TIME’s Elizabeth Dias files this report:
A Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee investigation into federal investment in for-profit colleges devolved into a political squabble this morning, with Republican Sen. Richard Burr calling Sen. Tom Harkin’s investigation a “witch hunt.”
The proceedings were charged
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—Pete Rouse will take over for the departing Rahm Emanuel, and according to the New York Times, it’s not an interim appointment. President Obama is expected to make the announcements this afternoon.
–The Atlantic’s Nicole Allan fact-checks an attack ad from West Virginia Republican John Raese, who has gained ground rapidly in a …
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On the California gubernatorial race.
I’ll have a final post on the trip later today.
–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 …
Today the House passed a bill to provide $7.4 billion to monitor, treat and compensate those who worked at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks. It’s still unclear if the bill will pass the Senate intact, but it was still a victory for proponents nonetheless.
The bill is noteworthy for the effect it could have on the medics, firemen and …
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 & …
One more new ad, this one from Republican Sean Duffy, the former MTV reality show star and lumberjack champ running for the open seat left behind by retiring Democrat David Obey. Because log rolling is lots of fun, and political ads are getting better all the time. This one is hard to look away …
Meg Whitman on Jerry Brown in last night’s California governor’s debate:
Putting Jerry Brown in charge of negotiating with labor unions around pensions, around how many people we have in state government, is like putting Count Dracula in charge of a blood bank.
It’s a memorable line–but overkill, maybe?
With Democrats growing increasingly anxious that the Karl Rove-affiliated “Super PAC” money machine may swamp them in the closing weeks of the election, Montana Senator Max Baucus has called for an IRS investigation into the tax-exempt status of these groups, which allows them to raise money without contribution limits and in some cases …
The faux pimp who tricked ACORN, became a Fox News star and later got arrested for trying to play a prank on Sen. Mary Landrieu is still trying to get attention. This time James O’Keefe seems to have tried to lure a CNN reporter onto a boat to “seduce” her in front of hidden cameras. The story is so weird that you should read the full …
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Trailing by double digits in the Louisiana Senate race, Democratic Rep. Charlie Melancon is trying to erase the deficit by reminding voters of his opponent’s history with prostitutes. In a two-minute ad titled “Forgotten Crimes,” Melancon’s camp paints …
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Los Angeles, Ca.
Traveling Companions: None
Events: California Gubernatorial and Senatorial debates
This is the last day of my road trip. I’ve posted here 29 times and written four print columns along the way, and spoken with hundreds of people expressing every possible political opinion…but somehow
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