Republican Senate hope Rand Paul announces that he won’t shake hands with Democratic Senate hopeful Jack Conway after their U.S. Senate debate at the University of Louisville on October 17. (Photo by Jamie Rhodes/Getty Images)
–“Aqua Buddha” makes it into the Kentucky Senate debate and one of Jack Conway’s …
A while back, when I was writing a piece about California’s races for Senate and governor, I was struck by how often the candidates talked about their pasts — both boasting about their own and questioning each others’. The pillar of Republican Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina’s résumé is her time in the business world; she speaks often (as …
–Outside spending is up 80 percent from 2006.
–Ben Bernanke inches toward Fed action.
–Jon Ralston calls last night’s Nevada Senate debate for Angle.
–Lisa Murkowski airs her Stevens footage:
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–Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin see shades of McCain in Obama’s …
–Dan Balz and Jon Cohen crunch the numbers and suggest seniors are compromising the Democrats.
—The Pew Research Center finds that the widespread omission of cellphones from telephone polling has a more notable effect than previously reported. The issue has gained attention in recent years as more households stop using landlines …
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 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 …
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For those who haven’t been following along, Manchin is the Democrat.
–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 …
