Subject: POLITICO’s Morning Score, presented by POWERJobs: Bill Clinton sends fundraising plea for Mike Ross in Ark.—AFP sets its sights on Hagan in N.C.—Faulconer wins San Diego mayor’s race—Pelosi focuses on turning out women in November—Sullivan talks Alaska roots in new radio ad
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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:59:59 -0600

By Emily Schultheis ([email-masked]; Twitter: @emilyrs)

With Jose DelReal

EXCLUSIVE-BILL CLINTON HELPS OUT MIKE ROSS: Former President Bill Clinton is lending a hand to a fellow Arkansas governor hopeful this morning. In an email to supporters of Democrat Mike Ross's campaign, Clinton will talk about his own relationship with Ross and says he'll make a great governor: 'When I was running for governor of Arkansas in 1982, a talented and energetic young man named Mike Ross was a big help to me and my campaign. Mike drove me all over the state and I became close friends with him. I even had a hunch that someday he might run for governor himself,' Clinton writes. 'Take it from someone who knows a thing or two about being governor of Arkansas: Mike Ross will be a
 great one.' The email is Clinton's first public involvement in a governor's race since his big campaign swing with now-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe last fall. (He's also helping out Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes.)

AFP PUTS FOCUS ON HAGAN: POLITICO'S Manu Raju and Anna Palmer look at conservative group Americans for Prosperity's particular focus on the North Carolina Senate race: "[AFP] has already dropped $8.2 million on TV, radio and digital ads in an effort to defeat the North Carolina Democrat ... while AFP won't predict the amount it will ultimately spend in North Carolina, if the conservative group keeps the same pace, it'll spend more than $27 million by Election Day in the Tar Heel State. That's more than twice what any outside group has spent in the past dozen years in North Carolina congressional races. The staggering figures make North Carolina ground zero in the unprecedented TV war
 expected to define the 2014 midterm elections." 
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ABOUT LAST NIGHT-FAULCONER WINS IN SAN DIEGO: The San Diego Union-Tribune has the results: "Republican City Councilman Kevin Faulconer won a decisive victory over Democratic Councilman David Alvarez in the San Diego mayor's race Tuesday, signaling a new chapter for the city after the scandal-plagued tenure of former Mayor Bob Filner. Faulconer had 54.5 percent compared to Alvarez's 45.5 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting. ... Faulconer ... becomes the only Republican mayor of a top 10 U.S. city, making him one of the party's highest-profile leaders in the state." 
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PELOSI FOCUSES ON WINNING WOMEN IN '14: POLITICO's John Bresnahan and Seung Min Kim examine House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's outreach efforts among women: "The strategy is aimed squarely at a demographic Democrats need to win: women - especially single women who tend to vote for them, and who often stay home during midterm elections. Getting women to the ballot box in higher numbers may be the only hope for Pelosi, who last wielded the speaker's gavel in 2010, and who most political observers believe is a long shot - at the very best - in 2014 to reclaim it ... As House Democrats start their annual retreat on Wednesday in Cambridge, Md., Pelosi argues that they should focus intensely on
 issues of pay equity, preventing women from being fired or demoted while pregnant or on maternity leave, and extending scholarships for single women who want to further their education." 
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HAPPENING TODAY-Vice President Joe Biden is in Florida to raise money for FL-13 Democratic candidate Alex Sink.

As Wendy Davis gets the NYT Magazine treatment, TARP resurfaces as a Senate race issue and a Pennsylvania candidate channels "House of Cards," here's POLITICO's Morning Score: your daily guide to the 2014 midterms.

DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION: 265.

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FIRST IN SCORE-SULLIVAN RADIO AD FEELS THE ALASKA 'LOVE': In honor of Valentine's Day this Friday, Alaska GOP Senate candidate Dan Sullivan is out with a "Love"-themed radio ad, a positive spot describing what brought him to Alaska and the work he's done since he arrived. "I moved to Alaska over 16 years ago, after meeting my wife, Julie Fate, who was working for Senator Ted Stevens. It was love at first sight with Julie, and our great state. And, as my Marine Corps brothers know, I fight for the things I love,' Sullivan says, describing his work as state attorney general and commissioner of natural resources. "I love Alaska and America but hate what the Washington politicians are doing to
 our state and country.' Listen: 
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FRESH NUMBERS IN RHODE ISLAND THIS MORNING: New numbers in a WPRI 12/Providence Journal poll of the Democratic gubernatorial primary out at 5 a.m. today: Providence Mayor Angel Taveras 31 percent, state treasurer Gina Raimondo 27 percent, political newcomer Clay Pell 15 percent, perennial candidate Todd Giroux 1 percent, 25 percent undecided. 
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CHRISTIE'S CHICAGO TRIP: The Chicago Tribune wraps up the highlights of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's highly anticipated Illinois fundraising swing: "Christie, still dogged by the uproar over a politically motivated traffic jam ordered by his office last year, said at an event in Chicago on Tuesday that he was disappointed by the 'bad judgments' made by people on his staff. The so-called Bridgegate scandal had threatened to overshadow Christie's visit - Mayor Rahm Emanuel joked Tuesday morning that he welcomed Christie 'to the public transportation system and the roads here in the city of Chicago.' But it didn't scare off at least two of the four Republican candidates for Illinois
 governor. State Sen. Bill Brady attended Christie's only public event of the day, and businessman Bruce Rauner met with Christie later in the afternoon." 
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MORE-CNN looks at how Christie can use campaign funds to pay legal fees for complying with subpoenas: 
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SNEAK PEEK-NRSC GOES AFTER NOW-SENATOR WALSH: Democratic Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh was officially sworn in to replace Sen. Max Baucus on Tuesday-and he's getting a not-so-warm welcome to the race from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In a 15-second Instagram video, the NRSC highlights the handful of sexual harassment and wrongful termination lawsuits in Montana in which Walsh was named as a defendant: "The newest U.S. Senator from Montana has been also named the defendant in multiple lawsuits," the video says. "Today's not the last time John Walsh will be sworn in this year." Walsh was named in the lawsuits, which all deal with one staffer's alleged favoritism and harassment
 of others at the Montana Department of Emergency Services, only in an official capacity (
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http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=68d14e6f0f13905a295aa10fc05bf401c47724c2eb0ab28788a7ef6dab6fcf58 ). At the time, he was head of the Department of Military Affairs, which oversees the department and staffer in question. Watch the video: 
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THE WENDY DAVIS NARRATIVE: NYT's Robert Draper looks at how Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis and her team have crafted her campaign story-and the controversies that have arisen in the process: "Davis had succeeded on two levels - as a professional and as a mother of two adult daughters who seem to love and admire her - but getting to this point was probably not as simple as her campaign made it sound. Political narratives are necessarily reductive, invariably gauzy and thus often misleading. They tell two conflicting tales at the same time: I'm absolutely amazing and unique, and I'm just like you. But it seemed undeniable that female politicians were far more constrained than men in how
 they recounted their stories. ... [T]he reality of Davis's achievements were all around me as I drove back to my hotel, along a route that took me through her old City Council district ... Davis played a notable role in the integration of what Fort Worth had always been with what it was becoming. It struck me as a pretty good campaign theme. ... Instead, Davis had reassured voters with a near-perfect narrative: a portrait of herself as modern-day Supermom, a woman who existed only in our imaginations." 
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LIGHTER CLICK-PoliticsPA notes that the slogan for Democratic businessman Tom Wolf's gubernatorial campaign slogan looks a lot-or rather, exactly-like the one used by Peter Russo's character in "House of Cards": 
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ACROSS THE MAP-Quick takes from races around the country:

SENATE-

-GA-Sen: The conservative Madison Project endorsed GOP Rep. Paul Broun for the open Senate seat. 
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-KY-Sen: GOP candidate Matt Bevin released a minute-long radio ad that will run for two weeks hitting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Affordable Care Act. 
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-LA-Sen: A new PPP poll shows an increasingly tight race between Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy, with Landrieu polling at 45 percent to Cassidy's 44 percent. 
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-More LA-Sen: Cassidy expressed support for TARP during the debate over the issue in 2008, the second GOP Senate candidate this week whose past support for the law has come to light: 
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-SC-Sen: Incumbent GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, working to shore up support and hit 50 percent in the Republican primary, is out with a new ad: 
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-TX-Sen: The Texas Tribune tracks down GOP Rep. Steve Stockman's mug shot from a 1977 arrest for felony possession of Valium: 
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-KS-Sen: Sen. Pat Roberts and his spokeswoman both wouldn't say how much time the GOP incumbent spends in Kansas, less than a week after a report saying he no longer has a house of his own there: 
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HOUSE-

-DCCC: President Obama will appear at a DCCC fundraiser next month at the Miami home of former NBA player Alonzo Mourning: 
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-CO-03: Former Democratic state Rep. Buffie McFadyen will announce she's challenging GOP Rep. Scott Tipton: 
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-LA-06: Autism activist Shelley Hendrix, a Republican, is planning to announce her bid for GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy's House seat, which he's giving up in order to run for Senate. 
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-NY-21: Former Oswego Mayor John Sullivan, a Democrat, won't run for retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens's seat. 
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GOVERNORS-

-IL-Gov: A Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll of the governor's race finds businessman Bruce Rauner ahead of any of his fellow GOP primary candidates by 20 points. 
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-More IL-Gov: Meanwhile, the Illinois Freedom PAC launches a sharp attack against Rauner, attempting to link him to disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. 
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-FL-Gov: Gov. Rick Scott raised more than $4.1 million in January, four times as much as Democratic opponent Charlie Crist's $1 million. The RGA contributed $2.5 million. 
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-PA-Gov: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Allyson Schwartz announced she is in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. 
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CODA-QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You're not even going to clap for me for getting this monkey off of our backs?" -House Speaker John Boehner, to fellow House Republicans about the debt ceiling 
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