Blue Arkansas: The Koch brothers love the Democratic Senator from Walmart, Mark Pryor.

Balloon Juice: When John Fund isn’t calling for a crackdown on imaginary voter fraud at the ballot box, he’s decrying “crack hotels” at the Democratic Convention.

Zandar Versus the Stupid: Get fired up to fight the arsonists who torched your economy...

Prairie Weather: …and give credit to the guy who put out the fire.

Speaking of which, your quotes of the day: “The people of America recognize that the slowdown in jobs that occurred during the early years of the Bush administration were the result of a perfect storm.” (Mitt Romney, 2004) “Governor Romney inherited an economy that was losing jobs each month and left office with an economy that was adding jobs each month.” (Romney campaign statement, May 30, 2012)

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