“Election 2010” on The Daily Caller

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican race for the White House is about to accelerate dramatically, with a series of debates and events testing whether Rick Perry has staying power and Mitt Romney can keep focusing on the president instead of his GOP rivals. (more)

The Republicans gave the Democrats a historic spanking election night in the House of Representatives — netting over 60 seats, taking the majority, and leaving House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to contemplate a variation on Charlton Heston’s “from my cold dead hands” declaration. (more)

President Obama is looking to throw a life preserver to farmers in Arkansas and elsewhere with an administrative action worth $1.5 billion. (more)

Democratic leaders are pushing departing lawmakers to turn over their war chests to help the party retain control of Congress, but in some cases are getting a stiff-arm. (more)

Republican Congressman Roy Blunt has opened a slightly wider lead over Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s race for the U.S. Senate. (more)

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) has received a $5,000 donation from the Congressional Black Caucus political action committee, only the latest signal that national African-American leaders are firmly behind the white congressman as he fights back a primary challenge in his black-majority district. (more)

Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) “danged fence” ad was widely panned earlier this year, but his more recent “huckster” television spot is attracting rave reviews. (more)

Sen. Charles Schumer (D), the de facto leader of New York’s Democratic Party, is throwing his support behind embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.). (more)

Republican Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte of Nashua landed one of the last, big GOP endorsements with the backing of former U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman of Hollis, The Telegraph confirmed Wednesday. (more)

Republican incumbent Rick Perry holds a modest lead over Democratic challenger Bill White again this month in his bid for an unprecedented third term as governor of Texas. (more)

Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio raised $4.5 million in the second quarter of 2010, his Senate campaign announced Monday, bringing the onetime insurgent candidate’s receipts for the cycle to more than $11 million. (more)

Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) will get fundraising help from the White House Thursday despite criticizing the war in Afghanistan. (more)

Florida’s Senate race remains all about Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist and likely GOP nominee Marco Rubio. (more)

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul will be the beneficiary of a New York City fundraiser next week held by Steve Forbes, a former GOP presidential candidate and multimillionaire. (more)

Kentucky congressional candidate Andy Barr, the Republican nominee against Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler, is a member of an exclusive country club that until last year had never admitted a black member. (more)

Republican Sam Brownback still holds an overwhelming lead over his Democratic opponent Tom Holland in the contest for governor of Kansas. (more)

In an effort to buck up his base a month before the primary, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is going up on the air with his first television ad of the Missouri Senate campaign. (more)

Florida’s former RINO Governor Charlie Crist, who shed his Republican disguise in April to seek a U.S. Senate seat as an independent, has shaken both sides of the money tree to great effect. But it’s not clear now if he’ll get away with it. A Florida Republican legislator and attorney in Naples is suing Crist in an attempt to get Crist to, as we phrase it in the South, do right. (more)

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown said Monday that he had accepted 10 invitations for town hall meetings and debates with his opponent, Republican Meg Whitman. (more)

It’s not so much that the thrill is gone with Marco Rubio, but definitely the passion has cooled. (more)