The theme Democrats need to hit relentlessly between now and November 2 is that Republicans are still on the side of the rich and corporate American. That appears to be what Reid intends to do when the Senate comes back in September.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to take up legislation in September to address the tax cuts passed under President George W. Bush. Senior Democrats had expected the controversial issue to be postponed until after the election, when a fiscal responsibility commission appointed by President Obama is due to release its recommendations. Instead, Democrats will debate the highly contentious issue of whether to extend more than $3 trillion in tax cuts passed under Bush before Election Day.

This will mean getting Kent Conrad and Ben Nelson to shut the hell up. Perhaps the White House, which has come out with strong support for letting the cuts for the wealthy expire, can intervene there.