"I feel bad sometimes," says Grayson, talking to a small group of supporters, "because I feel like Democrats should have delivered more for the people who supported us. In 2008, 75 percent of the people who voted for me were Democrats. Only 23 percent of Republicans voted for me. What does that tell me? I should be doing the most for the people who voted for me, not the people who voted the other way."

If Joke Line told me the sky was blue, I'd still double check it.  Next to Tim Russerts' garbage pail kid, he is the worst POS reporter in Washington D.C.  The man is a hack with a capital 'H' and a capital 'ACK'.

To quote every Star Wars film "I have a bad feeling about this" when it comes to the Fall.  Luckily the Repubs are flat insane, it's our only hope.

I suspect that all of the fancy polling is going to find what you did, BTD:  The economy sucks here, and Washington hasn't been doing a thing about it, so we're going to do it to them -- help them join the millions of unemployed.

The left-leaning Detroit Free Press editorial board wrote this today:

There are campaign dirty tricks, and then there are perversions of the electoral process that cry out for some authoritative response and criminal consequences.

The flap over an allegedly fake slate of Tea Party candidates, intended to siphon votes from Republicans this fall, is looking more and more like the latter. It's time for the Oakland County prosecutor and the state attorney general to get involved, and get to the bottom of this affair.

What we know so far casts real doubt on the sincerity of this Tea Party exercise. The principals behind it have been exposed as Democrats with union ties. They were all put on the ballot in very competitive districts where votes for them would hurt Republican hopefuls. And last week, a Democratic operative in Oakland County was accused of fraudulently notarizing affidavits for a dozen of the candidates on the ballot. That in itself is a crime worth prosecuting.

But it's also worth finding out how deep and wide this planned diversion goes. Who bankrolled it? Did state party higher-ups know about it, encourage it or aid in the high jinks?

If Jason Bauer, the Democratic official accused of falsely notarizing Tea Party candidate affidavits, conceived, financed and executed the ruse alone, so be it. But if he had help, those responsible should be called to account, too.

Beyond the potential criminal implications, this couldn't come at a worse time for the political process. Voters face serious, difficult choices throughout Michigan this fall, in races that will have critical influence over the state's direction.

If voters' faith has already been shaken by the corruption we've seen in southeast Michigan and the inability of public officials around the state to work together to solve our problems, this Tea Party nonsense rattles it further.

And how desperate do Michigan Democrats look by trying to pull this off? It's almost an admission that the party's candidates need something other than merit to win this fall.

Monday, the state Board of Canvassers denied all the Tea Party candidates places on the ballot, thanks to Republican members of the body who voted not to certify the party. Democrats on the board voted to put the Tea Party on the ballot -- yet another sign this is all a sham.

If that's all it is, the ballot decision will be sufficient. But prosecutors need to be sure any criminal behavior here is addressed.

Dem. Kendrick Meek pulled ahead of his primary challenger in the polls (for the Senate seat) with help from visits from the Big Dog WJC and Obama. Both he and McCollum ran the 'me, the public servant, vs this rich outsider' race. I think they will both probably win.

Congressman Ron Paul today released the following statement on the controversy concerning the construction of an Islamic Center and Mosque in New York City:

This is all about hate and Islamaphobia.

I live in the bluest part of the state, St. Louis City, but I work in St. Louis County which is purple.  At best people seem indifferent about the fall election.  At best.

The DNC was here last week for meetings.  Of intent they didn't mention Carnahan and she stayed away from them.  

Anyone? ....

Everyone in Missouri is on their way somewhere else. No one there's going to have a good word to say about Democrats.

I blame Obama. Like it or not, I voted for him, you ended up voting for him, and he's no good.

Why do 8 out of 10 of our elected leaders suck? I've got Jim Sensenbrenner to atone for. And, I suppose a lot of you would say Feingold, too. Not to mention Herb Kohl.  They all suck. I mean they all suck hugely. And, apologies to everyone, they seem to be the best I can do.

Kohl. Feingold. Sensenbrenner.

That's why the only solution that makes sense any more is an unabashed class war where we bury the rich. I mean, just bury them all.

If I had a million dollar, I wouldn't have a million dollars because I would have given $900 thousand of it away to others that needed it more than me.

So would you.

So why aren't we working together to destroy the bastards that steal the wealth we've created rather than share it, as we would, with a shared sense of satisfaction?