Overnight Campaign: Crunch time for Christie, Clinton’s cash

by Ben Kamisar - 11/05/15 6:26 PM ET

Welcome to OVERNIGHT CAMPAIGN, your daily rundown from The Hill on all the latest news in the White House, Senate and House races.

Did New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie make the cut to be on the main stage for next Tuesday’s Fox Business News debate? Check The Hill immediately after the 7 p.m. announcement today.

Come back to The Hill on Friday for a deep dive on where Hillary Clinton is getting the bulk of her fundraising. Over the weekend, you’ll read about Democratic demographics that may present a challenge, Senate races and the Tea Party, and what’s becoming evident in the GOP presidential race.

RACE TO 1600 PENN

NOT A POLITICIAN: The Hill’s Jonathan Easley reports: Ben Carson is making the case for why someone with zero political experience belongs in the White House.

SHOW ME THE MONEY: The Hill’s Jonathan Easley reports: Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has struck a deal to jointly fundraise with the DNC, an agreement that could help the group increase its cash reserves ahead of the pivotal 2016 election. Hillary Clinton signed a similar agreement in August.

SANDERS HITS ON EMAILS: The Hill’s Jesse Byrnes reports:Bernie Sanders, who said at the Democratic debate a few weeks ago that Americans were “sick and tired” of hearing about Hillary Clinton’s “damn emails,” told the Wall Street Journal that the investigation into the emails should “proceed unimpeded.”

RUBIO HITS BACK: The Hill’s Ben Kamisar reports: Sen. Marco Rubio slapped back at Donald Trump after his repeated barbs over his finances, questioning the real estate magnate’s company bankruptcy history.

SO BROOKLYN: The Washington Post reports: Sanders supporters held the most Brooklyn event ever (just a stone’s throw away from Clinton campaign headquarters)–a comedy fundraiser featuring Janeane Garofalo at a dive bar with all proceeds going to his campaign.

JEB OPENS UP: The Huffington Post reports: Jeb Bush opened up about his daughter’s battle with addiction.

WORK TO DO: The Hill’s Jesse Byrnes reports: Bernie Sanders admitted in an interview that if the election were held today, he’d lose because he lacks support from the black community.

ODDS AND ENDS:

DEEP CUTS: The Hill’s Jesse Byrnes reports: Ben Carson has released a rap-themed radio targeting young black voters.

CODE NAMES ‘YUUGE’: The Hill’s Mark Hensch reports: Donald Trump and Ben Carson have officially received Secret Service protection authorization. Please feel free to tweet me your favorite prospective code names at @bkamisar.

DWS BOILS OVER: The Hill’s Ben Kamisar reports:Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz blasted Donald Trump’s new radio ads days after he labeled her a “terrible person.”

BERNIE’S BRIEFS: The Hill’s Bradford Richardson reports: Sanders backers are encouraging you to “support briefs, not billionaires” with their own line of Bernie-themed underwear.

SLASHING THE GAS TAX: The Hill’s Keith Laing reports: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is calling for the 18.4 cents-per-gallon gas tax that pays for most federal transportation projects to be cut by 80 percent.

POLL POSITION

CARSON FEELS THE LOVE: The Hill’s Mark Hensch reports: Ben Carson is the best-liked 2016 presidential candidate from either political party, according to a new Gallup poll.

FROM TAR HEELS TOO: The Hill’s Mark Hensch reports: Carson has a double-digit lead in North Carolina over the rest of the 2016 GOP presidential field in Elon University’s new poll.

THE DAILY TRUMP

DIAL UP SOME TRUMP: The Hill’s Jesse Byrnes reports: Donald Trump is up on the air with his first radio ads.

BLOWBACK: The Hill’s Mark Hensch reports: A Hispanic advocacy group is looking to embarrass Trump on live TV when he hosts Saturday Night Live this weekend.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I think when you started out with the aliens maybe building the pyramids, you had me…When you got to Nazism, you know, you go too far.” — Sen. Rand Paul, needling rival Ben Carson for arguing that the Egyptian pyramids were grain silos rather than tombs, joking that aliens may be responsible.

CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS

DEMS BULLISH ON SENATE: The Hill’s Ben Kamisar reports: The Senate Democrats’ campaign arm is touting its fundraising edge, strong recruiting and Senate dysfunction as proof that the Senate majority is well within the party’s grasp, according to a new memo first obtained by The Hill.

DEMS GIVE NOD IN ARKANSAS: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has endorsed Conner Eldridge in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. John Boozman.

AGAIN, THE ANSWER IS ‘NO’: The Tampa Bay Times reports: Urged to reconsider his earlier decision, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater did just that and came to the same conclusion — he would not run for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio. As the only candidate who held a statewide office, Atwater would have had the advantage of name recognition.

MONEY WATCH

ADELSON PRIMARY: The Hill’s Jesse Byrnes reports: Donald Trump is in contact with GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, but insists he’s not looking for financial support from the casino magnate.

WHAT WE ARE WATCHING FOR TODAY, TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND:

(All times Eastern)

Hillary Clinton will be a guest on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Thursday night, then heads to South Carolina for a nationally televised candidates’ forum on Friday (see below). On Saturday afternoon, she’ll have a town hall meeting in Orangeburg, S.C., organized by the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus. Later Saturday, she’ll head to Columbia for “An Evening with Hillary Clinton” organized by SC Equality.

Friday night, Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders head to Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. for an 8 p.m. Democratic candidates’ forum moderated by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who will speak separately to each on a variety of topics.

Bernie Sanders stays in Rock Hill over night so he can give the keynote Speech at the 2015 Southern Regional Meeting of the National Federation of Democratic Women on Saturday morning. He has two other South Carolina events that day. He then flies to Las Vegas for a 7 p.m. Sunday rally.

Ted Cruz will speak at the Freedom 2015 Conference in Des Moines, Iowa at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. On Saturday, he’ll speak at the Texas Federation of Republican Women Convention in Lubbock at 10:45 a.m.

Carly Fiorina has a chance to go face to face with the women of The View at 11 a.m. Friday. She has three events in New Hampshire throughout the day, and three more in the state on Saturday.

John Kasich will be a guest on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which airs at 11:35 p.m. on Friday and has a town hall meeting in New Hampshire earlier in the day.

Barring a last-minute disinvite thanks to various groups’ demands, Donald Trump will host Saturday Night Live, which airs at 11:30 p.m.

Mike Huckabee will address the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa on Friday at 10:45 a.m.

Rand Paul will participate in a town hall event with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in Rock Hill at noon on Saturday. Later, he’ll campaign in Spartanburg.

TWEET OF THE DAY

.@AzizAnsari great impression on @JimmyFallon. Still think your best work was Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle though. Am I right @KalPenn?

— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) November 5, 2015