Welcome back to Hotline Sort. Romney cuts an ad for Rehberg, Brown won't reschedule the final debate with Warren, tough new DSCC ad in Arizona, and Mack's campaign predicts their exact margin of victory.
13) Actress Allison Janney talks "West Wing" movie.
12) Okay, that's extremely specific: GOP Rep. Connie Mack's campaign has predicted he'll win the Florida Senate race... by 1.4 percent. In case you're wondering, Mack's camp says he'll get 49.1 percent of the vote to Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's 47.7 percent.
11) Embattled Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., is getting robocall help from his friend, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
10) Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., holds a one-point lead over GOP challenger Brendan Doherty, according to a new poll conducted for WPRI-TV: Cicilline leads Doherty 43 percent to 42 percent.
9) NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I) is jumping in to target Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., using his new PAC to spend $1.1 million in ads against him, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
8) "The Fix" reports on a new internal poll released by Indiana GOP Senate nominee Richard Mourdock's campaign showing him with 45 percent to Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly's 44 percent.
7) Democratic Sen. Bob Casey leads GOP opponent Tom Smith, 46 percent to 36 percent, in a new Franklin & Marshall poll of the Pennsylvania Senate race.
6) Democratic Senate nominee
Tim Kaine is out with two
new ads. Both are positive spots featuring him talking to the camera about unity and his record.
Meanwhile, a new Quinnipiac/
New York Times/CBS News poll of the race shows Kaine leading GOP opponent
George Allen by 4 points, 50 percent to 46 percent.
5) And new Quinnipiac/
New York Times/CBS News
polls in the Ohio and Florida Senate races show Democratic Sens.
Sherrod Brown and
Bill Nelson leading their GOP opponents by comfortable margins.
4) Two new Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee IE ads:
In Wisconsin, the
spot hits GOP nominee
Tommy Thompson on his DC lobbying for "big oil clients" and wannting to raise middle class taxes.
And in Arizona, a brutal
spot featuring a woman fighting breast cancer. "You voted to let insurance companies kick women like me out of the hospital on the same day we had our breasts removed," she says, addressing GOP Rep.
Jeff Flake. "Only you and one other congressman voted that way."
3) Majority PAC announced a $7 million-plus final ad push hitting the GOP Senate nominees in
MT,
WI,
IN,
ND,
VA,
CT (with Patriot Majority USA, IAFF, and Connecticut's Future PAC), and
FL (radio only).
2) In Massachusetts, GOP Sen.
Scott Brown is up with his closing spot, a minute-long ad touting his independence. "I've kept my promise to be an independent voice," says Brown. "I put people ahead of politics, and now I need your help to keep that independent tradition alive in Massachusetts."
Meanwhile, Brown's campaign said that due to campaign obligations, they won't reschedule the debate that was cancelled Tuesday night due to Hurricane Sandy.
Elizabeth Warren's campaign had said she would work to reschedule for Thursday.
1)
Mitt Romney has cut a television ad endorsing Montana GOP Senate nominee
Denny Rehberg, the Missoulian
reports, saying Rehberg will help to "get our fiscal house in order." The only other ad Romney has cut for a GOP Senate candidate in the general election is one for Mourdock.
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