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Today's Politics News: GOP candidates get an edge with out-of-state cash How Ugly Will It Get? Democrats hope the Republican battle for 2012 begins now The Fast Fix: Mayor Rahm? Can the Tea Party govern? The Pelosi Effect: Republicans are running against the unpopular House Speaker in the midterms Christie tries to shift focus from education blunder Chicago mayor's race may be battle of shoe leather Emotional free-speech case to mark Supreme Court opening week McMahon's WWE worked with 'Girls Gone WIld' A portrait of Obama, by the book O'Donnell TV appearances began with chance meeting Biographical information on Rahm Emanuel Ex-Pakistani leader admits mistakes while in power Obama promotes clean energy; GOP hits Dem spending PATTY MURRAY: THE STUPIDEST PERSON IN AMERICA Unions, NAACP rally for ‘education, justice and jobs’ at Lincoln Memorial Landry Appears Headed for La. Runoff Victory DC rally shows support for struggling Democrats Rand Paul rally helped by 2 tea party stalwarts GOP candidates get an edge with out-of-state cash Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:59 am PDT AP - The private rooms at Carmine's, a large Italian restaurant downtown, have been hopping with political donors at lunch this week. It's a month to Election Day, and House and Senate candidates are searching far from home for last-minute campaign cash. Full Story Top How Ugly Will It Get? Democrats hope the Republican battle for 2012 begins now Fri, 1 Oct 2010 03:41 pm PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Each week until the election, Slate's John Dickerson is trying to answer questions from the week's political news. He welcomes readers to weigh in with answers — or with more political questions — at slatepolitics@gmail.com. Here are this week's questions: … Full Story Top The Fast Fix: Mayor Rahm? Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:13 am PDT The Newsroom - Rahm Emanuel is resigning as White House chief of staff today to run for mayor of Chicago. The move is sure to provoke lots of tough questions about the his own political future and that of the president he is … Full Story Top Can the Tea Party govern? Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:32 am PDT Y! News Special Report - By Josh Kraushaar National Journal The lion's share of attention paid to the Tea Party movement has gone to its Senate candidates, a slew of outsiders who have touted their opposition to excessive government, shaking up the Republican Party and … Full Story Top The Pelosi Effect: Republicans are running against the unpopular House Speaker in the midterms Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:32 pm PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By SUSAN DAVIS, National Journal Congress adjourned a week earlier than scheduled and lawmakers headed home, relieved to get out of Washington. But for dozens of embattled House Democrats, the premature exit may not be enough to safely distance themselves … Full Story Top Christie tries to shift focus from education blunder Fri, 1 Oct 2010 01:25 pm PDT The Upshot - Nothing like a $100 million gift to make some bad PR go away. That's no doubt the moral that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken away from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's nine-figure charitable gift to the troubled public schools of Newark, just a few weeks after his own administration muffed a potential $400 million [...] Full Story Top Chicago mayor's race may be battle of shoe leather Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:50 pm PDT AP - It used to be that getting elected in Chicago meant relying on the ward boss, the precinct captain and the small armies they deployed to fix potholes, hand out frozen turkeys and even drive people to the polls. Full Story Top Emotional free-speech case to mark Supreme Court opening week Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:41 am PDT The Newsroom - The Supreme Court's 2010-2011 term gets under way next week, and the justices are wasting no time in tackling a case that has the potential to redraw the boundaries of free speech under the First Amendment. Full Story Top McMahon's WWE worked with 'Girls Gone WIld' Sat, 2 Oct 2010 07:10 pm PDT Politico - The candidate's former company once teamed with the ‘Girls Gone Wild’ enterprise for a pay-per-view event. Full Story Top A portrait of Obama, by the book Sat, 2 Oct 2010 05:00 pm PDT Politico - A real-time portrait emerges of Obama from three authors who have written books about his presidency. Full Story Top O'Donnell TV appearances began with chance meeting Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:51 pm PDT AP - Ever since Christine O'Donnell as a college student had a chance meeting with a television producer at the 1992 Republican national convention, she has never been too far from the cameras. Full Story Top Biographical information on Rahm Emanuel Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:43 am PDT AP - NAME — Rahm Israel Emanuel. Full Story Top Ex-Pakistani leader admits mistakes while in power Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:02 pm PDT AP - Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf has apologized for mistakes made during his last term in office as he launched a bid to return to power. Full Story Top Obama promotes clean energy; GOP hits Dem spending Sat, 2 Oct 2010 08:04 pm PDT AP - Wind, solar and other clean energy technologies produce jobs and are essential for the country's environment and economy, President Barack Obama said in promoting his administration's efforts. Full Story Top PATTY MURRAY: THE STUPIDEST PERSON IN AMERICA Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:23 am PDT Ann Coulter - No liberal has standing to call any Republican stupid as long as Patty Murray remains in the U.S. Senate. Full Story Top Unions, NAACP rally for ‘education, justice and jobs’ at Lincoln Memorial Sat, 2 Oct 2010 05:00 pm PDT Daily Caller - Labor unionists and NAACP members from around the country gathered at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday to rally for education, jobs and justice. Full Story Top Landry Appears Headed for La. Runoff Victory Sat, 2 Oct 2010 08:26 am PDT CQPolitics.com - After finishing less than 200 votes shy of securing the 3rd district GOP nomination in the August primary, attorney Jeff Landry is poised to finish the job in Louisiana's primary runoff Saturday. Full Story Top DC rally shows support for struggling Democrats Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:44 pm PDT AP - Tapping into anger as the tea party movement has done, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched by the thousands Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial and pledged to support Democrats struggling to keep power on Capitol Hill. Full Story Top Rand Paul rally helped by 2 tea party stalwarts Sat, 2 Oct 2010 06:19 pm PDT AP - U.S. Senate hopeful Rand Paul marshaled the political firepower of two tea party stalwarts, including his congressman father, at a rally Saturday in northern Kentucky's GOP stronghold. Full Story Top

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