The Gloves Are Off
James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
We’ve got to hand it to NARAL Pro-Choice America (née National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws), which has put out the funniest series of political ads at least since one Christine O’Donnell solemnly intoned to the camera: “I am not a witch.”
Dems Playing on Racial Fear to Motivate Black Base
Jeremy Peters, NYT
In the final days before the election, Democrats in the closest Senate races across the South are turning to racially charged messages — invoking Trayvon Martin’s death, the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and Jim Crow-era segregation — to jolt African-Americans into voting and stop a Republican takeover in Washington.
Democrats Crash-Land the Planet
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Want to know how to really scare a Democratic candidate for Congress on Halloween? Forget the Sarah Palin mask. Don’t say “Boo!” Just slip up behind them and whisper, “national security.” They’ll jump from here into next week’s election.In New Hampshire, North Carolina, Arkansas, Iowa and Colorado, Republican challengers are spooking Democratic Senate campaigns by yelling, “Islamic State” and “Ebola.”
President Obama’s Legacy Pitch
Brown & Epstein, Politico
Everywhere he goes these days, President Barack Obama talks about his economic legacy in a way that he’s been reluctant to do before — as an indisputable success, even as he acknowledges there’s much left to fix.White House officials say this is a strategy only to remind voters of progress achieved under Democrats and boost the party’s candidates in the midterms. But they have long complained about the president not getting his due, particularly in a media environment that amplifies scandal and brushes by success.