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Today's Politics News: Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? POLITICAL INSIDER: Clinton helps Ark. Democrat Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate Anti-abortion group targets Democrats in radio ads Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich Gibbs Defends Obama's Efforts to Help House Democrats Happy beginning for a W.H. production Obama visits Dole at Walter Reed Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan Jordan's king: Terrorists want to derail talks Slovaks observe day of mourning after mass killing Israeli-Palestinian talks: no breakthroughs, but a way forward AMERICA'S LITTLE WARS ARE DRAINING US IN A BIG WAY Sloan Wages Quixotic Campaign Against Norton Labor, business leaders differ on ways to fix economy GOP Committees Look to Outside Groups to Fund Fall Ground Game Tea party seeks another upset in Delaware's Senate primary Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings Thu, 2 Sep 2010 03:40 pm PDT Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades. Full Story Top Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:00 pm PDT 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? Full Story Top POLITICAL INSIDER: Clinton helps Ark. Democrat Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:51 am PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton is coming to the aid of endangered Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln. Full Story Top Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:00 pm PDT AP - Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination. Full Story Top Anti-abortion group targets Democrats in radio ads Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:39 pm PDT AP - An anti-abortion group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents, among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to directly influence elections. Full Story Top Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate Thu, 2 Sep 2010 01:40 pm PDT The Upshot - It's a politician's worst nightmare: Drawing a complete blank in a high-profile debate. That's what happened to Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer, who lost her train of thought during her opening statement during her first televised debate with her Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Terry Goddard. Brewer was in the middle of talking up her [...] Full Story Top More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:37 pm PDT AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans. Full Story Top Gibbs Defends Obama's Efforts to Help House Democrats Thu, 2 Sep 2010 03:58 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Thursday defended President Barack Obama's track record of campaigning for House Democrats as new polling shows their party taking a nose dive. Full Story Top Happy beginning for a W.H. production Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:43 pm PDT Politico - Obama was able to show on the foreign policy stage. Full Story Top Obama visits Dole at Walter Reed Thu, 2 Sep 2010 02:23 pm PDT Politico - The president saw the former Kansas senator and 1996 GOP presidential nominee on Monday. Full Story Top Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:47 pm PDT AP - As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south where Afghan and international troops are ramping up security. Full Story Top Jordan's king: Terrorists want to derail talks Wed, 1 Sep 2010 04:33 pm PDT AP - Jordan's King Abdullah II suggests that failure of new peace talks between Isarel and the Palestinians would be a victory for terrorists seeking to derail the process. Full Story Top Slovaks observe day of mourning after mass killing Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:14 am PDT AP - Slovakia is observing a national day of mourning after a deadly shooting rampage left eight people dead and wounded 15 others. Full Story Top Israeli-Palestinian talks: no breakthroughs, but a way forward Thu, 2 Sep 2010 05:05 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas achieved no jaw-dropping breakthroughs as they relaunched direct peace talks Thursday with a determined nudge from the Obama administration. Full Story Top AMERICA'S LITTLE WARS ARE DRAINING US IN A BIG WAY Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:56 pm PDT Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- You have to wonder exactly what you're supposed to say in a week like this one, as President Obama officially declared the end to the U.S. war in Iraq and most Americans breathed a tempered sigh of relief. Full Story Top Sloan Wages Quixotic Campaign Against Norton Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:05 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - Doug Sloan wants the microphone. Full Story Top Labor, business leaders differ on ways to fix economy Thu, 2 Sep 2010 03:40 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however. Full Story Top GOP Committees Look to Outside Groups to Fund Fall Ground Game Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:51 am PDT 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. Full Story Top Tea party seeks another upset in Delaware's Senate primary Thu, 2 Sep 2010 02:19 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WILMINGTON, Del. _ Thanks to the tea party, Rep. Mike Castle's once smooth path to Delaware's Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable _ and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate Republicans everywhere to be frightened. Full Story Top

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