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Coakley airs Obama ad in Mass. Senate race

January 18th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Senate, Special elections
On the eve of a special Senate election in Massachusetts, Democrat Martha Coakley's campaign is airing a commercial featuring President Obama. The 30-second spot uses a clip of Obama's visit Sunday to Massachusetts. In it, he praises her work as... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6oMAOgXixVHGbvYDbc5jOrO8b5Q/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6oMAOgXixVHGbvYDbc5jOrO8b5Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6oMAOgXixVHGbvYDbc5jOrO8b5Q/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6oMAOgXixVHGbvYDbc5jOrO8b5Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/Gc7WNAsm4nc" height="1" width="1"/

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How long will it be before Attorney General Andrew Cuomo makes it official and announces he will run for governor of New York? The New York Times says it's inevitable. The paper reports today that Cuomo, son of former governor... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mjXWjpcnq9lnQdLS-qlKPJLzpg8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mjXWjpcnq9lnQdLS-qlKPJLzpg8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mjXWjpcnq9lnQdLS-qlKPJLzpg8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mjXWjpcnq9lnQdLS-qlKPJLzpg8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/2QGiUsjE6wE" height="1" width="1"/

Reid: Lieberman ‘double-crossed me’

January 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Senate
In a New York Times Magazine piece, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Sen. Joe Lieberman "double-crossed me" last month, when the Connecticut senator came out in opposition to the health care bill. Specifically, Lieberman opposed the details of a... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4azo2vTzJO7heAHi4pdCr5I8vNc/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4azo2vTzJO7heAHi4pdCr5I8vNc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4azo2vTzJO7heAHi4pdCr5I8vNc/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4azo2vTzJO7heAHi4pdCr5I8vNc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/PJ2X2AqhQcE" height="1" width="1"/

Today’s top political stories

January 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Governors, Health care, Obama administration, Republicans
How much did that hike to the Appalachian trail cost South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford? The Associated Press says $185,000 in legal fees, so far. Other top political stories in today's papers and online: USA TODAY: Outside groups are pouring... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tQuWqeLMygJao-XDEAulTVftM2Q/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tQuWqeLMygJao-XDEAulTVftM2Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tQuWqeLMygJao-XDEAulTVftM2Q/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tQuWqeLMygJao-XDEAulTVftM2Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/HKAZmyH-Yh8" height="1" width="1"/

Reid would rather re-tweet than retreat on Obama remarks

January 13th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Senate
USA TODAY's congressional reporter John Fritze just came across this on the official campaign twitter site of embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.: Please RT: Stand with @HarryReid: vote in this Wall Street Journal online poll! The Wall Street... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Jh6tKtRNxfV3AOYrlmB-bP5-nc/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Jh6tKtRNxfV3AOYrlmB-bP5-nc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Jh6tKtRNxfV3AOYrlmB-bP5-nc/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Jh6tKtRNxfV3AOYrlmB-bP5-nc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/iRcCtTF1Nhc" height="1" width="1"/

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Good morning. We're less than a week away from the Massachusetts' special Senate election, but midterm elections and 2012 are on the minds of political junkies, too. Things are heating up everywhere. Here's today's top stories. New York Times: Harold... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pe3eBgEidleMCT0ZwrgGkz7bGVY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pe3eBgEidleMCT0ZwrgGkz7bGVY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pe3eBgEidleMCT0ZwrgGkz7bGVY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pe3eBgEidleMCT0ZwrgGkz7bGVY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/_79_JaQXrgU" height="1" width="1"/

Today’s top political stories

January 12th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Congressional elections, 2010, Democrats, Republicans, Senate, Special elections
Tired of steroids, the Nixon tapes and the Leno-O'Brien late-night shuffle? Me neither. Here are some political stories in the news today: New York Post and New York Times: President Obama, New York Sen. Charles Schumer and Senate Majority Leader... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RMlB9SlgXAr8WptkWW84-hlQ8m4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RMlB9SlgXAr8WptkWW84-hlQ8m4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RMlB9SlgXAr8WptkWW84-hlQ8m4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RMlB9SlgXAr8WptkWW84-hlQ8m4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/tHc78IFzp8w" height="1" width="1"/

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January 11th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Congressional elections, 2010, Democrats, Republicans
Pete Carroll is out at USC, Jay Leno is back on the Tonight Show and Simon Cowell may be leaving American Idol. But what really matters is whether the Republicans can steal a Senate seat in Massachusetts. Today's top political... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TKoJTn4fvNimnofdfVKexEHKdLA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TKoJTn4fvNimnofdfVKexEHKdLA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TKoJTn4fvNimnofdfVKexEHKdLA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TKoJTn4fvNimnofdfVKexEHKdLA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/wwOOGO0aQGA" height="1" width="1"/

Today’s top political stories

January 8th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Congressional elections, 2010, Democrats, Governors, Republicans
Good morning. It's decision time for pols across the USA. (And you thought only NBC executives were facing tough decisions on when to pull the plug.) Here are some of the top political stories in today's papers and online: Philadelphia... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9X4aq4G7HW7b2UaKiZsJ-invvL4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9X4aq4G7HW7b2UaKiZsJ-invvL4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9X4aq4G7HW7b2UaKiZsJ-invvL4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9X4aq4G7HW7b2UaKiZsJ-invvL4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/rLkCogO6qD0" height="1" width="1"/

Today’s top political stories

January 7th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Congressional elections, 2010, Democrats, Governors
Some of today's top political stories: USA TODAY: The retirements of two senior Senate Democrats put the focus on the Democrats' big 2010 challenge: keeping a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. USA TODAY: The rise and fall of Sen. Chris... pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DtEdQ_jM7VBTYczO9KizuYMHCvs/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DtEdQ_jM7VBTYczO9KizuYMHCvs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DtEdQ_jM7VBTYczO9KizuYMHCvs/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DtEdQ_jM7VBTYczO9KizuYMHCvs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/Tfr6XMQ8WRY" height="1" width="1"/