2026-10-07T22:04:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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尼科尔·基利翁 国会通讯员
尼科尔·基利翁是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻驻华盛顿特区的国会通讯员，自2021年以来报道了国会山多起重大事件。她还在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻2024年和2020年总统大选报道中发挥了关键作用，报道了特朗普、拜登和哈里斯的竞选活动。
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2026年10月7日 / 美国东部时间晚上10:04 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿——当地时间周三晚间，前总统巴拉克·奥巴马为民主党参议院竞选委员会主持了一场筹款活动，探讨即将到来的中期选举的重要性。
此次活动中，奥巴马与该委员会副主席、特拉华州参议员丽莎·布朗特·罗切斯特进行了对话，讨论民主党为拿下参议院多数席位所做的努力。
“我认为他就是我们国家的绝佳代言人，兼具现实主义和务实的乐观主义，我认为我们现在正需要这样的声音，”布朗特·罗切斯特告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。“我认为他也让我们意识到了这次选举的重要意义。”
据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的摇摆州选情追踪器显示，近期包括得克萨斯州和俄亥俄州等深红州的多场选情向民主党倾斜，参议院民主党人对今年秋季的选情愈发乐观。
“我们不想过于自信，但我们在一个又一个州看到，民众厌倦了特朗普，厌倦了共和党参议院追随他的所作所为，他们清楚地看到了我们和共和党所代表的理念之间的明确分歧，”参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默上月对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示。“这让我们离胜利只有一步之遥。”
共和党目前在参议院占据53席对47席的多数席位。民主党需要拿下4个席位才能掌控参议院。
与此同时，共和党方面则辩称，他们仍有机会保住参议院多数席位。
“现在有很多杂音，政治氛围中向来如此——其中一些是我们的对手制造的，”南达科他州联邦参议员、参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩在国会休会前对记者表示。“但如果我们能保持专注，围绕我们的政绩、已完成的工作和仍需推进的事项，在未来几周内探讨未来和两条不同的发展道路，我们就能占据有力的辩论优势。”
两党争夺的关键席位之一是密歇根州。民主党正努力保住即将退休的参议员加里·彼得斯空出的席位，而共和党则将该州视为绝佳的夺席机会。由米切尔研究与通信公司开展的哥伦比亚广播公司底特律独家民调显示，民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德以微弱优势领先共和党挑战者、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯。
奥巴马预计将于本月晚些时候在密歇根州（又称“狼獾州”）与埃尔-赛义德及其他民主党候选人一同开展竞选活动。一位熟悉这位前总统想法的消息人士表示，他今年秋季的竞选策略“由他能够在多大程度上动员民主党人和可说服的选民来决定”。
这位前总统还为全国范围内的参议院和州长候选人录制了24条广告。上月，他与众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯以及民主党国会竞选委员会共同出席了两场筹款活动中的第二场，期间他敦促民主党在人工智能问题上采取更多行动。
“如果我明年竞选总统，这肯定会是我的核心议程之一，我会拿出非常明确的计划，我会就此发表讲话，告诉大家‘这是我们的安全保障计划，这是我们确保孩子不会被人工智能侵蚀的计划’，”奥巴马说。“我会以非常具体的方式思考人工智能的经济影响，并且思考：如果出现岗位流离失所的情况，这意味着什么？冲击会落在哪些领域？我们该如何应对？”
杰弗里斯告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，他一直与奥巴马和前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯保持联系，并预计两人都会积极参与到选举日之前的竞选活动中。这位少数党领袖预测，众议院民主党人将在今年秋季“夺回众议院多数席位”——如果民主党拿下众议院，他有望成为美国首位黑人众议院议长。
“这是一场需要全员出动的行动，”杰弗里斯说。
Obama hosts fundraiser with Senate Democrats with midterms less than 1 month away
2026-10-07T22:04:00-0400 / CBS News
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October 7, 2026 / 10:04 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington – Former President Barack Obama headlined a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Wednesday night to discuss the stakes of the upcoming midterm election.
The event featured a conversation between Obama and Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, vice chair of the DSCC, about Democrats’ efforts to flip the Senate.
“I think he is just such a voice for our country, and of both realism and practical optimism, and I think we need that right now,” Blunt Rochester told CBS News. “And I think he also lays the foundation for the significance of this election.”
Senate Democrats have become increasingly optimistic about their prospects this fall after several races shifted toward the party in recent weeks, including in deep-red states like Texas and Ohio that are considered toss-ups, according to CBS News’ battleground tracker.
“We do not want to be overconfident, but what we’re seeing in state after state after state is that people are sick of Trump, they’re sick of the Republican Senate going along with them, and they see the clear divisions we have drawn between what we stand for and what they stand for,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told CBS News last month. “That has put us on the edge of victory.”
Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate. Democrats would need to pick up four seats to gain control of the upper chamber.
Meanwhile, Republicans have argued they still have a path to hold on to the Senate.
“Right now, there’s a lot of noise, there always is in the political atmosphere — some of it’s created by our opponents,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, told reporters before the body went on recess. “But if we can stay focused, talk about the future and the two paths over the course of the next several weeks, based on our record of accomplishment, things we got done, things we still need to do, we’ve got a great argument.”
One key target for both parties is Michigan. Democrats are trying to hold the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters while Republicans see it as a prime pickup opportunity. An exclusive CBS Detroit poll, conducted by Mitchell Research and Communications, shows Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed with a narrow advantage over GOP challenger and former Rep. Mike Rogers.
Obama is expected to campaign with El-Sayed and other Democratic candidates in the Wolverine State later this month. A source familiar with the former president’s thinking said his strategy this fall is “driven by where he can move the needle with Democrats and persuadable voters.”
The former president has also taped two dozen ads for Senate and gubernatorial candidates around the country. Last month, he participated in the second of two fundraisers with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, where he pressed Democrats to do more on the issue of artificial intelligence.
“Certainly if I were running for president next year, this would be one of my central agendas, and I would have a very clear plan, and I would talk about this, and I would say, ‘Here’s our plan for safety, here’s our plan for making sure our kids are not corrupted by this,’” Obama said. “I would be thinking about the economic impacts in very concrete ways and understanding: What does it mean if there’s going to be job displacement? Where is that going to hit? How are we going to respond?”
Jeffries told CBS News he has remained in contact with Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris and expects both to be engaged through Election Day. The minority leader, who is poised to become the first Black House speaker if Democrats win control of the lower chamber, predicted that House Democrats would “take back the majority” this fall.
“It’s an all-hands-on-deck effort,” Jeffries said.
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