The promise of more debates and the Thursday morning roundup.

I'm glad I didn't stay up late.  The second reporting deadline for fundraising totals came and went at midnight last night, and I thought about keeping my eyes open long enough to post totals from the other campaigns (I posted Mike Capauno's when they were sent to me).  Luckily I made the executive decision to wait until morning...and it turned out to be the right one as my inbox show no press releases from the other campaigns.

Looks like nobody else had much luck either.  The Globe reports that Coakley appears to have been slightly ahead of Capuano (and down from her previous report), but does not have complete totals from the other candidates.  Hopefully I will have more on this today, although final reports are not due until next week.

On to the morning roundup.

--The Globe concludes their profiles of the Democratic candidates with a story by Casey Ross and Eric Moskowitz on Steve Pagliuca. The piece chronicles Pagliuca's rise at Bain (including some deals that were less than successful) his ownership of the Celtics, and his adjustment to political life.  Fun facts: Pagliuca drives a mini-van and his wife had to buy him new suits for the campaign.

--The Boston Phoenix's David Bernstein discusses some major campaign developments of the past week in his latest column for the weekly paper.  Included: Capuano's efforts to earn endorsements from prominent women, Pagliuca's ad campaign and draft comments, and the health care debate.

--CW Unbound, the blog for Commonwealth Magazine, issued an email questionnaire to all of the candidates on a variety of topics (there are fifteen questions in all).  Every campaign responded except Coakley's.

You can find foreign policy questions/answers here on H1-B visas (for highly skilled immigrants), the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and diplomatic relations with Cuba.  Education issues are here, including No Child Left Behind and Charter Schools.  Today's post covers a variety of domestic issues, including the stimulus plan, first time home buyer's tax credits, marijuana possession, the public health care option, and more.  I haven't had a chance to read it all yet, but will try to get to it this morning.  It's a great resource and CW makes it easy to compare the candidates' positions on issues.

--Finally, the Globe's Matt Viser and Frank Phillips report on the big question Capuano, Khazei, and Pagliuca are facing: when and how to attack the frontrunner?  Two bits of info included here: 1) Pagliuca has scheduled a press conference today that his campaign aides hope "will shake up the race," and 2) Coakley has confirmed her participation in debates on December 1 and December 2.

I couldn't be more excited for the promise of two more debates, and I hope readers share that sentiment.

If Pagliuca's polling numbers are too be believed, and I have no reason to doubt them, especially with a sample of more than 40K likely Democratic voters, this race is still anyone's to win (or lose).