How the World Series Explains the Election
Clinton is turning out every last surrogate for the final stretch, including her husband and daughter, the president, the vice president and key Democratic Party officials. Flooding the zone on the ground, Clinton is betting that the they can boost enthusiasm and turnout. Trump has been remarkably on message in the closing week, so much so that he had to remark on it himself in Pensacola, Fla. Wednesday night. "We've gotta be nice and cool," Trump said. "Nice and cool. All right? Stay on point, Donald. Stay on point. No sidetracks, Donald." In recent days he's focused his speeches on Obamacarestill politically divisive and Clinton's emails, rather than taking the bait offered by Democratic surrogates to attack women and minorities. Meanwhile, Melania Trump will hit the trail solo for her husband Thursday, delivering a speech in Pennsylvania, where the campaign is struggling with suburban women. How the 2016 election turned into a referendum on the treatment of women. Why James Comey couldn't keep the FBI above politics. And how the media got smarter about calling elections. Must Reads, How the 2016 Election Turned Into a Referendum on the Treatment of Women The 2016 election is a referendum on what women can beand what men can get away with TIME, How the Media Got Smarter About Calling Elections How you'll learn the results next week TIME, Why James Comey Couldn't Keep the FBI Above Politics He tried and failed TIME, RNC Advised Against "Ballot Security" Efforts By Members With State Party Roles The Michigan and Pennsylvania party chairs  who are both RNC members  went ahead with such activities anyway BuzzFeed, Why President Obama Is Going on the Radio Outreach to low-propensity Democratic voters Clinton needs TIME, Early Voting Tighter Race, But Still Good Signs for Clinton Ground game paying off Associated Press, Veterans, Feeling Abandoned, Stand by Donald Trump After bearing brunt of foreign adventurism, they find solace in a different message New York Times, Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe Agents thought they had enough material to merit aggressively pursuing investigation into Clinton Foundation Wall Street Journal, Sound Off, "We don't operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made."  Obama asked about FBI Director Comey's letter about the Clinton email investigation, "We need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America."  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell breaking his silence on Donald Trump, Bits and Bites, President Obama to Donald Trump You're a Loser' TIME, President Obama Criticizes FBI Chief on Disclosure of New Hillary Clinton Email Probe TIME, Mitch McConnell Breaks Months of Silence on Donald Trump Associated Press, Watch a Brief History of Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign TIME, Watch a Brief History of Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign TIME, The KKK's Newspaper's Has Endorsed Donald Trump TIME, Life on the Inside Mike Pence's Turbulent Trip with Donald Trump National Review, There Is Such a Thing As Too Much Voting, and It's Going on In My Neighborhood TIME, Freedom Caucus eyes spot in Ryan's leadership circle Politico, Donald Trump singles out NBC's Katy Tur, again CNN, Republican Party to Air Spanish-Language TV Ad That Doesn't Mention Donald Trump Wall Street Journal, "Stay on point, Donald," Trump tells himself in Pensacola CBS