President Obama enters the fight to help Democrats keep the senate seat held for decades by Secretary of State John Kerry, heading to Massachusetts one day after Vice President Biden to campaign for Ed Markey. The latest polling shows Republican challenger Gabriel Gomez has kept the race within single-digits.
In the opinion pages: The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus notes the women assuming some major roles for the Obama Administration. The New York Times' Maureen Dowd breaks down Hillary Clinton's latest moves....and tweet.