There are more indicators that last month's Senate vote on expanding background checks was something of a dress rehearsal. Another vote appears to be brewing. Americans support the idea — as, apparently, do some Senators who opposed it last time.
You could tally all the "Crazy Uncle Joe" things Joe Biden has said as vice president, or you could just tally all the weird uncle things he said... on Thursday afternoon.
President Obama embraces the Big Bird meme, Rand Paul attacks Democrats on foreign aid, and Crossroads GPS puts money in five Senate races.
The candidates address their weaknesses. Mitt Romney shows he can get specific and cares about women and babies, President Obama argues we are better off than four years ago, Republicans try to deal with a popular Democrat in a red state, and the financier of an inflammatory anti-Obama ad tries to play it a little nicer.
Todd Akin isn't the only candidate who could cost the Republicans the Senate.
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