Politics Afternoon Edition: How Democrats could lose 70 seats

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Thursday, October 21, 2010 HEADLINES 1) How Democrats could lose 70 seats While most of the focus is on whether Republicans can win the 39 seats they need to re-claim the House majority, there is a lower-profile debate going on about just how big the GOP wave could be. » Read full article 2) Young voters bored by 2010 Democrats are hitting a wall when it comes to getting young voters excited about the midterm elections. » Read full article 3) Obama wooing women voters, buying doughnuts "Everybody needs to remember to vote," he said on a swing through Seattle. » Read full article 4) Boehner funding tea party with Wall Street money He's diverted more than a quarter-million dollars of his business-funded war chest. » Read full article 5) Heated battle pits 'Big Oil' against environmentalists One of the most volatile and expensive political battles of the year is playing out in California. » Read full article QUOTE OF THE DAY Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, after the announcement that Juan Williams had been fired by NPR: "While I have often enjoyed appearing on NPR programs and have been treated fairly and objectively, I will no longer accept interview requests from NPR as long as they are going to practice a form of censorship, and since NPR is funded with public funds, it IS a form of censorship. It is time for the taxpayers to start making cuts to federal spending, and I encourage the new Congress to start with NPR." COMMENT OF THE DAY dncandme, on 'NPR fires Juan Williams over anti-Muslim remarks' article: I'm sure this has been brewing for some time. How can you be a (putatively) objective news analyst for one media outlet, but a non-objective commenter for another? MULTIMEDIA Video | The Fast Fix Roverload? Is repeatedly mentioning Rove a good strategy for Democrats? SEND US A TIP | ADVERTISE | UNSUBSCRIBE | PRIVACY POLICY | NEWSLETTER CENTER Washington Post Digital c/o E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071