Sunday, September 26, 2010

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Third-party candidates could tip close elections (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2010, file photo Alaska's Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, left, shows off a T-shirt worn by one of her supporters, Alex Grundmann, at a rally at the Senator's new campaign headquarters in Juneau, Alaska. 24, 2010. Murkowski, who lost the Alaska GOP nomination to tea party favorite Joe Miller, launched a write-in campaign to try to keep the seat she has held since 2002. Political insiders say the effort probably will fail, but it's hard to predict whether Murkowski would pull more votes from Miller or from Democrat Scott McAdams. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)AP - Whether they are sore losers or never-say-die patriots, third-party candidates threaten to tip a handful of congressional and gubernatorial races to contenders who otherwise might have lost this fall.

AP Poll: Many think health overhaul should do more (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, speaks at a private residence in Falls Church, Va. Obama's health care overhaul has divided the nation, and Republicans believe their drive for repeal will help them win elections in November. But the picture's not that clear-cut. An Associated Press poll finds that by more than 2-to-1 Americans, who think the law should have done more, outnumber those who think the government should stay out of health care. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has divided the nation, and Republicans believe their call for repeal will help them win elections in November. But the picture's not that clear cut.

Republican econ proposals "disastrous" says Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:05 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama waves at reporters as he returns to the White House after an excursion to play basketball with his daughters in Washington September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - President Barack Obama hammered Republicans on Saturday over their newly unveiled campaign agenda, calling the opposition party's economic ideas "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

Money, economy hobble Democrat in Ind. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:37 PM PDT

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind, right, speaks as he campaigns for Democratic candidate for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat Brad Ellsworth at a news conference in Indianapolis, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Ellsworth hopes to defeat Republican Dan Coats in the race to replace Bayh. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Democrat Brad Ellsworth had just leveled an attack — one he acknowledged was incomplete at best — against his Republican rival for the open Senate seat in Indiana when he asked reporters what they wanted to know.

Grayson compares foe to Taliban (Politico)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Politico - The Florida congressman takes his scorched-earth reelection campaign to new heights.

Behind GOP surge: Male voters (Politico)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:10 AM PDT

Politico - Men are flocking to the GOP - and polls suggest they're more energized than female voters.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Waiting for Abu Ghraib amends (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2004 file photo, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld rubs his eyes while testifying about Abu Ghraib prison before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fending off demands that he resign over the ensuing scandal, Rumsfeld told Congress he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered 'grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces.' (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces."

Text of Obama's remarks to the UN (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:14 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama waves at reporters as he returns to the White House after an excursion to play basketball with his daughters in Washington September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, as provided by the White House:

Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:01 AM PDT

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their future state.

US: Inverted Philippine flag was `honest mistake' (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. government said Sunday it made an "honest mistake" when it displayed an inverted Philippine flag — which wrongfully signified that the Southeast Asian nation was in a state of war — in a meeting hosted by President Barack Obama.

Q&A: Lisa Murkowski on Alaska's Republican Senate Race (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The Alaska Senator and write-in candidate talks to TIME about why she thinks Tea Party darling Joe Miller isn't right for her home state -- or good for her party
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