Elizabeth Crum

So, this cake was delivered to an Obama campaign office in Las Vegas today in honor of the President’s birthday:

Team Romney’s Communications Director in Nevada, Mason Harrison quips: ”Like many of Obama’s promises, this bundt is hollow in the middle.”

Team Obama probably won’t bother to respond to the political stunt, but if they did they could say ”You didn’t build that” about the public schools that the bakery staff attended and/or the public roads on which the cake delivery truck traveled.

The Republican National Committee similarly mocked President Obama yesterday, sending a cake to the Democratic National Committee with the same message commemorating Obama’s birthday.

If you’ve been living under a rock and are not aware of how all this began, the notes on the cakes are references to remarks Obama made while talking about the value of investments in domestic infrastructure. You’ll see that the full remarks take on a different meaning than the out-of-context clip:

The Clark County Republican Party (CCRP), which now consists of a majority of Ron Paul supporters, last night voted to condemn the Republican National Committee. They are also calling for Chairman Reince Preibus to resign.

Ron Paul recently addressing the Clark County GOP

The resolution says this is because the RNC is supporting Mitt Romney as the “presumptive nominee” even though other candidates are “still actively campaigning”.

Here is the resolution passed last night by a vote of 184-182:

RNC Rule 11a Resolution – Final

I guess these folks did not get the memo that Ron Paul has ceased to actively campaign.

Led by RNC committeewoman-elect Diana Orrock (reminder: both the national committeewoman and man were deposed at the state meeting in Sparks two weekends ago), CCRP also voted to condemn a United Nations initiative called Agenda 21.

I am sure the U.N. General Assembly will be very upset to learn that Clark County GOP opposes their plans for world economic development

A new Independent Expenditure (IE) Committee (aka SuperPAC) launched today as a joint venture of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC), Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) and American Crossroads.

Crossroads Generation this morning announced a $50,000 buy of online ads targeted to young swing voters in eight key states: CO, FL, IA, NC, NH, NV, OH, VA.

Start-­‐up grants to the IE totaling $750,000 are being contributed by the CRNC, RSLC, and American Crossroads.

Crossroads Generation says it will focus on building a major online presence for outreach and mobilization. This includes the launch of a new website and video (www.CrossroadsGeneration.com), Twitter feed (@CrossroadsGen), and Facebook presence (www.Facebook.com/CrossroadsGeneration) to engage young people online.

The group will also tap into the CRNC’s membership of more than 250,000 college students on over 1,800 campuses nationwide. The CRNC plans to send 60 full-­time field staff to a dozen swing states this fall.

Derek Flowers, formerly National Victory Director of the Republican National Committee in 2010, will serve as the organization’s executive director. Kristen Soltis, a survey researcher with award-­winning expertise on young voters and politics, will serve as communications advisor.

An impassioned motion to revoke credentials for more than 300 delegates who arrived after the meeting began.

This adorable baby was sporting a Ron Paul sticker and seemed unphased by the shouting that ensued at Saturday's convention meeting

Heated questions about the presence of guests and whether they were voting.

An angry motion to remove the convention chairman.

And that was just for starters.

More than 1,600 county delegates are gathered at the Nevada Republican Party (NRP) convention in Sparks, NV in a meeting that has fluctuated between contentiousness and calm.

Among other things, Nevada’s two sitting Republican National Commmitee persons, both Romney supporters, were unseated b by wide margins yesterday.

We wrote a story on Nevada News Bureau with all the particulars.

As of today, a little more than 200 days before the election, the Real Clear Politics polling averages in the battleground states show Obama up in nearly all of them:

Colorado – Obama up 13 points

Wisconsin – Obama up 12 points

Michigan – Obama up 11 points

Ohio – Obama up 9 points

Nevada – Obama up 7 points

Pennsylvania – Obama up 6 points

Missouri – Romney up 5 points

Arizona – Romney up 5 points

Florida – Obama up 4 points

Virginia – Obama up 4 points

New Hampshire – Obama up 4 points

Iowa – Obama up 3 points

North Carolina – Obama up 2 points

If the election were held today:

Obama – 347 electoral votes

Romney – 191 electoral votes

Even if we were to give Romney every state that Obama leads by less than 5 points:

Obama – 280 electoral votes

Romney – 258 electoral votes

When I hear Republicans say, “There is no way President Obama gets re-elected,” I marvel at the power of wishful thinking. Of course he can win. And he very well may.

You’re on your own, Senator, reports Politico. President Obama needs all his campaign cash for himself and has none to spare to help the reelection campaigns of Senate and House Dems. But he still hearts you guys. Really.

Or does he? Because apparently Dems won’t be seeing much of the POTUS at their big fundraisers, either. Obama has offered to do a grand total of one big money event each for the DCCC and DSCC. And to send out some email fundraising letters.

But will Obama or Joe Biden at least do events for embattled individual Democratic lawmakers? Twenty-three D-held seats are up for grabs in the Senate and the balance of power could hinge on them.

We shall see.

To blame for the president’s caution, according to Politico? Fear of GOP superPACs. Starting with Crossroads, aka Karl Rove, Inc., which will probably raise and spend as much as $300 million helping the GOP presidential nominee along with Republican congressional candidates.

But Obama for America officials were quick to tell Politico that White House officials, Cabinet secretaries and top surrogates — including Florida Rep. and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz — have done bunches of fundraisers for House and Senate Dems already this cycle.

Plus, Obama’s supercalifragalistic get-out-the-vote operation in battleground states will benefit all Dems on the ticket, they said.

Feel better, Senator Reid?