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Washington Post:
Obama to call for $100 billion business tax credit — Under mounting pressure to intensify his focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, President Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit this week, using a speech in Cleveland on Wednesday to launch what administration officials said was a new policy push.
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Politics Daily, No More Mister Nice Blog and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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Jimmy So / CBS News:
Analysts: White House Panicking Over Elections — Say Dems Are Distancing Themselves From Obama, Angry Over Economy, Health Care Fallout — (CBS) With many polls indicating the Republicans may win back control of the House of Representatives (and possibly the Senate as well) …
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Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
Obama to seek extension of R&D tax credits
Obama to seek extension of R&D tax credits
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The Remmers Report
Jim Kessler / Washington Post:
To keep the 2010 midterms from repeating 1994, Democrats can learn from Reagan
To keep the 2010 midterms from repeating 1994, Democrats can learn from Reagan
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Blogcritics, GayPatriot, Power Line, Matthew Yglesias, Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
1938 in 2010 — Here's the situation: The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president's policies have limited the damage, but they were too cautious, and unemployment remains disastrously high. More action is clearly needed. Yet the public has soured on government activism …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Cynthia Tucker: Voter Anger Is About Racism - ‘Fear of a White Minority’ — Are you sick and tired of being called a racist because you don't agree with Barack Obama's policies? — If you are, you shouldn't read any further, for Cynthia Tucker this weekend claimed the voter anger …
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John Byrne / Raw Story:
Major Democratic donors shift donations to the right — If the temperature in Washington is determined by the smell of money, then this summer is very hot indeed. — The rich are not happy. — Major political action committees and employees of the nation's largest business empires …
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Houston Chronicle
CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP's midterm advantage is growing — (CNN) — With November's midterm elections less than two months away, a new national poll indicates that the Republicans' advantage over the Democrats in the battle for Congress is on the rise. — According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation …
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Barbara Surk / Associated Press:
Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle — BAGHDAD (AP) - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday.
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Mudville Gazette, Vox Popoli and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Lieberman: This generation will not see Middle East peace — Palestinian Authority is incapable of peace - but will not return to violence, says FM, calling for interim deal as substitute for final status agreement. — A peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians will not be achieved …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Bumper Sticker Insurrection — Spotted by a reader at the Grand Canyon ... Update: You know it is a really slow news day when a post about bumper stickers gets a Memeorandum thread. — Related Posts: — Bumper Stickers - The Series — Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Congressional Charities Are Pulling In Corporate Cash — WASHINGTON — Representative Joe Baca has achieved near celebrity status in his suburban Los Angeles district, as much for his record of giveaways — Thanksgiving turkeys, college scholarships, spare boots for firefighters — as for anything he has done in Congress.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
For G.O.P., Tea Party Wields a Double-Edged Sword — Christine O'Donnell, running in Delaware to be the Republican nominee for the Senate seat once held by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., is a perennial candidate with a history of financial problems, including unpaid taxes and a home in foreclosure.
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Liberty Pundits Blog and Daily Kos
WDSU-TV:
Jindal Staying Out Of Upcoming Senate Race — Governor: ‘Voters Can Make Up Their Own Minds’ — BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal said he's staying out of the upcoming Senate race between Republican incumbent David Vitter and his Democratic challenger, Rep. Charlie Melancon.