Taking Back the Senate

Some indicators.

Wisconsin

Missouri

Illinois

RCP Map

More. Another indicator:

States have the authority to enforce immigration laws and protect their borders, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday in a legal brief on behalf of nine states supporting Arizona's immigration law.

Cox, one of five Republicans running for Michigan governor, said Michigan is the lead state backing Arizona in federal court and is joined by Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia, as well as the Northern Mariana Islands.

Too bad there's no Senator from the Northern Marianas. We could trade NY's for it. Or Minnesota's.

Felons for Franken II

Ritchie Dropped the Ball

Bachmann Beats Back Tax and Spend Dem

Powerline on the beltway's interpretation of the latest polling showing Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) in the lead.

They targeted her last time too, to no avail.

...I guess it's the last three cycles.

Waste your own money, Dems.

We like a taxpayer advocate like Michele in D.C.

P.S. I remember how mad the BlogHer lefties were when I did a post on Michele at the 2008 convention in St. Paul. It was the first time I had heard of her and was impressed. You can support her once again here.

Previous posts: A Fiery Michele Bachmann, Palin Bachmann Rally Today, Haven't you heard?

Felons for Carnahan

Last year, Justice abandoned a case it had pursued for three years against Missouri for failing to clean up its rolls. When filed in 2005, one-third of Missouri counties had more registered voters than voting-age residents. What’s more, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a Democrat who this year is her party’s candidate for a vacant U.S. Senate seat, contended that her office had no obligation to ensure individual counties were complying with the federal law mandating a cleanup of their voter rolls.

Felons for Franken

"Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds." Sen. Franken last made big news doodling and falling asleep at the Elena Kagan hearings.

Jill and Carol note vote fraud claims by Hillary voters in the Dem presidential primaries.

Voters' perceptions are that women are more likely to have integrity in politics.

Plus, "at a time when people are down on government and corruption is so big, people tend to rate women as being a bit more honest and having a bit more integrity," MacManus said.

This folds into other issues for this fall--are we a country of laws or not?

Sen. Franken (D-MN) is on the Judiciary Committee.

--crossposted at Potluck

No Tornado Touchdown this Time

Take Dakota Red

Republican Rick Berg is serious about defeating Pomeroy to represent North Dakota in Congress. Pomeroy claims he's independent but his vote put ObamaCare over the top and that vote still rankles. Politico takes note.

Just south the GOP's Kristi Noem threatens phony blue dog Dem Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin: Herseth Sandlin in deep, deep trouble. Noem still in the lead against incumbent. South Dakota War College.

Noem now leads among voters not affiliated with either major party by a 50% to 35% margin.

Who will pull the voters to the polls?