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• NH GOP Senate candidates in final primary debate (AP)
• Clinton: Anger, apathy, amnesia threaten Democrats (AP)
• Feingold labels himself underdog against newcomer (AP)
• Emanuel would be best-known mayoral candidate (AP)
• Palin backing O'Donnell campaign (AP)
• New Barrett ad focuses on attack outside Wis. fair (AP)
• Emanuel exit could start White House turnovers (AP)
• Angle courts wary Hispanics in Nevada Senate race (AP)
• Two GOP-leaning groups spending $5 million in ads (AP)
• Obama to go to Philly for a back-to-school speech (AP)
• Wis. reaches deal on military, overseas voting (AP)
• Analysis: Obama has tenuous grip on Democrats over taxes (Reuters)
• SC had tax liens against gov hopeful's family biz (AP)
• Dems face a tougher-than-expected fight in California (The Upshot)
• Obama's blunt take: Poor economy hurts Democrats (AP)
• Bill Clinton stars in new anti-Brown California ad (AP)
• Obama: Minister must cancel Quran-burning 'stunt' (AP)
• Steele stumps for Republicans halfway around the world (The Upshot)
• Obama firm against tax cuts for rich (Reuters)
• Crist hit from left, right as he seeks the middle (AP)

NH GOP Senate candidates in final primary debate (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:08 PM PDT AP - MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rivals for New Hampshire's Republican Senate nomination vied for the support of conservative voters Thursday night in a polite debate that yielded agreement on federal spending cuts, a reduction in size of the government and repeal of the health care law that President Barack Obama won from Congress.

Clinton: Anger, apathy, amnesia threaten Democrats (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:52 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton is warning Democrats that anger, apathy and amnesia could be the keys to defeat in the November election.

Feingold labels himself underdog against newcomer (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - Sen. Russ Feingold calls himself the underdog in his re-election bid against a Republican challenger no one had heard of six months ago but who, like other GOP newcomers this year, is tapping his own fortune to start a political career at the top.

Emanuel would be best-known mayoral candidate (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - If Rahm Emanuel decides to run for Chicago mayor, the White House chief of staff would easily be the best-known figure in the race, with national name recognition that few others could match and invaluable experience from helping engineer the Democrats' takeover of the House in 2006.

Palin backing O'Donnell campaign (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed Christine O'Donnell's Senate bid in Delaware, hoping to give another tea party-backed candidate a final push to defeat an establishment favorite.

New Barrett ad focuses on attack outside Wis. fair (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:32 PM PDT AP - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett released a campaign ad in the Wisconsin governor's race Thursday that focuses on his brutal attack outside last year's state fair and even includes images of his bloodied face.

Emanuel exit could start White House turnovers (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:29 PM PDT AP - Rahm Emanuel's expected departure as President Barack Obama's chief of staff may be just the start of wholesale personnel changes at the White House after what's predicted to be a devastating midterm election for Democrats.

Angle courts wary Hispanics in Nevada Senate race (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:17 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle's conservative views on illegal immigration and her limited outreach to Hispanics have done little to endear her to Nevada's largest minority group.

Two GOP-leaning groups spending $5 million in ads (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - More than a dozen Democratic members of the House are facing a wave of negative ads by two conservative, Republican-allied groups that plan to spend more than $5 million on advertising.

Obama to go to Philly for a back-to-school speech (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - When President Barack Obama delivers his second back-to-school speech to the nation's students, he'll do so from a magnet school in Philadelphia.

Wis. reaches deal on military, overseas voting (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - Wisconsin election officials and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement on how the state will comply with a new law designed to ensure all military and overseas voters have their ballots counted.

Analysis: Obama has tenuous grip on Democrats over taxes (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:51 PM PDT Reuters - Democrats in Congress are distancing themselves from President Barack Obama's push to let taxes rise for the wealthiest Americans, fearing it will further harm them in November's mid-term elections.

SC had tax liens against gov hopeful's family biz (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:25 PM PDT AP - A business owned by the family of South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley has been penalized for failing to pay taxes three times since 2003, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.

Dems face a tougher-than-expected fight in California (The Upshot) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:48 PM PDT The Upshot - With the state in a budget crisis and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger one of the most unpopular politicians in the country, California would seem to be friendly territory for Democrats in 2010 -- especially when you consider that the party has a significant edge in state voter registration. But California's two leading Democratic candidates â€" [...]

Obama's blunt take: Poor economy hurts Democrats (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT AP - The Democrats are going to lose this fall if voters render judgment on the nation's sputtering economy. That's not the forecast of some political analyst or the wishful thinking of a Republican leader. It's the blunt acknowledgment from President Barack Obama himself.

Bill Clinton stars in new anti-Brown California ad (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton is the unwitting star of a new TV ad in the California governor's race in which he is shown criticizing the record of fellow Democrat Jerry Brown.

Obama: Minister must cancel Quran-burning 'stunt' (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:42 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama implored a Florida minister to call off his Quran-burning "stunt," saying it would jeopardize U.S. troops abroad.

Steele stumps for Republicans halfway around the world (The Upshot) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:18 AM PDT The Upshot - With less than two months to go before Election Day, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is focusing his energies on trying to elect Republicans in … Guam? The embattled RNC chair has spent the last several days on a campaign tour that's distinctly unusual -- at least by the standards of how predecessors have [...]

Obama firm against tax cuts for rich (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama stood firm on Thursday in opposition to a Republican push to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich but stopped short of threatening to veto such a measure if passed by Congress.

Crist hit from left, right as he seeks the middle (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:46 AM PDT AP - The Democrat says Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is a Republican. The Republican says Crist is trying to appeal to Democrats. Crist, pursuing a Senate seat as an independent, says he cuts things right down the middle.

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