Lisa's Gall vs. Miller's Honor  —  I have never seen a candidate stoop as low as was seen last night in Alaska's senatorial debate.  —  Alaska's Joe Miller is facing a tough three-way race for U.S. Senate.  Though Joe decisively defeated the incumbent Senator in the primary …

Caprio tells WPRO President can “shove” his endorsement  —  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio is livid after the Providence Journal reported Monday morning President Obama would not endorse Caprio during his visit to the state today.  —  “He can take his endorsement and really shove it” …

Jon Stewart rallies the troops in Washington  —  Guest starring Nicholas J Longtin as ‘Sane Demonstrator’.  —  Comedian Jon Stewart plans to hold a rally for viewers and fans in Washington on October 30.  Dubbed the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” the event is seen as a response to a similar rally held by Glenn Beck over the summer.

Reid ad: Angle would be a disaster  —  (CNN) - As Nevada's bitter and bruising Senate race nears its end, Sen. Harry Reid is hoping that voters look past the rancor and focus squarely on jobs.  —  A new ad released by Reid's campaign over the weekend combines a series of damning newspaper quotes …

Mitch McConnell: I Want To Be Senate Majority Leader In Order To Make Obama A One-Term President  —  From the moment Obama entered office, right-wing conservatives embraced the posture of hell-bent opposition.  Recall, in Jan. 2009, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh expressed his hope that Obama fails.

Dems' House Losses Likely Enormous, but Senate Hard to Read  —  There is no clear narrative in the Senate, just bizarre ups and downs.  —  Sen. Russell Feingold and Republican candidate Ron Johnson debate.  —  It's easy to look at what appears to be a gigantic Republican 2010 midterm election wave …

Christine O'Donnell Interview With The Brody File  —  In an exclusive sit-down interview with The Brody File, Christine O'Donnell says first time voters in Delaware will propel her to victory on November 2nd despite the media's “double standard” against conservative women.

Pelosi: 'We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done'  —  Democrats haven't necessarily gotten the credit they're due for the work they've done the last two years, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said.  —  Pelosi, in the middle of a tough campaign to defend Democrats' majority …

Sarah Palin Gets Gift of Pink Underwear from Sheriff Arpaio  —  ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports:  —  Add this to list of bizarre and unusual campaign trail antics: at last week's Tea Party Express rally in Phoenix, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio welcomed Sarah Palin with a pair of pink underwear.

Manchin expands lead  —  The great challenge of Joe Manchin's Senate campaign has been this: convincing West Virginia voters who like him but don't like Barack Obama to let their affection for him outweigh their animosity toward the President in deciding how to vote this fall.

A Second Pass at Early Voting Totals: Now With Extra Skepticism  —  I've gotten a lot of pushback on my column from Sunday night about early voting figures.  Michael P. McDonald of the Huffington Post, for instance — whose work I referenced at a couple of points in my article - calls it …

Republican: Expect ‘two years of good old-fashioned gridlock’ if GOP wins House  —  Voters should expect “good old-fashioned gridlock” in Washington if Republicans win control of one or both chambers of Congress, one GOP lawmaker said.  —  Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), a vice chairman …

Identified: Right Nation Protester Who Called Andrew Breitbart ‘Gay’ Is A Democrat Party Official  —  During last month's Right Nation gathering just outside of Chicago, Andrew Breitbart found himself confronting a group of angry protesters who had been bussed in by the Democratic Party.

Falling Into the Chasm  —  This is what happens when you need to leap over an economic chasm — but either can't or won't jump far enough, so that you only get part of the way across.  —  If Democrats do as badly as expected in next week's elections, pundits will rush to interpret the results as a referendum on ideology.

Republicans Remain in Control of Race for House  —  Democrats have gained modestly among independents  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans remain in position to win control of the House of Representatives in next week's midterm elections, although Democrats are doing slightly better now than they were early in October.

Scalia takes Kagan to gun range, sources say  —  According to two witnesses, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia took fellow Justice Elena Kagan out for a lesson in skeet shooting at his shooting club in Virginia last week.  —  The witnesses saw Scalia at the Fairfax Rod and Gun Club …

(5 of 7)  —  “It really undermines the trust in nonprofits,” he said.  “This is really off the grid.”  —  The Frist Foundation's Bird said the discrepancy between the Investigative Project's application to the IRS and its practices is troubling.  —  “It looks like they told the government one thing and did another,” he said.

Five Signs Your Party Is Doomed  —  Democrat or Republican, party leaders and pundits all turn to the same spin when they're staring down a tidal wave.  Benjamin Sarlin offers this handy list of signs that your team is in deep trouble, from mythical last-minute surges to impotent attacks on the next Speaker.

Taking Harder Stance Toward China, Obama Lines Up Allies  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, facing a vexed relationship with China on exchange rates, trade, and security issues, is stiffening its approach toward Beijing, seeking allies to confront a newly assertive power that officials …

Voter fraud watch: They're at it again  —  Here we go again.  Desperation plus the by-any-means-necessary credo plus a nationwide force of Alinsky avengers equals another recipe for voter fraud.  —  In Colorado, it's Common Cause of Colorado, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund …

Donation to Rove-tied group sparks Gold's Gym revolt  —  Four Gold's Gyms franchises in the San Francisco Bay Area will leave the Gold's brand after 22 years following the revelation that the owner of Gold's gave $2 million to American Crossroads, the conservative outfit that is funding candidates who are unfriendly to gay rights.

2012: How Sarah Barracuda Becomes President  —  Why do you think Barack Obama is being so nice to Michael Bloomberg?  —  On a pale-gold mid-October afternoon, Sarah Palin takes the stage at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, and the faithful are ready for her.

The Money Market Run  —  Something that's been bugging me for a while now is that people largely seem to have forgotten what it is that actually happened in the fall of 2008 as the financial crisis reached its most acute stage.  Amar Bhidé's new book, A Call for Judgment …

Paragraphs to Ponder  —  From Scientific American, on “taboo trade-offs”: … For me, this resonates with my growing disgust at the level of anger in the blogosphere.  I don't mean irritation, pointed jibes, or even spirited discussion; I mean an aggressive revelling in rage.

Top 10 districts in outside spending  —  Ground zero for the midterm election is in the middle of the Midwest, a Michigan district so milquetoast that its chief attraction is “Cereal City” in Battle Creek.  —  With a week left to go in the campaign, outside groups have spent $6 million …

Oklahoma's Preemptive Strike Against Sharia Law  —  Will anti-Sharia law initiatives be in future election cycles what anti-gay marriage initiatives were before?  That is, a cultural wedge issue the GOP uses to ensure that hard-core conservatives enthusiastically flock to the polls?