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Republicans are signaling that they plan to push bills and strategies to undermine labor’s political clout and ability to grow.

Republicans are anticipating major gains in governorships across the nation's industrial heartland and in several vital presidential swing states.

That's been the Romney way this fall. Head down, low profile, tending to the business of deepening relationships in a Republican Party that turned aside his bid for the presidential nomination in 2008. While other potential GOP presidential candidates have sought or drawn attention this fall, Romney seemingly has done the opposite.

To understand Republicans' nagging fear that the Nov. 2 elections might not be quite the massive triumph that many have predicted, check out Pennsylvania's perplexing Senate race.

Christine O'Donnell, the outspoken GOP candidate for Senate in Delaware, has a money problem.

GOP candidates in the closest campaigns for the Senate have moved ahead of their Democratic rivals in the fund-raising race, according to reports released late Friday.

FiveThirtyEight's projection for the U.S. House shows little change from last week. Republicans are given a 73 percent chance of taking over the House, up incrementally from 72 percent last week. During an average simulation run, Republicans finished with 227 seats, up from 226 last week; this would suggest a net gain of 48 seats from the 179 they hold currently.

In conservative districts around the U.S., Democratic incumbents are fighting back and beginning to reverse declining poll numbers. Their efforts could blunt the predicted GOP gains next month.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in Bakersfield, Calif., gives a speech that sounds a lot like a 2012 trial balloon, or at least an effort to drum up speculation and boost her GOP brand.

More bright spots for Republicans Senate candidates as they head toward midterm elections.