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• Romney jobs plan: cut taxes, slap China, drill oil (AP)
• Bachmann campaign chief, deputy leave top roles (AP)
• Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs (AP)
• Baldwin first Democrat in Wisconsin Senate race (AP)
• GOP candidates in SC vow to carry tea-party banner (AP)
• Admin: I will have plan to save USPS (Politico)
• Shelby threatens to block Cordray (Politico)
• Calif. treasurer accused of campaign fund theft (AP)
• US: No sign NKorea meeting terms for nuke talks (AP)
• Brazil plans to start removing troops from Haiti (AP)
• House GOP share some ground with Obama on jobs (AP)
• In Detroit, Obama Hails Auto Industry's Comeback (The Nation)
• Romney delivers jobs plan speech without teleprompter (Daily Caller)
• President Obama to ask debt reduction ‘supercommittee’ to ‘overshoot its targets’ (Daily Caller)
• Palin in New Hampshire: 'Not Going to Just Sit Back ... And Throw Stones' (ContributorNetwork)
• Teamsters' Jimmy Hoffa, Obama Union Ally, Calls for 'War' on Republicans, Tea Party (ContributorNetwork)

Romney jobs plan: cut taxes, slap China, drill oil (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:38 PM PDT AP - Casting himself as America's CEO, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday outlined a sweeping economic plan that would reduce regulations and taxes on companies, sanction China over its currency practices and weaken the clout of labor unions.

Bachmann campaign chief, deputy leave top roles (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:55 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann lost her campaign chief Monday, along with his close deputy, in a campaign shake-up that the Minnesota congresswoman's aides sought to downplay.

Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:26 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the country's interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growth. "Show us what you've got," he said.

Baldwin first Democrat in Wisconsin Senate race (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:07 PM PDT AP - Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin's entrance into the Senate race Tuesday kick-started a campaign that could be key to the future makeup of Congress. But her announcement quickly raised questions about whether she is too liberal for a state that swung heavily toward the GOP just a year ago.

GOP candidates in SC vow to carry tea-party banner (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:25 PM PDT AP - Pledging fidelity to the Constitution and vowing to carry the tea party's priorities to the White House, the Republicans chasing the GOP's presidential nomination pitched themselves Monday to their party's libertarian activists as the strongest candidates to roll back four years of President Barack Obama's tenure.

Admin: I will have plan to save USPS (Politico) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:07 PM PDT Politico - Asked why there is no "concrete plan" to save the service, John Berry replies one is forthcoming.

Shelby threatens to block Cordray (Politico) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:06 PM PDT Politico - The Republican senator reiterates his plan to block Richard Cordray from leading the CFPB.

Calif. treasurer accused of campaign fund theft (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:47 PM PDT AP - A longtime Democratic campaign accountant whose clients included U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein siphoned off nearly $700,000 from a California candidate's campaign to pay her credit cards, a mortgage and business bills, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

US: No sign NKorea meeting terms for nuke talks (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:12 PM PDT AP - The United States says it has seen no signs yet that North Korea is prepared to meet conditions for resuming multi-national talks on nuclear disarmament.

Brazil plans to start removing troops from Haiti (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:25 AM PDT AP - Brazil wants to gradually reduce its peacekeeping force in Haiti, the government said Tuesday.

House GOP share some ground with Obama on jobs (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:10 PM PDT AP - House Republican leaders are offering President Barack Obama an opening for compromise on measures that would spur job growth. They say neither Republicans nor the administration should consider their own initiatives "an all-or-nothing situation."

In Detroit, Obama Hails Auto Industry's Comeback (The Nation) Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:14 PM PDT The Nation - The Nation -- Three years after the American auto industry was on the brink of devastation, a broad (if not total) consensus agrees that the auto bailouts worked. Not only are General Motors and Chrysler still in business, but they paid back their loans to the U.S. government ahead of schedule, added shifts at manufacturing plants, and are turning impressive profits. Together, GM and Chrysler topped U.S. auto sales last month.

Romney delivers jobs plan speech without teleprompter (Daily Caller) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:30 PM PDT Daily Caller - Mitt Romney didn’t use a teleprompter when he introduced his 160-page jobs plan in Nevada on Tuesday.

President Obama to ask debt reduction ‘supercommittee’ to ‘overshoot its targets’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:37 PM PDT Daily Caller - President Barack Obama will urge the 12-member congressional “supercommittee” to cut more than $1.5 trillion from 10-year spending plans, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday.

Palin in New Hampshire: 'Not Going to Just Sit Back ... And Throw Stones' (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:01 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was in New Hampshire on Labor Day, speaking at a tea party rally in Manchester. As has become a common theme in her public appearances, though, the failed 2008 vice presidential candidate floated out a few teasers about her status as a possible 2012 contender, foremost of which was a vow to not simply sit on the sidelines in the coming political fray.

Teamsters' Jimmy Hoffa, Obama Union Ally, Calls for 'War' on Republicans, Tea Party (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:52 AM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Just before President Barack Obama offered a full-throated defense of labor unions in front of a crowd in Detroit, Jimmy Hoffa, the son of the infamous Jimmy Hoffa Sr., head of the Teamsters Union, declared war on the Republican Party and the tea party.

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