a tight knit race in a largely divided country. in a race between the things baked into these unappetizing cakes we re dealing with and werther people will stay home, split ballots, take a pass on the ballot. struck by two stories in that context. one, biden throwing shade at hillary clinton by saying i thought i could have beat her. of course, he does. not helpful right now, and number two, trump starting a bit of a fight with evan mcmullin. third-party candidate saying i never heard of the guy, give mcmullin saying you never heard of me because i was fighting isis while you were heading beauty pageants. reminding folks, over here. people you might have preferred. congratulations on the marine corps marathon. in the chair after, 22.62 pretty good. and indiana trying to win back the senate. former senate trying to win back the old seat and hit with a lot