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Midterm2010 / 2012 Elections:

Gallup: Independents favor GOP by 12-point margin... (Gallup)

Wisconsin: Feingold reelection bid in trouble... (RCP)

Cillizza: Anger doesn't tell whole story of 2010 election season... (TheFix)

Nevada: Angle leads Reid by 7 points... (Rasmussen)

Poll: Conservatives still outnumber moderate, liberals... (Gallup)

NJ Gov. Christie running for president? 'Not going to happen'... (RCP)

Alabama's Dale Peterson endorses Christie for president in 2012...(via HotAir)

Palin racks up 2 more endorsement wins!... (TheHill)

Boxer showing rare vulnerability for a California senator... (RedState)

Poll: GOP Midterm voting enthusiasm tops prior years... (Gallup)

Arkansas: Boozman 61%, Lincoln 32%... (PPP)

Dems flirt with backing GOP defector Charlie Crist... (Policito)

Election hopes give Harry Reid new life as Senate leader... (Politico)

Minn. Gov. Pawlenty sets up Iowa, New Hampshire PACs... (DSM Register)

NPR poll shows GOP up by 8 points... (NPR)

Now Crist shifts views on Cuba travel restrictions... (TampaBay)

Fiorina 'regrets' mocking Boxer's hair... (Politico)

Poll: Half of Americans say Democrats are 'too liberal'...... (Politico)

Carly Fiorina caught mocking Barbara Boxer's hair on open mike... (HuffPo)

CA: Meg Whitman within a point of Jerry Brown... (Rasmussen)

Senate landscape in clearer focus after Tuesday primaries... (CQ Pol)

Nevada: Angle 50%, Reid 39%... (Rasmussen)

'It's time to follow the new Iron Ladies into battle'... (RedState)

CA passes proposition eliminating party primaries... (Hotline)

Nevada: Angle wins, will face Harry Reid in November... (WSJ)

IA: Returning Gov. Terry Branstad wins primary... (DSM Register)

CA: Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina win big... (AP)

SC: Rep. Bob Inglis latest incumbent to stumble... (Politico)

SC: Nikki Haley trounces opponent but falls short of avoiding runoff... (Politico)

Blanche Lincoln holds on in Alabama... (Politico)

FL: Geer claims Crist okayed allegedly criminal fundraising setup... (TPM)

Tea Party may SAVE Harry Reid in Nevada... (ABC)

POTUS-Slayer 2012: Mitch Daniels?... (Politico)

Weekly Standard article: Ride Along with Mitch...

Nine races to watch on Super (Primary) Tuesday... (TIME)

FL: New Rubio video hits Crist on Greer arrest... (YouTube)

Bad news for Reid: Tea Party candidate leads in Nevada... (WashTimes)

Almost 2,300 candidates are running for office this year... (AP)

Another SC pol claims affair with Nikki Haley, but zero proof... (HotAir)

FL: Charlie Crist, lonely guy... (TheHill)

Gallup poll: GOP jumps out to historic lead...(RCP)

Stories that could rock the 2010 summer political landscape... (Politico)

 

 

House/Senate

Wall Street Reform: Sen. Collins joins Sen. Brown in the 'nay' column... what will Grassley do?... (TPM)

Death of Byrd complicates Dems' strategy......   (NYTimes)

per Eric Erickson/RedStatecall Eric Cantor today: 202-225-2815 Ask him to sign Rep. Steve King's petition to repeal ObamaCare

UPDATE: Byrd dead, bill passage in doubt...(AP)

Obama can shut down Internet for 4 months under new emergency power...(PrisonPlanet)

Senate panel approves 'Internet kill' switch plan... (TechWorld)

House-Senate conference approves Wall Street reform... (Politico)

Dodd: no one will know exactly how this will work until it's in place...{WaPo)

House-Senate conference approves Wall Street reform... (Politico) Obama says reform bill represents '90% of what I proposed'... (Politico)

Pelosi asks for $$$ to fend off potential GOP investigations... (TheHill)

McCain backs Kyl: Obama told other GOP senators that border security is conditioned on amnesty... (HotAir)

Medicare tussle stymies Hill... (Politico)

McCain-Flake plan would let taxpayers set aside funds to end debt... (TheHill)

Judge releases Blago wiretaps: anatomy of a shakedown... (CBS)

Hoyer hints Dem support for Afghanistan is slipping... (TheHill)

Is Cap and Trade dead, again?... (HotAir)

New bill gives Obama 'Kill Switch' to shut down the Internet... (PrisonPlanet)

Concern about Afghanistan War grows on Hill... (WaPo)

Senate defeats bid to strip EPA of power to regulate greenhouse gases... (USA Today)

Most ethical Congress evah seeks to gut Congressional ethics office... (Politico)

Iowa's Sen. Chuck Grassley named hardest working lawmaker... (TheHill)

Sen. Grassley suggests beer brewing process as oil crisis solution... (TheHill).

House Speaker Pelosi gets heckled... (YouTube)

'The Big Short' is a hot read on Capitol Hill... (Politico)

Pelosi claims values Jesus Christ guides her public policies pursuits... (CNS)

 

 

Obama/White House

Biden compares Republicans to Nazis... (NYDaily)

Jobs report: June weaker... (CNBC)

Petraeus: Afghan security situation 'tenuous'... (AlertNet/Reuters)

Awkward: Dems trying to recast Petraeus as a savior... (HotAir)

Recovery Summer:: Consumer confidence plummets in June... (BizWeek)

Market fear: Stocks hit lowest of year...(WSJ)

Pruden: A president to rival Rodney Dangerfield... (WashTimes)

Gen. McChrystal to retire... (FOX)

Krugman warns of 3rd depression... (NYTimes)

Welcome to the Obama 'theater of the absurd'... (Politico)

"You've got a lot of golf courses here don't you?" - Pres. Obama

"Why don't you say something nice instead of being a smartass all the time."  - VP Biden

Obama: Very difficult choices ahead on deficit... (RCP

Obama: Recovery means no 'undue advantage' for nations... (MSNBC)

Pentagon official: RollingStone mag made McChrystal staff think they were speaking off the record... (WaPo)

Obama eyes price controls in health insurance... (HotAir)

Obama drops under 50% in California!.

Poll: Confidence waning in Obama, U.S. outlook... (WSJ/NBC)

McChrystal out, Petraeus in... (Breitbart/AP)

McChrystal tenders his resignation... (Telegraph.UK)

Here it is:  the RollingStone article

Obama: McChrystal showed poor judgment but the mission is paramount... (HotAir)

Gibbs on McChrystal: All options are on the table...(Politico)

Gen. McChrystal apologizes for Rolling Stone article... (WaPo)  Furious Obama summons McChrystal to explain comments...

Pushback: Rahm Emanuel allies say he might stay till 2011... (Politico)

Peter Orszag becomes 1st Obama Cabinet member to leave... (Politico)

Der Spiegel: Will Obama be the Jimmy Carter of the 21st century?... (Spiegel)...

Gates refutes Biden Afghanistan pledge... (Politico)

Sarah Palin hits back at Emanuel comment... (TheHill)

Emanuel warns of 'danger' if GOP wins majority this fall...

Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House... (Telegraph UK)

Poll: Obama approval falls to another new low... (Rasmussen)

Republicans plan to hire dozens of investigators to target Obama... (Politico)

Oval Office speech: text   video

"the most intense negative reaction to any major public appearance Obama has given as president" -Andy Barr

Feds may not have the power to make BP pay... (AP)

Obama's oil spill speech turns to energy policy, fueling Capitol crossfire... (FOX).

Politico: Obama's uncertain battle plan...

Politico: Obama promises a brighter day. (Details to come)...

MSNBC trashes Obama's speech; compared to Carter... (RCP)

Boehner issues statement on Obama's Oval Office speech... (GOP leader)

Obama declares a 'spill czar'... (LATimes)

9/11 families' fury as Obama compares oil spill to WTC Twin Towers attack... (DailyMail.UK)

Obama to push for new energy bill amid spill crisis... (Politico)

NYT editorial: We're starting to doubt Obama's competence and leadership...(NYT)

New estimates DOUBLE rate of oil that flowed into Gulf... (NYT)

Obama to meet with BP's chairman of the board next week... (AFP)

Obama's $400M aid to Palestinians, gets strong Rep. Pence response... (via HotAir)

Romney: Obama just 'blaming people'... (Politico)

Rove: Obama looks more like Jimmy Carter every day... (WSJ)

Jobless claims exceed estimates... (Bloomberg

Obama postpones Indonesia, Australia trip again... (WaPo)

Obama pitches healthcare reform to seniors in town hall meeting... (Reuters)

Debt poised to take over GDP... (Bloomberg)

May: 9.7% unemployment, jobs numbers disappoint... (CNBC)

Dick Morris says Obama doesn't have a clue... (TheHill)

Elected officials say no thanks to Obama invite... (Pitts)

Blago trial may entangle Obama... (Reuters)

 

 

Sestak-Gate

WH story shifts: Sestak not offered job on intel board... (HotAir)

Colordao Dem:  WH offered me 3 jobs to quit campaigning...(ABC)

GOP demands more Sestak docs... (Politico)

More White House secrecy: Gibbs: 'I'd have to ask counsel'... (Politico)

 

 

Immigration

Day 70: Obama accepts international assistance for oil spill... (AP)

Cities discovering an Arizona boycott may do more harm than good... (FOX)

AZ Gov. Brewer: Most illegal immigrants smuggling drugs... (AP)

AZ: New Gov. Brewer ad - here's what Obama means by border security... (RightScoop)

AZ Gov. Brewer sends letter to Obama: where are the troops?... (LATimes).

Holder to files lawsuit against AZ law next week... (ABC)

Immigration law puts Democrats' seats in peril... (Politico)

Sen. Jon Kyl: Obama told me he won't secure the border until Congress agrees to amnesty... (HotAir)

AZ: With Goddard out, Brewer cranks up the fight to defend the new law... (FOX)

AZ Gov. Brewer: We will win... (Breitbart)

Arizona launches legal defense website for immigration law... (USA Today)

Hillary: Obama will sue Arizona over its immigration law... (RightScoop)

3,500 acres in Arizona closed due to border violence... (FOX)

Sacramento approves economic sanctions against Arizona... (SACBEE)

AZ Gov. Brewer blasts Eric Holder... (HumanEvents)

AZ Gov. Brewer: If your child is a US citizen, take him back home with you... (HotAir)

AZ: Illegals fleeing state ahead of law deadline... (USA Today)

AZ Gov. Brewer's meeting with Obama yields few results... (FOX)

After facing criticism for snub, Obama agrees to meet with AZ gov... (FOX)

'Stand with Arizona' rally draws 7,000 to Tempe... (CBS-KPHO)

 

 

Obama's Oil Spill

Marist poll: Obama's handling of oil spill same or worse than Bush/Katrina... (TheHill).

Dems block Republicans requests to visit oil spill damage... (Politico)

Bill Clinton: The Navy may have to blow up the oil well... (CBS)

Why isn't the A-Whale in the Gulf yet?... (HotAir)

Oil washes onto Mississippi coast... (AlertNet)

Judge who clocked offshore drilling moratorium now receiving death threats... (Bayoubuzz)

Boat captain despondent over spill commits suicide... (LATimes)

Thick pools of oil washing up on north Florida coast... (Breitbart/AP)

Feds halt sand berm dredging... (WDSU)

Oil gush after robot crashes into cap... (NYT)

Federal judge blocks Obama's offshore drilling moratorium... (Bloomberg)  Judge says government misled the public...

White House mocks BP's Hayward for yacht race, defends Obama golf... (AFP)

Why won't OBama waive the Jones Act?... (FOX)

Docs show Feds knew of BP's oil rig leak troubles last February... (FOX)

"It was the 'small people' in the shrimp boats who laid the boom"  -Peggy Noonan

Obama's Gulf spill panel short on scientific expertise, long on politics... (FOX)

Steele demands Obama stop golfing until oil spill is resolved... (TheHill)

BP's Hayward attends glitzy yacht race, Gulf residents infuriated...(CSM) Obama goes golfing...

Spill could keep gushing for 2 to 4 more years if not plugged... (CSM) BP internal doc: 100,000 barrels a day...

BP shakeup! CEO Tony Hayward relieved of managerial duties... (YahooNews).

Let the slush fund begin? Stupak: It's legit for BP escrow account to pay for health care... (RCP)

Hayward estimates oil field size at 2 billion gallons...

Waxman to Hayward: "I question how cooperative you have been"... (BBC)

BP CEO Tony Hayward stonewalls Congress "I don't recall"...... (Guardian UK)

Carville praises Obama's 'Chicago persuasion' on BP... (CNN)

Guiliani calls Obama a political opportunist... (NYDaily)

GOP congressman apologizes to BP for 'shakedown'... (Politico)

UPDATE: Barton apologizes for apologizing...

GOP lawmaker demands Barton step down from top committee spot...

Dems already fundraising off Barton gaffe...

BP chairman says the company cares about the 'small people'... (AFP) 

BP will suspend quarterly dividends...   BP agrees to $20B escrow fund...

Poll: disapproval of Obama's handling of oil spill up 15 points... (CNN)

BP was founding member of cap and trade lobby... (WashExam)

Poll: Louisianans think Bush did better on Katrina than Obama on oil mess... (PPP)

Oil spill flow rate now estimated at 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day... (LATimes)

Florida Keys residents defy BP, plan their own clean up... (TIME)

Gov. Jindal takes matters into own hands, orders barrier wall built... (ABC)

Priorities: Obama goes golfing on Sunday; to the Gulf today... (TheHill)

White House puts flurry of new demands on BP...... (Independent.UK)

Another lame excuse for Obama not talking to BP's CEO... (WaPo)

Second gulf oil well discovered to be leaking... (AL.com)

Obama says he would have fired BP's CEO... (TheHill)

Oil spill clean up to take years... (NYTimes)

Obama seeking "ass to kick" over oil spill... (RCP)

Poll: BP oil spill response rated worse than Katrina... (ABC)

Spill furor heading towards Obama White House... (Bloomberg).

Buzz growing to nuke the oil leak... (NYT)

Oil leak may last until Christmas... (Bloomberg)

WH approves Louisiana Gov. Jindal's berm project... (Reuters)

Ann Coulter: Did you plug the hole with a blue dress yet, daddy?... (HumanEvents)

Now the underwater saw is stuck in the pipe... (AP)

Oil slick less than 10 miles from Florida coast... (Panama City)

Sarah Palin advises Gov. Jindal to ignore Feds, protect his state... (Newsmax)

              see: Gov. Jindal urges quick approval to build protective berms...

dueling WH statements: “We've always been in charge!    "We have begun a criminal investigation"

HUH?? Feds call in Avatar director Cameron for oil spill help... (nola)

Obama goes into 'BP attack' mode, after top kill fails... (WaPo)

 

 

Blago-rama... the trial

"I've got this thing and it's (expletive) golden. I'm not just giving it up for (expletive) nothing." - Gov. Rod Blagojevich

Judge halts questioning on Obama... (ChicagoTrib)

Testimony: Obama called union official to push Jarrett for Senate seat... (SunTimes)

Blago on tape: Get Obama to fund-raise from Buffet, Gates... (SunTimes)

Rahm delivered list of 4 Obama picks...(CBS)

Testimony: Obama knew of Blago's plot to trade Cabinet post for appointing Jarrett... (SunTimes)

Blago trial: Blago calls Obama 'hen-pecked' by Michelle... (ChicagoTrib)

Blago trial: Obama afraid of 'pushing somebody who is black'... (NBC)

Blago trial: 'Do they think I would just appoint Valerie Jarrett for nothing?'... (SunTimes)

Blago trial: 'What can I get for Senate seat?'... (CBS)

 

 

Big Gov't

Two Census Bureau managers fired for creating 10,000 bogus questionnaires... (MyDailyNews)

Poll: 58% want gov't to have less power and money... (Rasmussen)

 

 

Tea Party Movement:

Tea Party Convention date changed: postponed from July to October... (TPM)

Tea Party recalls could backfire... (Politico)

 

 

ObamaCare:

Insurance premiums jump... (ABC)

Doctors taking fewer Medicare patients... (USA Today)

Poll shows 60% favor repeal of health care reform law... (Rasmussen)

 

 

GOP/RNC:

Republicans seek to resurrect repeal of ObamaCare legislation......   (Politico)

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough calls Rep. John Boehner a bar hopper... (Politico)

Did the RNC pay hush money to Steele former aide?... (ABC).

Jeb Bush hits back at slams on brother... (NYT)

Rove's American Crossroads group targets 11 senate races... (TheFix)

Rep. King calls for Obama's aunt to testify about being granted asylum... (CBS)  Says Obama favors blacks...

WaPo poll: Don't get cocky, GOP!... (WaPo)

Pres. Bush says he'd order waterboarding for terrorists again... (Michigan)

 

 

DEM/DNC:

Daily Kos to sue Research 2000 over polling fraud... (HotAir)  Research 2000 counter suing Daily Kos...(NRO)

Prosecutor: Al Gore was focus of sex crime inquiry in Portland... (OregonLive)

Laurie David issues a denial of Al Gore affair... (HuffPo)

Another inconvenient truth?  Star Mag: Al Gore affair with Larry David's ex...  (Star)

Tenn. Rep. Janis Sontany on female Republicans:  "You have to lift their skirts to find out if they are women"... (MichelleMalkin)

Shock video: Congressman assaults student on Washington sidewalk... (via HotAir)

Bill Clinton to stump for Harry Reid in Las Vegas... (LVRJ)

Dems launch $125M pro-health care reform campaign... (Politico)

Dems skipping town halls to avoid voters' rage... (NYTimes)

New theory for Gores' split: it's Bush's fault!... (FOX)

The Edwards' split turns even uglier... (CBS)

Al and Tipper Gore splitting up after 40 years of marriage... (LATimes)

 

 

Sarah Palin:

Palin: Obama administration selling out our allies... (AP)

Oops! MSNBC reporters caught on tape mocking Palin speech... (LATimes)

Sarah Palin: Smoking pot is no big deal... (AOL)

Palin lines up UK trip and a visit to Margaret Thatcher... (DailyMail.UK)

Sarah Palin responds to 'Boob-Gate'... (RightScoop)

Latest Lefty Palin Derangement: hey, it looks like she had implants!... (HotAir)

Palin's backing pays off big in Tuesday's primary elections... (Politico)

Palin endorses Terry Branstad in Iowa for GOP gov. nomination... (Facebook)

Palin: Drill, baby, drill but drill in ANWR (Alaska)... (Facebook)

Palin slams media, author-stalker McGinniss for NBC interview... (Facebook)

Palin author-stalker: Palin tactics like "Nazis"... (HotAir)

Wascilla paper warns Palin author-stalker of deadly force law... (CBS)

 

 

Courts/SCOTUS:

Kagan hearing: Kagan not a strict constructionist of Constitution... (Politico)

Kagan hearing: Kagan, Sessions spar over military... (Politico)

Supreme Court rules to extend gun owner rights nationwide... (WaPo)

Obama may use executive privilege to block damning Kagan docs... (KaganWatch)

SCOTUS nominee Kagan: docs show she's a big lib... (CBS)

 

 


 


 

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