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• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends (AP)
• GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks (AP)
• Obama's health care summit: Just for show? (AP)
• Clinton-era health aides push to save Obama's plan (AP)
• Obama the scold (Politico)
• Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner (AP)
• Quinn: Ill. lt. governor hopefuls should speak up (AP)
• Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 (AP)
• Pa. Special Election Likely in May (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama: Murtha 'tough-as-nails' leader (AP)
• Latinos say their votes could tip 40 congressional races (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama Job-Performance Rating Drops Among Independents (Bloomberg)
• Ag Secretary pushes school nutrition plan (AP)
• John Murtha dies at 77 (Politico)
• GOP cool to Obama’s offer to meet on healthcare reform (The Christian Science Monitor)
• AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors (AP)
• Incumbents Pouring Funds Into DSCC (CQPolitics.com)

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:30 PM PST AP - The lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese automaker to his state that he tramped along through fields as its executives scouted plant sites, and a congresswoman who owes much of her wealth to a Toyota supplier.

GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST AP - Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.

Obama's health care summit: Just for show? (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:52 PM PST AP - Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.

Clinton-era health aides push to save Obama's plan (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:59 AM PST AP - Shock and awe. That's what survivors of the Clinton-era health care collapse are feeling as President Barack Obama's overhaul legislation wobbles in Congress.

Obama the scold (Politico) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:46 AM PST Politico - For a president who ran on uplifting themes like change and hope, Barack Obama spends an awful lot of time scolding Americans about how he hopes they'll change.

Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:38 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner.

Quinn: Ill. lt. governor hopefuls should speak up (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:08 PM PST AP - Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the race because of revelations about his checkered past.

Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:33 PM PST AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.

Pa. Special Election Likely in May (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:01 PM PST CQPolitics.com - State election officials are looking at holding a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha on May 18, the previously scheduled statewide primary date.

Obama: Murtha 'tough-as-nails' leader (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:49 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he was saddened to hear of the death of Rep. John Murtha and called his fellow Democrat a steadfast advocate for the people of Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years.

Latinos say their votes could tip 40 congressional races (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:54 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Failing to overhaul the nation's immigration system, currently a backburner issue for Congress and President Barack Obama, could play a pivotal role in key mid-term election races in November, according to a new study on Latino voting patterns.

Obama Job-Performance Rating Drops Among Independents (Bloomberg) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:36 PM PST Bloomberg - Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- More than half of U.S. voters who describe themselves as independents disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance for the first time since he took office in January 2009, according to a poll released today.

Ag Secretary pushes school nutrition plan (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:53 AM PST AP - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.

John Murtha dies at 77 (Politico) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:50 AM PST Politico - Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania powerhouse in Congress for 36 years and an early ally for Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her rise to the top of the House, died Monday afternoon as a result of complications from recent surgery.

GOP cool to Obama’s offer to meet on healthcare reform (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:12 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama has invited Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to meet him on Feb. 25 for a televised discussion of healthcare reform alternatives. Will this be the spark needed to get the administration’s top domestic priority moving again?

AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:30 PM PST AP - New York Gov. David Paterson is lashing back at what he calls an assault on his character that includes accusations about womanizing and drug use.

Incumbents Pouring Funds Into DSCC (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:34 AM PST CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee continues to collect big money from its members, despite a right turn in the political environment that has chased some incumbents into retirement and put others in jeopardy of losing re-election this year.

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