Dems Feeling the Heat in Missouri

Dead heat in the Senate race, with Dem Sec. of State Robin Carnahan tied with No. 2 GOP House leader Roy Blunt. Rasmussen.

Could it have something to do with the economy?

Could it have something to do with the tea parties?

Scandal in Iowa

Hollywood in Iowa--the tax credit fiasco (Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is a Democrat--I mention this because the LA Times neglects to):

The program is the nation's most generous, with a rebate to filmmakers of up to 50% of what they spend. But Culver called a timeout last week, suspending the program and putting a halt on all reimbursements to film production companies. The reason: An internal audit found a number of, well, discrepancies, including using tax credits to pay for luxury vehicles that filmmakers never used in their movies.

I can just hear the film execs now: "Aren't all farmers rich because of ethanol? We really thought that Mercedes would bring authenticity to the shoot."

Coralville Courier here.

Pawlenty, Romney, Palin

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's Value Voters Summit speech was one of the best. Transcript here. NRO take here.

Mitt Romney compared The One to Jimmy Carter.

Sarah Palin, home to greet her son's return from Iraq, heads to HongKong this week. A new-media savvy Palin raises money for charity and gets her message out.

As far as Huckabee, I give him no chance. Thankfully.

More: Fargo Forum, "Pawlenty undecided on 2012 presidential run".

More: RCP Blog, Minnesota voters approve of Pawlenty, think he'll run.

Fall Fields

A Porn-Free Zone?

Missouri ACORN Claims Acorn Isn't In Missouri

Potemkin on the Potomac: Feingold Bolts

How out of touch is our President Barack Obama? He sets up his own town meetings, his own press--it's like he doesn't want to know. Are you listening Mr. President? Well, one Dem is, Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold:

Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin joined the anti-czar chorus Wednesday, asking Obama to detail the roles and responsibilities of all of the czars in his administration and to explain why he believes the use of czars is consistent with the Senate’s constitutional power to offer advice and consent on top-level executive branch officials.

“To the extent that this undercuts that role and people are put in the place of Cabinet people and really are the key authorities and you can’t question them, that’s something worth talking about,” Feingold said. “I think it’s a fair point.”

Feingold says he doesn’t know if there are any constitutional violations, but he suggested that he may hold an oversight hearing on the matter.

Yes, Obama's Chicago Machine campaign guru David Axelrod can refer to us as unhealthy, Sen. Durbin can make sexual slurs, The NY Times and the DNC call us an angry mob, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can call us un-American, and now the Dems trot out their misery index miserable failure of a President Jimmy Carter to call us all raaaacists, but Sen. Feingold can apparently understand what he's hearing at his townhalls--this leftist up for reelection is furiously back-pedaling on cap and trade, and is now questioning the Czars--including the Czars' Czar, make no mistake.

P.S. Czar Talk.

They may be failures but the Obama administration wants to institutionalize them and perpetuate them. How typical of liberalism. And there is a cost to us of this--in dollars and in stalling real progress.

More: The real truth about the czars.

--crossposted at BackyardConservative

No Gitmo Terrorists to Threaten Toto

Ft. Leavenworth is off the Gitmo transfer list. KC prime buzz.

Welcome news, given the FBI is pursuing a new sleeper cell in NY and Colorado with plans to allegedly attack America on a 9/11 scale.

Infrastructure is not such an issue in mid-America, but smaller towns are more open.