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Obama Targets Key Groups In Election’s Homestretch
The Associated Press reports: “Heading into the homestretch of the midterm elections, President Barack Obama is targeting key Democratic constituencies as he tries to energize voters and build up Election Day turnout among his supporters. The groups Obama is targeting mirror those that helped him win the White House: young people, African-Americans and women. A crucial element of the president’s strategy in the two weeks before the Nov. 2 election is finding a way to get first-time voters from 2008 to head back to the polls even though Obama’s name isn’t on the ballot.”

Obama’s Day Ahead
President Obama will receive the presidential daily briefing at 10:30 a.m. ET, and meet at 11 a.m. ET with senior advisers. At 11:35 a.m. ET, he will host the White House Science Fair, and view state science fair project winners, and deliver remarks at 12 p.m. ET. He will depart from the White House at 7:05 p.m. ET, will deliver remarks at a fundraising dinner for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee at 8:10 p.m. ET in Rockville, Maryland, and arrive back at the White House at 9 p.m. ET.

Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania, and attend an event at 5:15 p.m. ET for Congressional candidate John Callahan. He will return to Washington in the evening.

Dems Take Swing At Muhammad Ali Strategy To Keep The House
The Hill reports: “House Democrats have taken a page from Muhammad Ali and planned a rope-a-dope strategy for the midterm election, hoping it can save their majority. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee decided to let its Republican counterpart outspend it on political ads during the crucial month of September. Now the DCCC has a big advantage in cash on hand to counterpunch Republican candidates in October. But will it be too late? TV time will become more expensive and the airwaves will be cluttered with third party-funded advertising.”

Republicans, Democrats Who Criticized Stimulus Wrote Letters Seeking Funds
The Washington Post reports: “Scores of Republicans and conservative Democrats who voted against the stimulus law subsequently wrote letters seeking funds. They include tea party favorites such as freshman Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), as well as Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former presidential candidates.”

Fundraising For Boehner For Speaker PAC Jumps In Third Quarter
Roll Call reports: “House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) raised $1.9 million in the third quarter for the Boehner for Speaker political action committee, more than tripling the amount collected in the second quarter. The PAC, a joint effort between Boehner and the National Republican Congressional Committee, had raised a total of nearly $2.5 million as of Sept. 30, according to the latest data from the Federal Election Commission. It reported raising about $570,000 in the second quarter.”

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