* WGN TV led its midday news broadcast today with a story about Gov. Pat Quinn’s latest campaign event schedule…

* Personal PAC has a new ad up on YouTube about pharmacists and emergency birth control prescriptions…

* WJBC is hosting a gubernatorial debate this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Bill Brady are not participating. Click here to listen.

* Mark Kirk’s new TV ad is a positive piece touting his middle-of-the-road, “Mr. Independent” views….

* MoveOn.Org say it’s running a new ad throughout the state tying Kirk to the US Chamber’s alleged overseas funding…

Script…

“Mark Kirk voted to reward corporations with tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas,” says the ad’s narrator. “Now the Chamber of Commerce is spending over $75 million to help Republicans like Mark Kirk get elected. And where has the Chamber been getting some of their money lately? From foreign corporations in countries like China, Russia, and India — the same companies that threaten American jobs. It’s time to connect the dots. Exactly who is Mark Kirk working for? Because it sure isn’t Illinois.”

…Adding… The Kirk campaign says it can find no evidence yet that the ad is actually running on TV stations or cable right now.

…Adding more… From Annenburg’s FactCheck.Org: Foreign Money? Really? - Democrats peddle an unproven claim…

It’s certainly true that millions are being spent without public disclosure, and that much of the money is coming from corporations taking advantage of a Supreme Court ruling easing restrictions on political spending. But using foreign funds to finance political ads is still a legal violation. Accusing anybody of violating the law is a serious matter requiring serious evidence to back it up. So far Democrats have produced none.

* MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program took a look at the Kirk vs. Giannoulias debate last night. The NRSC posted the segment about the mob banker back and forth…

…Adding… I forgot to post the new NRCC ad blasting Congressman Phil Hare…

* Now, on to the dueling polls. From the DCCC today…

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today released a new Benenson Strategy Group poll that shows Representative Bill Foster leading Republican challenger Randy Hultgren by 10 percent.

In the initial head-to-head in the race for Illinois’ 14th congressional district, Foster leads Hultgren 48 percent to 38 percent. Conducted October 4-6, the poll surveyed 400 likely voters and has a 4.9 percent margin of error.

“After it was revealed Randy Hultgren’s business was profiting off of the bank bailouts in an offshore investment fund, voters learned Hultgren is nothing more than a slick Springfield politician who is only out for himself,” said Gabby Adler, Midwestern Regional Press Secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “This poll proves the last thing Illinois voters want in Washington is another Springfield politician like Randy Hultgren.”

From Roll Call last week…

Republican state Sen. Randy Hultgren led Rep. Bill Foster (D) by 6 points in a new poll taken for the Republican’s campaign. Foster won the seat in a March 2008 special election after former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R) retired.

The poll showed Hultgren with 44 percent of the vote and Foster with 38 percent. Sixteen percent of voters were undecided, and 4 percent chose Green Party nominee Daniel Kairis. The Tarrance Group, a Republican firm, surveyed 400 likely voters Oct. 3-4, and the poll’s margin of error was 4.9 points. Neither the campaign nor the Tarrance Group released any other numbers from the poll.

The poll showed a slight improvement for Hultgren over similar polls conducted for the campaign in May and September.

Much has changed in the race in the past month. Foster went up on broadcast TV in late September in the expensive district directly west of Chicago, and the National Association of Realtors and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are airing cable ads on his behalf. The Democrat’s campaign accused Hultgren’s investment firm of profiting off the federal bailout in an ad.

* More stuff and more videos…

* Quinn, Brady campaign as early voting starts today

* Politicians Stepping off with Columbus Day Parade

* Quinn & Simon to Hold Rockford Jobs Rally Today

* Kirk’s conservative dilemma; Berrios backing; early voting

* Berrios touts support from black public officials in assessor race

* Flores Won’t Run for Mayor; Backs Chico

* VIDEO: Quinn: Brady has no record of accomplishments

* VIDEO: Joseph Berrios & Scott Cissek

* VIDEO: Dold and Seals on LGBT Equality - Hadassah Debate

* VIDEO: Joel Pollak

* VIDEO: Section 8 Chicago…Feet on the Street w/ Susana Mendoza