The Thursday Morning Politics Roundup

The We're-Ready-for-the-Election-So-Let's-Go Edition

Bush as a "latter-day Howard Hughes with a messiah complex." [Daily Kos]

The transition in Minnesota, and why it might be critical for Bush. [Power Line]

Trial balloon for Civil War aficionados: Bush as Lincoln, Franks as Grant. [BeldarBlog]

Those ever-changing polls: don't let them fool you. [Instapundit]

John Ashcroft: Will he stay or will he go? [Law.com]

And finally, concerning the politics of the Illinois Supreme Court, don't miss this shocker: "Tort reform group is ordered to pull ad," by Paul Hampel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.