I’ve previously explained the DC Ticker I compile most days, which is now being featured on ABC News’ website show, Political Punch, hosted by Jake Tapper. Here are the picks featured on this week’s PP:
* Tom Donohue, buy. His Chamber of Commerce is not your father’s Chamber of Commerce. No matter how many House and Senate seats the Republicans gain next week, Donohue’s standing as a DC powerbroker goes up.
* Joe Miller, sell. The Tea Party Republican Senate candidate in Alaska used to be a local government attorney, but he left that post under a cloud. Now a judge has ordered his personnel records made public. Will any skeletons come dancing out of the closet before Halloween—and the election?
* Mike Huckabee, buy. He’s blasting Karl Rove and other Republican elitists for being dismissive of Christine O’Donnell. This is not about defending an ex-witch. It’s about making a play for social conservative voters in the 2012 Republican primaries.
* Denis McDonough, buy. He was just named deputy national security adviser. Whether Obama is a one- or two-term president, there’s still time for McDonough to reach the top national security job at the White House.
* Tom Coburn, buy. Unless a Democratic miracle occurs, there will be more tea party Republicans in the Senate after the election, and that could earn Coburn, a conservative senator from Oklahoma, a spot in the Senate Republican leadership, as its ambassador to those extreme-as-we-want-to-be Senate newbies.
You can receive the almost-daily DC Ticker report by following my Twitter feed. (#DCticker is the Twitter hashtag.) Please feel free to argue with my selections—though all decisions of the judges are final. And please feel free to make suggestions for buy or sell orders in the comments below or on Twitter (by replying to @DavidCornDC). Don’t forget: DC Ticker is merely an advisory service. It and its author cannot be held liable for any investments made in politicians, policy wonks, or government officials on the basis of the information presented. Invest in politics at your own risk.
