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• Analysis: Why Bush’s record matters less than Democrats would like (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Why Nancy Pelosi May Continue Leading the House Democrats (Time.com)
• Report: Palin tells Bernanke 'cease, desist' (Reuters)
• Is repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ dead? (The Upshot)
• Huckabee defends the costs of Obama’s trip to India (The Upshot)
• Key Republican vows to challenge Obama on security (Reuters)
• U.S. START delay risks Russia ties: State Dept (Reuters)
• High court turns down early health care challenge (AP)
• Issa plans hundreds of hearings (Politico)
• ACORN razzes Obama on India visit (Politico)
• GOP taps 2 tea partiers for transition to power (AP)
• US military flies over Haiti to view storm damage (AP)
• Amanda Knox indicted on slander charges (AP)
• Judge hears arguments in targeted killing case (AP)
• Three post-election possibilities that give me pause (associatedcontent)
• Potential Republican stars that you have not heard of (Daily Caller)
• Palin lashes out at Fed stimulus plan (AFP)
• Tea-party elect prepare for the U.S. Senate (The Upshot)

Analysis: Why Bush’s record matters less than Democrats would like (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:31 PM PST Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By David Weigel Slate The two-year Democratic campaign to remind voters of the nightmare of the presidency of George W. Bush did not succeed. Need proof? Look to Arkansas. That's where the GOP took over most of the congressional delegation …

Why Nancy Pelosi May Continue Leading the House Democrats (Time.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:20 AM PST Time.com - Republicans are celebrating and many Democrats bemoaning Nancy Pelosi's effort to remain in her party's leadership after the crushing midterms. But she may end up having the last laugh, yet again

Report: Palin tells Bernanke 'cease, desist' (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:13 PM PST Reuters - Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin on Monday weighed in on the global debate over the Federal Reserve's $600 billion plan to buy up government debt, suggesting Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke should "cease and desist."

Is repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ dead? (The Upshot) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:46 AM PST The Upshot - The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler declared the Democrats' long-promised repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service "all but lost" on Monday. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona is in talks with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to strip the repeal from the must-pass defense reauthorization bill, Meckler reports. Human [...]

Huckabee defends the costs of Obama’s trip to India (The Upshot) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:51 AM PST The Upshot - Did Mike Huckabee change his position on the costs related to President Obama's trip to India? As The Upshot reported on Friday, Huckabee was among leading Republicans floating a widely disputed estimate that Obama's trip to India, part of a 10-day tour of Asia, was costing $200 million a day. The former Arkansas governor first [...]

Key Republican vows to challenge Obama on security (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:32 AM PST Reuters - The congressman in line to chair the homeland security committee in the new Republican-led House of Representatives said on Monday that he plans to challenge President Barack Obama on the issue of terrorism.

U.S. START delay risks Russia ties: State Dept (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:58 AM PST Reuters - Republican objections to the new U.S-Russia START nuclear arms reduction treaty are "red herrings" that could thrust the two countries into a dangerous new era of uncertainty, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.

High court turns down early health care challenge (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:41 AM PST AP - The Supreme Court has turned down the first preliminary challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Issa plans hundreds of hearings (Politico) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:13 PM PST Politico - California Rep. Darrell Issa is already eyeing a massive expansion of oversight for next year.

ACORN razzes Obama on India visit (Politico) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:43 AM PST Politico - Under liquidation in U.S., group demands government help in developing world's giant slums.

GOP taps 2 tea partiers for transition to power (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:58 PM PST AP - To help lead the GOP's transition to power in the House, Republicans on Monday tapped two newly elected congressmen who drew tea party backing in their campaigns.

US military flies over Haiti to view storm damage (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 08:44 AM PDT AP - The U.S. military on Saturday began flights over Haiti to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Tomas.

Amanda Knox indicted on slander charges (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:29 AM PST AP - An Italian judge on Monday ordered Amanda Knox to stand trial on slander charges for claiming she was beaten by police when questioned in 2007 about her roommate's slaying.

Judge hears arguments in targeted killing case (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:40 PM PST AP - Attorneys for the father of a cleric urging Muslims to kill Americans are fighting in court to keep his son from being targeted for death by President Barack Obama.

Three post-election possibilities that give me pause (associatedcontent) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:03 PM PST associatedcontent - My biggest concern post-election is the same one I had going into last Tuesday: When is the economy going to bounce back to the point where the unemployment rate drops again?

Potential Republican stars that you have not heard of (Daily Caller) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST Daily Caller - With the 2010 midterm elections behind us, the focus has turned to the new class of Republican leaders that were swept into office. Several have already been labeled as future stars of the party. Among them are Senator-elect Marco Rubio of Florida, Congresswoman-elect Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Governor-elect Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Senator-elect Rob Portman of Ohio, and Governor-elect Brian Sandoval of Nevada. These names have been floated as potential presidential and vice presidential candidates in the coming years. Here is a look at several other newly elected officeholders who have the potential be stars for the GOP:

Palin lashes out at Fed stimulus plan (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:51 PM PST AFP - Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin trained her sights Monday on the Federal Reserve's controversial multibillion dollar move to prime the US economy, calling on the central bank "cease and desist."

Tea-party elect prepare for the U.S. Senate (The Upshot) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:29 PM PST The Upshot - How can the world's most exclusive club make room for the representatives of the incendiary tea party movement? That's the challenge ahead as tea party candidates head to Congress's upper chamber for the first time in history. In recent days, tea party winners such as Senator-elect Rand Paul in Kentucky have discussed the creation of [...]

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