From Washington Post
By E. J. Dionne Jr.

In Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar looks into the camera and declares: “These days, no matter how hard you work, the price of gas, college and health care is getting out of reach.”

The answer, says the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, is to “bring a dose of Minnesota fairness to Washington.”

In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown, who is campaigning against Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, says his state’s residents “work hard, they love their country, they play by the rules.” But their jobs in “cars, steel and appliances” are being pushed overseas by unfair trade agreements.

The maneuvering this month for November’s midterm elections is primarily about shaping the priorities that voters will carry with them to their polling places. Behind the speeches and the ads is a subtle war for position, an effort to prepare the ground for the campaign’s final weeks.

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