Obama 49, Romney 48 in a Washington Post-ABC poll; Cuomo helps Pelosi
Briefing: Duffy, Paterson and Bloomberg. Edward Reed via nyc.gov
5:11 pm Oct. 22, 2012
2012
An ABC/Washington Post tracking poll shows Obama in a virtual dead heat with Romney nationally, with a still-massive gender gap. Romney is slightly up in swing states. Obama maintains an advantage in "strongly favorable" ratings. [Jon Cohen and Scott Clement]
Congress
"I am helping Nancy Pelosi fundraise," Cuomo said. [Glenn Blain]
In NY-11, Democrat Mark Murphy got "a nomination that, in the end, no one else really seemed to want." [Tom Wrobleski]
In NY-18, Bernard Spitzer donated to Sean Patrick Maloney's campaign but Eliot Spitzer did not. [Jon Campbell]
In NY-24, the N.R.A. sent out a mailer encouraging voters to support Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle. [Robert Harding]
Albany
In SD-60, the once-seemingly vulnerable Republican state senator Mark Grisanti racked up two more endorsements: one from a business group, the other, a good-government group. [Tom Precious]
In SD-15, Republican challenger Eric Ulrich spoke to Orthodox Jews. [Yossi Gestetner]
This attack mailer connects Ulrich with John Haggerty, the operative convicted of stealing more than $1 million from Bloomberg's 2009 campaign. [Twitter]
