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Today's Politics News: In Obama's backyard visits, GOP is the absent foe Why liberals will be glad to see Rahm Emanuel go Suit from Meg Whitman’s maid highlights growing Latino disenchantment with GOP The Fast Fix: Delaware upset? Social media, independence key to reaching young voters in Tampa Social Media May Predict Candidates' Wins GOP: It's Payback Time! Tightening Connecticut race weakens Democrats’ final firewall between them and loss of Senate Senate to block recess appointments Dems struggle to define own agenda Congress punts tough choice until after election AP source: Some drone strikes tied to terror plot Court sentences Serb to 2 years in NY beating case Congress funding fight may delay Wall Street reforms Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars': 5 heated debates Third party candidates could play a role in November’s gubernatorial elections Cornyn Presses Colleagues to Fund NRSC Conservatives give backing to NY GOP gov candidate Education claims at issue in Del. Senate race In Obama's backyard visits, GOP is the absent foe Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:25 pm PDT AP - A priest expressed concern to President Barack Obama about an unemployed parishioner. A businessman criticized Obama's tax policy. A woman said her son and his friends, once inspired by Obama, "are losing their hope." Full Story Top Why liberals will be glad to see Rahm Emanuel go Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:30 pm PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By David Weigel Slate Every two or three days, the Obama administration tries out a line intended to shame liberals into voting. "Folks, wake up," said President Obama last week. "Those who didn't get everything they wanted," said Vice President … Full Story Top Suit from Meg Whitman’s maid highlights growing Latino disenchantment with GOP Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:39 pm PDT The Upshot - Meg Whitman has set a new campaign spending record in her quest to be California's next governor — she will likely be spending at least the next several days fending off questions about how she treated a low-wage domestic worker in her own home. Whitman's former housekeeper, Nicandra Diaz-Santillan, is launching a lawsuit against the [...] Full Story Top The Fast Fix: Delaware upset? Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:23 am PDT The Newsroom - Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell has gotten lots of attention -- little of it good -- since winning the Republican nomination in Delaware earlier this month. But, despite all of that attention almost no one thinks she has a chance to win the Delaware Senate seat this fall. Full Story Top Social media, independence key to reaching young voters in Tampa Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:20 am PDT Y! News - Ask America - My expectations before visiting the University of South Florida in Tampa were low: I thought I would speak with mostly uninformed, uninterested college students who were more concerned with school and partying than the midterm elections. And although a few … Full Story Top Social Media May Predict Candidates' Wins Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:49 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - Republican candidates for the Senate in the November midterm elections have on average four times as many Facebook fans and five times as many Twitter followers as their Democratic opponents, according to a recent analysis. Full Story Top GOP: It's Payback Time! Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:34 am PDT The Daily Beast - With their hopes of a House takeover soaring, Republicans must decide between getting things done and getting back at their tormenters. Lloyd Grove talks to lawmakers about the wounds inflicted by Nancy Pelosi—and whether they can resist the revenge play. Full Story Top Tightening Connecticut race weakens Democrats’ final firewall between them and loss of Senate Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:58 am PDT Daily Caller - The news Tuesday that the Connecticut Senate race is edging close to a dead heat was bad news for Democrats looking at the national map. Full Story Top Senate to block recess appointments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:20 pm PDT Politico - By technically staying in session, the chamber won't allow Obama to install appointees temporarily. Full Story Top Dems struggle to define own agenda Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:49 pm PDT Politico - There's no quick answer for what the party would do should it retain its majorities in Congress. Full Story Top Congress punts tough choice until after election Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:25 pm PDT AP - A deeply unpopular Congress is bolting for the campaign trail without finishing its most basic job — approving a budget for the government year that begins on Friday. Lawmakers also are postponing a major fight over taxes, two embarrassing ethics cases and other political hot potatoes until angry and frustrated voters render their verdict in the Nov. 2 elections. Full Story Top AP source: Some drone strikes tied to terror plot Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:59 pm PDT AP - Some missile strikes in a recent surge of attacks by unmanned U.S. drones in Pakistan were aimed at disrupting suspected terrorist plots aimed at Europe, a Western counterterrorism official said. Full Story Top Court sentences Serb to 2 years in NY beating case Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:21 pm PDT AP - A Belgrade court said Wednesday it will sentence a former Serb basketball player to about two years in jail for beating an American student into a coma. Full Story Top Congress funding fight may delay Wall Street reforms Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:31 pm PDT Reuters - The Obama administration may have to wait several months to begin enforcing parts of the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform law because Congress has delayed funds necessary for its implementation. Full Story Top Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars': 5 heated debates Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:17 pm PDT The Week - Woodward's inside look at Obama's Afghanistan War policy has only just hit bookstores, but the fighting is already well underway Full Story Top Third party candidates could play a role in November’s gubernatorial elections Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:12 pm PDT Daily Caller - Third party candidates could be spoilers in some gubernatorial races this year. While few actually have a chance of winning, according to the director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, Larry Sabato, “they do complicate the calculus in a half-dozen states this year.” Full Story Top Cornyn Presses Colleagues to Fund NRSC Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:27 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) is breaking with his own policy and urging GOP Members to contribute to the committee, recognizing that money could make the difference in the races for a dozen Democratic-held seats that now qualify as legitimate pickup opportunities. Full Story Top Conservatives give backing to NY GOP gov candidate Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:29 pm PDT AP - The state Conservative Party has given its crucial nomination to tea party Republican Carl Paladino in the race for governor. Full Story Top Education claims at issue in Del. Senate race Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:39 pm PDT AP - GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, who said for years she had graduated from a New Jersey university when she had not, tried to distance herself Wednesday from a profile on an online networking site that indicates she attended Oxford University. Full Story Top

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