Pat Dollard

The Hill: House Democrats have taken a page from Muhammad Ali and planned a rope-a-dope strategy for the midterm election, hoping it can save their majority. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) decided to let its Republican counterpart outspend it on political ads during the crucial month of September. Now the DCCC has a big [...]

Washington Post: Andy Warhol found artistic inspiration in a can of Campbell’s tomato soup. These days, some activists are seeing sinister Muslim connections in the same can. Campbell Soup Co., the Camden, N.J., food giant, has been fighting a grass-roots boycott of its products after its Canadian subsidiary rolled out a line of soups certified [...]

New York Times: Will the minor-party candidates gang up on him? Will his Republican rival, Carl P. Paladino, raise questions — again — about his former marriage? Will the discussion veer out of control, diminishing the front-runner along with the also-rans? The seven-way debate for governor on Monday has forced Andrew M. Cuomo to confront [...]

Washington Examiner. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in candidacy is being funded by $100,000 contributions from a handful of Alaska corporations that have been handsomely subsidized by the federal government. These six-figure donors have pulled in billions of taxpayer dollars thanks to special legislative favors from Murkowski and her mentors — the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R), [...]

Washington (CNN) — Colorado voters have a clear choice in the state’s upcoming Senate election, as demonstrated by a nationally televised debate Sunday. Republican Ken Buck, a conservative backed by the Tea Party movement, said in the debate broadcast on the NBC program “Meet the Press” that homosexuality is a choice and that he favors [...]

The Hill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ (D-Ariz.) opponent has made illegal immigration a central issue in his campaign, which earned him an endorsement from a controversial advocacy group. Republican Jesse Kelly is backed by Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), an advocacy group based in Raleigh, N.C. that, according to its website, “supports candidates who oppose [...]

The Atlantic: Saving and investing wisely is not an easy achievement. How much do you need to save for retirement? Where should you put your money? There are thousands of financial advisors who offer differing opinions on these matters. But if there is one utterly clear maxim of saving for retirement it’s this: contribute at [...]

N.Y.Post He’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Jimmy Carter returned to the Middle East yesterday to promote the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. And par for the course, given his background, he made the trip with a band of outright Israel-bashers. So much for “honest brokerage.” Carter’s (literal and figurative) fellow-travelers include former leaders who like to call [...]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11570674 Four men have been convicted in New York of plotting to blow up synagogues and shoot down military aircraft after being caught in a 2009 FBI sting. The men were found guilty after the jury heard an informant’s testimony and recordings of them discussing the plot. James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre [...]

L.A.Times The wife of a U.S. citizen who has admitted scouting targets for the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks had provided details to federal agents about the man’s ties to Pakistani militant groups three years earlier, but the FBI determined the information was insufficient to legally justify opening an investigation, a federal official said. The man, [...]

AP RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinians are ready to end all historic claims against Israel once they establish their state in the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday, addressing a long-standing Israeli demand. In an interview with Israel TV, Abbas also said negotiations with Israeli Prime [...]