UPSET IN OFFING? Polls show GOP nominee Bob Turner could pull an upset Tuesday in a special election in the heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District of New York. (Bobturnerforcongress.com)
After less than five months in office, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has fallen from favor among Floridians overall, a new poll found. A majority of Republicans still support him. (Associated Press)
This March 2011 photograph released by Patrick Kennedy, show Kennedy, right, with fiance Amy Petitgout. Kennedy, former U.S. Rep. from Rhode Island and son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, is engaged to be married to Petitgout, a sixth-grade public school teacher from New Jersey. No date for the wedding has been set. (AP Photo/Patrick Kennedy) NO SALES
DON'T USE THIS CAPTION 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line. FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, not shown, introduces Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., at Industrial Support Inc., in Buffalo, N.Y. Lee abruptly resigned his seat on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, after a gossip web site reported that Lee, a married two-term Republican lawmaker, had sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)
Rahm Emanuel discusses the mayoral race in Chicago after being endorsed by U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley in Chicago on Thursday. The state Supreme Court voted 7-0 to restore Mr. Emanuel's candidacy three days after an Illinois Appeals Court booted the Chicago native off the ballot. (Associated Press)
Sen. George Voinovich, Ohio Republican, speaks to a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. In a win for President Obama and his political allies, the Senate on Thursday passed a bill to create a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses. Democrats earlier cracked a Republican filibuster of the bill with the help of two Republicans, Mr. Voinovich and Sen. George LeMieux of Florida. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Associated Press Democrats are hoping to win the votes of Sens. Olympia J. Snowe (left) and Susan Collins, Maine Republicans, to pass a $26 billion spending measure that would help states and local school boards.
