POLITICO Playbook: GOP groups launch $50 million ‘House surge’
PLAYBOOK ODDS FIXING: If midterms were held today, Republicans would pick up 45 House seats (40 needed for majority, or 39 if you exclude the Souder open seat in Indiana) and 7 Senate seats (10 needed for takeover).
THE FIRST LADY campaigns today for first time since '08, but won't attack Rs - From prepared remarks for a fundraiser for Sen. Russ Feingold, in Milwaukee's U.S. Cellular Arena (via Amie Parnes): "This isn't something I do very often. ... As a self-described Mom-in-Chief, my first priority in the White House has been making sure that my girls are happy and healthy and adjusting to this new life. ... Like every parent I know, my children are the center of my world. My hopes for their future are at the heart of every single thing I do. And that's really why I'm here today.' http://bit.ly/c0aqnk
--More Parnes preview of the remarks, expected to run about 20 minutes: "Obama will attempt to personalize issues like the faltering economy and poor schools. While she is not expected to address her husband's critics on the economy, ... she will express her sympathy for the struggles of everyday Americans. She will say that she sees the economic hardship 'in the child whose mom has just lost her job and worries about how her family will pay the bills.' And she will pivot to the hardships military families face: 'I see it in the child whose dad has just been deployed and tries so hard to be brave for his younger siblings.' The first lady will also stress how the nation is 'beginning to turn a corner' ... While the first lady won't be traveling on weekends so she can spend time with her daughters, she is expected to add more outreach calls to her schedule in the lead-up to the election, ... [targeting] women and young voters."
--V.P. IN WINDY CITY - Chicago Tribune A14, "GOP 'playing for keeps': Vice president, first lady rally local Democrats," by Ray Long and Rick Pearson: "Vice President Joe Biden implored a union audience Tuesday to turn out votes for Gov. Pat Quinn and other Democrats in a Chicago visit that marked the second phase of a quick three-part assist to the state's ruling political party by President Barack Obama's White House. 'Get it straight, guys. These guys are playing for keeps,' Biden warned of Republican efforts to make inroads in Illinois and Washington. Speaking to several hundred people at a rally at the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local 130 headquarters on the Near West Side, the vice president said it would take the nation a decade to recover 'if we let this slip through our hands.' ... Biden's visit was yet another indication of the growing concerns among leading Democrats that Republicans are endangering what has been Democratic dominance in Illinois during the past decade. A week ago, Obama came to Chicago ... On Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama comes back."
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THE FIRST LADY campaigns today for first time since '08, but won't attack Rs - From prepared remarks for a fundraiser for Sen. Russ Feingold, in Milwaukee's U.S. Cellular Arena (via Amie Parnes): "This isn't something I do very often. ... As a self-described Mom-in-Chief, my first priority in the White House has been making sure that my girls are happy and healthy and adjusting to this new life. ... Like every parent I know, my children are the center of my world. My hopes for their future are at the heart of every single thing I do. And that's really why I'm here today.' http://bit.ly/c0aqnk
--More Parnes preview of the remarks, expected to run about 20 minutes: "Obama will attempt to personalize issues like the faltering economy and poor schools. While she is not expected to address her husband's critics on the economy, ... she will express her sympathy for the struggles of everyday Americans. She will say that she sees the economic hardship 'in the child whose mom has just lost her job and worries about how her family will pay the bills.' And she will pivot to the hardships military families face: 'I see it in the child whose dad has just been deployed and tries so hard to be brave for his younger siblings.' The first lady will also stress how the nation is 'beginning to turn a corner' ... While the first lady won't be traveling on weekends so she can spend time with her daughters, she is expected to add more outreach calls to her schedule in the lead-up to the election, ... [targeting] women and young voters."
--V.P. IN WINDY CITY - Chicago Tribune A14, "GOP 'playing for keeps': Vice president, first lady rally local Democrats," by Ray Long and Rick Pearson: "Vice President Joe Biden implored a union audience Tuesday to turn out votes for Gov. Pat Quinn and other Democrats in a Chicago visit that marked the second phase of a quick three-part assist to the state's ruling political party by President Barack Obama's White House. 'Get it straight, guys. These guys are playing for keeps,' Biden warned of Republican efforts to make inroads in Illinois and Washington. Speaking to several hundred people at a rally at the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local 130 headquarters on the Near West Side, the vice president said it would take the nation a decade to recover 'if we let this slip through our hands.' ... Biden's visit was yet another indication of the growing concerns among leading Democrats that Republicans are endangering what has been Democratic dominance in Illinois during the past decade. A week ago, Obama came to Chicago ... On Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama comes back."
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Palin and Beck for president in 2012...they may just be able to beat out the Naked cow boy for a squese through win (NUP?!?)