Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Obama both rallies, scolds Dems in campaign trip (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama addresses an invited group of guest at the home of Andy Cavalier, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)AP - Buck up. Stop whining. And get to work.

Why Is Rahm Emanuel Leaving So Suddenly? (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:46 AM PDT

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel looks on from the Colonnade at the White House in Washington in this June 12, 2009 file photo. Emanuel has yet to decide whether he will leave the Obama administration to run for mayor of Chicago, although an announcement could come as early as Friday, a source close to Emanuel said on September 27, 2010. Picture taken June 12, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)The Atlantic Wire - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is reportedly planning to leave his position this week to return to Chicago, where he is expected to run for mayor. Last week, several sources reported that Emanuel would leave before the November elections. His long-discussed departure is no surprise, but the timing is unusual. Though economic advisers Larry Summers and Christina Romers both announced their retirements in recent months, they have little role in the upcoming elections, in which Emanuel would have played a crucial role had he stayed on. So why is he leaving so suddenly?

Colbert sparks debate about 'expert' celebrities (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:15 AM PDT

In this Sept. 24, 2010, photo, comedian Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to testify before the House Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law subcommittee hearing on Protecting America's Harvest. Ehen a House panel on immigration combined them on purpose last week with testimony from Colbert and his 'truthy' alter-ego, debate broke out on the proper roles of the many celebrities — from Angelina Jolie to Bono to Elmo — who advocate in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - There are congressional hearings and there are comedy shows, and the twain rarely meet.

GOP groups overwhelm Dems with political ads (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:32 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama passes saluting officers as he departs Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington for New Mexico, September 27, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - In one way at least, the fight for control of Congress is grossly one-sided.

Jim DeMint, Palin's secret rival (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:43 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - Last year, during a conference call with conservative activists, Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina raised the rhetorical stakes of the fight against President Obama’s health-reform effort. “If we are able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo,” a martial analogy that delighted the president’s left-of-center allies as a sure sign of right-wing overreach. At the time, moderate Republicans, and particularly moderate Republicans in swing states that had voted for President Obama in 2008, fretted about Senator DeMint’s tone, fearing that it was the death-rattle of a political party that was in danger of being reduced to a regional rump.

O'Donnell Better Off With Castle on the Ballot (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:32 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - As Rep. Michael N. Castle (R) ponders a write-in campaign for Delaware's open Senate seat, it became clear Monday that there's more at stake than his political legacy.

Spill panel: Federal confusion lost public trust (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:39 PM PDT

Plaquemines Parish, La. President William Nungesser, right, with Richard Harrell of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, makes his remarks at a National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill and Offshore Drilling meeting on response following the BP spill, impacts on the Gulf and approaches to long-term restoration in Washington, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The Obama administration's repeated low estimates of the huge BP oil spill undermined public confidence in the government's entire cleanup effort, leaders of a White House-appointed commission declared at an investigatory hearing Monday. One likened the mistakes to Custer's disastrous decisions at Little Big Horn.

Dennis Miller raises money for Angle (Politico)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Politico - The radio host will headline a fundraiser for the Nevada GOP Senate nominee.

GOP pushes for Rangel, Waters trials (Politico)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:58 PM PDT

Politico - All five GOP members of the House ethics committee want the trials held before the November elections.

Obama tells questioner he's 'Christian by choice' (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:38 PM PDT

President Barack Obama holds a discussion on the economy with neighborhood families in the backyard of a home in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama, in a rare discussion about his religious beliefs, described himself on Tuesday as a "Christian by choice" who arrived at his faith in adulthood because "the precepts of Jesus Christ" helped him envision the kind of life he wanted to lead.

Navy says 13 die during rescue of boat off Somalia (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:55 PM PDT

In this Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 picture provided by the U.S. Navy, a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill rescues passengers of a capsized skiff in the Gulf of Aden. The Navy says it was providing humanitarian supplies to passengers aboard the broken-down boat off the coast of Somalia on Monday when the boat suddenly capsized, killing at least 13 of its passengers. The Navy says it was found adrift in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday with about 10 Somalis and 75 Ethiopians on board. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Christopher Williams)AP - A Navy warship was providing humanitarian supplies to passengers aboard a broken-down boat off the coast of Somalia on Monday when the boat suddenly capsized, killing at least 13 passengers.

Israeli's media campaign in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:08 AM PDT

A pro-Palestinian woman accompanying former British parliamentarian George Galloway's 'Viva Palestina' humanitarian aid convoy demonstrates in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. His aid convoy, which left London for the Gaza Strip on Sept.18, will be joined by pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian activists in Turkey, Syria and Jordan and leaves the Syrian port of Latakia to sail to Egypt's port of El Arish.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - A brief visit by an Israeli hospital official was meant to counter tensions over new efforts to break the Gaza blockade, and help to revive damaged ties between Turkey and Israel, both close U.S. allies.

Obama endorses using fines for Gulf rehabilitation (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, tasked by President Barack Obama to develop a long-term Gulf Coast restoration plan in the wake of the BP oil spill, is interviewed by the Associated Press at the Pentagon, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Mabus will recommend paying for it with some of the billions in civil penalties that could be collected from companies responsible for the oil spill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama endorsed a plan Wednesday to rehabilitate the Gulf of Mexico with some of the billions of dollars in water pollution fines expected from the companies responsible for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

White House spox praises MSNBC hosts after Fox swipe (The Upshot)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 03:07 PM PDT

The Upshot - Just hours after President Obama's swipe at Fox News made its way around the blogosphere, deputy press secretary Bill Burton praised couple of commentators on MSNBC--the cable news rival presenting itself as a liberal alternative to Fox in prime-time. Burton, holding a press gaggle with reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, was asked whether [...]

Hoyer: House leadership still considering vote on Bush tax cuts before election (Daily Caller)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:39 PM PDT

Daily Caller - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that Democrats were still considering holding a vote on extending the Bush tax cuts before the November midterm elections.

Senate Forges Ahead with Stopgap Spending Measure (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 11:04 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The Senate moved a step closer Tuesday toward action on a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

Happy Hour Vid: Did CBS Use Bieber to Smear the Tea Party? (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:44 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Justin Bieber made his acting debut on the season premiere of CSI last Thursday as a "young domestic terrorist attending right-wing political events and planning a bombing." As stunt casting goes, this is a meaty role. How does one explain CBS tapping Bieber for this part instead of the more Bieber-esque guy-who-gives-Marg-Helgenberger-a-DNA-sample-and-is-ruled-out-as-a-suspect? Could the network be using the young Canadian's star power to advance an anti-Tea Party agenda? In the opinion of Fox News' American Newsroom panel, almost certainly yes.

Tea Party Express announces last bus tour (Daily Caller)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 07:27 AM PDT

Daily Caller - The Tea Party Express, a group behind some of the biggest Republican primary upsets this election cycle, has unveiled the locations of its cross country bus tour set to take place in battleground states in the two-weeks leading up to election day in November.
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