Vulnerable red state Democratic Senate candidates can't run away from President Obama fast enough. And as the clock winds down to election day, they're getting desperate to throw off the dead weight that Obama has become as their opponents run ad after ad featuring their smiling faces standing next to the president. Editor Lifson notes that their effort is in vain. The president has wrapped his arms around Democratic candidates, holding tight even as the candidates try to squirm away. In Georgia, Democratic candidate Michelle Nunn is trying a different tack. Her GOP opponent, David Perdue, has been running an ad featuring the president and Ms. Nunn doing the grip and grin. To counter that ad, Nunn is running a spot with her standing next to former President George H.W. Bush, claiming that the pic with Obama was taken at an event honoring the former president. It's the second ad she's tried this gambit. After the first one, Bush expressed his displeasure and...(Read Full Post)