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• Obama won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest (AP)
• Tea party members attending political training 'school' (Reuters)
• Fewer Democratic candidates seeking Obama's help (AP)
• Alaska's Murkowski weighing write-in bid (CQPolitics.com)
• Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside (AP)
• Angle says she’d be a ‘mainstream senator’ if elected (The Upshot)
• Florida Senate race: On Charlie Crist and flip-flopping (Time.com)
• Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning (AP)
• Climate lobby shop shutters (Politico)
• Boxer aide charged: Pot possession (Politico)
• Pakistan official: Flooding will hurt terror fight (AP)
• Pentagon chief endorses call to cancel Quran burn (AP)
• Romanian Gypsy leader compares Sarkozy to Nazis (AP)
• Obama seeks to mend frayed bond with voters (AFP)
• Obama must not let Taliban rule over Afghan women again (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In South Dakota, Candidates Work to Navigate Center-Right (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama to propose $300 billion in tax breaks for business (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Is Climate Ripe for GOP to Make Dent in Oregon? (CQPolitics.com)

Obama won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans - and some fellow Democrats - just two months before bruising midterm elections.

Tea party members attending political training 'school' (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:45 AM PDT Reuters - Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement's recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time.

Fewer Democratic candidates seeking Obama's help (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:57 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama doesn't go there anymore.

Alaska's Murkowski weighing write-in bid (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:54 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - Sen. Lisa Murkowski is strongly considering a mounting a November write-in campaign to keep her seat and could make an announcement as soon as tomorrow, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:04 PM PDT AP - Months of political jockeying began in earnest Wednesday as speculation grew about who would try to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley as leader of the nation's third-largest city, including one-time aide and current White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

Angle says she’d be a ‘mainstream senator’ if elected (The Upshot) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:45 PM PDT The Upshot - Nevada GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is pushing back against rival Harry Reid's claims that she would be "too extreme" to serve, telling CNN in an interview that she would be a "mainstream senator" if elected. Angle's record in Nevada doesn't exactly offer strong evidence she'd be willing to work with Democrats, even when other [...]

Florida Senate race: On Charlie Crist and flip-flopping (Time.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:10 AM PDT Time.com - Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist fights flip-flopping charges as the GOP's Marco Rubio surges ahead in some polls and the Democrats' Kendrick Meek appeals to the left

Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - The top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying it would inflame tensions and put Americans abroad at risk.

Climate lobby shop shutters (Politico) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:15 PM PDT Politico - Clean Energy Works will phase out its operations this fall.

Boxer aide charged: Pot possession (Politico) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:25 PM PDT Politico - A senior staffer tried to bring marijuana into Hart Senate Office Buiding, Capitol Police say.

Pakistan official: Flooding will hurt terror fight (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:28 PM PDT AP - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States says the massive flooding that has submerged vast swaths of his country has stretched thin the Pakistani military and will hamper its fight against terrorists.

Pentagon chief endorses call to cancel Quran burn (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:08 AM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is adding his voice to those of top U.S. generals and others who say that a Florida church's plan to burn the Quran could endanger U.S. forces in the field.

Romanian Gypsy leader compares Sarkozy to Nazis (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:59 AM PDT AP - A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France.

Obama seeks to mend frayed bond with voters (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:02 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama Wednesday admitted some of his policies were unpopular and had not revived the economy quickly enough, but sought to rekindle his frayed bond with American voters.

Obama must not let Taliban rule over Afghan women again (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 01:12 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In mid-August in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz, the Taliban carried out a horrific sentence against two young Afghan lovers who had eloped against their families’ wishes. The punishment was death by stoning. Deemed by Islamic extremists to be justified under sharia law, the process involves partially burying the accused, after which a male crowd hurls stones at the victims’ exposed heads until they die.

In South Dakota, Candidates Work to Navigate Center-Right (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:05 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - ABERDEEN, S.D. -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin holds a lot of sway with some Republican voters. But that hasn't stopped South Dakota state Rep. Kristi Noem from distancing herself from the polarizing political figure in her challenge to four-term incumbent Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D).

Obama to propose $300 billion in tax breaks for business (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:06 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday will propose $300 billion in accelerated or expanded tax breaks for business, a jolt of cash that he says would jump-start hiring and help revive the nation's economy.

Is Climate Ripe for GOP to Make Dent in Oregon? (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:57 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Oregon Republicans are as curious as political handicappers to see how things play out in November.

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