“Lee Fisher” on The Daily Caller

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A veteran of George W. Bush’s White House has kept Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat in the hands of the GOP. (more)

President Obama on Sunday made his final appeal to voters not to vote for Republicans on Tuesday, capping off a two-day four-state campaign swing that was limited to Democratic strongholds because of how unpopular his policies have proven in many battleground races. (more)

President Obama on Sunday night capped a weekend of campaigning for Democrat candidates with a rousing rally in Columbus, Ohio, seeking to will his party toward staunching what looks to be a drubbing in midterm elections two weeks from Tuesday. (more)

In 1986, when Jim Bunning was running his first race for United States Congress, his general consultant was Lee Atwater.  The race was for an open seat in Kentucky against a popular Democratic state legislator, who had some baggage.  Bunning was a former state senator and a retired professional baseball player with a Hall of Fame career. (more)

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Tuesday will accuse Republicans, private sector businesses and health insurance companies of “economic treason” in a red meat speech in Columbus, Ohio, to union members at their annual convention. (more)

GOP momentum toward a Senate takeover is increasing in many respects. But storm clouds are gathering over their head in Delaware and New Hampshire as Tuesday’s primary elections approach. (more)

Republican candidates have grabbed double-digit leads in the races for governor and the U.S. Senate, and the swelling red tide could lead to a GOP sweep of statewide offices, the first Dispatch Poll of the 2010 campaign shows. (more)

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It’s the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate. (more)

In another sign that the electoral environment has become dire for Democrats, Republican Senate candidates in the battleground working class states of Ohio and Pennsylvania have begun to build big leads in the last few weeks over their opponents. (more)

In 1984, singer-songwriter Tina Turner asked “What’s Love Got to Do with It” in her breakthrough solo album. This year, political observers find themselves asking the same thing about the massive infiltration of social media into political campaigns—“What’s Social Campaigning Got to Do with It?” As we see it, the answer is pretty simple for candidates running for the U.S. Senate: the difference between winning and losing. (more)

Rep. Joe Sestak’s admission that the White House tried to lure him out of a primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter made Pennsylvania the fifth state this cycle in which the Obama administration has tried unsuccessfully to clear the field for Democratic senate candidates. (more)