“Democrats in the House still may act on the issue before the election, but are wary of a vote that could be represented as a tax hike.”

Orange you glad we have such determined leadership in the Democratic Congress?

Leonard Cohen — The Future.

I really like looking at pictures. Looking at pictures of happy people is fun. But when I look at pictures of Mr. O, he’s starting to look really sad and alone. Look the pictures here. Mr. O doesn’t look happy in very many of them. He’s by himself in a lot of them, too.

I just wanted to share this wonderful picture and brief story I received from one of our Just Say Now supporters today.

Throughout this cycle, SurveyUSA’s polling in California has been slightly less favorable for Democrats, but the most recent poll for CBS 5 shows clear movement in favor of Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown and incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer. Both Democrats now lead in their respective races.

Next Friday Saturday, on 10.2.10, a large and diverse coalition of over 200 faith, labor, youth, student and civil rights organizations will mass in Washington and cities all over the country for One Nation Working Together. Organizers expect participants in the six figures to “demand the change we voted for” and build a social movement around Jobs, Justice and Education for All. This event contrasts with the spate of Tea Party rallies and events that we’ve seen over the past year.

Arch pundit Stephen Colbert is scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee on Friday September 24 to discuss his experience picking fruit as part of the United Farm Workers Take Our Jobs program, which invites U.S. citizens and legal residents to replace tens of thousands of immigrant field laborers, most of whom are undocumented. Conservatives are outraged, naturally.

The Treasury Department has released its latest set of HAMP data for August, and the program is winding down with very few new trial modifications, and less in the system.

Repo 105? What’s that? It’s immaterial, and besides, Ernst & Young says it’s great. And we told you we were screwing around with our balance sheet. So go away, silly investor. We took your money fair and square.