Oct. 4, 2022: Herschel Walker rushes to defuse abortion bombshell
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker promised Monday night that he would file a lawsuit this morning against The Daily Beast, after the website\u2019s Roger Sollenberger reported that Walker paid for an ex-girlfriend\u2019s abortion in 2009.\nThe woman, who was not identified, provided Sollenberger with a receipt for the procedure, a get-well card signed by Walker and an image of a personal check signed by Walker for $700. The Beast reported also that it corroborated the woman\u2019s claims with a close friend who took care of her after the procedure.\nAnd campaign guru Steve Shepard shifted POLITICO Election Forecast ratings for 23 House and governor races in a column sent to Campaign Pro subscribers Monday night. That so many races are in flux isn\u2019t necessarily surprising with Election Day just five weeks away. What is surprising is how those 23 races are shifting: Twelve went toward Republican candidates, while 11 went toward Democrats.\nPlus Playbook's Eugene Daniels chats with Maggie Haberman about her new book, \u201cConfidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America\u201d ($32), released today.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.