SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 10:55 P.M. ET:

DO US NO FAVORS – FROM THE HILL:   Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, during an event over the weekend, left the door open to a possible 2020 run, saying that even though she doesn't want to run, "I'd like to be president."   Clinton's comments come as speculation has increased over whether she will launch another bid after the midterm elections.   "Do you want to run again?" Recode’s Kara Swisher asked during a Friday night Q&A with Clinton.  "No," Clinton replied quickly, sparking laughter from the audience. But when Swisher pressed her further, she added: "I’d like to be president."  Clinton went on to say that "there’s going to be so much work to be done" after a Democrat "hopefully" wins the next presidential election.  "The work would be work that I feel very well prepared for having been in the Senate for eight years, having been a diplomat in the State Department," she said, listing off the qualifications that she often touted during her previous run.  She added that she's not going to think about a possible run until after the upcoming midterm elections.   Stop thinking.

INCLUDE ME OUT – FROM FOX:   The Titanic is back – and it’s ready to complete the voyage its predecessor attempted over 100 years ago.  The Titanic II, a replica of the original “ship of dreams,” will be setting sail in 2022, following the same Southampton, England, to New York route the famed Titanic tried in 1912.  “The ship will follow the original journey, carrying passengers from Southampton to New York, but she will also circumnavigate the globe, inspiring and enchanting people while attracting unrivalled attention, intrigue and mystery in every port she visits,” Clive Palmer, chairman of Blue Star Line wrote in a statement.  The new luxury liner was announced in 2012 to honor the ship’s 100-year anniversary, but the inaugural voyage was ultimately postponed due to a reported financial dispute between Blue Star Line’s parent company, Mineralogy, and the Chinese government.  Now Blue Star Line has released a statement, saying the detailed building on the ship has recommenced.  Talk about creepy.  Who would want to go on the maiden voyage?  Is this a new, strange kind of nostalgia?

BRAZIL RESULT – FROM REUTERS:  BRASILIA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, riding a wave of frustration over corruption and crime that brought a dramatic swing to the right in the world's fourth-largest democracy.  With 94 percent of ballots counted, Bolsonaro had 56 percent of the votes in the run-off election against left-wing hopeful Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party (PT), who had 44 percent, according to the electoral authority TSE.
"We cannot continue flirting with communism ... We are going to change the destiny of Brazil," Bolsonaro said in an acceptance address in which he vowed to carry out his campaign promises to stamp out corruption after years of leftist rule.  The former army captain's rise has been propelled by rejection of the leftist PT that ran Brazil for 13 of the last 15 years and was ousted two years ago in the midst of a deep recession and political graft scandal.  We hope it works out, and that our relations with Brazil are strengthened.

October 28, 2018