Bailed-Out Companies Back Republicans
The Washington Post reports: “Companies that received federal bailout money, including some that still owe money to the government, are giving to political candidates with vigor. Among companies with PACs, the 23 that received $1 billion or more in federal money through the Troubled Assets Relief Program gave a total of $1.4 million to candidates in September, up from $466,000 the month before. Most of those donations are going to Republican candidates, although the TARP program was approved primarily with Democratic support. President Obama expanded it to cover GM and other automakers.”
Obama’s Day Ahead
President Obama will receive the presidential daily briefing at 10:10 a.m. ET, meet at 10:40 a.m. ET with senior advisers, and meet at 11 a.m. ET with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He will depart form the White House at 2:30 p.m. ET, and depart from Andrews Air Force Base at 2:45 p.m. ET, arriving at 3:55 p.m. ET in Warwick, Rhode Island. He will tour American Cord & Webbing Co. in Woonsocket at 4:40 p.m. ET, and deliver remarks to workers at 4:55 p.m. ET. He will deliver remarks at a DCCC reception in Providence at 6:30 p.m. ET, and deliver remarks at a DCCC dinner at 7:30 p.m. ET. He will depart from Warwick at 8:15 p.m. ET, arrive Andrews Air Force Base at 9:25 p.m. ET, and at the White House at 9:40 p.m. ET.
Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will travel in the morning to Orlando, Florida, and address the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference at 11 a.m. ET. He will then attend a reception for Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL). He will then travel to Nashua, New Hampshire. At 4:15 p.m. ET, he will attend an event for Congressional candidate Ann McLane Kuster –Â which the Vice President’s office notes is his 100th event for 2010 candidates.
Pro-Republican Groups Prepare Big Push at End of Races
The New York Times reports: “The anonymously financed conservative groups that have played such a crucial role this campaign year are starting a carefully coordinated final push to deliver control of Congress to Republicans, shifting money among some 80 House races they are monitoring day by day. Officials involved in the effort over the midterm elections’ final week say it is being spearheaded by a core subset of the largest outside conservative groups, which have millions of dollars left to spend on television advertisements, mailings and phone calls for five potentially decisive Senate races, as well as the scores of House races.”
Obama’s Message Mixed On GOP Cooperation
The Associated Press reports: “Facing the prospect of big Republican gains in Congress, President Barack Obama is sending voters a mixed message: He says he sees opportunities to work with the GOP after Election Day yet warns Washington could be consumed by gridlock if the opposition takes control. It’s a strategy based on Obama’s need for voters to see him as the same politician who ran for the White House promising a new era of bipartisanship, at the same time he rallies his base to try to stave off sweeping Republican victories in the Nov. 2 midterm elections.”
Democrats Go All-In For Female Candidates
Roll Call reports: “Democratic women are redoubling their efforts to preserve their numbers in the House and Senate as scores of their colleagues appear increasingly endangered. Of the 54 Democratic women who the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says are running for re-election to the House, at least a dozen face tough battles for another term.”
GOP Mega-Donors Look Toward 2012
Politico reports: “As the 2010 campaign draws to its raucous close, the Republican Party’s biggest donors are slowly beginning to choose sides, with some still looking for a strong alternative to a populist conservative movement that makes them uneasy…This year’s early favorite appears to be Mitt Romney, donor sources confirmed to POLITICO, who has already lined up quiet commitments from more than a dozen top names, among them billionaire David Koch and his wife, Julia, financier and former Goldman Sachs partner Lewis Eisenberg, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and Ogilvy Government Relations Chairman Wayne Berman.”
