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Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, left, meets with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, after he made remarks at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Kaine was in Philadelphia to talk about the party's efforts for the upcoming midterm elections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

    Political Scene

    Arms cheating would backfire


  • Associated Press
California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has spent more than $100 milllion of her own money on her campaign.

    Election-cash spigots running at full blast

    Turns out politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry.


  • Political Scene

    A week after conceding the tight GOP primary to Joe Miller, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she's not a quitter and is "still in this game."


  • ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.

    Obama hits bump in road spending

    President Obama is not finding many allies in his latest call for bipartisan cooperation on new infrastructure spending and tax breaks, and even Democrats say nothing will get done in the two months before congressional elections.


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West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III (left), a Democrat, leads in polls for a Senate seat, but his GOP rival, businessman John Raese (right), has closed the gap. One analyst calls it a "race worth watching."

    Senate race in W.Va. unexpectedly in play

    In what could prove a sleeper race with national implications, some West Virginia Democrats say they are seeing signs that the state's Senate race could be turning into an unexpectedly tough and expensive battle.


  • Associated Press
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, cautions Republicans that repealing the new health care law would be easier said than done, even if they retake control of Congress in November.

    Health care fight likely to flare anew if GOP reclaims Congress

    If you thought passing the health care overhaul was messy, wait until Republicans try to repeal it if they regain power this fall.


  • Political Scene

    The Justice Department won't say whether the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BP's undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico is on its way to shore.


  • Ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne speaks to the press outside the Supreme Court building in Nassau, Bahamas, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against Lightbourne and former Bahamian Senator Pleasant Brigdewater, both accused of trying to extort money from US actor John Travolta, after the film star decided not to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)

    Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case

    A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain.


  • President Obama reports on the economy from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington as the latest unemployment figures are released on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Obama to propose $50B in infrastructure projects

    President Obama will announce on Monday a plan to spend at least $50 billion on long-term investments for the country's transportation infrastructure, another attempt to stimulate the lagging U.S. economy ahead of the November elections.


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