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• Obama's Iraq Address: Afghan War Looms Large Over Speech (Time.com)
• House Democratic campaign arm goes negative (AP)
• Charlie Crist's Caucus Dilemma (The Atlantic Wire)
• Republicans gain historic lead in generic congressional poll (The Upshot)
• Expectations low for round of Mideast talks (AP)
• Does it matter that Glenn Beck is a Mormon? (The Week)
• Newt's Faint Presidential Prospects (RealClearPolitics.com)
• US senators press Russia on poultry market (AFP)
• Penthouse CEO raises for Crist (Politico)
• Ehrlich's early voting conundrum (Politico)
• Obama: End of Iraq combat effort, 'no victory lap' (AP)
• HUD chief cites progress in New Orleans housing (AP)
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• Obama: No Iraq victory lap as combat mission ends (Reuters)
• The Politics of Obama's Iraq Speech (The Atlantic Wire)
• Kinzinger Hopes a Fresh Face Trumps Halvorson's Union Base (CQPolitics.com)
• Following tradition, Obama redecorates Oval Office (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama challenges GOP to end 'blockade' of jobs bill (McClatchy Newspapers)

Obama's Iraq Address: Afghan War Looms Large Over Speech (Time.com) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:15 PM PDT Time.com - With President Obama's Iraq speech set for Tuesday night, Iraq's fate is far from settled, Afghanistan is going badly and Democrats would prefer that Obama show he's focused on a sagging economy

House Democratic campaign arm goes negative (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Democrats' House campaign committee is starting its first advertising blitz of the fall election cycle Tuesday with a TV spot hammering Wisconsin GOP candidate Sean Duffy, one of several Republicans who are threatening to wrest an open Democratic seat.

Charlie Crist's Caucus Dilemma (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - As Democratic midterm prospects worsen and Florida Governor Charlie Crist hovers within striking distance of Republican nominee Marco Rubio, an interesting question has arisen in the state's Senate race: Would Crist, who dropped out of the GOP primary months ago to run against Rubio as an independent, caucus with Democrats if elected? Crist, for his part, isn't saying. "I caucus with the people of Florida," he told CNN's Ed Henry last week. "This is a moot question unless I win." True enough, but it hasn't stopped others from speculating about what a Democratic Crist could mean to the composition of the United States Senate.

Republicans gain historic lead in generic congressional poll (The Upshot) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:28 AM PDT The Upshot - Republicans hold a 10-point lead over Democrats in Gallup's most recent generic congressional survey, the Republicans' largest margin over Democrats in six decades of this particular Gallup poll. Registered voters expressed a preference for a generic Republican over a generic Democrat for Congress 51 percent to 41 percent. This is the fifth week in a [...]

Expectations low for round of Mideast talks (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:33 PM PDT AP - After months of shuttle diplomacy, the Obama administration is set to plunge into a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for face-to-face talks for the first time in nearly two years.

Does it matter that Glenn Beck is a Mormon? (The Week) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:41 AM PDT The Week - Beck appears to be moving toward becoming a Christian leader. So what if his target audience doesn't recognize him as a Christian?

Newt's Faint Presidential Prospects (RealClearPolitics.com) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:00 PM PDT RealClearPolitics.com - On Friday, at a town hall in small town Oklahoma, conservative Sen. Tom Coburn said Newt Gingrich is "the last person I'd vote for, for president." Gingrich is "a super-smart man but he doesn't know anything about commitment to marriage." Gingrich lacks, in Coburn's view, "the character traits necessary to be a great president."

US senators press Russia on poultry market (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:07 AM PDT AFP - Thirty US senators have formally called on Moscow to implement "without further delay" a June agreement allowing the resumption of US poultry exports to Russia.

Penthouse CEO raises for Crist (Politico) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:15 PM PDT Politico - Couples can pay $2,400 per couple for a VIP photo opportunity, according to the invitation.

Ehrlich's early voting conundrum (Politico) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:11 AM PDT Politico - Maryland will begin voting early for the first time in state history Friday, and O’Malley plans to remind eager voters what his GOP foe did to block the increasingly popular process when he was governor.

Obama: End of Iraq combat effort, 'no victory lap' (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:13 PM PDT AP - Closing a divisive chapter of American history, President Barack Obama marked the end of the nation's combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday without declaring victory, winding down the U.S. role in a war he considered a terrible mistake.

HUD chief cites progress in New Orleans housing (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 06:30 AM PDT AP - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan says solid progress has been made in the last 18 months to return families to their homes in New Orleans.

(AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:59 AM PDT AP - Dutch prosecutors say 2 arrested Yemenis from US are suspects in conspiracy of terrorist act.

Obama: No Iraq victory lap as combat mission ends (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama declared the combat mission in Iraq officially over on Tuesday in a move likely to hearten war-weary Americans despite political deadlock among Iraqis and more violence.

The Politics of Obama's Iraq Speech (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:48 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - President Barack Obama will give a 15-minute televised address tonight to mark the formal conclusion of U.S. combat operations in Iraq. Though 50,000 troops will remain in a de facto combat role, the U.S. will take a less prominent role in Iraqi security and reconstruction following the 2003 invasion, which Obama famously opposed as a senator. As with everything in Washington, the event is as much about politics as anything else. Here are the politics of Obama's address and his Iraq policy--and the political response of the Republicans hoping to unseat as many Democrats as possible in November.

Kinzinger Hopes a Fresh Face Trumps Halvorson's Union Base (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:11 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - NEW LENOX, Ill. -- Republicans throughout Illinois and in Washington, D.C., introduce House candidate Adam Kinzinger as one of their top recruits. But the boyish 32-year-old has a way to go in introducing himself to voters in order to unseat Democratic Rep. Debbie Halvorson here in this swing district.

Following tradition, Obama redecorates Oval Office (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:36 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama moved into the White House last year, he didn't rush into the presidential tradition of redecorating the Oval Office.

Obama challenges GOP to end 'blockade' of jobs bill (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:12 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signaled Monday that he'll tackle rather than run from the economy as he campaigns for Democrats this fall.

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