Anchorage CBS Affiliate Caught on Voicemail Conspiring Against Alaska's GOP Senate Candidate  —  The following voice mail message was inadvertently left on the cell phone of Joe Miller campaign spokesperson Randy DeSoto.  —  The voices are believed to be those of the news director …

Jon Stewart Rally Attracts Estimated 215,000  —  An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.  —  The company AirPhotosLive.com based …

The war recovery?  —  When the midterm election cycle began, the prevailing opinion was that Barack Obama was cleverer and more inspirational than anyone else on the scene.  As it ends, nothing appears to have changed.  —  OH, YES, I know that Democrats have fallen into a peck of trouble and may lose control of Congress.

Atmospherics are terrible for Reid, but he will hold on  —  Harry Reid or Sharron Angle is dead, last in an occasional series:  —  It just feels as if Reid is going to lose.  —  Forget the enthusiasm gap — that word is too mild.  There is a passion gap in this race that is palpable.

CNN Poll: Large advantage for GOP as election nears  —  Washington (CNN) -Two days before the midterm elections, a new national poll indicates that Republicans have a 10-point lead over the Democrats in a crucial indicator in the battle for control of Congress.

Congress is ‘not a lost cause,’ says top Dem  —  (CNN) - History and recent polling suggest Democrats will most likely lose their majority in the House in Tuesday's election.  But according to the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the chamber “is not a lost cause.”

Can the Dude Abide?  —  Barack Obama became president by brilliantly telling his own story.  To stay president, he will need to show he can understand our story.  —  At first it was exciting that Obama was the sort of brainy, cultivated Democrat who would be at home in a “West Wing” episode.

The Grand Old Plot Against the Tea Party  —  ONE dirty little secret of the 2010 election is that it won't be a political tragedy for Democrats if a Tea Party icon like Sharron Angle or Joe Miller ends up in the United States Senate.  Angle, now synonymous with racist ads sliming Hispanics …

Russ Feingold's last stand  —  JANESVILLE, Wis. — Russ Feingold has spent 18 years on the fringes of the Senate Democratic Caucus and one very hard year here in his home state running the opposite of this year's standard-issue Democratic campaign.  —  But Feingold appears on the brink …