Some week soon, the weekend postings will get 100% back on track. This is not that weekend.

We've had some some tech issues that took until very late to resolve. So, we'll combine the questions and letters into one post tomorrow.

What we can do is give a second hint as to this week's headline theme. Donald Trump would be unable to solve it because it relies on a particular book, and he most certainly has not read the necessary book. Admittedly, he probably hasn't read any book. But definitely not this one.

Today's Senate Polls

Maybe Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) will prove to have nine lives. That said, the only polls she's led in, anytime in the last 6 weeks, have been from Republican houses (and so, are not in our sample). Iowa and Kansas continue to look like they will be nail-biters; Ohio, Texas and Alaska... maybe not. (Z)

State	Democrat	D %	Republican	R %	Start	End	Pollster
Alaska	Mary Peltola	50%	Dan Sullivan*	43%	Sep 24	Oct 01	Siena U.
Iowa	Josh Turek	47%	Ashley Hinson	48%	Sep 22	Oct 01	Siena U.
Kansas	Adam Hamilton	46%	Roger Marshall	47%	Sep 22	Sep 30	Siena U.
Maine	Troy Jackson	50%	Susan Collins*	50%	Sep 23	Oct 01	YouGov
Ohio	Sherrod Brown	49%	Jon Husted*	46%	Sep 22	Oct 01	Siena U.
Texas	James Talarico	51%	Ken Paxton	45%	Sep 21	Sep 30	Siena U.

* Denotes incumbent

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