Barbara Boxer has stopped the bleeding and is now holding a small but steady lead over Carly Fiorina, who hasn’t led in any poll of the California Senate race since the first week of September.
Larry Kudlow: Obama/Emanuel hug at departure ceremony sent signal of weakness to America’s enemies.
“I think the hug lacked dignity. It did not send a message of American power and forcefulness … Why not just a dignified, stand-up, serious handshake? That’s what Reagan would have done. A strong handshake shows friendship, respect, and even affection. But a big fat hug seems to go over the line.”
A weird Newsweek poll came out at the end of last week that either means nothing or everything and most likely something in between which is a weird volatility that is challenging pollsters’ abilities to tell us just what’s coming on November 2nd. The congressional generic shows a five point spread for the Democrats — 48%-43%. That’s a strong number for the Dems. And it shifts the TPM Poll Average to +2 GOP, the closest it’s been for months. But it’s also not that surprising in itself since the Newsweek poll historically has been a relatively friendly one for the Dems. (Back on August 26, they had the number tied when other pollsters were showing big Republican leads.)
(This graph shows the trend in the congressional generic ballot going back to January 1st. Click the TPM logo in the graph to see the full chart and data set.)
What stood out to me about this poll was what was under the topline, particularly about the voters most likely to turn out to vote. Read More
Our photographer Jeff Malet roamed through the crowds at the big progressive rally yesterday in DC. Here’s what he saw:
Rand Paul and Jack Conway get it on during what will probably be their only nationally televised debate, on Fox News Sunday.
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President releases statement on the 20th anniversary of the reunification of Germany … Read More
Andrew Breitbart distances himself from his protege James O’Keefe’s latest stunt, calling the botched punking of a CNN reporter “patently gross and offensive.”
In his latest trip to the O’Donnell vaults, Bill Maher gets an old video of Christine O’Donnell telling Bill that after being a witch she tried to become a Hare Krishna but ended up not being able to stick with it because you had to be a vegetarian and she liked meatballs too much.