Hotline Sort: Akin Apologizes, On Air
Welcome back to Hotline Sort. Todd Akin cuts a new apology ad, Majority PAC and Patriot Majority are launching an $1.6 million ad offensive in four Senate races, the NRCC outraises the DCCC in July, and the FBI was investigating Michael Grimm when they came across the skinny dipping incident.
12) Why was the FBI even investigating the skinny dipping incident in Israel? The Wall Street Journal:
A Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into New York Rep. Michael Grimm and his supporters led investigators to learn details of an incident on a 2011 congressional trip to Israel in which a different lawmaker went skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Meanwhile, about those skinny dippers: Looks like it looks like it was just Kansas GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder who fully disrobed for the swim.
11) Nevada Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller gets a black eye -- on purpose. The Las Vegas Sun:
Some politicians don't want to risk getting their hair mussed, much less shatter a cheekbone or break a nose.
But Secretary of State Ross Miller had his first -- and only, he said -- mixed martial arts bout Saturday, defeating his opponents 30 seconds into the second round.
"Competing in mixed martial arts was on my bucket list," he said, sitting in the Capitol with a few scrapes on his forehead and a slightly black left eye. "It's something I wanted to do for myself. It's part of my personal journey."
10) Sarah Palin's latest endorsement: Dan Bongino, the GOP nominee for Senate in Maryland. But Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin is expected to cruise to reelection.
9) House runoff elections today in Georgia, where Republicans will choose their nominee against vulnerable Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga. Stay tuned to Hotline on Call today for a preview.
8) New York City residents give Mayor Michael Bloomberg positive marks in a New York Times poll appearing in Tuesday's editions, but more than 7-in-10 think the term limits law should not have been amended in 2008 to allow him to run for a third term -- and nearly two-thirds say they would not vote for him if he could run for a fourth. Another thing on which New Yorkers can agree: 54 percent think it would be a bad idea for disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., to "return to public life and political office," while just a third call that a good idea.
7) Committee fundraising numbers for July: The NRCC outraised the DCCC in July, bringing in over $11.6 million to the Democratic committee's $8.2 million. The NRCC ended the month with $48.9 million in the bank to the DCCC's $36.2 million.
6) Connecticut Democratic Senate nominee Chris Murphy released a new television ad hitting his GOP opponent and defending his economic record in the face of attacks.
"Linda McMahon will do and say anything to get ahead, like running false negative ads," says Murphy, before touting his jobs record.
Obama for America, the Obama Victory Fund, and the Democratic National Committee had a combined $124 million on hand to close July, the FEC reports show. The total was roughly $60 million less than the $186 million haul the Romney campaign announced earlier in August, raised with the assistance of the Republican National Committee.
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