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• Analysis: Could GOP be playing into Dem hands? (AP)
• Obama urges Arabs and Israel to support fragile talks (Reuters)
• New Health Care Benefits Kick in Today: What to Expect (Time.com)
• Obama heckled on AIDS, gay rights at fundraiser (AP)
• US officials warn of rising threat from homegrown militants (AFP)
• Haley Barbour: GOP Kingmaker or Candidate for President? (Time.com)
• As staff exodus begins, Obama faces a season of transition (The Upshot)
• Stephen Colbert to testify before Congress. Seriously. (The Upshot)
• Landrieu blocks Obama OMB pick (Politico)
• Campaign finance bill fails again (Politico)
• GOP, Democrats offer dueling governing plans (AP)
• US IDs 9 Americans killed in Afghanistan crash (AP)
• China will not buckle on national interests: premier (AFP)
• Democrats delay vote on extending Bush tax cuts (AP)
• Historic Movement on Fair Elections (Huffington Post)
• Feminist group demands Reid apologize for calling Gillibrand ‘hottest’ senator (Daily Caller)
• Reid Leads Fundraising Drive (CQPolitics.com)
• NY gov GOPer: Cuomo lied about NYC mayor vote (AP)
• How Palin Is Like Clinton (Time.com)

Analysis: Could GOP be playing into Dem hands? (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Being simply the "party of no" against President Barack Obama has worked well for Republicans all year, and they're poised for big election gains.

Obama urges Arabs and Israel to support fragile talks (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Israel on Thursday to extend its partial freeze on settlement-building and Arab states to move toward normal ties with the Jewish state to help keep fragile peace talks alive.

New Health Care Benefits Kick in Today: What to Expect (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:10 AM PDT Time.com - The Obama Administration is banking on a public-education campaign for a set of insurance regulations that kick in on Thursday to increase support for health reform

Obama heckled on AIDS, gay rights at fundraiser (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:49 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama got heckled at a fundraiser Wednesday night by protesters pushing for more funding for AIDS programs and quicker action to allow gays to serve openly in the military.

US officials warn of rising threat from homegrown militants (AFP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:21 PM PDT AFP - The United States faces a "spike" in the threat from homegrown extremists who are inspired by Al-Qaeda and are increasingly difficult to detect, top US officials said Wednesday.

Haley Barbour: GOP Kingmaker or Candidate for President? (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - Republican Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is having a very good 2010. Does that mean he'll be ripe for the presidential contest in 2012?

As staff exodus begins, Obama faces a season of transition (The Upshot) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:29 AM PDT The Upshot - With just over five weeks to go before Election Day, no one can say what  Congress will look like after Nov. 2. But we can be sure that change is coming to Washington, as momentum builds for a White House shakeup. Within weeks, President Obama may lose one of his closest advisers, Chief of Staff [...]

Stephen Colbert to testify before Congress. Seriously. (The Upshot) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:33 PM PDT The Upshot - In perhaps the strangest news to come out of Washington on Wednesday, Stephen Colbert will reportedly testify before Congress on Friday, but what he'll say is something of a mystery. As first reported by the Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong, Colbert is scheduled to appear before a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee, which is scheduled to hold [...]

Landrieu blocks Obama OMB pick (Politico) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:22 PM PDT Politico - Louisiana Dem holds out for offshore drilling.

Campaign finance bill fails again (Politico) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:05 PM PDT Politico - Senate Republicans block a second attempt to open debate on the legislation.

GOP, Democrats offer dueling governing plans (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:07 PM PDT AP - These are two remarkably different visions for governing America. Republicans are pledging to shrink the government, cut taxes and undo health care and stimulus laws. President Barack Obama and Democrats want tax cuts for the middle class, more stimulus spending and an end to the outsourcing of U.S. jobs.

US IDs 9 Americans killed in Afghanistan crash (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:26 PM PDT AP - The Defense Department has identified the nine American troops killed in the worst coalition helicopter crash in Afghanistan in four years.

China will not buckle on national interests: premier (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:33 PM PDT AFP - China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed before the United Nations on Thursday that his country would not threaten another nation but would not yield in disputes over its national interests.

Democrats delay vote on extending Bush tax cuts (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:13 PM PDT AP - Senate Democratic leaders have decided to delay a vote on President Barack Obama's call to preserve middle class tax cuts until after congressional elections in November.

Historic Movement on Fair Elections (Huffington Post) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:59 PM PDT Huffington Post - Read Sam Waterston's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com

Feminist group demands Reid apologize for calling Gillibrand ‘hottest’ senator (Daily Caller) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:56 PM PDT Daily Caller - If the women at the feminist group The New Agenda do not hear an apology soon from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his “sexist” comment, he will be facing more than just a few frowning fems.

Reid Leads Fundraising Drive (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - September is prime fundraising time in Washington, D.C., for Congressional incumbents, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is setting the pace -- holding at least four big-ticket events in less than two weeks to finance a precarious re-election bid.

NY gov GOPer: Cuomo lied about NYC mayor vote (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - The Republican candidate for New York governor on Thursday accused his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, of lying after Cuomo retracted his claim that he had voted for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Cuomo made his first direct attack on his tea party Republican rival, Carl Paladino, in a television ad.

How Palin Is Like Clinton (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - Bill Clinton is the best handicapper in American politics. So when, on the eve of his annual Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York City, he assessed the power and peril of Sarah Palin, everybody paid attention

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