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• Revived Obama faces tough State of Union challenge (Reuters)
• Why Obama and Hu's Talks Won't End U.S.-China Tensions (Time.com)
• Health care overhaul debate now shifts to states (AP)
• State bankruptcy bill imminent, Gingrich says (Reuters)
• US Rep. Bachmann brings tea party message to Iowa (AP)
• All eyes on Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst in Senate race (AP)
• Biden thanks House Democrats for 'difficult votes' (AP)
• Lawmakers' soft words hide spending cuts' pain (AP)
• Romney wins N.H. GOP straw poll (Politico)
• Obama touts trade, innovation (Politico)
• Obama's economic agenda: Boost US competitiveness (AP)
• Nuclear talks between Iran, world powers fail (AFP)
• Keith Olbermann Abruptly Leaves MSNBC: The Right and the Left Of It (ContributorNetwork)
• Citizens United, One Year Later (The Atlantic Wire)
• SPLC article featured in communist newspaper (Daily Caller)
• Pentagon still determined to cut GE’s $3 billion redundant fighter jet engine, despite Immelt’s new administration post (Daily Caller)
• New Hampshire GOP picks tea party-style leader (AP)
• Michele Bachmann's Tea Party Agenda Will Disrupt the GOP (The Daily Beast)

Revived Obama faces tough State of Union challenge (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 07:15 PM PST Reuters - His poll numbers are on the rise after a tough year, he has recaptured some of his old oratorical magic and a few pundits are even debating whether he's becoming the new "comeback kid."

Why Obama and Hu's Talks Won't End U.S.-China Tensions (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:15 AM PST Time.com - With tricky leadership changes under way in both Washington and Beijing over the next two years, more confrontational voices in both capitals may hold sway

Health care overhaul debate now shifts to states (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST AP - True or false: States suing to overturn core requirements of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are refusing to carry out the law. If you said "true," you'd be wrong.

State bankruptcy bill imminent, Gingrich says (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 02:57 PM PST Reuters - Legislation that would allow U.S. states to file for bankruptcy will likely be introduced in Congress within the next month, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives and a powerful Republican party figure, told Reuters on Friday.

US Rep. Bachmann brings tea party message to Iowa (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:53 AM PST AP - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann brought her tea party message and possible presidential ambitions to Iowa on Friday night, speaking before about 300 members of an influential anti-tax group that shares many of the Republican's views.

All eyes on Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst in Senate race (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:59 PM PST AP - With considerable personal wealth and one of the most powerful jobs in Texas state government, Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is considered the early favorite to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. The key word being "early."

Biden thanks House Democrats for 'difficult votes' (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:59 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden promised House Democrats Friday that the White House would work to improve relations with a divided Congress.

Lawmakers' soft words hide spending cuts' pain (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:16 PM PST AP - Terms like "cutting spending" and "raising taxes," though they sound straightforward enough, are becoming battlegrounds in the Republicans' and Democrats' bids to frame the debate over how to cope with the growing national debt.

Romney wins N.H. GOP straw poll (Politico) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 11:20 AM PST Politico - His victory kicks off New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary election race.

Obama touts trade, innovation (Politico) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 03:08 AM PST Politico - He says boosting overseas trade during the next two years is the key to tackling unemployment.

Obama's economic agenda: Boost US competitiveness (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 02:13 PM PST AP - Under pressure to energize the economy, President Barack Obama said Saturday he will use his State of the Union address to outline an agenda to create jobs now and boost American competitiveness over the long term.

Nuclear talks between Iran, world powers fail (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:52 PM PST AFP - World powers Saturday failed to persuade Iran to take steps to ease suspicions over its nuclear programme as the defiant Islamic republic insisted on uranium enrichment.

Keith Olbermann Abruptly Leaves MSNBC: The Right and the Left Of It (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 02:42 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | What did Keith Olbermann do on his popular "Countdown" show that would get him fired? Nothing different, according to all reports, but the cumulative effect of Olbermann's fulminations on MSNBC may have proved ultimately embarrassing at a time when President Barack Obama has called for "civil discourse" in politics.

Citizens United, One Year Later (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 02:52 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission, decided one year ago this Friday, was not a Supreme Court decision that left analysts on the fence. Opponents called the 5-4 vote that lifted restrictions on political donations a blow to free speech, and supporters declared it a long-overdue liberation from an unconstitutional gag order. The 2010 decision overturned two precedents and a portion of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Act that was designed to restrict how much money corporations could pour into election efforts. These same precedents, Citizens supporters note, also reined in donations from labor unions and not-for-profit 501(c) organizations. Tempers were hot when the decision initially came down, and the comments below show that, a year later, they are still not cool-to-the-touch.

SPLC article featured in communist newspaper (Daily Caller) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:38 AM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerIs Comcast already beginning to re-shape MSNBC?Maddow reacts to Olbermann departure; Bill Maher: 'That's always bullshit'The Fox News response: 'Did he get tired of not beating the Yankees and the Red Sox, i.e. Bill O'Reilly?'ACORN’s man takes over the Democratic Party’s war machineSPLC article featured in communist newspaper

Pentagon still determined to cut GE’s $3 billion redundant fighter jet engine, despite Immelt’s new administration post (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:31 PM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerIs Comcast already beginning to re-shape MSNBC?Maddow reacts to Olbermann departure; Bill Maher: 'That's always bullshit'The Fox News response: 'Did he get tired of not beating the Yankees and the Red Sox, i.e. Bill O'Reilly?'ACORN’s man takes over the Democratic Party’s war machineSPLC article featured in communist newspaper

New Hampshire GOP picks tea party-style leader (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 01:37 PM PST AP - New Hampshire Republicans elected a tea party figure as their leader and rejected the establishment-backed candidate, a sign that activists in this early voting presidential state have embraced the anti-government message that helped them make major gains in November's election.

Michele Bachmann's Tea Party Agenda Will Disrupt the GOP (The Daily Beast) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST The Daily Beast - The Minnesota Congresswoman has never shied from controversy, but her latest efforts to represent Tea Party interests are disrupting Boehner's push for the Republicans to rule effectively—and threatening the party's unity. By Newsweek's Andrew Romano.

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