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2010 Midterm Elections:

Tea Party sees repeat of Alaska GOP primary in Delaware race...

(TheHill)...  After Joe Miller's surprise win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in the Republican Senate primary, observers started taking a second look at another Tea Party candidate: Christine O'Donnell as she seeks to beat incumbent Mike Castle...

GOP's Meg Whitman & Carly Fiorina both lead in California races...

(HotAir)... writes Morrissey: "Fiorina barely edges Barbara Boxer in what is really a dead heat, but Whitman still beats Jerry Brown outside the margin of error..."

CA: Boxer & Fiorina hold first debate...

(Politico)...  "Barbara Boxer has been in Washington, D.C. for 28 long years," Fiorina said in her opening statement. "Barbara Boxer may say she is fighting for Californians, but the truth is she's fighting hardest for another six years in Washington, D.C."...

2012

Hillary 2012 ad begins airing!...

(FP)... The ad was paid for by Chicago dentist Willian DeJean...

Barbour lays out his 2012 defense...

(Politico)... Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says his lobbying past and Deep South roots could be assets rather than liabilities if he decides to run...

Obama/White House:

Rahm Emmanuel: "F*** the UAW"...

(HuffPo)... Obama's former 'car czar' Steve Rattner offers an insider's account of the Obama administration's rescue of the auto industry. And he pulls no punches...

Howard Stern: Obama can't win in 2012..

(Politico)... Shock jock Howard Stern thinks a second term for Obama is unlikely...

TIME magazine: How Barack Obama became Mr. Unpopular..

(TIME)... writes Michael Scherer: "A sense of disappointment, bordering on betrayal, has been growing across th country... The fear most often expressed is that Obama is taking the country somewhere they don't want to go..."

Eric Cantor: Beware the Obama tax increases...

(USAToday)... writes Cantor: "Next year, President Obama is going to preside over one of the largest tax increases on families and small businesses in American history. How his administration has convinced itself that this is a good idea right now is beyond comprehension..."

Coulter: Obama's not a Muslim, he's an atheist...

(Townhall)... writes Coulter: "When Obama turned to the economy... he blamed the deficit on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which the AP points out didn't keep Congress from nearly balancing the budget during the Bush years..."

House/Senate:

Senate control hinges on unlikelt trio...

(Politico)... three Dem incumbents once thought unbeatable are now in doubt: Russ Feingold, Barabara Boxer, Patty Murray

GOP

Primary enthusiasm gap points to GOP advantage in November...

(TheHill)... The GOP has turned out 3 million more voters than Democrats during the primary season so far -- reversing the 3 million vote advantage Dems enjoyed in 2006...

Larry Sabato predicts a GOP House majority, 47 seat gain...

(CP)... "Conditions have deteriorated badly for Democrats over the summer," writes Sabato...

Economy:

Bernanke: 'Too big to fail' must end...

(TheHill.)... Says Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernankie: "The most important lesson of this crisis is we have to end 'too big to fail,'......

Worse: Unemployment now at 9.6%..

(WSJ)... The report is likely to cause renewed debate over what new steps the Feds and Congress should consider to jump-start the job market...

Sarah Palin:

Latest rumor: Palin will announce she's running for president in Alaska on Sept. 11...

(HotAir.)... writes Allalhpundit: "something involving Palin is happening in Alaska on September 11 and it's significant enought to have Glenn Beck in attendance..."

Bashing Palin:

Vanity Fair: Sarah Palin the Sound and the Fury...

(VanityFair.)... writer MIchael Joseph Gross's article is a long, scathing Palin-bash...

Meghan McCain: 'Dirty Sexy Politics' book tour begins...

(NYDaily.)... in her book Meghan McCain says Palin brought "stress, drama, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty" to her father's 2008 campaign...

Palin heading to Iowa on Sept. 17th: Headlining GOP Reagan Dinner...

(IowaRepub.)... The visit will be Sarah Palin's first since making a brief stop in December 2009 for a book signing...

Immigration

Feds sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio...

(AP)... The Justice Dept. says Sheriff Arpaio has refused to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics...

Candidates for governor in 20 states endorse anti-immigration laws...

(Politico)... Of the 37 gubernatorial races this year, candidates in more than 20 states have endorsed adopting a strict Arizona-style immigration law...

AZ asks for 3,000 National Guard troops, gets 30...

(CNS)... but hey - the feds put of 15 billboard signs warning citizens about the drug cartels operating on public lands...

Dubya:

UK's Tony Blair: Bush was no "dumb idiot"...

(Politico)... says Blair in his new book: "One of the most ludicrous caricatures of George is that he was a dumb idiot who stumbled into the presidency. No one stumbles into that job..."