“Campaign” on The Daily Caller

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is planning to wage a television campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democratic colleagues. (more)

With Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee all making moves indicating they may run for president, their common employer is facing a question that hasn’t been asked before: How does a news organization cover White House hopefuls when so many are on the payroll? (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one way at least, the fight for control of Congress is grossly one-sided. (more)

Tim Cahill never expected his name to come up in a White House meeting. (more)

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a national advertising campaign that would cast the Republican Party as all but taken over by Tea Party extremists, people involved in the discussion said. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — UPS’ slogan “What can brown do for you” is no more. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he’s trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him “a risk” who would gamble away people’s retirement savings. (more)

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama says Republicans should join him in opposing a Supreme Court ruling that vastly increased how much corporations and unions can spend on campaign ads. (more)

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The share of Democratic supporters donating to Charlie Crist’s U.S. Senate campaign has multiplied since the Florida governor left the GOP in April to run as an independent, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. (more)

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tax records revealed Wednesday that South Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Nikki Haley repeatedly paid fines for not paying her income taxes on time. (more)

The 10 nastiest Senate races (more)

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked legislation imposing new restrictions on political activity by special interest groups Tuesday, likely dealing a fatal blow to a drive by the White House and congressional Democrats to rewrite campaign rules in the run-up to the midterm elections. (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judicial candidate is fending off a political attack from his daughter, who has taken out a local newspaper ad urging voters: “Do not vote for my dad!” (more)

Charles Rangel’s legal bills are piling up as high as the campaign cash he’s raking in to pay for his ethics defense. (more)

Republican State Senator John Huppenthal of Arizona hasn’t had a good week. On Thursday, his campaign was forced to fend off a legal challenge that might have disqualified him from the race for state schools superintendant, and though he only ended up receiving a fine for collecting his nominating petition signatures too early in the election cycle, the embarrassing flap was widely reported across the state. (more)

Gary Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico and a likely candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, is talking about hookers. (more)

The world’s top-earning hedge fund managers have bankrolled almost exclusively Democratic campaigns, according to Silla Bush of The Hill: (more)

Republican Sue Lowden may hold a commanding lead over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the polls in the Nevada Senate race, but Reid is determined to make her chickens come home to roost. (more)

SAN MIGUEL, Philippines (AP) — The pounding beat of “Eye of the Tiger” from “Rocky III” blasted from speakers as Manny Pacquiao’s black Hummer pulled up at an open-air basketball court on a recent humid evening. (more)

It has apparently never been done before, but a Tea Party group in New Jersey has won the first round in its effort to recall a U.S. Senator — Democrat Robert Menendez. (more)