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• Report: Candidate in Ohio wore German SS uniform (AP)
• Obama to stump in Minn. for Dayton campaign (AP)
• Jerry Brown reinvents himself as elder statesman (AP)
• Kyrgyzstan votes in landmark election (Reuters)
• Donilon fought off housing regulation proposals (AP)
• Report: Dems planted NJ tea party House candidate (AP)
• Sen. Brown stumps for Conn. GOP Senate candidate (AP)
• Obama: GOP plans to 'shortchange' education (AP)
• O'Donnell still a mystery to voters despite fame (AP)
• POLITICAL INSIDER: Not much demand for Bush (AP)
• Statewide races could tip House contests (AP)
• Meet the ‘loud mouth’ Republican who says he can win Hillary’s old Senate seat (Daily Caller)
• Election 2010's battle over campaign dollars (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Scott Brown stumps for Foley in Conn. gov.'s race (AP)
• Potential 2012 candidates convene in Richmond at Tea Party event (Daily Caller)
• Obama’s praise of Nobel laureate doesn’t sit well with China (Daily Caller)
• National security shuffle: Jones out, Donilon in (AP)
• Wis. Senate candidates clash on health care reform (AP)
• Hoping to cut House losses, Dems try for firewall (AP)

Report: Candidate in Ohio wore German SS uniform (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - A report says a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Ohio dressed up in a German SS uniform to participate in Nazi reenactments.

Obama to stump in Minn. for Dayton campaign (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is scheduled to headline a rally in Minneapolis for Mark Dayton, the Democratic candidate for Minnesota governor.

Jerry Brown reinvents himself as elder statesman (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - Jerry Brown sees himself as a regular guy who buys his suits on sale, drives around in a Ford Crown Victoria and enjoys dinner at home with his wife. What he wants Californians to see past is the Jerry Brown of three decades ago who was derisively dubbed "Governor Moonbeam."

Kyrgyzstan votes in landmark election (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - Unique among elections in ex-Soviet Central Asia, voters have no idea which party will win the majority of seats in a new parliament and select a prime minister who will attempt to knit together a country plagued by political and ethnic divisions.

Donilon fought off housing regulation proposals (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - Before President Barack Obama picked him to be his next national security adviser, Tom Donilon was a lobbyist for mortgage giant Fannie Mae and fought off congressional attempts to impose new regulations.

Report: Dems planted NJ tea party House candidate (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:36 PM PDT AP - A New Jersey Republican congressional candidate criticized his Democratic opponent Friday amid mounting evidence that Democratic officials planted a tea party candidate in the race to siphon off conservative votes.

Sen. Brown stumps for Conn. GOP Senate candidate (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:33 PM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Scott Brown told a crowd of several hundred on Saturday that Connecticut voters can make history and shake up the Democratic establishment — just like when he was elected in Massachusetts — if they send Linda McMahon to Washington.

Obama: GOP plans to 'shortchange' education (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - Offering voters a reason to keep Democrats in power on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama says Republicans would cut education spending and put the country's economic future at risk if they had their way.

O'Donnell still a mystery to voters despite fame (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT AP - Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell has a simple message in her campaign ads — "I'm you."

POLITICAL INSIDER: Not much demand for Bush (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton is busy on the campaign trail, helping candidates in races from Florida to Washington state. His successor, George W. Bush? Holed up in Texas.

Statewide races could tip House contests (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:49 PM PDT AP - Call it a ripple-down effect that could determine House control. The outcomes of marquee races always influence down-ballot contests on Election Day, and, this year, whether Democrats keep power or Republicans seize it could well hinge on which party prevails in several hotly contested races for governor and Senate.

Meet the ‘loud mouth’ Republican who says he can win Hillary’s old Senate seat (Daily Caller) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT Daily Caller - Could a Republican really win Hillary Clinton’s old Senate seat in New York? Now held by appointed Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, it’s not on most election handicappers’ lists for realistic GOP pick-ups. But the self-described “loud-mouth” Republican in the race, Joe DioGuardi, says recent polls â€" including one that shows him trailing by only a point â€" prove that the race is more competitive than one might think. “Why I’m going to win â€" and I know I’m going to win â€" is because I represent the American dream, and people see it slipping away,” said DioGuardi, a former congressman born to Italian immigrants who might be best known for his daughter, Kara, a former judge on “American Idol.” In a recent interview with The Daily Caller, DioGuardi, 70, made one thing clear: he’s a passionate, colorful talker whose got a fight in him. “You need an activist, a loud mouth,” he said, as his voice got louder and louder, during a conversation on multiple topics â€" ranging from the nation’s debt to social security, from his work with the Albanian people to his celebrity daughter. (And he hays he is not forcing his daughter out on the campaign trail, though he welcomes her if she wants to help. “We have made a compact. ‘Kara, your brand is Hollywood, my brand is Washington.’”) So how does DioGuardi fare on the issues? Though he doesn’t consider himself a Tea Partier, he has the activist speak down and benefited from their support in the primary. “Here’s the message, very simple: we’re spending money we don’t have. We’re borrowing from countries like China that don’t share our values, that basically we don’t trust, and we’re giving up the American dream,” he said. He refers to himself as a “Paul Revere for financial responsibility,” who says term limits and a balanced budget amendment are desperately needed. Looking back on the war in Iraq, it was a mistake, he says. But when it comes to Afghanistan, he’s willing to “give Gen. Petraeus the benefit of the doubt,” and when it comes to disarming a nuclear Iran, he’s even more hawkish. “There is no way we can let Iran get a nuclear weapon,” he said. “Let me repeat, under no circumstances can Iran get a nuclear weapon…I don’t care what it takes.” His hero is Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. “If I get endorsed by anybody…there’s only one I requested. And that’s Gov. Christie…He’s facing off with the teachers unions, he’s facing off with everybody.” Though he thinks Social Security is “a ponzi scheme,” he says he’s against privatizing it because “we could never afford to do that.” But he’s for repealing health care law, which he says “did nothing to reduce the cost of health care and medicine,” and passing tort reform legislation. And he zinged his Democratic opponent for being part of the reason such reforms didn’t make it into the health care law. “Why wasn’t that put in? I’ll tell you why. We got 67 attorneys in the Senate. And guess who’s one of them? Kirsten Gillibrand,” he said. Gillibrand spokesman Glen Caplin, asked for comment, made light of the Republican’s failed attempts at  re-election to Congress, saying “as New Yorkers begin to learn more about Joe DioGuardi they will reject him once again…That is why he has been rejected by voters and lost five congressional campaigns in a row over the last 25 years.” A recent Real Clear Politics article put it this way: “Let’s be clear up front: A straight-up Republican win would be unheard of. No Democratic senator has ever been defeated for re-election in the Empire State, and the last time a non-Democrat won an open seat in New York in a two-way race was in 1958… Nevertheless, it is certainly possible for DioGuardi to pull off the upset.” DioGuardi, talking about his strategy between now and November, makes it clear he knows the uphill challenge he faces. “I need to be sure I break through to those Democrats who could see me as someone who they’d trust, even though they disagree with me on one or two issues,” he said. “That’s how I won in the 80s, and that’s how I’ll win [this year].” Read more stories from The Daily CallerMeet the 'loud mouth' Republican who says he can win Hillary’s old Senate seatWelcome to the bi-annual Machine Gun Shoot at Knob Creek Gun Range in KentuckyRand Paul makes appearance at Machine Gun Rally, says 2nd amendment fight still not over despite recent victoriesPotential 2012 candidates convene in Richmond at Tea Party eventObama's praise of Nobel laureate doesn't sit well with China

Election 2010's battle over campaign dollars (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:08 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With little more than three weeks until the midterm elections, Democrats and Republicans are in a ferocious fight over the most important issue in the campaign: money.

Scott Brown stumps for Foley in Conn. gov.'s race (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:09 AM PDT AP - Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown said checks and balances are urgently needed in Connecticut's heavily Democratic state government as he urged fellow Republicans to support Tom Foley for governor.

Potential 2012 candidates convene in Richmond at Tea Party event (Daily Caller) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 07:03 AM PDT Daily Caller - RICHMOND, Va. â€" 2:25 p.m. Lou Dobbs announced to reporters he plans to push the Tea Party movement to challenge the left on intellectual issues instead of just defending against attacks from the left. Also, Dobbs, an avid advocate against illegal immigration, discounted accusation by The Nation that he hired illegal immigrants at one of his companies or to work at his house by calling The Nation a left-leaning publication with an agenda. Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) told reporters the Tea Party movement is an intellectual movement in addition to a political awakening. He wouldn’t confirm a 2012 candidacy for president, but said he is considering all options. Also, in regards to cutting spending, Paul said that, if elected president, he would make it a priority to bring troops home from all locations around the globe. Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) said, though he foresees President Barack Obama vetoing it, he hopes the next Congress, which he expects to be largely Republican and conservative, to pass anti-Obamacare legislation. King said he then will push the Congress to cut funding for Obama’s Health Care Reform. King said the next Congress’s top priority needs to be repealing Obamacare. King added that, in regard to the “appealing” aspects of Obamacare, such as requiring insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions, that Obamacare has to be repealed entirely first. Then, he said, Congress can pass “one-piece-at-a-time” bits of legislation to improve the system, ensuring any new legislation is properly vetted by the Congress and by the people. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum said the new political action committee he started in Iowa is a way for him to explore all options in 2012 talks, including a possible presidential candidacy of his own, something he said he has considered but hasn’t fully vetted yet. Santorum said that, though he hasn’t read it entirely yet, he supports House Minority Leader John Boehner’s Pledge to America, something that’s been a hot topic amongst conservatives in the Tea Party. 10:07 a.m. Though he won’t confirm or deny candidacy, Herman Cain will admit he’s mulling 2012 candidacy and hinted at it again in his speech Saturday morning at a Tea Party Convention in Richmond, Va. After recounting his story of having survived cancer, Cain said sometimes God keeps people around for a reason they don’t know at the time. “I might do something crazy,” Cain told the crowd of Tea Partiers in Richmond. “I might just run for president.” 9:03 a.m. Ex-CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, Texas Congressman Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum are scheduled to speak Saturday at the Tea Party Convention in Richmond, Va. Cain is headlining Saturday morning’s events â€" and told The Daily Caller in a phone interview that he plans to focus on what the Tea Party movement needs to do to stay influential after the midterm elections â€" and to maintain the momentum it’s had through the elections. “I’m going to talk about two things: first off, how successful the Tea Party has been to this point and secondly, don’t let up,” Cain said. “My main message to the Tea Party people is: don’t let up. Keep supporting your candidates and make sure we have informed voters on November 2.” Santorum, who made a significant move towards a presidential candidacy on Thursday by launching a political action committee in Iowa aimed at helping Iowan conservative candidates, will participate in a national policy forum Saturday afternoon. Joining Santorum in the forum will be Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Iowa Congressman Steve King and former Virginia Senator George Allen. The convention has about 2,300 registered attendees and is conducting a straw poll that includes potential 2012 candidates from all political parties â€" including current President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read more stories from The Daily CallerMeet the 'loud mouth' Republican who says he can win Hillary’s old Senate seatWelcome to the bi-annual Machine Gun Shoot at Knob Creek Gun Range in KentuckyRand Paul makes appearance at Machine Gun Rally, says 2nd amendment fight still not over despite recent victoriesPotential 2012 candidates convene in Richmond at Tea Party eventObama's praise of Nobel laureate doesn't sit well with China

Obama’s praise of Nobel laureate doesn’t sit well with China (Daily Caller) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 06:37 AM PDT Daily Caller - The Chinese Embassy on Friday criticized President Barack Obama's praise of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as recipient of the Nobel Peace prize.

National security shuffle: Jones out, Donilon in (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:20 PM PDT AP - Gen. James Jones, the gruff-talking military man President Barack Obama drafted as his national security adviser, announced Friday he was quitting after a tenure marked by ambitious foreign policy changes and undercurrents of corrosive turf battles.

Wis. Senate candidates clash on health care reform (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 09:40 PM PDT AP - Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold defended his vote for health care reform during a televised debate Friday, and accused Republican challenger Ron Johnson of wanting to replace the program with a system that puts insurance companies in control.

Hoping to cut House losses, Dems try for firewall (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 08:40 PM PDT AP - Struggling to build a firewall against a Republican takeover, congressional Democrats are pouring money into roughly two dozen tight races around the country in the campaign's closing weeks while pulling it back from others where their chances seem slimmer.

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