Sunday, September 5, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

McCain embraces the GOP's right (Politico)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Politico - Joined by fellow senator Lindsey Graham, he dug in against the Obama administration.

Summers' tough words for China (Politico)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Politico - The White House sends a brusque messenger to signal dosmetic patience is running out.

US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:12 AM PDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) of Israel and President Mahmud Abbas (R) of the Palestinian Authority shake hands alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on September 2. Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians later this month in Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.

Palestinian leader: Israel must freeze settlements (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during remarks on the Middle East peace negotiations in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will work hard to try to strike a long-lasting peace deal with Israel, but that Israel must agree to a full freeze on all its settlement activity in Palestinian territories.

Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 08:43 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, attends a public book signing, with Conor Whelen, Managing Director of Eason book store, in Dublin, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he arrived for his first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. (AP Photo/Niall Carson, pool)AP - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.

Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to media as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off of Marine One in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Time.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?

5 Best Sunday Columns (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 04:11 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - The 'Brutal' Dem Plan for November  The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny and Carl Hulse write, "As Democrats brace for a November wave that threatens their control of the House, party leaders are preparing a brutal triage of their own members in hopes of saving enough seats to keep a slim grip on the majority. In the next two weeks, Democratic leaders will review new polls and other data that show whether vulnerable incumbents have a path to victory. If not, the party is poised to redirect money to concentrate on trying to protect up to two dozen lawmakers who appear to be in the strongest position to fend off their challengers." In other words, Democrats whose odds look unlikely are getting left behind.

Both Parties Say Tea Party Hands Them November Wins (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Republican Senators on Sunday predicted widespread victories for their party in November, but Democratic Party operatives said they could keep their hold on Congress thanks to the same group of voters earning GOP praise: the tea party movement.

Little-known bill heaven sent for laid-off textile workers (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 08:01 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - NORLINA, N.C. — A few blocks from the restored antebellum homes that draw tourists to rural Warren County, wooden shacks sink into the sandy soil, their tin roofs bowing low, walls askew. Clothes hang on lines outside, limp under a stifling, late-summer sun.

McCain Hits Democrats for 'Flailing Around' on Economy (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:28 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Leading voices in both parties sparred Sunday over the state of the economy and the role that Bush tax cuts should play in the recovery.
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