Joe Lieberman Wants Extension Of All Bush Tax Cuts

New York Times: WASHINGTON — With the focus now shifting to the Senate over a potential compromise on the expiring Bush-era income-tax cuts, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, the Connecticut independent who is aligned with the Democrats, said on Monday that he favored maintaining the lower rates for everyone, including the wealthiest Americans, for at least one ...

In Delaware, GOP Comes Out Swinging Against O’Donnell

Washington Post: WILMINGTON, DEL. - It's the "tea party" vs. the Republican Party in Tuesday's Senate primary in Delaware, where a popular moderate is suddenly under siege from a little-known conservative who in any other year might have been relegated to the footnotes of 2010's election records. That's not an entirely unfamiliar narrative in a ...

Illegal Immigration And Ground Zero Mosque Stances Hurting Obama In The Polls

Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Los Angeles —Immigration issues, including questions about who should have U.S. citizenship, have hurt President Obama's standing with voters, according to the latest Quinnipiac University national poll. The poll, carried out during the first week in September, found that respondents had a strong anti-immigrant tilt, favoring, by 68% to 24%, stricter enforcement ...

In Ad Wars, Democrats Shy From Ties To Own Party

New York Times: WASHINGTON — Representative Mark Schauer of Michigan does not dwell on the legislation he has voted for during his first term in Congress, which includes the Democratic stimulus plan and health insurance overhaul. But he reminds his constituents what he has fought against, declaring, “I must ask myself 10 times a day, ...

Boehner Would Vote For Limited Tax Cuts If He Has No Option To Vote For Across-The-Board Tax Cuts

The Hill: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that he would back a bill supporting the extension of tax cuts for the middle class if that's all that is on the table, but stressed he's pushing for extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts. "If the only option I have is to vote for some ...

Ground Zero Imam: Ground Zero Victory Mosque Is Causing Islamophobia

Haaretz: The raging debate on whether a New York Islamic center planned to be built near the site of the September 11 attack should be moved is stoking anti-Muslim feelings, a Muslim cleric told U.S. television on Sunday. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, speaking to ABC's "This Week," said Sunday that the controversy over the mosque site ...

Obama’s Electoral Coalition Is Crumbling

Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Washington —Nearly two years ago, the political world could only marvel at the breadth of voter support for Barack Obama. The new president had won over voters once thought to have abandoned his party for good. He'd found new reservoirs of support among groups many thought were tapped out. He energized a coalition ...

Nashville Men Burn Koran

WSMV: SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. -- Despite multiple pleas to reconsider, two local religious leaders held a private Quran burning in a Springfield backyard Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Bob Old and the Rev. Danny Allen both had different reasons for burning the Muslim holy book, but they said it had nothing to do with whether or not a mosque ...

White House Starts Shrieking Over Looming Shutdown Of Federal Government

The White House: Today the President once again discussed his proposals to boost America’s economic recovery – from rebuilding America’s roads and bridges, to giving businesses incentives to invest, to help for small business. If one sat back and tried to think of the most bipartisan idea the President could possibly propose to boost job ...

Group Tears Up Koran In Front Of White House

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A small group of conservative Christians tore pages from a Koran in a protest outside the White House Saturday to denounce what they called the "charade of Islam" on the anniversary of 9/11. "Part of why we're doing that, please hear me: the charade that Islam is a peaceful religion must end," said ...