Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score, presented by Sinclair Broadcast Group: Zopp snags Danny Davis’ endorsement
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 09:11:04 -0600

By Theodoric Meyer | 11/16/2015 10:09 AM EDT

With Kevin Robillard 

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GETTING THE NOD - Danny Davis endorses Andrea Zopp in Illinois Senate race: Andrea Zopp, who's running as an underdog against Rep. Tammy Duckworth for the Democratic nomination for Senate, snagged her first endorsement from a sitting congressman on Sunday when Rep. Danny Davis announced he'd back her. Davis, who represents downtown Chicago as well as swathes of the city's South and West Sides and the western suburbs, told Campaign Pro in an interview on Sunday that Zopp was the candidate "who has been most engaged with the issues that affect my constituents." He cited Zopp's "direct experiences as a prosecutor and as president of the Chicago Urban League" one of the reasons he endorsed her
 over Duckworth. "The redevelopment of urban, inner-city America is certainly something she has been engaged in more than Representative Duckworth," Davis said. But he acknowledged that it wouldn't be easy for Zopp, who had about $816,000 in cash on hand at the end of the third quarter to Duckworth's $2.9 million. "I think it's certainly an uphill, but it can be done," he said.

- The endorsement is also likely to fuel rumors that Davis, who's been in office since 1997, could decide to retire. But he dismissed talk of stepping down on Sunday. "I don't see that as being in the cards right now," he said with a laugh. "Things are too exciting, too interesting. There's too much going on."

CASH RACE - Ryan snags Zwick, a potential boon for House Republicans: "Spencer Zwick, one of the most prolific fundraisers in the history of American politics, will head up the finance efforts of the new Republican Speaker of the House, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, according to two Republicans familiar with Ryan's planning," Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin reports. "Zwick, who was the leader of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's money operation, will assume the title of National Finance Chairman of the various fundraising entities associated with Ryan." Zwick won't have a formal role with the National Republican Congressional Committee - for which GOP House speakers
 traditionally have been big fundraisers - but will help coordinate Ryan's efforts with the group. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606fb97734e7fe9e131764c3bf40a092bdd820dc2658ccc2e5c8

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FIRST IN SCORE - DSCC goes after Republican Senate candidates for Koch ties: When Charles Koch, the billionaire GOP donor, did a rare interview on MSNBC earlier this month, he said he wanted "something in return" for his political spending: for the government to halt what he described as "corporate welfare." The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is taking the quote and using it to attack Republican senators whom they say have benefitted from Charles and David Koch's political spending, including Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Rob Portman of Ohio, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Mark Kirk of Illinois,
 John Boozman of Arkansas and John McCain of Arizona. The DSCC accuses Ayotte, for example, of selling out "New Hampshire's best interests to make sure the Kch money keeps flowing." They're also going after Ron DeSantis, who's running for Florida's Senate seat, and Joe Heck, who's running in Nevada.

LEGAL AFFAIRS - "Supreme Court to consider Virginia redistricting case," by Campaign Pro's Scott Bland: "The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether a lower court was right to invalidate Virginia's congressional-district map earlier this year, freezing the process of drawing new congressional lines in the state. ... If redistributed, those voters could have major effects on the districts of Republican Reps. Scott Rigell and Randy Forbes, battleground regions where neither Mitt Romney nor President Barack Obama got more than 50 percent of the vote in the 2012 presidential election. A court-appointed special master was already in the process of drawing new congressional
 boundaries for the 2016 elections." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606fa02fe97ca76d44fb88e538605eaa147a24ed0fa478896dea

PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "GOP field takes new shape after Paris attacks," by POLITICO's Shane Goldmacher: The terror attacks in Paris on Friday evening reshaped the Republican presidential field over the weekend, dividing it into candidates whom voters might be able to see as commander-in-chief and those they can't. "The question for 2016 now turns on whether foreign policy fluency and the seasoning of elected office somehow morphs into an asset, a development which could dislodge the two outsiders who are currently perched comfortably atop the polls - Donald Trump and Ben Carson - and reorder the race." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606f22d82a90b43084826a14d4fa380905509ae2926f6e9bfc20

- The refugee question: After laying out his strategy for confronting the Islamic State on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Jeb Bush called for prioritizing Christian refugees from Syria over others. "I do think we have a responsibility to help with refugees after proper screening, and I think our focus ought to be on the Christians, who have no place in Syria anymore," Bush said. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606f7f96d1219633ddb6427ca12463beeb4cad8a420875454c26

- "Rival campaigns starting to fear Ted Cruz," by POLITICO's Katie Glueck: "He has more cash than any other Republican candidate. He is organized in every county in the first four voting states. And he has served up one strong debate performance after the next. Now, not three months from primary season, rivals concede they have begun to fear Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has an increasingly clear path to the Republican nomination. 'Anybody who thinks differently,' said an operative with a rival 2016 campaign, 'is lying to you.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606f2202ff5c0d42faea6be617d1b396b04280188e9072d1b02e

- "Disappointing debate ratings spark Democratic campaign complaints," by POLITICO's Gabriel Debenedetti in Des Moines, Iowa: Only 8.5 million people watched the Democratic debate on Saturday, eliciting more gripes about the Democratic National Committee's debate schedule. "The complaints are just the latest in a series of tense exchanges between the national party committee and the campaigns not belonging to Hillary Clinton. Many Democrats and Republicans have accused the party of shielding the front-runner by scheduling the debates at times - such as Saturday evenings - that are likely to draw fewer viewers than the GOP events, which the DNC routinely denies." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606f73545bd0442e014b0c09623c7b625494e0e708b2857ed25c

- "Clinton's debate performance leaves a trail of fodder for political adversaries," by The Washington Post's Abby Phillip and David Weigel: Hillary Clinton had a strong debate on Saturday evening, but she said a few things that are easy to imagine ending up in attack ads. "First, she and other Democrats on the stage refused to say the words "radical Islam," another moment immediately seized upon by Republicans. Then she invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to defend herself against a critique of her alleged cozy relationship with Wall Street from Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) - and was roundly criticized on Twitter." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606f62b5eb025a6ff6eade4add2a8714a79f97cecc17a75fd0e9

- In case you missed it: Glenn Thrush's five post-debate takeaways: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606f6f9358be2626fd996ce0f854a30c6f075369f4787adca6a6

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I coughed to death. It didn't work. That's my memory of marijuana. Obviously other people have had different experiences." - Bernie Sanders http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09316b42eb1e606f611a0a31c867f13553e5f2d47daf1dc7d2394bb7f5620dcd

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