Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

The President is out on the campaign trail again today. He's doing an event for Maryland's Governor O'Malley this afternoon. Then, he's heading to Chicago to do a couple of events for Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias.

Last night, at a DNC fundraiser, the President admonished us again. Last night, he used the term "sulking." That 2008 Obama speech strategy was soaring rhetoric. The 2010 Obama speech strategy is scolding. Perhaps if the President's first two years had remotely matched the promises -- and it looked like he was trying to achieve his goals -- he wouldn't have to yell at us this year. But, we are where we are.

The Vice President is on the road. He'll be in Madison, Wisconsin doing an event for gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett. Then, he's heading to Springfield, Missouri to campaign for Senate candidate Robin Carnahan.

Robin's opponent, Roy Blunt, is getting a lot of support from the so-called U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But, the Chamber is getting a lot of support from foreign businesses, which we learned via Think Progress. And, Blunt sure didn't want to talk to Think Progress about that. In fact, he ran from them and pretended he was on a phone call. Carnahan's campaign is holding a vote to guess who Blunt was on the fake phone call with. My guess is the Emir of Bahrain. This should be a huge issue. If Dems were taking foreign money, it would be.