little semi-weird title from the nevertheless great TPM.... Disproportionate Number Of African-Americans Casting Early Ballots ....African-Americans are turning out not only in big numbers, but they (and I can use "we" since I'm black, and you can use "we" since you are American if you aren't black) are voting early!!!! Americans are voting early in large numbers this year -- and African-Americans in several states are turning out in disproportionate numbers. Some fear that polling places in predominantly black neighborhoods will be overwhelmed by a record turnout on Election Day. Others are voting early to be certain the chance to elect the first black U.S. president doesn't slip away. There are a lot of great quotes in this wonderful story reported by the Wall Street Journal of all Murodochian papers. For example, this one: During the lunch rush at the poll...