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• The Fast Fix: Are Democrats Suddenly Making a Comeback? (The Newsroom)
• Blumenthal, McMahon trade jabs at Conn. debate (AP)
• Rahm Emanuel: Will Blagojevich retrial mar his image? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Del. Senate candidate O'Donnell: 'I'm not a witch' (AP)
• GOP Eyes Potential Defectors (CQPolitics.com)
• Is there an emerging Palin-Steele alliance? (Daily Caller)
• Arnold: Obama will win in 2012 (Politico)
• Poll: Latino voters less energized (Politico)
• GOP-allied group weighs in with $4 million in ads (AP)
• US, Russia must work to combat international crime (AP)
• China's climate change talks: What's changed since Copenhagen? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• MTV, BET: Obama to face youth at town hall meeting (AP)
• Opinion: Democrats responsible for partisan tone in Washington (associatedcontent)
• Rick Sanchez: Equal opportunity bigot charger (Daily Caller)
• Race Fundamentals Are Telling for Vulnerables (CQPolitics.com)
• Rand Paul, national Democrats escalate ad war (AP)
• Maddow says staff ejected from O’Donnell’s headquarters (The Upshot)

The Fast Fix: Are Democrats Suddenly Making a Comeback? (The Newsroom) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:01 AM PDT The Newsroom - Democrats believe the last few weeks have provided them with some much needed momentum in advance of the rapidly approaching November election -- pointing to a more excited party base and polls that suggest President Obama's numbers are improving. But, …

Blumenthal, McMahon trade jabs at Conn. debate (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 12:14 AM PDT AP - The two major-party candidates for the state's open U.S. Senate seat took aim at each other's recent TV ads in their first face-to-face debate on Monday, with Republican Linda McMahon saying her position on the minimum wage has been misconstrued and Democrat Richard Blumenthal saying the latest criticisms about his military record are nothing new.

Rahm Emanuel: Will Blagojevich retrial mar his image? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:18 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Rahm Emanuel stood on commuter train platforms here during the early morning rush hour Monday to shake hands, pose for pictures and talk with city residents, a preamble to his run to become Chicago’s mayor.

Del. Senate candidate O'Donnell: 'I'm not a witch' (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:54 PM PDT AP - Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is trying to assure Delaware voters: "I'm not a witch."

GOP Eyes Potential Defectors (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:57 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - House Republicans are already examining which Democrats might want to switch parties after Nov. 2 and are mapping out a strategy for how to persuade them to make the leap.

Is there an emerging Palin-Steele alliance? (Daily Caller) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:55 AM PDT Daily Caller - Are Sarah Palin and Michael Steele an item?

Arnold: Obama will win in 2012 (Politico) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:48 PM PDT Politico - He predicted that President Barack Obama will win re-election in two years.

Poll: Latino voters less energized (Politico) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 12:21 PM PDT Politico - A key bloc for Dems is less enthusiastic than voters overall about midterm elections.

GOP-allied group weighs in with $4 million in ads (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:41 PM PDT AP - A deep-pocketed alliance with ties to top Republicans Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie is pumping more than $4 million into key Senate races in a single week of advertising, a crucial infusion to counter a surge in Democratic Party spending as Election Day draws near.

US, Russia must work to combat international crime (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 12:00 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's national security adviser said Tuesday that nations need to work together better to combat money laundering and other crimes that send arms, drugs and other deadly weapons across international borders.

China's climate change talks: What's changed since Copenhagen? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:31 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - United Nations climate officials say they hope to get talks for a new global deal on carbon cuts back on track after last year's climate talk debacle in Copenhagen. This week's climate change conference hosted by China in Tianjin could give them just that opportunity.

MTV, BET: Obama to face youth at town hall meeting (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:05 PM PDT AP - The MTV and BET networks say President Barack Obama is scheduled to take part in a youth town hall meeting broadcast from Washington on Oct. 14.

Opinion: Democrats responsible for partisan tone in Washington (associatedcontent) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:23 PM PDT associatedcontent - In the novel "The Magnificent Ambersons," author Booth Tarkington writes that "politics is a dirty business for a gentleman."

Rick Sanchez: Equal opportunity bigot charger (Daily Caller) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:13 PM PDT Daily Caller - While some may argue that drunkenly hitting and (ultimately) killing a pedestrian with a car would be an automatic disqualification from attaining your own cable news show, Rick Sanchez beat the odds and spent six years as one of CNN’s most recognizable faces. Karma caught up to Sanchez last Friday, however, when CNN fired the anchor for calling Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart a bigot and implying that the Jews control the media on a SiriusXM radio show.

Race Fundamentals Are Telling for Vulnerables (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:57 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Democrats are pushing back these days with polls and political scenarios, trying to change the national narrative and force handicappers onto the defensive.

Rand Paul, national Democrats escalate ad war (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - Fresh television advertising in the Kentucky Senate race began airing Tuesday as national Democrats swooped in to aid Jack Conway while Republican Rand Paul's latest commercial uses the voice of a Barack Obama impersonator.

Maddow says staff ejected from O’Donnell’s headquarters (The Upshot) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:31 PM PDT The Upshot - MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and her producers didn't have much luck with Christine O'Donnell's campaign staff in Delaware on Tuesday. "Ejected from O'Donnell HQ," Maddow wrote on Twitter. "Staffer insulted producers Bill & Laura then angry man came outside and told us to leave and not come back." Maddow explained in a statement to The [...]

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