More midterms: Hoeven’s guarantee

Channeling Friday's First Read, the Christian Science Monitor joins the chorus calling this year’s primaries “the year of the Republican woman dawning.”

In an op-ed for The Hill, Brent Budowsky calls 2010 “the year of the volatile voter.”

NORTH DAKOTA: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has guaranteed North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven slots on the Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources committees if he wins election in November as expected," Roll Call reports.