President Obama talks with Political Director Patrick Gaspard in Madison, Wis., Sept. 28, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
–Democratic committees are retreating behind a new firewall, cutting back funding for Steve Driehaus in Ohio, Florida’s Suzanne Kosmas and Kathy Dahlkemper in Pennsylvania.
–An ABC …
–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 …
–Our new colleague Fareed Zakaria argues targeting Chinese currency is seriously misguided (and misses the point altogether) in a piece for this week’s newsstand issue of TIME. It’s available by mail and iPad too.
–Weekly unemployment claims are at the lowest level since July 10, but tomorrow’s monthly report, the last big …
–President Karzai is reportedly talking reconciliation with the Taliban.
–Nepotism reigns in Afghanistan.
–Mark McKinnon doubts the whispers of a last-minute Democratic revival before the midterms.
–Rich Lowry is very optimistic about the new crop of Republicans likely headed to Washington in November. Philip Klein not …
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal reacts as former CEO Linda McMahon answers a question as they participated in debate for the U.S. Senate on October 4, 2010 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Richard Messina-Pool/Getty Images)
–Democrats have made some gains in the latest ABC News/Washington Post generic ballot, but they’re …
Outgoing White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel waves next to U.S. President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington October 1, 2010. (Photo by REUTERS/Larry Downing)
–The DNC banks a gangbusters September.
–Mostly conservative outside money dwarfs everything.
–Pelosi doesn’t take pragmatic …
–President Obama will make a “personnel announcement” at 11:05 am from the East Room (Spoiler: As Michael noted, Emanuel is out and Pete Rouse is replacing him.)
–Ezra Klein has a thorough primer/link dump on the soon-to-be chief of staff.
–Max Boot critiques Bob Woodward’s “Obama’s Wars” as too far removed from the …
–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 …
CNN/TIME/ORC has a new poll of four states out today. Here’s a link to my story. Short version:
Alaska:
Senate: Lisa Murkowski’s becoming a real threat to Joe Miller in polls — but that doesn’t mean these people know how to spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I come Nov. 2. Governor: GOP incumbent Sean Parnell is winning.
California:
Senate & …
–President Obama has a long chat with Rolling Stone.
–Vice President Biden doesn’t mince words with the base.
–CNN reports Rahm Emanuel will pack his bags Friday and Pete Rouse will likely serve as interim chief of staff.
–Republican independent expenditure groups out gun Democratic ones.
Gov. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., speaks at a rally for American coal jobs in Upper Senate Park. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call via Getty Images)
–Glen Bolger sees a Democratic bloodbath coming in swing seats this year.
–Nevada’s Senate race is scrappier than ever.
–Republicans see a real opportunity to upset Joe Manchin …
