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2010 Elections: CA: Whitman by 1; Boxer by 7...(CQ Politics)... Oct. surprise: Meg Whiteman's fired maid is an illegal immigrant... (LAT) Delaware: defeated incumbent Mike Castle says no to write-in effort...(TheHill)... Rasmussen: GOP leading FL, CO senate races, NV dead heat... (HotAir)... Barone: Except for the coasts the map is now completely red... (WashExam)... One-third will vote early... (CQ Politics)... ND Dem touting fact that he voted with George Bush!... (HotAir)... Delaware polling: O'Donnell nine back of Coons... (HotAir)... CT poll: McMahon closes in on Blumenthal...(Quinnipiac)... Delaware: Mike Castle testing the write-in waters with a poll... (Politico)... Bob Dole endorses Christine O'Donnell, urges unity for GOP...(Politico)... CA: Fiorina slams Senator Ma'am in first tv spot... (via HotAir)... NY: Is Barney Frank's reelection in trouble?... (HotAir)... Uh-oh: Mike Castle won't rule out a write-in vote against O'Donnell... (Politico)... Delaware poll: Coons leads by 15 points over O'Donnell... (HotAir)... Christine O'Donnell nearing $2M in campaign contributions... (TheHill)... CA poll: Boxer 47%, Fiorina 43%... (Rasmussen)... Wisconsin: Incumbent Dem Sen. Russ Feingold trails by double digits...(DailyKos)... Alaska: Joe Miller holds double-digit lead over McAdams, Murkowski... (Rasmussen)... Pruden: A wave of rage with no U-turn... (WashTimes)... Poll: Top ObamaCare senator trails by 27 points... (RCP)... CA: Barbara Boxer now leads by 8 points over Carly Fiorina... (PPP)... FL: Rubio calls election a referendum on 'national identity'... (McClatchy) CA: Carly Fiorina: Defeating Barbara Boxer is 'shot heard right across this nation'... (LAT)... Pennsylvania: Toomey 40, Sestak 36, undecided 24... (PoliticalWire)... O'Donnell: No witchcraft since high school -- If so, Rove would be a supporter... (Fox)... Nate Silver: Murkowski can win as a write-in... (NYT538) Sen. Jim DeMint makes no apologies for stirring up 'vigorous' primaries... (TheHill)... Christine O'Donnell: "We're not taking our country back - we are our country"... (TheHill) Alaska: Murkowski announces write-in bid... (Politico)... Christine O'Donnell hits "the ruling class" in speech... (Politico)... Poll: Voters see GOP takeover of House and Senate... (Politico)... Christine O'Donnell raises close to $1M since Tuesday night... (Christine2010.com)... CA: Meg Whitman sets personal spending record: $119M... (LAT)... Delaware poll: Coons (D) 53, O'Donnell (R) 42... (Rasmussen)... Tea Party winner Christine O'Donnell raises $500,000 in one day!... (Christine2010.com)... NY: Charlie Rangel survives primary challenge... (NYT)... NY tea party win: Paladino sends Lazio to sidelines... (WSJ).. Paladino stuns NY GOP with victory... (NYT) DELAWARE: Christine O'Donnell win stuns Delaware... (Politico)... Mike Castle refuses to endorse O'Donnell... (TheHill) Old school GOP sees Nov. senate loss with McConnell as candidate... (Politico)... Report: NRSC won't spend a dime on O'Donnell... (HotAir)... New polls show mostly GOP leads... (PolWire)... 7 primaries today: What to watch... (Politico)... CT: Blumenthal's lead continues to shrink... (Courant)... Delaware: O'Donnell takes the lead - is GOP incumbent on the way out?.. (PPP)... Alaska: Libertarian candidate won't give spot to Murkowski.. (WashTimes)... Nevada: Harry Reid and Sharron Angle still neck and neck.. (LVRJ)... Alaska: Palin says Murkowski write-in effort to save senate seat is futile.. (TheHill)... FirstRead: Top 10 Senate take-overs are all Dem-to-GOP... (NBC)... GOP House pick-up: 60 seats possible... (HotAir)... FL: Rubio 43, Crist 29, Meek 23... (SSN)... CA: Boxer is tied to dubious Maxine Waters cash-for-endorsement scheme... (BigGovt)... Mike Allen: New polls point to tsunami...(Politico)... WaPo/ABC poll: GOP up by 13 in generic Congressional ballot... (Politico)... WSJ/NBC poll: Anti-incumbent wave is coming... (WSJ)... Alaska: Is defeated Sen. Lisa Murkowski still considering a third-party run?... (CQ Politics)... Tea Party sees repeat of Alaska GOP primary in Delaware race... (TheHill)... GOP's Meg Whitman & Carly Fiorina both lead in California races... (HotAir)... CA: Boxer & Fiorina hold first debate... (Politico)... Business groups plan Labor Day blitz against Senate Dems, candidates... (TheHill)... Alaska: incumbent Murkowski concedes to tea party candidate Miller... (AP)...
2012 'Weak' GOP 2012 field...(FirstRead)... Ex-Govs lead GOP 2012 pack... (Gallup)... The presidential hopes of John Thune... (WeeklyStandard)... Is South Dakota's John Thune the GOP's Barack Obama?... (WaPo)... Romney says Obama's going to be very tough to beat in 2012... (HotAir)... Pawlenty flooding the zone in New Hampshire... (CNN)... New McClatchy poll puts Romney in the lead for GOP 2012... (McClatchy)... This month's PPP polling for 2012 GOP... (PPP)... Pence-Palin 2012 ?... (DailyCaller)... 2012 Poll: Mitt Romney still leads all GOP contenders in New Hampshire... (PPP)... Mitch Daniels makes White House 2012 moves... (Politico)... The Fix's poll: Will Sen. Jim DeMint run in 2012?... (WaPo)... GOP 2012 contenders' list grows to 17... (US News)... John Bolton says he is considering presidential run in 2012... (HotAir)... Hillary 2012 ad begins airing!...(FP)... Barbour lays out his 2012 defense...(Politico)...
House/Senate Congress flees DC to campaign...(YahooNEws)... Pelosi muscles House to adjourn, blocking Boehner tax vote...(TheHill)... 47 Democrats revolt over Pelosi, Obama stance on tax hikes... (HotAir)... Dems to stuff 20 bills into post-election lame-duck session... (TheHill)... DeMint vows roadblock... (Politic No vote on taxes before election... (Fox)... Stephen Colbert gigs congressional hearing... (HotAir)... Stephen Colbert to testify before Congress... (CNN)... Senate votes NO: Amnesty for illegals, repeal of DADT... (TheHill)... Redistribution of wealth? Pelosi gets big pay cut if GOP takes the House... (TheHill)... House may adjourn 3 weeks early... (Politico)... Reid adds controversial immigration measure to defense bill... (CNN)... Senate: ObamaCare's '1099 Mandate' for IRS reporting stays in the bill ... (Examiner)... GOP challenger ad compares Pelosi to Wicked Witch of the West... (SFGate)... McCain: "I'll be chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee"... (TheHill)... Dem staffers may face massive layoffs... (Politico)... McConnell says he'll back Delaware tea party candidate if she wins...(TheHill) Senate GOP digs in to keep Bush tax cuts... (NYT)... Poll: The public hates almost everything Congress has done... (Gallup)... Pelosi has pocketed nearly twice as much lobbyist cash as Boehner... (Examiner)... Dems joining GOP for repeal of '1099 mandate' under ObamaCare... (NYT)... House may adjourn a week early... (Politico)... More House Dems bailing on WH refusal to extend all Bush-era tax cuts...(HotAir.)... Dems breaking with Obama's economic plan...(Hotline.)... Sen. Boxer's aide busted for possession of pot on Capitol Hill... (Politico.)... Senate control hinges on unlikelt trio... (Politico)... Wealthy lawmakers increased their riches as US economy sputtered in '09... TheHill)..
Obama/White House Medal of Honor recipient's family turned away at White House...(KTVB)... Obama confronted over job 'strangling' taxes as he campaigns in Iowa... (NYDaily)... Obama, Biden and Kerry slam voters... (WSJ)... Cohen: Obama admin's incompetence derailed Mideast peace talks... (NYDaily)... Rahm Emanuel to leave White House this week... (ABC)... Obama & Biden: Two 'Buck Ups'... Obama says 'buck up'... (AP)... Biden says 'buck up'... (RCP) Obama's legacy: Mourning in America... (WaPo)... Obama comparisons to Carter grow... (WSJ)... Liz Cheney: Obama 'unwilling' to keep nation safe... (CNN)... Obama heckled in Manhattan... (Politico)... Couldn't fill seats despite cheap ticket prices...(DailyBeast) Woodward book: Obama's Wars... (NYT)... Obama's top economic adviser is leaving... (WaPo)... Obama removes "Creator" from the Declaration of Independence... (AmericanThinker)... Maureen Dowd: Obama should take a page from Christine O'Donnell... (Mediaite)... Obama family goes to church... (Politico)... Colin Powell: Obama has lost touch... (Politico)... Barack & Michelle Obama decline dinner with the Sarkozys... (Times.UK) Michelle says her job is 'hell'... (DailyMail.UK)... Obama to release new book, part of $1.9M package deal......(USA Today)... $18,000 spent to monitor negative media coverage of BP oil spill...... FLOTUS war on salt & fat......(LAT)... Obama's insults mask fear of Boehner...(Bloomberg)... Obama seeks his inner Bill Clinton and feels voters' pain......(TheHill)... Sales of pro-Obama merchandise plummet ... (WaPo)... The Obama coalition is crumbling... (LAT)... Big party week for the Obamas...... (TheHill)... Obama uses Bush plan for terror war... (WashTimes)... CHANGE: Record-setting poverty gain ... (YahooNews)... Hopenchange is over...(WSJ)... TIME: Whatever happened to Obama's army? 'a ghost of its former self'...(TIME)... Obama paints Boehner as the villain, gives him 8 shout-outs... (Politico)... Hard sell: Students recruited to fill the seats for Obama's appearance... (Cleveland)... New polling low for Obama: 41% approval... (Rasmussen)... Obama has added more to National debt than Washington thru Reagan combined ...(CNS.)... Biden says Bush deserves 'a lot of credit'...(TheHill)... Obama backs Rahm's run for Chicago mayor; but asks for delay... (Politico)... Michelle Obama returns to campaign trail after vacation backlash ...(NYT.)... Woodward's book "Obama's Wars" to be released Sept. 27... (ABC)... Politico's Jim VandeHei: Panic at the White House... (CBS)... Chicago: Confidence in Obama dropping.. (CBS)... Whiner-In-Chief: "They talk about me like a dog"... (USA Today)... Obama wants $50 billion more stimulus... (NYT)... Dems wary of new stim plan... (AP) Rahm Emmanuel: "F*** the UAW"... (HuffPo)... Howard Stern: Obama can't win in 2012.. (Politico)... Eric Cantor: Beware the Obama tax increases... (USAToday)... TIME magazine: How Barack Obama became Mr. Unpopular.. (TIME)... Coulter: Obama's not a Muslim, he's an atheist... (Townhall)... AP fact checks, finds Obama speech on Iraq war short on facts... (HotAir)...
Tea Party: Poll: 71% of Republicans now tea party supporters... (WSJ)... Tea Party Patriots group gets $1M anonymous donation... (Bloomberg)... Tea Party Patriots group gets major funding, big names on its board... (Politico)... Allahpundit: Rove goes RINO... (HotAir)... Sarah Palin: Rove a 'good old boy'... (DailyCaller)... Michelle Malkin: Tokyo Rove... (Malkin)... Soros launches frontal attack against Tea Party... (InfoWars.)...
Economy Former Bush aide: Economy close to 'destructive tipping point'... (YahooNews)... Obama's guy says get used to high unemployment... (HotAir)... Economists cut growth forecast again...(Reuters.)... Bernanke: 'Too big to fail' must end...(TheHill.)... Worse: Unemployment now at 9.6%.. (WSJ)... Federal spending rose a record 16% in 2009.. (WaPo)...
Immigration Obama shifts to indefinite leave for illegals... (USA Today)... Arizona law still growing as a political force... (WashTimes)... Feds sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio... (AP)... AZ asks for 3,000 National Guard troops, gets 30...(CNS)... Candidates in 20 states endorse anti-immigration laws... (Politico)... AZ sheriff: Mexican drug cartels now control parts of Arizona... (WashTimes)...
GOP/RNC: Chris Christie gets in heckler's face at Meg Whitman rally... (YouTube) Republicans' 'Pledge to America'... (TheHill)... Senate GOP won't strip Murkowski of seniority on Energy committee... (Malkin)... Rumsfeld tell-all memoir not out until January... (Politico)... GOP confronts sore losers syndrome... (Politico)... Jim DeMint: GOP is dead if it wins majority but fails to rein in spending...(CQ Politics)... GOP voters want to replace John Boehner, Mitch McConnell as leaders...(Politico)... Republican plan: Deprive Dem programs of funding... (WSJ)... Mitt Romney backs surprise winner Christine O'Donnell - a day after the primary... (press release)... GOP moans about losing the chance to take control of the Senate... (HotAir)... Old school Rove callss O'Donnell 'nutty'... (Politico)... Tea Party's Christine O'Donnell fires back at Karl Rove over comment... (ABC)... Will GOP back Ryan's 'Road Map'?... (Politico)... Insurgent Republicans vex mainstream GOPers... (WSJ)... Boehner fires back at NYT's hit piece about lobbyist ties... (TheHill)... GOP committee Chair: We'll defund ObamaCare... (Politico)... GOP rep eyes government shutdown... (Politico)... GOP privately plots Boehner-run House... (Politico)... Boehner outlines 2-point plan on the economy... (Politico)... GOP outpaces Dems on Twitter... (Politico)... GOP's 'Recovery Summer' new video: Larry Sabato predicts a GOP House majority, 47 seat gain...(CP)... Primary enthusiasm gap points to GOP advantage in November...(TheHill)... GOP vows reform if it wins the House... (Politico)... Poll: Voters trust GOP more on 7 out of 9 major issues...(Gallup)...
DEM/DNC: Morris: Obliterating a generation of Democrats... (TheHill)... Poll: Bill Clinton rated most popular... (WSJ).. Dems fear Midwestern meltdown... (Politico)... Sen. Russ Feingold skipping Obama Rally - again... (AP)... Feingold behind in polls... (WXOW) Pelosi: Attacks on Boehner don't compare to GOP attacks on me... (TheHill)... Bill Clinton: Dems should offer their own governing document...(TheHill)... Democrats may back off tax vote.. (Politico)... Backlash: Dems guess wrong on ObamaCare... (Politico)... Jimmy Carter calls himself the best ex-president ever.. (WaPo)... Vulnerable Dems suddenly adding their names to GOP sponsored bills... (TheHill)... Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert::Twin Anti-Tea Party Rallies hope to churn out progressives to vote.. (WaPo)... UPDATE: Ooops, no permit yet!... (Fox) Democrat quandry:How do Dems counter the Tea Party?... (NYT)... Bill Clinton admits he was wrong about popularity of ObamaCare... (TheHill)... Harry Reid: Chris Coons is "my pet"... (TheHill)... "2010 is gone for Democrats..." - Roger Simon Dems preparing for a future without Speaker Pelosi... (Politico)... Pelosi to Dems: Pay up!... (Politico)... Vulnerable Dems duck public events... (Politico)... Dems breaking with Obama's economic plan...(Hotline.)... Toxic: Dems running away from Obama... (CBS)... Political triage for Democrats: save the ones who can win, abandon the rest... (OaklandTrib)...
Glenn Beck: Glenn Beck: No, I'm not running for President... (AlaskaDispatch)...
Sarah Palin: Palin to O'Donnell: Welcome to my world... (TheHill)... Poll: Voters feel closer to Palin than Obama... (Rasmussen)... Halperin: Don't underestimate Palin... (TIME)... Palin to O'Donnell: National media is 'seeking ur destruction'... (TheHill)... Gibbs on Palin: 'Formidable force'... (Bloomberg)... UK paper: Palin's Iowa speech backs Tea Party over Republican elites... (TheGuardian.UK)... Palin challenges Karl Rove to come to Iowa... (Politico)... Palin rallies Iowa GOP, leaves open 2012 question... (Des Moines Register)... Sarah Palin in Iowa today: Headlining Reagan Dinner event... (Reuters)... Sarah Palin's Iowa trip points to 2012 presidential run... (Guardian.UK)... Uh-oh: Schwarzenegger cracking Sarah Palin jokes... (Politico)... Palin backs Tea Party candidate in Delaware GOP primary... (TheHill)... Latest rumor: Palin will announce she's running for president in Alaska on Sept. 11...(HotAir.)...
ObamaCare: McDonalds may drop healthcare: seeks waiver from ObamaCare... (WSJ)... McDonalds denied report... (ABC) Six months later, ObamaCare is even worse than critics thought... (WashExam)... Obama, allies ready ObamaCare blitz... (Politico)... Fed judge: Lawsuit on ObamaCare likely going to trial... (AP)... Gov. Pawlenty restricts Minnesota's participation in ObamaCare... (TheHill)...
Defense: Iran paying Taliban $1000 per American soldier killed... (MSNBC.)...
Quran Burning & the Ground Zero Mosque: Fla. pastor now says he will NEVER burn Quran...(Times.India)... Pat Buchanan: Why doesn't Obama use his war powers to stop Quran burning?...(Townhall)... No deal? Florida pastor, imam at odds over Quran burning...(AP)... Trump's offer to buy site of proposed mosque denied ...(NBC)... UPDATE: Pastor calls off Quran burning after FBI visit...(AP via Drudge)... Beck, Palin, Romney denounce Koran-burning...(via HotAir)... Obama calls planned Quran burning 'a dangerous stunt'...(TheHill)... Petraeus says Quran burning endangers U.S troops...(AP)...
Dubya: Poll: 35% want Bush back... (ABC)... UK's Tony Blair: Bush was no "dumb idiot"... (Politico)...
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