Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:14 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times.

No recession here: Election spending sets records (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010, file photo, California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman speaks in Folsom, Calif. This year's volatile election is bursting at the seams with money, setting fundraising and spending records in a high-stakes struggle for control of Congress amid looser but still fuzzy campaign finance rules.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - Turns out politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry.

Democrats Face GOP Election Day Tsunami in House, Senate (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Time.com - There are still 60 days to go before Election Day but the smart money -- lots of it -- is on the GOP winning very, very big

Afghans protest planned Florida Quran-burning (The Upshot)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:20 AM PDT

The Upshot - A small group associated with a fringe Christian church in Florida is planning to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 -- and is now the subject of outraged protests in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan warned that the anti-Islamic action could hurt troops in the volatile region. "It could endanger troops and [...]

Gore school built on toxic soil (Politico)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:48 AM PDT

Politico - Conservative corners of the Internet are buzzing over a Los Angeles school named after former Vice President Al Gore that was built on toxic soil and, some say, poses a health risk to students. (See, Obama: "They Talk About Me Like a Dog")

GOP Gov. Jindal won’t endorse Vitter in Senate race (The Upshot)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:01 AM PDT

The Upshot - Politicians are expected to give the official nod to their party nominees, but Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is doing no such thing in his home-state Senate race. The Republican governor said over the weekend that he will not be endorsing Republican Sen. David Vitter for reelection this year. "Voters can make up their own minds," [...]

Christine O'Donnell: The Tea Party's next breakout star? (The Week)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:00 AM PDT

The Week - In a key race to watch, the Tea Party candidate for Delaware's Senate seat is trying to oust establishment Republican Mike Castle in a Sept. 14 primary

Arizona Republican recruits homeless to run for office (The Upshot)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:17 AM PDT

The Upshot - How's this sound for a slate of candidates? A homeless tarot card reader, "Grandpa" the pedicab driver and a 20-year-old street performer. Those are the Green Party political hopefuls whom Republican operative Steve May has recruited to run for office in Arizona, the New York Times reports. While the state's community of tarot enthusiasts is [...]

Thompson: Obama's a dog on a fire hydrant (Politico)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:05 PM PDT

Politico - “He keeps treating this country like a fire hydrant,” says the former presidential candidate.

Maloney, Saujani battle in lone debate (Politico)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:54 AM PDT

Politico - After the debate, Maloney literally fled from reporters and her Democratic challenger Saujani said she may not vote in the general election if she loses, although her spokesman later walked that claim back.

Suddenly, a raft of tax-break proposals from Obama (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:11 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama attends the Milwaukee Laborfest event in Wisconsin to celebrate Labor Day September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningAP - President Barack Obama's proposed tax breaks for business sound like ideas that have enjoyed broad Republican backing in the past. But in today's toxic political atmosphere, he's unlikely to get much — if any — GOP help.

Mixed report on efforts to open the government (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:06 AM PDT

AP - A group that opposes secrecy in government says the federal government significantly reduced its backlog of document requests from the public last year, but also slowed its pace of opening previously confidential material to public view.

Torture tools displayed ahead of Turkey referendum (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:24 AM PDT

An exhibition dubbed 'The Museum of Shame' by leftist victims of the military takeover shows torture devices as well as letters and photographs of comrades who died, went missing or were tortured, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The torture instruments are exhibited ahead of a referendum on changes to the constitution that was crafted in the wake of Turkey's 1980 military coup. On Sept. 12, the 30th anniversary of a coup, Turks will vote on a package of 26 reforms that the government says will strengthen democracy and bring the 1982 constitution more in line with those in Europe.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - A wooden pole used to suspend suspects by their arms. A baton used to beat prisoners on the soles of their feet. Cables used to give electric shocks.

Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks in Silver Spring, Md. Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are playing defense all across the country. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more in the House — the vast majority held by Democrats — at risk of changing hands and putting Republicans in charge.

GOP Operative Enlists the Homeless to Fight Dems (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:46 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Arizona Republican operative Steve May has found a new weapon in his fight against Democrats this fall: homeless people. In a colorfully-written election story, The New York Times spotlights May's efforts to recruit a ragtag group of "drifters" and "street people" to run on the Green Party ballot. According to the Times, May "freely admits that their candidacies may siphon some support from the Democrats":

NRCC Expands Ad Reservations to $24 Million (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:44 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday added more than $2 million in television ad reservations in four Democratic-held districts that are increasingly viewed as vulnerable. The new targets are Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Murphy, Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader (above) and Arizona Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick and Harry Mitchell.

Conservatives hammer candidates over 'cap and trade' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:10 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - FREDERICA, Del. — Conservative Republicans around the country are using cap and trade — a way to limit global-warming pollution — as a political weapon to attack GOP moderates as well as Democrats.

DCCC Tries to Counter Mounting Bad News With Polling Dump (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - After a trying Labor Day weekend in which the overarching storyline was House Democrats' increasingly gloomy prospects for holding the majority, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pushed back Tuesday by releasing a roundup of polling that showed the party in good standing in roughly a dozen competitive Democrat-held districts.
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