Charlie Cook says US leaning Democrat now

Mark Towner, The Spyglass:

Shift Toward the Democrats
With a disastrous last several days, including the Foley scandal, momentum that had been shifting toward the Republicans in maintaining control of Congress has turned back in favor of the Democrats, says Charlie Cook in his “Off to the Races” NationalJournal.com column. ... Remember the bar scene in Star Wars? That’s what the U.S. Congress is beginning to resemble as it is engulfed in scandals and an inability to get much done. And that is reflected in its approval ratings, as noted by the Washington Post’s The Fix blog. ... Utah’s Legislature doesn’t make any list of legislatures in danger of changing party control in Lou Jacobson’s state legislative races outlook.

Busy in New Hampshire
Mitt Romney’s Commonwealth PAC has issued a press release (no link available) announcing a New Hampshire steering committee consisting of no less than 58 prominent leaders from every county in the state. … Romney gets a lot of support in comments by conservatives (scroll down to comments) in response to Dr. James Dobson’s comments that conservative Christians won’t support Romney.