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WASHINGTON For President Barack Obama, the stark reality of the looming midterm elections is that the best outcome for his party gets him nothing but two more years of the status quo.

Two more years of a divided Congress. Two more years battling a Republican-led House that sees little overlap with the presidents priorities. And two more years that are likely to pass without the kind of legacy-building legislation that has eluded the president throughout his second term.

And yet to White House aides, it sure beats the alternative a Republican takeover of the Senate.

Who sets the agenda in the Senate matters in a big way, said Dan Pfeiffer, Obamas senior adviser. If Republicans take the Senate, Pfeiffer predicted a doubling down on the (Texas Republican Sen.) Ted Cruz, shutdown, hostage-taking approach togovernment.

The reality is that Obamas advisers have low expectations for passing major legislation even if Democrats hang onto the Senate. Thats been a struggle for Obama ever since the Republicans won the House four years ago and will likely get even harder as both parties turn their attention toward the 2016 presidential election and lawmakers get even more reluctant to take on tough issues.

With three weeks until Election Day, Republicans have a takeover of Congress within their sights. The party is likely to extend its majority in the House and needs to pick up just six seats to grab control of the Senate for the first time in nearly a decade.

Obama enters the campaigns homestretch with approval ratings hovering near the lowest point of his presidency, forcing Democratic candidates to distance themselves from their partys leader. Losing control of the Senate could cement the impression of apoliticallyimpotent, lame-duck president more than two years before the end of his term.

In a flurry of fundraisers this fall, Obama has cast the elections as crucial to his efforts to raise the minimum wage, institute equal pay legislation and boost infrastructure spending. I hope that in these midterms you feel a sense of urgency, he told donors in California last week.

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Rand Paul at RNC Fundraiser in NYC

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PFPWHP: Episode 10
Ebola, Rand Paul, Ayn Rand, and other plagues, amirite? *highfives* I don #39;t know. Tune in and find out.

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By Ashley Killough, CNN

updated 3:21 PM EDT, Mon October 13, 2014

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Washington (CNN) -- Ron Paul and Rand Paul are singing slightly different tunes on the threat of Ebola.

Sen. Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and likely presidential contender, has been generating headlines for his stark warnings about the virus, urging a temporary flight suspension from certain West African countries and suggesting Ebola is much more contagious than the government says.

His father, former Rep. Ron Paul, who's also a physician, appears to feel differently. In a column out Sunday, he sounds less distressed about the potential of the virus spreading in the United States and doesn't seem to think airline restrictions will do much good.

White House not naming Ebola 'czar'

The former presidential candidate -- an obstetrician with a strong libertarian following -- doesn't mention banning flights as a possible solution. Instead, he writes that safety concerns can best be handled by the airlines themselves, which he says would have a greater incentive to protect passengers than governments would.

"They can do so while providing a safe means of travel for those seeking medical treatment in the United States," he writes. "This would remove the incentive to lie about exposure to the virus among those seeking to come here for treatment."

Questions remain about how Dallas nurse got Ebola

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Sen. Rand Paul told supporters Sunday that the Republican message can and must appeal to people in all demographics and in states that havent been won by a Republican presidential candidate in many years.

We can reach out and get new people in theses states, we can reach out to new audiences and we can win again, but we need to be the party that passionately is for the Bill of Rights, he said.

Paul said Republicans need to defend the rights outlined in the First and Fourth Amendments with the same vigor that they defend the Second Amendment.

In 2016, were going to get a chance, and I think its about time we start thinking about getting a new president, he said.

Republican victories will begin in three weeks during the mid-term election, Paul said.

I sense that the wind is at our back and I sense were going to have a big victory, he said. In fact, I can taste it.

Like President Ronald Reagan did, Republicans need to exude optimism but also stand for something, Paul said.

When I think about how were going to win again, its as much about our attitude and the way we present our ideas as it is about policy, he said.

Paul closed out an evening of political speeches from individuals including U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., state Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who is running for governor in 2015 andformer U.S. ambassador Cathy Bailey, who is also considering a run for governor.

Proceeds fromRand Pauls Barnburner & BBQ benefitthe Rand Paul Victory Committee, which contributes to both Rand Paul for U.S. Senate 2016 and the Reinventing A New Direction Political Action Committee, or RAND PAC.

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