| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Obama to announce $50 bln infrastructure job plan (Reuters) | Reuters - President Barack Obama will announce on Monday a six-year plan to revamp the United States' aging roads, railways and runways with a $50 billion up-front investment to jump-start job creation.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 11:06 | |
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| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? (Time.com) | Time.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 7:10 | | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Tea party or establishment, GOP looks for gains (AP) | AP - In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 0:01 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Obama seeks to shore up support for Wis. Democrats (AP) | AP - President Barack Obama hopes to improve the fortunes of suddenly imperiled Wisconsin Democrats as he celebrates Labor Day with the state's union workers on Monday.
| | Sun, Sep. 5, 2010, 19:48 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Outside Groups' Campaign Expenditures Have Doubled (CQPolitics.com) | | CQPolitics.com - Outside organizations have shelled out twice as much on ads and other electioneering activities to affect Congressional races so far during the 2010 election cycle as they did two years ago. | | Sun, Sep. 5, 2010, 18:09 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Sen. Byrd's family denounces campaign attack ad (AP) | AP - The family of the late Robert C. Byrd blasted the GOP nominee for his U.S. Senate seat Sunday after he used an image from Byrd's memorial service in a TV ad attacking the Democratic nominee.
| | Sun, Sep. 5, 2010, 17:41 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Taliban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election (Reuters) | Reuters - Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to disrupt elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islamists.
| | Sun, Sep. 5, 2010, 16:34 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Election 2010: How bad is it for Democrats? (The Christian Science Monitor) | | The Christian Science Monitor - A consensus is building that Democrats’ chances of holding on to both houses of Congress – certainly with anything like the majorities they have today – are fast fading. | | Sun, Sep. 5, 2010, 12:39 | |