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Today's Politics News: Can the president boost jobs and the economy between now and Election Day? Tea Party Express hopes to repeat Alaska win in Delaware Senate primary Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich Feingold to skip Obama rally in Wisconsin Cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 AfPak borderline politics Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering 7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial Obama says his economic policies halted "bleeding" A STARK YEAR FOR DEMOCRATS New York Times Endorses Johnson Over Rangel South Carolina's Wilson under wider probe for overseas trips Prospects in Ohio Looking Better for Senate GOP Labor, business leaders differ on ways to fix economy Can the president boost jobs and the economy between now and Election Day? Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:30 pm PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - With the Democrats' prospects in the upcoming midterm elections sinking with the release of each new bit of bad economic news, President Obama was quick to concede that performance is "not nearly good enough." Full Story Top Tea Party Express hopes to repeat Alaska win in Delaware Senate primary Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:06 am PDT The Upshot - Buoyed by Joe Miller's surprise win in Alaska's Senate GOP primary, the Tea Party Express is hoping to take down another heavily favored Republican incumbent, this time in Delaware. The group plans to spend $250,000 on radio and TV ads to boost Christine O'Donnell, a largely unknown conservative activist who is vying against longtime GOP [...] Full Story Top Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings Sat, 4 Sep 2010 03:11 pm PDT AP - A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up. Full Story Top Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:21 pm PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement. 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 Feingold to skip Obama rally in Wisconsin Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:53 am PDT The Upshot - President Obama heads to Milwaukee  onMonday, where he'll mark Labor Day at a statewide union event with other local Democratic candidates — except for one. Sen. Russ Feingold, who is facing a tougher-than-expected re-election campaign, is too busy to meet up with Obama this weekend. It's the second time this summer that Feingold has dodged [...] Full Story Top Cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 03:37 pm PDT Politico - Paul Conrad, a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times, died Saturday at the age of 86. Full Story Top AfPak borderline politics Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:11 am PDT Politico - Opinion: The regime in Islamabad must remain committed to peaceful compromise with Afghanistan. Full Story Top Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:16 pm PDT AP - Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections. Full Story Top Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:46 am PDT AP - The Taliban is confronting a serious "cash flow" problem after losing some half of its annual drug trade money to a farming blight and government eradication efforts, a Marine two-star general said Thursday. Full Story Top 7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:05 pm PDT AP - Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country. Full Story Top Obama says his economic policies halted "bleeding" Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:12 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the U.S. economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have stopped the bleeding" and put the middle class on the road to recovery. Full Story Top A STARK YEAR FOR DEMOCRATS Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:56 pm PDT David Shribman - Plenty of people are driving cars they don't want or, worse still, living in homes they can't afford. That's a natural part of a consumer society, especially during a recession. But this fall we may witness a mass example of buyers' remorse in the political world. Full Story Top New York Times Endorses Johnson Over Rangel Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:01 am PDT CQPolitics.com - The New York Times on Saturday endorsed one of Rep. Charles B. Rangel's four opponents in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary over the embattled veteran incumbent who is facing a House ethics trial later this month. Full Story Top South Carolina's Wilson under wider probe for overseas trips Sat, 4 Sep 2010 08:01 am PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ The congressional ethics investigation of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is broader than previously disclosed and goes well beyond his use of $12 in per diem expense money to buy six decorative goblets in Afghanistan last year. Full Story Top Prospects in Ohio Looking Better for Senate GOP Sat, 4 Sep 2010 09:26 am PDT CQPolitics.com - Former Rep. Rob Portman (R) and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher (D) have been engaged in a spirited race for the open Ohio Senate seat since emerging from primaries in May. The contest has long been seen as a tossup, but with the trend lines having shifted toward Portman, CQ Politics is moving the race to the less competitive rating of Leans Republican. 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

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