In this Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 photo, President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team and senior staff to receive an update on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.(AP)
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OBAMA TRIES TO BUY A THRILLThe hard and bitter sentiment against President Obamas policies, foreign and domestic, is plenty to drive Republican voter enthusiasm. But how can you get Democrats to the polls at a time when the partys base is deeply disillusioned over a 30-year war and the Senate looks like a lost cause? Cash. U.S. News explores a $60 million Democratic grassroots voter turnout initiative, but the real sums being spent are likely more than quadruple that once we factor in deep-pocketed party patrons and labor unions. But however big the push, can you recreate the Obama magic recipe for victory without the key ingredient: an enthusiastic voter base? Having been forced to not only expand the war in Iraq and Syria but also abandon some plans for enthusing Democrats and trolling conservatives, the president cant do much to get the band back together. So the only thing left to do is go see the millionaires and billionaires in hopes that they will underwrite a massive get-out-the vote effort to close the gap in key states.
[Remember two weeks ago when they told you everything had changed about the Obama presidency. So, that didnt happen. And remember that when they tell you that the next big event will change it. Like the song says: Same as it ever was]
For auld lang syne - Today, Obama is raising money in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. In New York, Obama will enlist the help of, among others, Harvey Weinsteinand Mark Wahlberg and a pair of plutocratic pioneers of same-sex marriage. Then on Wednesday, Obama is back to work, including a rare scheduled briefing at the Pentagon. But on Thursday, its wheels up for California, where Obama will hit a string of high-end fundraisers in a three-day swing.
[Shes got the Goop - Hollywood Reporter: Prior to the contentious midterm elections this November, President Obama is set to visit Los Angeles for a fundraiser hosted at the home of GwynethPaltrow.An invitation, sent from the Democratic National Committee to donors, states that a reception and dinner will be held at the actress home on Oct. 9. Following the reception, President Obama will take your questions at an intimate dinner, reads an email from a key Hollywood fundraiser to invitees.]
M.O. moves for Quinn - Chicago Sun-Times: Team [Pat Quinn, D-Ill.] is pulling out all the stops in star-studded political endorsements and the latest is a new TV ad where First Lady Michelle Obama urges voters to back Quinn for reelection. The release of her TV ad comes one day before she leads a political rally for Quinn at UIC on Tuesday. It also follows Michelle Obama's radio ad and follows the president's visit to boost Quinn last week.
BUBBA TELLS VOTERS TO IGNORE OBAMAByron York: In what is likely to become a theme of the last weeks of campaigning before the midterm elections, former President Bill Clinton all but begged voters here in Arkansas not to use their vote as an expression of disapproval for Barack Obama [Republicans] are really running against the president, aren't they? Clinton said. They see the polls, the president is unpopular in Arkansas. They want you to make this a protest vote, Clinton continued. They're saying, You may like these [Democrats], but hey, you know what you've got to do. You've got to vote against the president. After all, it's your last shot.
Hillary echoes Panetta - Ottawa Citizen: Hillary Clinton said Monday that military action against Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria is essential to stop the growth of ISIL outside the region. Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state who is likely to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2016 presidential race, made the comments in an appearance in Ottawa. This kind of jihadist extremism is expansionary, Clinton told several hundred people at the conference hosted by the Canada 2020 think-tank. Overall, Clinton said that there may be 50,000 to 100,000 hard-core jihadists in the world right now. I think we turn away from it at our peril, she said. This is a long-term struggle and we just have to be sensible about it, and be smart, and learn the lessons from the past.
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