Sharron Angle raised a staggering $14 million in the third quarter for her campaign against Harry Reid.

Meanwhile, Democrats still try to decide whether to nationalize the election? The $14 million didn’t all come from Nevada folks. This election is nationalized whether you like it or not.

Rich Iott’s latest line on the Waffen SS unit he reenacts: “I don’t think we can sit here and judge” them.

Really? SS units on the Eastern front? I’ll sign up to judge them.

Just for the record it’s worth noting that there’s a significant taxonomy of Nazi Germany’s soldiery. First you have men serving in the German regular army, the Wehrmacht. Then there were militarized SS formations, actually part of the Nazi party, the Waffen SS. Then there was duty on the Eastern front, where the Nazis followed a much more barbaric approach to war than they did on the Western front – and where casualties were vastly higher on both sides. Then on top of all that there were the Waffen SS divisions recruited from non-German volunteers. That’s the category of the ‘Wiking’ division Rich Iott is into. So these were the folks who weren’t conscripted and weren’t even German but thought the whole National Socialism thing was such a great idea that they signed up voluntarily, as even sub-German master race junior partners. (The recruits for Wiking were from Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the Baltics.) I mean, that’s dedication!

In any war and in any army you’re going to find a range of people, behaviors and beliefs, but if you’re looking for a part of the World War II German war machine to rehabilitate the ordinary soldiers, this is not where you’d start. To put it mildly.

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Jon Stewart talks Nazis, whores, and other “unforced errors” of the midterm campaigns. Watch.

George Soros is no more bullish than anyone else on Dems’ prospects this November, having shifted his giving away from electoral politics in advance of the anticipated Republican wave: “I’m not in a position to stop it. I don’t believe in standing in the way of an avalanche.”

The federal offshore drilling moratorium may end as soon as this week, Robert Gibbs told reporters a short time ago.

Trouble keeping track of all the health care lawsuits out there challenging the constitutionality of the new reform law? Brian Beutler has put together a quick and easy guide for you.

Ron Paul and Lawrence O’Donnell got into a bit last night on MSNBC over whether O’Donnell had violated some pre-interview pledge not to ask Paul about other candidates for public office (i.e., his son Rand). Watch.

Earlier this decade, West Virginia changed its highway welcome signs from “Wild and Wonderful” to “Open for Business.” The signs have since been changed back, but that probably tells you more about the state than the whole “hicky” actors kerfuffle from last week. And it’s a good way to introduce you to John Raese, the wealthy Republican businessman and perennial candidate trying to knock off Gov. Joe Manchin (D) for the late Robert Byrd’s Senate seat.

Raese has a variety of business interests including a major mining company and a couple of dozen radio stations. But he’s not apologetic about his privileged roots: “I made my money the old-fashioned way, I inherited it. I think that’s a great thing to do. I hope more people in this country have that opportunity as soon as we abolish inheritance tax in this country, which is a key part of my program.”

Eric Kleefeld has the down low on John Raese.