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Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for Wednesday, October 17th.

In today's news, President Trump likens Saudi Arabia's denials that they killed

Jamal Koshoki to Brett Kavanaugh's denials that he sexually assaulted

Christine Blasy Ford. The White House replaces the Interior Department's Inspector General with a political

loyalist.

And the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska resigns over inappropriate comments he made to a woman.

But first, the big idea.

While making the case for a third term

as governor during an interview in Milwaukee, Scott Walker compared

himself to the Star quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. The Republican was

discussing Wisconsin's falling unemployment rate, rising wages, and other positive barometers.

Based on those numbers he told me it's hard to imagine that voters will throw him out of office

in three weeks after they stuck by him through his battles with organized labor, the recall campaign that

followed, and a presidential bid that kept him away from the state for many months.

Here's how he put it when we talked on Monday.

You know, if you're going to the Super Bowl, that's the last time you win a poll Aaron Rogers from being your

quarterback.

In the next breath, though, Walker lamented the incredibly strong national headwinds that are buffeting him.

It's not just because of this year or this president that's the history of

politics in America and we're going against the the historical trend but I also

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