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Sen. Scott Brown showing a more moderate face (AP)

[ 10 Sep 2010, 9:24 am ]

AP - Sen. Scott Brown, once celebrated by tea partiers, has pulled the political equivalent of knocking over the china: He's displayed a moderate streak.

NH GOP Senate candidates in final primary debate (AP)

[ 10 Sep 2010, 3:08 am ]

AP - MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rivals for New Hampshire's Republican Senate nomination vied for the support of conservative voters Thursday night in a polite debate that yielded agreement on federal spending cuts, a reduction in size of the government and repeal of the health care law that President Barack Obama won from Congress.

Feingold labels himself underdog against newcomer (AP)

[ 10 Sep 2010, 1:12 am ]

AP - Sen. Russ Feingold calls himself the underdog in his re-election bid against a Republican challenger no one had heard of six months ago but who, like other GOP newcomers this year, is tapping his own fortune to start a political career at the top.

Palin backing O'Donnell campaign (AP)

[ 10 Sep 2010, 1:05 am ]

AP - Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed Christine O'Donnell's Senate bid in Delaware, hoping to give another tea party-backed candidate a final push to defeat an establishment favorite.

Angle courts wary Hispanics in Nevada Senate race (AP)

[ 10 Sep 2010, 12:17 am ]

AP - Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle's conservative views on illegal immigration and her limited outreach to Hispanics have done little to endear her to Nevada's largest minority group.

Two GOP-leaning groups spending $5 million in ads (AP)

[ 10 Sep 2010, 12:04 am ]

AP - More than a dozen Democratic members of the House are facing a wave of negative ads by two conservative, Republican-allied groups that plan to spend more than $5 million on advertising.

N.H. Could Be Next GOP Trouble Spot (CQPolitics.com)

[ 9 Sep 2010, 10:59 pm ]

CQPolitics.com - The nation's most competitive Senate primary Tuesday may be 400 miles north of Delaware.

Analysis: Obama has tenuous grip on Democrats over taxes (Reuters)

[ 9 Sep 2010, 10:51 pm ]

Reuters - Democrats in Congress are distancing themselves from President Barack Obama's push to let taxes rise for the wealthiest Americans, fearing it will further harm them in November's mid-term elections.

McCain, McConnell plead against Koran burning (AFP)

[ 9 Sep 2010, 9:37 pm ]

AFP - Two senior Republican US Senators pleaded Thursday for a Florida pastor to abandon plans to burn hundreds of Korans, warning the incendiary gesture could endanger US troops overseas.

Crist hit from left, right as he seeks the middle (AP)

[ 9 Sep 2010, 7:46 pm ]

AP - The Democrat says Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is a Republican. The Republican says Crist is trying to appeal to Democrats. Crist, pursuing a Senate seat as an independent, says he cuts things right down the middle.