Leaning left, the right way, with 99 days to go

Checking the HuffingtonPost electoral college map finds that the as of today (August 1) the entire Midwest is now leaning Obama.  Despite the ups-and-downs of polling, the trend of increasing leans in the Midwest swing states is good to watch.  It is SO hard to figure out how the Republicans are going to get enthusiastic enough in these states to change Romney's fortunes when they can't be really enthused about Romney, and when the Dems can keep showing how far removed from being a common (blue-collar, redneck, average) man Romney is.  Despite the fact the the GOP aristocracy wants to preserve tax breaks for the wealthy super-stratum, the main support Romney needs does not come from that group -- after all, there aren't very many of them.  And the more Romney doesn't look like one of the good ol' boys, the less chance he has. 

The desperation is seen now in the Republican effort to blame Obama for the looming sequester defense cuts.  All the GOP has to do is to accept the logical inevitability of tax increases, and then the problem, which they made themselves because the supercommittee couldn't come up with a workable plan they'd accept with tax increases, goes away.

Let's hope the European Union can keep its head above water at least until after the first Tuesday of November.