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” …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

NPR CEO apologizes for handling of Williams firing  —  Vivian Schiller, the NPR CEO who has gotten criticism from all sides about NPR's decision to fire Juan Williams, apologized to her colleagues Sunday evening for the way the firing was handled.  —  Among the most problematic aspects …

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 …

Sharron Angle dodges press at Reno event  —  In recent days, the Nevada Democratic Party has set up a website tracking Republican senate candidate Sharron Angle's expected appearances.  Angle has refused press interviews and hasn't held any public events since the debate.

Poll: Independents siding with GOP  —  Republicans are on the verge of broad wins next week for one big reason: independent voters are ready to boot Democrats from office, according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll.  —  Expressing deep dissatisfaction …

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.

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.

(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.