Dems: We’ll Run On Our Record
The Hill reports: “Congressional Democrats on Thursday declared they would run on their legislative record this fall, rejecting former President Clinton’s advice to counter a new Republican policy agenda with one of their own…House and Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday ridiculed the Republicans’ ‘Pledge to America,’ a manifesto designed as a sequel to the ‘Contract With America’ that helped the GOP win control of Congress in 1994. Democrats dubbed the document a ‘pledge to special interests’ and said they have no plans to release their own governing white paper.”
Obama’s Day Ahead
President Obama will spend the day in New York City. He will meet at 11:15 a.m. ET with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, and will meet at 12:15 p.m. ET with President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón of Colombia. He will attend a 1 p.m. ET working luncheon with ASEAN leaders. He will attend a 3:15 p.m. ET Ministerial Meeting on Sudan. He will meet at 5 p.m. ET with President Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan. He will depart from New York at 6:55 p.m. ET, arrive at 7:45 p.m. ET at Andrews Air Force Base, and arrive back at the White House at 8 p.m. ET.
Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will travel in the morning to Miami, Florida, where he will attend a 12 p.m. ET fundraising event for Delaware Senate candidate Chris Coons. At 3 p.m. ET, he will deliver remarks at an event for the Florida Democratic Party, featuring the state’s Democratic candidates. He will return in the evening to Wilmington, Delaware.
Clinton Urges Iraq To Form Government
The AFP reports: “US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that Iraq needs to finally form a new government and avoid creating a security vacuum.’The secretary agreed that this is becoming of critical importance and we don’t want to see Iraq drift and have a security vacuum result,’ Clinton’s spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters.”
GOP’s Big Money Men Return
Politico reports: “After reducing their check writing during the latter days of George W. Bush’s presidency and John McCain’s 2008 campaign to succeed him, wealthy conservatives have been re-energized by the 2010 mid-term election, giving to GOP candidates and campaign committees as well as the independent groups that back Republicans in unprecedented amounts.”
Republicans Pledge Floor Fight Over Judicial Nominees
Roll Call reports: “Senate Judiciary Republicans threatened Thursday to block President Barack Obama’s nominees for lower courts from clearing the full chamber, and panel Democrats accused them of making unwarranted objections…The pace of judicial confirmations has been a hot topic for both parties. Democrats blame Republicans for slow-walking the nominees, while GOPers assail their majority colleagues for perpetrating worse acts during President George W. Bush’s tenure. Thursday’s markup, which included nominations that the Obama administration recently returned to the Senate because they stalled on the chamber floor, provided fresh fodder for the debate.”
