Pat Dollard

Politico: Just over a week before Election Day, signs of widespread Republican enthusiasm are apparent in the early-voter data, including in some places with highly competitive statewide races. Yet at the same time, for Democrats there are promising data in numerous states suggesting that the idea of a devastating turnout gap may be overblown. POLITICO [...]

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CNN: (CNN) — Two American hikers held by Iran for more than a year will stand trial before an Iranian court next month, the country’s official news agency reported Saturday. The Americans will appear before Revolution Court on November 6, the Islamic Republic News Agency said, citing the hikers’ lawyer, Massoud Shafee. U.S. Secretary of [...]

Ben Smith: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee today broadened the assault on the Republican Party establishment — and former Bush adviser Karl Rove in particular — levied recently by Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh, blasting the “elitism” and “country club attitude exhibited by Rove and others who dismissed Delaware Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell. “I was [...]

The Hill: Republican strategist Karl Rove accused radio host Rush Limbaugh of misrepresenting a remark he made about the Tea Party movement during an interview Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “What he took out of context was a comment I made in an interview with a hostile German reporter in which I said the [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new health care law wasn’t supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with coverage for generations. But last week a leading manufacturer told workers their costs will jump partly because of the law. Also, a Democratic governor laid out a scheme for employers to get [...]

The Hill: President Obama hammered Republican lawmakers Saturday for suggesting that they might repeal the financial services reform bill if they gain control of Congress after the midterm elections. In his weekly radio address, Obama said repealing the bill, which became law earlier this summer, would be “a terrible mistake.” The legislation, according to the [...]

Washington (AP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s chief of staff has been receiving millions of dollars in cash payments from Iran, the New York Times reported Saturday. The advisor, Umar Daudzai, briefs Karzai each morning and is known for pushing anti-Western policies, the Times said. Citing unnamed Afghan and Western officials in Kabul, the newspaper [...]

Economic Times: US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle will be extremely busy in Mumbai, upon landing on November 6 for a two day India visit. As the world’s most powerful man and his wife zip around the city visiting the 26/11 memorial on Marine Drive, the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mani [...]

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – A U.S.-born spokesman for al-Qaida on Saturday urged Muslims living in the United States and Europe to carry out attacks there, calling it a duty and an obligation. In a 48-minute video posted on militant websites, Adam Gadahn directed his appeal to Muslim immigrants in what he called the “miserable suburbs” [...]

Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Commander H. is nervous.