A new national poll shows independent voters swinging hard toward the GOP. Just more evidence of the big losses the Democrats will suffer in November.

A new Rasmussen poll shows the race for governor here in New Hampshire is a dead heat. I'm sure Governor Lynch and his people are telling themselves that Rasmussen is a right-wing pollster, and they will take some comfort in that right up until some other poll comes out that shows the race getting closer. When that happens, I'm not sure they will know what to do about it.

The political strategists in the White House are considering a plan that would run anti-Tea Party television ads around the country, portraying them as extremists and tying them to the GOP. The reason? The thought is that this would be a good way to fire up their liberal base. It might cause some increase in liberal enthusiasm, but it risks turning more voters into Tea Party supporters, in my estimation, and compel more Tea Party sympathizers to vote for their local Republican candidates.