Control Of Congress Tea Leaves: Six Days Out...
1. If it's about the economy.... Per The Chicago Tribune: "Wages and benefits paid to American workers rose last quarter by the most since 2004, as the unemployment rate matched a five-year low." If it's about Iraq: chaos.
2. Bob Corker has dumped another $2M of his own money in the TN Senate race.
3. Dr. Bill Siroty, proprietor of our New Hampshire affiliate website NHNewslinks.com, passes along news of the Nashua Telegraph's endorsement of challenger Paul Hodes in the NH 02 congressional race. "This endorsement is a relatively big deal. he Telegraph has endorsed Bass since at least 1996 until 2004," Siroty writes.
4. NoVA television was all over the incident in Charlottesville involving volunteers for George Allen and liberal blogger Mike Stack. The way they played the story: Allen volunteers attack!
5. Bush's final week schedule includes stops in CO 02, KS 02, IA, MO, TX and Elko, NV. He's on Rush Limbaugh today.
6. Reuters/Zogby has Dems with leads in 12 of 15 races polled.
7. Jon Ralston fowards along the latest early voting numbers from Nevada: "About 1,000 fewer folks went to the polls Tuesday than on Monday -- 11,512 people voted. The total now, with mail ballots, is about 20 percent turnout.
Republicans continue to hold their own in CD3. Overall: D: 46 percent, R: 40 percent"
8. Speaking of NV 03, a tipster tells us that there about 75 GOP volunteers making phone calls in the district... the goal is to make about 200,000 contacts by next Tuesday....
9. The NRSC IE will spend $800K on ads in MI.