Sunday, August 29, 2010

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Dems' bright spots in foreboding election year (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 07:02 AM PDT

In this Aug. 23, 2010, photo, Democratic candidate for the Congress John Carney talks with Lou Best at a senior center in Wilmington, Del. Carney is a rarity in a campaign season of foreboding for Democrats, a practicing politician with a strong chance of winning a Republican-held seat in Congress. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)AP - John Carney of Delaware is a rarity in a campaign season of foreboding for Democrats, a practicing politician with a strong chance of winning a Republican-held seat in Congress. Not that Carney is interested in attaching any national significance to his race.

W.Va. gov. wins Democratic primary for US Senate (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 05:01 AM PDT

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin speaks during a news conference at his campaign headquarters on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, in Charleston, W.Va. Manchin defeated Ken Hechler and Sheirl Fletcher in a special election and will represent the Democrats in the November general election to fill the void left by the death of U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)AP - Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.

Obama pledges Gulf support on Katrina anniversary (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 02:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with resident Maude Smith and her grandson David Robichaux Jr., 9, in her Columbia Parc Development home in New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause. "My administration is going to stand with you, and fight alongside you, until the job is done," Obama said to cheers at Xavier University, a historically black, Catholic university that was badly flooded by the storm.

Lincoln turns re-election bid into earmark defense (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 18, 2010, U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., is interviewed at her campaign headquarters in Little Rock, Ark. Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is reminding voters — in dollars — of what's she's done for Arkansas during nearly 12 years in Washington. Defending projects typically derided as pork is a tricky stance for a vulnerable incumbent, but Lincoln has turned her re-election fight into an argument for pet projects.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is reminding voters — in dollars — of what's she's done for Arkansas during nearly 16 years in Washington.

Alaska's Miller adopts tone of a general election candidate (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Miller and his wife Kathleen enter election central in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010. Returns showed Miller ahead of incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski. ( AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)CQPolitics.com - Republican Joe Miller is locked in a close primary in the Senate race in Alaska, but he sounded much like a general election candidate in a television appearance Sunday, discussing his stances on Social Security and federal funding for Alaska.

Crist defers on making a caucus commitment (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, right, smiles as he leaves the polling site Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Crist, an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, is running unopposed in today's primary election. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)CQPolitics.com - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (I) on Sunday again declined to reveal which political party he would caucus with if he wins the state's three-way Senate race this November, while also clarifying his position on the new health care overhaul and his opposition to same-sex marriage.

Beck rally signals election trouble for Dems (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 01:14 AM PDT

Glenn Beck speaks as a television camera moves around him as the 'Restoring Honor' rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - If Democrats had doubts about the voter unrest that threatens to rob them of their majority in Congress, they needed only look from the Capitol this weekend to the opposite end of the National Mall.

Republican gay rights backlash (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 4, 2006, file photo, Ken Mehlman, then-chairman of the Republican National Committee, addresses the RNC state chairmen's meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mehlman says in a magazine interview that he is gay. Mehlman, who was campaign manager for President George W. Bush in 2004, told The Atlantic that he came to the conclusion he is gay recently and wanted to talk about it publicly because he wants to become an advocate for gay marriage. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)The Daily Beast - However much Republicans like former RNC chair Ken Mehlman want to embrace gay rights, the party's rank-and-file won't for years to come.

Beck rejects running with Palin (Politico)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 08:29 AM PDT

Politico - He also backs down from his previous characterization of Obama as a racist.

Upstarts hoping it's Miller time (Politico)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 04:04 AM PDT

Politico - It’s the kind of thing, analysts say, that could only happen in Alaska. But is that really the case?

Beck: Help us restore traditional American values (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 04:38 AM PDT

Glenn Beck speaks at the 'Restoring Honor' rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march.

Slashing suspect traveled with Marines for weeks (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:17 PM PDT

A handcuffed-and-shackled Michael Enright stands in a New York City courtroom where he was arraigned on charges that include attempted murder as a hate crime, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Enright is accused of slashing taxi driver Ahmed H. Sharif with a hand tool on Tuesday, Aug. 24, after the driver said he was Muslim. (AP Photo/Steven Hirsch, Pool)AP - The college student accused of slashing a New York cab driver showed no signs he might have trouble coping with the experience of traveling with combat troops in Afghanistan, the military said Friday.

Far-right protesters clash with police in UK (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:10 PM PDT

English Defense League supporters clash with police in Bradford Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 during a demonstration in the city. Hundreds of protesters from a far-right group that campaigns against Islamic extremism have clashed with riot police in northern England. The 700 English Defense League supporters gathered in northern England's Bradford threw bottles, rocks and a smoke bomb at riot police Saturday. (AP Photo/PA, Owen Humphreys) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - A right-wing group that opposes what it calls the spread of Islam in Britain clashed with riot police in northern England on Saturday, throwing bottles, rocks and a smoke bomb at authorities. The demonstration by the English Defense League occurred in Bradford, a city with one of the country's largest Pakistani and Muslim communities.

Obama hails New Orleans 'resilience' five years post-Katrina (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at Xavier University to attend a ceremony on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Obama, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Sunday, praised the city's resilience and pledged support for rebuilding AFP - President Barack Obama, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Sunday, praised the city's resilience and pledged support for rebuilding "until the job is done."

UN Report on Rwanda Genocide Shakes Africa (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:55 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - A leaked United Nations report on the Rwandan genocide makes the explosive charge that the Rwandan Army, long credited with helping to end the infamous 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, committed hundreds of acts of genocide against ethnic Hutu refugees in 1996-1997. The document, first reported by French newspaper Le Monde, states, "The majority of the victims were children, women, elderly people and the sick, who were often undernourished and posed no threat to the attacking forces." The report implicates much of Rwanda's current government, including President Paul Kagame, in joining with Congolese rebels to slaughter Rwandan refugees who had fled to the Congo. Rwanda is challenging the accusations, saying they only attacked members of the Hutu militias responsible for the 1994 genocide. The UN report risks seriously complicating the always-tenuous politics of Central Africa, where Rwanda has become a beacon of stability. Here's what reporters and Rwanda-watchers have to say about the report.

Manchin and Raese Sail to Victory in West Virginia Primaries (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:38 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Gov. Joe Manchin (D) and businessman John Raese (R) won their respective primaries in West Virginia and will face off in the race to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D) this fall.

Vitter, Melancon Score Primary Victories in Louisiana (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:21 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Primaries in Louisiana today teed up what have the potential to be heated general-election matches.
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