As President Obama campaigns in Rhode Island today, the Democratic candidate for governor in the Ocean State, Frank Caprio, told a local radio station that Obama “can take his endorsement and really shove it.” That’s not a warm welcome!
Obama has refused to endorse Caprio, who is leading — but barely — Republican John Robitaille and …
President Obama speaks at a rally at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles October 22, 2010. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
—The early vote is showing that highly touted Republican enthusiasm. Democrats are happy with what they’re seeing in Iowa, Ohio and Indiana; incidentally, those are all places Democrats are poised …
–It looks like Gov. Ted Strickland’s fate is more or less sealed in Ohio, according to the latest Quinnipiac numbers.
–The RGA backs out of Maryland as Democratic incumbent Martin O’Malley looks like he’s locking down the governorship.
–Esteemed Swamp alum Karen Tumulty pulls out this amazing factoid on Meg Whitman’s …
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman shakes hands with her Democratic opponent Jerry Brown following their debate at Dominican University in San Rafael, California October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rich Pedroncelli/Pool
–The affiliated Crossroads groups and two other Republican independent expenditure organizations …
–President Obama will make his pitch on infrastructure spending today.
–Halperin thinks he’s losing the daily grind.
–It looks like the White House will pass on calling for a foreclosure moratorium.
—Obama and company have decided that a lack of independent expenditure donor transparency will save the Democrats in the …
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–The unemployment remained at 9.6 percent in September as the economy shed 95,000 jobs. Private sector payrolls continued to experience a small bit of growth, but not enough to offset government layoffs. The ship has pretty much sailed on Democrats getting any good economic news before the midterms, but …
–There’s some incredible stuff in this week’s newsstand edition of TIME. Bart Gellman has a truly chilling cover story on “twisted patriotism,” reporting on (among other things) two serious domestic terrorist threats that almost were: A man named James Cummings plotted a dirty bomb attack on D.C. and James Van Brunn, the Holocaust …
I interviewed Lisa Murkowski yesterday about her write in bid to keep her Senate seat. Honestly, before the interview I thought she had little chance of winning. But she’s pretty persuasive. I still think it’s a huge long shot but I wouldn’t totally write her off. Today, I went to watch Joe Miller campaign with Governor Sean Parnell in …
A year ago she was well on her way to being a flash-in-the-pan also-ran. Today, she’s the Republican Party’s Queen Bee. A look at Sarah Palin’s comeback.
President Obama speaks during the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 22, 2010. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)
–As Alex notes, House Republicans have unveiled their new governing platform a la 1994’s Contract With America. Chris Good pulls out some bullet-points. Marc Ambinder thinks it …
–Bob Woodward’s upcoming book has leaked and it’s full of every bit of White House palace intrigue one would expect from the Washington Post icon. Also, plenty of intra-administration sniping:
Mr. Biden called Mr. Holbrooke “the most egotistical bastard I’ve ever met.” A variety of administration officials expressed scorn for
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–Democrats are still looking for GOP votes on the defense authorization (plus DADT repeal and DREAM Act). Olympia Snowe sounds like a no.
–Max Boot argues the military isn’t a bad place for motivated immigrants to end up.
–The major Democratic committees out-raised their Republican counterparts in August. But, as Crowley’s …