cnnpolitics.com desk. >> good morning, drew. how are you? a lot of stuff going on. let's talk about some top on the campaign trail. joe biden helping out in ohio, campaigning with the governor of ohio. he's not the only one. chris christie of new jersey, kind of a rock star, going to be campaigning today with republican candidates as well, helping them out and we're going to keep an eye on this. surrogates bring in media attention, they bring in money, and so really help out candidates. we're only 29 days away now from the big election. check this out. brand new this morning. in connecticut, a kind of showdown as well. this is the first debate in the senate battle between on the left, that is richard blumenthal, the long time attorney general of the state. on the vit linda mcmahon. she used to be the chief executive of world