Tea party or establishment, GOP looks for gains (AP)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:01:15 GMT

FILE - In this April 14, 2010 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talk to reporters outside the White House in Washington. Boehner could walk down most U.S. streets anonymously. But the perpetually tanned golf lover, who grew up in a Cincinnati family of 14, could become the next House speaker and the GOP leader of opposition to President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate.


As election season heats up, Democrats battle grim prospects (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:45:18 GMT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, wave to the crowd at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee. When President Barack Obama makes his third Wisconsin visit in a little over two months Monday, he will get a chance to shore up his base at a Labor Day rally in a state where his approval ratings are dipping and fellow Democrats face tough re-election bids. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Just how bad could things get for the Democrats when voters head to the polls in November?


Can the president boost jobs and the economy between now and Election Day? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:30:04 GMT

President Barack Obama, center, delivers a statement on monthly jobs number, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. From left are, outgoing Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Small Business Administrator (SBA) Karen G. Mills and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - With the Democrats' prospects in the upcoming midterm elections sinking with the release of each new bit of bad economic news, President Obama was quick to concede that performance is "not nearly good enough."


Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:11:20 GMT
AP - A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up.
Why Are the Feds Suing Brash Arizona Sheriff? (The Atlantic Wire)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:55:59 GMT

As he attends an unrelated news conference, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio hands back to one of his deputies an Associated Press news report stating the U.S. Justice Department is suing Arpaio saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)The Atlantic Wire -


Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:21:06 GMT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington\. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.


More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:37:30 GMT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2009 file photo, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., conducts a town hall event in Springfield, Va. Chances are fading that Congress will allow taxes to rise, even for the nation's top earners. Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming election, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.


Feingold to skip Obama rally in Wisconsin (The Upshot)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:53:27 GMT
The Upshot - President Obama heads to Milwaukee  onMonday, where he'll mark Labor Day at a statewide union event with other local Democratic candidates — except for one. Sen. Russ Feingold, who is facing a tougher-than-expected re-election campaign, is too busy to meet up with Obama this weekend. It's the second time this summer that Feingold has dodged [...]
House Dems urged to aid colleagues (Politico)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:05:01 GMT
Politico - Party leaders are seeking internal donations to stave off disaster in November.
McCain embraces the GOP's right (Politico)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:55:17 GMT
Politico - Joined by fellow senator Lindsey Graham, he dug in against the Obama administration.
US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem (AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:12:27 GMT

A young Palestinian Muslim girl looks on while sitting with other women during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power, in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Laylat Al Qadr is marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and is commemorated as the night Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran. Muslims traditionally spend the night in prayer and devotion. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.


Palestinian leader: Israel must freeze settlements (AP)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:53:05 GMT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during remarks on the Middle East peace negotiations in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will work hard to try to strike a long-lasting peace deal with Israel, but that Israel must agree to a full freeze on all its settlement activity in Palestinian territories.


Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:43:43 GMT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, attends a public book signing, with Conor Whelen, Managing Director of Eason book store, in Dublin, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he arrived for his first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. (AP Photo/Niall Carson, pool)AP - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.


Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? (Time.com)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:20:00 GMT

US President Barack Obama waves after arriving aboard Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on September 5, 2010. Obama will call for a 100-billion-dollar business tax credit this week to boost the sagging US economic recovery, The Washington Post reported.(AFP/Saul Loeb)Time.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?


5 Best Sunday Columns (The Atlantic Wire)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:11:05 GMT
The Atlantic Wire - The 'Brutal' Dem Plan for November  The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny and Carl Hulse write, "As Democrats brace for a November wave that threatens their control of the House, party leaders are preparing a brutal triage of their own members in hopes of saving enough seats to keep a slim grip on the majority. In the next two weeks, Democratic leaders will review new polls and other data that show whether vulnerable incumbents have a path to victory. If not, the party is poised to redirect money to concentrate on trying to protect up to two dozen lawmakers who appear to be in the strongest position to fend off their challengers." In other words, Democrats whose odds look unlikely are getting left behind.
Outside Groups' Campaign Expenditures Have Doubled (CQPolitics.com)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:09:40 GMT
CQPolitics.com - Outside organizations have shelled out twice as much on ads and other electioneering activities to affect Congressional races so far during the 2010 election cycle as they did two years ago.
Little-known bill heaven sent for laid-off textile workers (McClatchy Newspapers)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:01:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - NORLINA, N.C. — A few blocks from the restored antebellum homes that draw tourists to rural Warren County, wooden shacks sink into the sandy soil, their tin roofs bowing low, walls askew. Clothes hang on lines outside, limp under a stifling, late-summer sun.
Both Parties Say Tea Party Hands Them November Wins (CQPolitics.com)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:00:45 GMT
CQPolitics.com - Republican Senators on Sunday predicted widespread victories for their party in November, but Democratic Party operatives said they could keep their hold on Congress thanks to the same group of voters earning GOP praise: the tea party movement.
South Carolina's Wilson under wider probe for overseas trips (McClatchy Newspapers)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:01:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The congressional ethics investigation of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is broader than previously disclosed and goes well beyond his use of $12 in per diem expense money to buy six decorative goblets in Afghanistan last year.