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SENATE DEMOCRATS SURGING -- John Bresnahan, Manu Raju and David Catanese write for the hometown paper: "Democratic candidates in some of the most critical Senate races in the country are surging, putting the party in its best position of the election cycle to keep its majority in November. The reasons range from the post-convention bounce led by President Barack Obama, to potent Democratic attack ads, to anemic performances of some GOP candidates. Fresh polling in marquee contests shows a distinct trend line in the Democrats' favor, making the GOP's narrow path to a Senate majority significantly more difficult with less than two months until the election.

-- "Democratic candidates in Virginia, Massachusetts and Wisconsin are on the rise after navigating a summer of challenges, and benefiting from Obama's growing strength in all three states. In Florida and Ohio, Democratic incumbents have so far withstood a tidal wave of spending by conservative super PACs and outside groups. Senate Democrats said Wednesday that stumbles by Republican Senate candidates, infighting between the tea party movement and establishment wings of the GOP and effective Democratic ads have all helped their cause. The Democratic convention, they say, firmed up the party's base. ...

-- "At a party lunch Wednesday in the Senate's LBJ Room, Republicans ... argued there is still a clear pathway and that poll numbers are fleeting. Yet there was considerable GOP concern, both publicly and privately, over Mitt Romney's campaign snafus. 'We need him to do well,' Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), No. 3 in leadership, said of Romney. 'I think there's obviously a down-ballot impact from the performance of the top of the ticket - so we're all pulling for him and doing everything we can to help him - especially in a lot of the states where we have really competitive Senate races.'"http://politi.co/RBtk8O

-- Nevada Sen. Dean Heller became the third GOP Senate candidate to distance himself from Romney's remark that 47 percent of Americans are dependent on government and see themselves as "victims." He told POLITICO: "You got to understand, I grew up with five brothers and sisters. My father was an automechanic. My mother was a school cook. I just don't view the world the same way he does. Every vote in Nevada counts, every vote. And as a United States senator, my job is represent every one of those votes, whether they voted for me or against me." http://politi.co/RBHqXH

-- Senate GOP leaders ducked questions about Romney's "47 percent" comments in front of the cameras Wednesday.http://bit.ly/NEl5vP


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On Sep 20, 2012, at 8:42 AM, B <261penn@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sep 20, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Eric Schwerin <eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com> wrote:
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>> Exactly. Also, see NYT article this AM that says Romney really doesn't have that much money because most of the money raised is in $35K increments and the bulk of it went to the RNC and the primary. He'll still have the Super PACS but clearly this is the reason he's still doing fundraisers in Salt Lake at this late date.
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>> On Sep 20, 2012, at 7:54 AM, Hunter Biden <hbiden@rosemontseneca.com> wrote:
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>>> --Gallup.com, "Democratic Enthusiasm Swells in the Swing States, Nationally," by Lydia Saad and Jeffrey M. Jones: "[W]hereas equal percentages of Democrats and Republicans [in 12 swing states] were enthusiastic in June, Democrats are now significantly more enthusiastic than Republicans, 73% vs. 64%. Independents' enthusiasm [is] up 18 points" to 43%. Nationally, Dem enthusiasm is 68% and R is 62%. http://bit.ly/OGnveP
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