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Get set for a wild week in politics. There are no fewer than six marquee debates on tap this week. Four Congressional districts will watch candidates face off, while Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown meet for their third round, and Vice President Biden faces off against Rep. Paul Ryan in primetime Thursday.Meanwhile, Mitt Romney is climbing in the polls and his campaign is adopting a two-pronged strategy: a bevy of high-profile speeches to bolster policy bona fides, and a shift to "let Mitt be Mitt" — recalling the famous episode of The West Wing.

President Obama is still nursing wounds sustained during his lackluster debate performance, but in a bit of good news the campaign pulled in a jaw-dropping sum for the month of September.

Emily Rooney talks with Garrett Quinn and David Bernstein about the races to watch in this week's Politics As Usual.

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