BREAKING: Computer Error Gives Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Almost Certain Victory  —  After Tuesday night's Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a computer error in heavily Republican Waukesha County failed to send election results for the entire City of Brookfield to the Associated Press.

Video: The greatest press conference of all time  —  Schadenfreude.  —  Alternate headline via Mary Katharine Ham, ever mindful of developing media narratives: “Small, state-wide election with vital national implications soon to have no national implications whatsoever.”

Corrected Brookfield tally puts Prosser ahead after 7,500-vote gain  —  By Jason Stein, Laurel Walker and Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel  —  In one explosive stroke Thursday, the clerk in a Republican stronghold tilted the tight Supreme Court race in favor of Justice David Prosser …

Why Prosser needed EXACTLY +7500 votes....  In WI, a recount at state-expense is triggered if an election is within .5% if the candidate requests it, and we have a fully verifiable paper trail to audit election results.  That means in this election with approximately 740k for Kloppenburg and 739k for Prosser …

BREAKING: Prosser Up by 7500+ in WI Supreme Court Race After ‘Database Error’ Discovered by Controversial Clerk in Republican Waukesha County  —  As word was floating around this afternoon about a possible “book keeping error” discovered during canvassing of Tuesday's incredibly close Wisconsin …

UPDATED: Conservative Waukesha County Clerk “Finds” 7,000 Votes For Prosser  —  4:30pm Update: In her press conference about a half-hour ago, Kathy Nickolaus claimed she failed to import the results from Brookfield City into her master tally that was reported to the press.

It May Be a ‘Budget Battle,’ but Some Skirmishes Have Little to Do With Money  —  WASHINGTON — There are fights about money and fights about ideas, and the battle over a spending plan to keep the government open is increasingly centered on the latter.  —  The frenetic negotiations to avert …

As clock ticks, Hoyer says 'there's no deal yet' to avert shutdown  —  No agreement on a spending deal that would avert a federal shutdown has been reached, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Friday.  —  “There's no deal yet,” the House's No. 2 Democrat told NBC's “Today” show.

Dissents Of The Day  —  The in-tray is still bulging with fury over Paul Ryan.  I find the arguments bracing - and in themselves evidence that Ryan's proposal has already helped move the debate to more earnest grounds.  A reader writes: … Anything that even hints at sacrifices from the elderly …

Shutdown threat tests Obama leadership style  —  This has been a season of leadership tests for President Obama.  From Egypt to Libya and now the budget, he has been called upon to deal with rapidly unfolding events, and the questions about his leadership style have followed a consistent pattern.