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New York Daily News: Looks like Sarah Palin won't have to worry about passing her political torch to Levi Johnston after all. Johnston announced plans to run for office in Palin's home turf of Wasilla last month, but a new poll reveals he's the last person Alaskans want to elect. According to the survey, conducted by Public Policy ...
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The Hill: In a break with the White House, Peter Orszag, the former director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), recommended Tuesday that Congress extend the expiring Bush tax cuts for two years, then do away with them altogether.
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The Hill: Financial regulators are set this month for a series of crucial meetings and decisions as they hash out major new U.S. and international rules that may govern the financial world for years to come. And as they convene in Washington and Basel, Switzerland, regulators from around the world are coming under heavy lobbying pressure by ...
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Politico: A year and a half after the governor of Texas energized his reelection campaign by casting himself as an antagonist to President Barack Obama, Republican gubernatorial candidates across the country are following his example. In Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer has cut a television commercial placing her Democratic challenger’s face on an Obama-style campaign poster, replacing the ...
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Time: Two months before Election Day, finding a pessimistic Republican strategist is about as tough as spotting a five-legged unicorn on your local interstate.
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Washington Post: Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Americans are increasingly frustrated by a lack of economic progress, deeply dissatisfied with the federal government and critical of President Obama's leadership. For the first time in more ...
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Washington (AP) - A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his first term 40 years ago. The ...
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Politics Daily: by Matt Lewis Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, appeared on "Good Morning America" Tuesday to discuss her new book, "Dirty Sexy Politics." During her interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, McCain described the 2008 campaign as a "coming of age" story for her, and said that during her father's run for office she was "asked ...
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BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's retort was an Internet sensation. Questioned at a town hall last year about the "Nazi policy" of health care reform, Frank told the speaker who made the comment that talking to her was "like arguing with a dining room table." Fast forward to this year, the questioner, Rachel Brown, ...
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Fox News: President Obama, in one of his most dramatic gestures to business, will propose that companies be allowed to write off 100 percent of their new investment in plant and equipment through 2011, a plan that White House economists say would cut business taxes by nearly $200 billion over two years.
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Politico: MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore warmed up a Democratic crowd for President Obama on Monday by accusing Republicans of criticizing Obama for personal reasons.
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The Hill: Organized labor will press Congress for big infrastructure spending and job creation programs even if voters throw Democrats out of office in November's election, union leaders say. After the 2010 midterm elections and anticipated heavy losses on the left, labor leaders expect a leaner, more aggressive Democratic Congress that will aim to push through measures ...
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Arizona Republic: The intruder who punched out a Chandler man while stealing beer at a keg party picked the wrong victim. The man, who had been attempting to defend his wife during the beer theft, had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Fearing for his life and under attack, he pulled out a gun and fatally ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A homeowner who grabbed a rifle from his house and fired warning shots in a confrontation with a group of men on his lawn faced arraignment on criminal charges Monday as his family said he was defending his home from a threatening mass of strangers.
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The Hill: Lawmakers who have huge campaign war chests should not rest easy this year. In less volatile campaign seasons, large cash-on-hand advantages are like a security blanket. But the waves of 2006 and 2008 – and another one expected this November – have proved that money isn’t everything. A handful of political experts tracking the 2010 election ...
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Raw Story: If the temperature in Washington is determined by the smell of money, then this summer is very hot indeed. The rich are not happy.
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