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• AP Interview: Kirk touts honesty, stays cautious (AP)
• New tea party: energy, money and detente with GOP (AP)
• Mass. Sen. Brown to headline Pa. Senate fundraiser (AP)
• GOP congressional hopeful: Palin an 'entertainer' (AP)
• Miller acknowledges getting farm subsidies (AP)
• White House adviser Summers stepping down (Reuters)
• Jackson Jr. denies report about Blagojevich funds (AP)
• Veterans criticize Whitman for poor voting record (AP)
• Michelle Obama ready to hit campaign trail again (AFP)
• Obama's aunt says US obligated to make her citizen (AP)
• Democrats hold financial advantage ahead of midterms (The Upshot)
• Years later, bravery on a Laos mountain is honored (AP)
• Republican's financial woes recast Ga. race (AP)
• Pro bono lawmaking: Candidates offer to work free (AP)
• Ark. GOP files ethics complaint against Lincoln (AP)
• Momentum grows for tackling U.S. deficit (Reuters)
• Wyclef Jean drops presidential bid in Haiti (Reuters)
• APNewsBreak: Mass. AG candidate skirts finance law (AP)
• Democrats dismiss Republicans' new 'Contract with America' (AFP)
• Cuomo undecided on debating NY GOP gov opponent (AP)

AP Interview: Kirk touts honesty, stays cautious (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 05:51 PM PDT AP - While insisting Illinois voters deserve "more honesty" from politicians, Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk repeatedly ducked questions or fell back on stock answers Tuesday when pressed about his military record, attacks on his opponent and other issues in one of the nation's most-watched Senate races.

New tea party: energy, money and detente with GOP (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 05:29 PM PDT AP - Tea party activists and the Republican establishment are quickly joining forces for the fall elections as fresh cash and energy flow to the upstarts.

Mass. Sen. Brown to headline Pa. Senate fundraiser (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - Freshman U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts will headline a Philadelphia fundraiser for Pennsylvania's Republican candidate for Senate, Pat Toomey.

GOP congressional hopeful: Palin an 'entertainer' (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - The Republican running for the only open congressional seat in Massachusetts says former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is "an entertainer" and he would decline any offer from her to campaign on his behalf.

Miller acknowledges getting farm subsidies (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:47 PM PDT AP - Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, who believes the federal government is on the brink of bankruptcy and has called for an end to the "welfare state," received federal farm subsidies for land that the fiscal conservative owned in Kansas in the 1990s.

White House adviser Summers stepping down (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - Brilliant but blunt-spoken White House economic adviser Larry Summers said on Tuesday he will leave his job, marking a major staff shake-up for President Barack Obama as he faces growing pressure to revive the sluggish economy.

Jackson Jr. denies report about Blagojevich funds (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT AP - Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. denied allegations Tuesday that he directed a businessman to offer former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich millions of dollars in exchange for being appointed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.

Veterans criticize Whitman for poor voting record (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - A small group of union-backed veterans is asking GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman to explain why she failed to vote for most of her adult life.

Michelle Obama ready to hit campaign trail again (AFP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:39 PM PDT AFP - US First Lady Michelle Obama will be playing an active role on the campaign trail ahead of November midterm elections, making a six-state swing to support Democratic candidates, her office said Tuesday.

Obama's aunt says US obligated to make her citizen (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:37 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's aunt, who lived for years illegally in Boston before being granted asylum in May, said the United States has an "obligation" to grant her citizenship.

Democrats hold financial advantage ahead of midterms (The Upshot) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:07 PM PDT The Upshot - With just six weeks to go until Election Day, Democrats face an uphill battle to defend their majority control of Congress, but the party does have at least one thing going for them in the final stretch of the campaign: They have more cash to spend than Republicans. According to reports filed with the Federal [...]

Years later, bravery on a Laos mountain is honored (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:57 PM PDT AP - For decades, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. "Dick" Etchberger's courage under fire was kept as secret as the mission that placed him on a remote Laotian mountain, high above the clouds, in March 1968.

Republican's financial woes recast Ga. race (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - In a Republican-leaning state in what's shaping up as a Republican year, Nathan Deal was seen as a pretty sure bet to become Georgia's next governor.

Pro bono lawmaking: Candidates offer to work free (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - Some lawmakers want to change state law to bar themselves from getting paid for working extra days when they can't pass the state budget on time.

Ark. GOP files ethics complaint against Lincoln (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - The Arkansas Republican Party has filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, saying the Democrat improperly used taxpayer funds to mail a newsletter about her re-election bid.

Momentum grows for tackling U.S. deficit (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - Broad public concern about the U.S. budget deficit and big election gains for Republicans on November 2 could boost prospects for agreement on ways to slash spending, speakers told the Reuters Washington Summit.

Wyclef Jean drops presidential bid in Haiti (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean said on Tuesday he was abandoning his attempt to run in Haiti's November presidential election, one month after his candidacy was formally rejected by Haitian authorities.

APNewsBreak: Mass. AG candidate skirts finance law (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT AP - The upstart former prosecutor who shocked even the Massachusetts Republican Party by winning a write-in bid to be his party's nominee for attorney general did so, in part, with a race that skirted state campaign finance laws.

Democrats dismiss Republicans' new 'Contract with America' (AFP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:01 PM PDT AFP - US Democrats on Tuesday said Republicans would offer "more of the same" when they unveil the legislative agenda they aim to follow should conservatives seize control of Congress after November elections.

Cuomo undecided on debating NY GOP gov opponent (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 01:37 PM PDT AP - Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he still hasn't decided if he will debate tea party Republican Carl Paladino, who issued the challenge a week ago.

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