Reason Morning Links: Dems Actually Outspending GOP, Bad News in Afghanistan, Russian Bears Learn to Open Coffins

• Despite complaints, Democrats still far outspending Republicans in midterm elections.
• Afghanistan surge doesn't appear to have shifted war's momentum.
• Founder of Tea Party Nation says Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) should be defeated because "He is the only Muslim member of Congress."
• Tom Tancredo riding anti-immigrant campaign to within a few points of Colorado governorship.
• One ninth of U.S. ICBM stockpile went offline over the weekend.
• Russian bears turning cemeteries into all-they-can-eat buffets.