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POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie backs Castle (AP)
AP - Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candidate's bid.
Posted Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:56:51 GMT
Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? (Time.com)
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?
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:55:00 GMT
GOP Maes stays in Colo. governor's race (AP)
AP - Republican Dan Maes, Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo are officially on the November ballot in the race for Colorado governor.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:15:20 GMT
'Tea party' on a roll: Can Christine O'Donnell win in Delaware? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Following its recent upset win in Alaska’s US Senate Republican primary, the "tea party" movement is focusing on Delaware. There, the GOP is scrambling to head off tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell in her challenge to US Rep. Mike Castle.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:53:05 GMT
Ex-NRCC treasurer pleads guilty to embezzlement (AP)
AP - The former treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling more than $840,000 from a variety of political committees, including an NRCC account for annual fundraising dinners with President George W. Bush.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:29:53 GMT
Former President Clinton campaigns for NY Democrat (AP)
AP - Former President Bill Clinton slammed Republicans Friday for their stewardship of the economy during their years in power in Washington, and said the party's campaign message heading into the 2010 midterm elections is: "Put us in because the Democrats didn't fix what we did to you in 21 months."
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:10:27 GMT
New Fundraising Reports Give Latest Snapshot of N.Y. Races (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Pre-primary fundraising reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission provided fresh evidence that New York is a state to watch this cycle, with competitive primaries coming up Sept. 14 and the potential for Republicans to pick up a handful of seats in November.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:12:40 GMT
Ex-Republican official guilty of embezzlement (Reuters)
Reuters - The former treasurer of a top Republican campaign committee pleaded guilty to embezzling $845,000 over 6-1/2 years and likely will face three years in prison, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:57:50 GMT
House races 101: Is the Republican Party primed for a takeover? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As campaigns move into full gear after Labor Day, Republicans have moved well within striking distance of taking over the House of Representatives, especially if the economic recovery continues to fizzle.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:51:00 GMT
Top Obama critic blasts 'job-killing' policies (AFP)
AFP - President Barack Obama should fire his top economic advisers and quit his "job-killing" policies, the top House Republican said after US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:56:45 GMT
Why Unemployment Could Spike By Election Day (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - As if Democrats don't have enough problems, the economy they've tried so hard to revive is lapsing back into a stupor. By the midterm elections in November, it might even seem worse than it is now. And that could add fresh punch to the Republican "wave" some forecasters think could sweep Democrats out of the majority in both houses of Congress.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:28:50 GMT
Democrats spend early to knock out GOP challengers (AP)
AP - Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him "a risk" who would gamble away people's retirement savings.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:34:30 GMT
O'Donnell earns degree 21 years later (AP)
AP - Twenty-one years after she began her undergraduate work, Republican Christine O'Donnell can accurately call herself a college graduate.
Posted Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:55:38 GMT
NH GOP Sen candidates debate AZ immigration law (AP)
AP - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bill Binnie knows a little something about immigrating to the United States.
Posted Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:43:41 GMT
GOP Committees Look to Outside Groups to Fund Fall Ground Game (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Republican strategists wary of relying on a Republican National Committee beset by controversy are relying on third-party organizations to fund and manage crucial ground game operations for the midterm elections.
Posted Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:51:43 GMT
Union leader Trumka's bleak view under a Republican-led House (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Democrats will defy convention wisdom and keep control of both the Senate and House in November’s midterm elections, predicts Richard Trumka, America’s top labor union leader.
Posted Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:33:27 GMT
GOP will take over House, political guru Sabato predicts (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Democrats are likely to lose 47 seats and control of the House of Representatives in November's elections, a top political analyst says in a new forecast Thursday.
Posted Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMT
Senate upset erases Alaska seniority (AP)
AP - The defeat of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart fiscal conservative in Alaska's GOP primary could mark a significant shift for a state that has so long relied on federal pork to survive. The outcome was also an unexpected blow to the seniority Alaska has enjoyed in the Senate.
Posted Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:43:00 GMT
Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party? (AP)
AP - Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming.
Posted Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:42:38 GMT
Some Democrats See Competitive Opportunity in Alaska (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - With Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceding the Alaska GOP primary Tuesday night to lawyer Joe Miller, some Democrats now believe they have a chance to pick up a seat in a state no one thought could be in play in a cycle where Democrats are facing a significant loss of seats.
Posted Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:02:54 GMT
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