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1) Democrats are pouring money into competitive Senate races in Republican-leaning states like Kentucky and Kansas in an effort to retain their Senate majority, taking the more difficult path to victory.
2) Recent polls show the Republican candidate leading in the close Colorado Senate race, increasing the odds the GOP gains control of the Senate.
3) Some Democrats are growing nervous about the New Hampshire Senate race where the Democratic incumbent's lead has narrowed.
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US Politics, Democrats Pour Cash Into Kentucky but Cast Nervous Glances at New Hampshire, Guardian, 10:23:2014
1) Democrats are pouring money into competitive Senate races in Republican-leaning states like Kentucky and Kansas in an effort to retain their Senate majority, taking the more difficult path to victory.
2) Recent polls show the Republican candidate leading in the close Colorado Senate race, increasing the odds the GOP gains control of the Senate.
3) Some Democrats are growing nervous about the New Hampshire Senate race where the Democratic incumbent's lead has narrowed.
1) Democrats are pouring money into competitive Senate races in Republican-leaning states like Kentucky and Kansas in an effort to retain their Senate majority, taking the more difficult path to victory.
2) Recent polls show the Republican candidate leading in the close Colorado Senate race, increasing the odds the GOP gains control of the Senate.
3) Some Democrats are growing nervous about the New Hampshire Senate race where the Democratic incumbent's lead has narrowed.
Tom McCarthy in New York Follow @TeeMcSee Follow @GuardianUS theguardian.com, Thursday 23 October 2014 07.55 EDT
Why did Messner climb without oxygen? Why did Heyerdahl cross the ocean on a raft? Sometimes its cooler to do things the hard way. The Democrats seem to understand this. With 12 days to go until the midterm elections, there are still many paths for the Democrats to retain their Senate majority. Those paths are just looking increasingly dramatic through reddish states like Georgia and Kansas, instead of bluish states like Colorado and Iowa or New Hampshire. But how much cooler will it be, for them, if they pull it off? Todays number to know Two. Thats the number of major public polls released in the last 24 hours showing the Republican senatorial candidate with an edge in Colorado. As Harry Enten of FiveThirtyEight points out, Colorado is cruxy. Colorados place at the center of the political universe seems to be secure this year. The Senate race between Mark Udall and Republican Cory Gardner has been one of the most competitive for most of campaign season. Thats why the strength of Gardner in recent polls has been so important in our Senate forecast, which currently gives Republicans a 66% of securing a majority. Heres more on the state of the race: A morning must-read from my colleague Ed Pilkington (@EdPilkington), on how state Republican leaders have advanced voter restriction laws that would tilt the electorate toward the Republican party. Heres a snippet: The Scott versus Crist race is perhaps the most glaring example of a nationwide trend that is bearing down on the mid-term elections, now just two weeks away. Republican leaders have exposed themselves to the charge of conflict of interest over the past four years by introducing a raft of restrictive voting rules across 22 states that place hurdles in the way of would-be voters, particularly from Democratic-leaning backgrounds. Doing it the hard way The Democrats announced Wednesday they are pouring big new money high six figures, an apparatchik tells the Washington Post into the Senate race in Kentucky, where would-be majority leader Mitch McConnell is facing Alison Lundergan Grimes. Kentucky went for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama by 22 points in 2012. (Incidentally, Romney won by the same margin in Kansas, where Democrats are also hoping for victory.) A DSCC official confirms they are going back on the air in #KYSEN. They see the race tightening w/ undecided voters breaking towards Grimes. Shushannah Walshe (@shushwalshe) October 22, 2014 George Will: Restoration of Senates dignity rides on Mitch McConnell. The restoration. Of the Senates dignity. Rides on. Mitch McConnell. And then theres Georgia, where Michelle Nunn, the Democratic daughter of Congressional superhero Sam Nunn, is showing real brio against Republican David Perdue (with a name like that, heh, etc): Polling lately has looked good for Democrats in Georgia, but it's also on the verge of becoming a "must win" state instead of Dems' Plan B. Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 22, 2014 But some Democrats are starting to cast nervous glances toward New Hampshire, where incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen had seemed to hold a steady lead against cross-border dreamboat Scott Brown. A new PPP poll continues to tell that story, with Shaheen up 49-45. But a New England College poll finds Brown with a one-point, 48-47 edge. And some close observers are feeling tremors: If you can "feel" a change in a state this one is it @politicalwire: Brown Just Ahead in Tight Race http://t.co/V94f6FjzSh #nhsen SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) October 22, 2014 As for Colorado, Enten dismisses Democratic attempts to in turn dismiss the latest public polls. Enten concludes: The polls and the fundamentals tell the same basic story: An unpopular incumbent is losing in a purple state against a decent candidate in a slightly Republican-leaning year. Thats a pretty believable story. It's not just TV ads some Colorado voters are sick of! pic.twitter.com/zzZ1bhkwsy Scott Bland (@HotlineScott) October 22, 2014 News leaked that Kentucky senator Rand Paul has summoned his minions to Washington as soon as the midterms are over to discuss a possible presidential bid. Last night Paul was barnstorming through the barn state on behalf of Senate hopeful Joni Ernst: Heckuva a crowd in Iowa City to see Joni and Sen Rand Paul! #iasen #IowaKnowsBest pic.twitter.com/8d5aiyh56U gretchen hamel (@DCgretchen) October 23, 2014 Off-piste There was another fence jumper last night at the White House. He was attacked by secret service dogs, which he slammed and punched, sending two to the vet. A White House statement said the suspect was an unarmed 23-year-old from Maryland.
The revolutionary 2014 midterm election will not be televised: Incredible chart. http://t.co/h6RxrNlGFA pic.twitter.com/p3oYageLSU Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) October 22, 2014 Trail running Hillary Clinton is in New York City this morning to rally with Governor Andrew Cuomo whose chances are looking decent. Later shes due in Minnesota. The Clintons, the Democrats 2014 super surrogates AP Michelle Obama travels to Colorado today to stump for Udall. Whither the Senate Its still looking good for the GOP. The average probability of Republicans taking the Senate, according to three top elections modelers (538, the New York Times and HuffPost Pollster), is 65% down just more than a point from a day before. Interestingly, theres disagreement here about the momentum of the race. Two of the models NYT and 538 increased their odds of a GOP Senate takeover. The third model, however, HuffPost Pollster, shows the chances of Republican victory declining relatively steeply, to 62%. Ad watch Republican Senate hopeful Joni Ernst in Iowa does not know how to make a bad campaign ad. (See previous.) All you need are pigs and entendre.