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09/07/2010
Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs
(AP)
 AP - Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are scratching to survive in races all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more — the vast majority held by Democrats — at risk of changing hands.
09/07/2010
No recession here: Election spending sets records
(AP)
 AP - Turns out politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry.
09/07/2010
Chicago Mayor Daley says he's served his last term
(AP)
 AP - Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father decades before, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, a surprising end — at least for now — of a dynasty whose name became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.
09/07/2010
AP Exclusive: Murkowski says she's not a quitter
(AP)
 AP - A week after conceding the tight GOP primary to Joe Miller, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's not a quitter and is "still in this game."
09/07/2010
Clinton calls plan to burn Quran 'disgraceful act'
(AP)
 AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks a "disrespectful, disgraceful act."
09/07/2010
Congress Republicans wary of Obama economy plan
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Republicans in Congress showed little willingness to help President Barack Obama approve $350 billion in measures to boost the economy with midterm elections less than two months away.
09/07/2010
Ariz. Green Party sues to block `sham candidates'
(AP)
AP - The Arizona Green Party is asking a judge to kick 11 Green candidates off the November ballot amid allegations they were recruited by Republican officials to siphon votes from Democrats.
09/07/2010
Obama sets news conference for 11 a.m. EDT Friday
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama's news conference on Friday is set for 11 a.m. Eastern time.
09/07/2010
Barney Frank debates the dining room table
(Politico)
Politico - He's set to debate the woman who once asked him a question about "Nazi" health reform policies.
09/07/2010
Murkowski, Haase talk ballot switch
(Politico)
Politico - The Alaska Libertarian Party nominee says he and Mukowskisi met Tuesday to discuss her electoral options.
09/07/2010
Suddenly, a raft of tax-break proposals from Obama
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama's proposed tax breaks for business sound like ideas that have enjoyed broad Republican backing in the past. But in today's toxic political atmosphere, he's unlikely to get much — if any — GOP help.
09/07/2010
US expects to spend big in Afghanistan for years
(AP)
 AP - The U.S. government's financial commitment to Afghanistan is likely to linger and reach into the billions long after it pulls combat troops from the country, newly disclosed spending estimates show.
09/07/2010
Obama to mark September 11 at the Pentagon
(AFP)
 AFP - US President Barack Obama will mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon, and Vice President Joe Biden will be at the World Trade Center site in New York, the White House said Monday.
09/07/2010
Obama congratulates Australia PM Gillard
(AFP)
 AFP - President Barack Obama congratulated Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on forming a new government Tuesday, the White House said.
09/07/2010
One jobs idea from Obama that should fly
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Job-creation proposals are flying out of the White House like popcorn these days. Democrats in Congress need all the help they can get to retain power after the Nov. 2 elections. And President Obama is trying desperately to take the chill out of a frosty economy.
09/07/2010
NRCC Expands Ad Reservations to $24 Million
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday added more than $2 million in television ad reservations in four Democratic-held districts that are increasingly viewed as vulnerable. The new targets are Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Murphy, Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader (above) and Arizona Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick and Harry Mitchell.
09/07/2010
Conservatives hammer candidates over 'cap and trade'
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - FREDERICA, Del. — Conservative Republicans around the country are using cap and trade — a way to limit global-warming pollution — as a political weapon to attack GOP moderates as well as Democrats.
09/07/2010
DCCC Tries to Counter Mounting Bad News With Polling Dump
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - After a trying Labor Day weekend in which the overarching storyline was House Democrats' increasingly gloomy prospects for holding the majority, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pushed back Tuesday by releasing a roundup of polling that showed the party in good standing in roughly a dozen competitive Democrat-held districts.
09/06/2010
Obama proposed $50 billion to rebuild road, rails and runways
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Monday proposes a quick $50 billion boost in federal spending to rebuild roads, railways and runways — a move he says will create jobs and which Democrats hope will improve their election prospects in November.
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