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Who's upset over the economy? Everybody, everywhere
Exclusive to Yahoo! News – Tue Oct 12, 6:53 am ETAnger: It's the defining political emotion of this campaign season. It's boiling across the country, much of it directed at President Obama and the congressional Democrats over the way they have handled the economy. Not … Full Story »
Judge acts while others debate Pentagon gay policy
AP – 2 hrs 39 mins ago- The Fast Fix: Is Nancy Pelosi a political liability in the midterms? The Newsroom – Tue Oct 12, 7:10 am ET
- Palin’s PAC raises $1.2 million, but staff and fundraising costs eclipse candidate contributions The Upshot – Tue Oct 12, 5:02 pm ET
- Republicans could shut off Wall St reform: Rep Frank Reuters – Tue Oct 12, 2:28 pm ET
- Rand Paul would replace income tax with sales tax AP – Tue Oct 12, 2:57 pm ET
- Is Obama really 'in the jaws of political death'? The Week – Tue Oct 12, 6:33 am ET
- Think tanks' new energy plan at Politico – 2 hrs 15 mins ago
- Conn. Senate candidates sling mud at Politico – Tue Oct 12, 10:46 pm ET
- Consultants recast candidates from rich to regular AP – 25 mins ago
- Officials release man who tossed book near Obama AP – Mon Oct 11, 12:28 pm ET
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Canada defiant on U.N. loss, blames opposition
Reuters – Tue Oct 12, 4:20 pm ETOTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government was defiant on Tuesday after the country's failure to win a United Nations Security Council seat, vowing to stick to policies that may have cost it support, while blaming the leader of the main opposition party. Full Story »
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Poll: Rubio leads Crist big in Florida Senate race
AP – 15 mins agoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A new poll shows Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio's criticism of President Barack Obama is resonating with Florida voters as they favor him by a wide margin over independent Gov. Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek. Full Story »
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Obama, Now Bashing Foreigners
Brent Bozell III – Wed Oct 13, 3:00 am ETCreators Syndicate - A major part of the Barack Obama narrative when he ran for president was his international roots, the global sweep of his life and how much more cosmopolitan he would be as president than the pedestrian George W. Bush. So it's a little weird to watch Obama yelling from the campaign podium that foreigners are funding political commercials and stealing our elections. Full Story »
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NOW endorses Jerry Brown for California governor despite Brown staffer calling Republican opponent a ‘whore’
Daily Caller – 2 hrs 36 mins agoWhile some were offended when they heard California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown’s mistakenly recorded message in which a member of Brown’s campaign referred to his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman, as a “whore,” the National Organization for Women (NOW) apparently was not. Instead of rushing to decry the misogynistic language, NOW endorsed Brown — less than a day after the message hit the news-cycle. Full Story »
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Shea-Porter Digs Into Guinta in Testy Debate
CQPolitics.com – Tue Oct 12, 10:47 pm ETMANCHESTER, N.H. -- With just 21 days to rescue a political career teetering on the brink, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D) took the fight to Republican challenger Frank Guinta on Tuesday afternoon, repeatedly lashing out at the former Manchester mayor during a debate that was intense throughout and nasty at times. Full Story »
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Delaware Senate candidates prepare for TV debate
AP – 2 hrs 10 mins agoNEWARK, Del. - Republican Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell has a fresh chance to make an impression with Delaware voters during a nationally televised debate Wednesday night. Full Story »
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Obama's related to Palin
AP – Wed Oct 13, 12:56 am ETNEW YORK - President Barack Obama has family ties to none other than Sarah Palin, according to the genealogists at Ancestry.com, a discovery the family history site made when looking for connections between political foes. Full Story »
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Clooney asks Obama for commitments on Sudan
AP – 50 mins agoPresident Barack Obama met with activist-actor George Clooney at the White House on Tuesday to discuss U.S. involvement in Sudan ahead of a critical election early next year in Africa's largest nation. Full Story »
Calif. gov debate overshadowed by personal jabs
AP – Wed Oct 13, 3:13 am ETComing into their final debate of the California governor's race, Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman had a chance to persuade a statewide audience they could turn around the economically troubled state. Full Story »
POLITICAL INSIDER: Durbin wants ad backers probed
AP – Wed Oct 13, 3:07 am ETThe Senate's No. 2 Democrat is asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate spending by groups like Crossroads GPS, a third-party group backed by Republican operative Karl Rove, that have pumped millions into advertisements targeting Democrats. Full Story »
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