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Atty. general bests other Dems in Mass.

USA Today - 37 minutes ago

A Republican with a record of winning in Democratic areas and a prosecutor seeking to be Massachusetts' first female senator face off Jan. 19.

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Senate Dems seek expansion of Medicare, Medicaid
San Jose Mercury News - Tue Dec 8, 1:43 pm ET
With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as part of a compromise that drops a government insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several lawmakers said Monday.
McDonnell criticizes GOP purity tests
The Washington DC Examiner - 2 hours 37 minutes ago
RICHMOND -- Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell warned his fellow Republicans Tuesday about the danger of creating an ideological "purity test" to weed out moderate candidates, a nod to the increasingly important role independents play in Virginia politics.
Health care debate heats up with Harry Reid's slavery remarks
Las Vegas Sun - Tue Dec 8, 4:11 pm ET
WASHINGTON — Perhaps a time-out for etiquette could be helpful in the health care debate, which opened this week with incendiary remarks and wild claims in a discussion that has already seen plenty of both.
'Slavery' slur at GOPers
New York Post - Tue Dec 8, 6:57 am ET
Republican foes of the president's health plan are just like those lawmakers who once dragged their heels to end slavery -- doling out the "same excuses" to wrongly maintain the status quo, the Senate's leading Democrat charged yesterday. "Instead...
Steele to Obama: Delay health care
The Politico - Tue Dec 8, 6:54 am ET
RNC chairman: Focus on lagging economy instead.
Chris Strouth Tweets for a kidney
City Pages - Tue Dec 8, 3:43 pm ET
When Chris Strouth found out he had kidney disease, he named his sickness Harold. It was a way to deal with something that might kill him, and the name was a lot easier to remember than IGA Nephropathy. Strouth has coped with Harold for about three years, but by last winter, his l...
'Santa' Palin comes early in Colorado Springs
FOX 31 Denver - Tue Dec 8, 10:38 am ET
She knows if you've been bad or good COLORADO SPRINGS - Hundreds of people spent a frigid Tuesday afternoon hunkered down with books inside the Chapel Hills Mall, but they'd likely all have waited just as long outside in the sub-zero temperatures for a chance to see Sarah Palin.
GOP rips Reid over slavery remark
UPI - Mon Dec 7, 8:14 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid upped the rhetorical tension Monday during debate on healthcare, invoking times of slavery and women's suffrage fight.
Baucus: Girlfriend merited US attorney nomination
Park Hills Daily Journal - Tue Dec 8, 1:29 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana’s U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is “highly qualified” but eventually withdrew her nomination.
L.A. Philanthropist Pleads Guilty On Bribes
The Jewish Week - Tue Dec 8, 1:20 pm ET
Elliott Broidy, a major philanthropist in the Los Angeles Jewish community and a major player in Republican fundraising circles, pleaded guilty to the felony charge of rewarding official misconduct.
Gjertsen’s death leaves a big void in Bangor
West Salem Coulee News - Tue Dec 8, 1:19 pm ET
With the death last week of Bangor Village President Rob Gjertsen after a long battle with leukemia, the community lost one of staunchest advocates.
CAL THOMAS: Bob McDonnell: New Face for the GOP?
The Indiana Gazette - Tue Dec 8, 12:13 pm ET
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's governor-elect, Bob McDonnell, may be the future of the Republican Party, if he can translate his substantial electoral victory into policy victories following his Jan. 16, 2010 inauguration as the state's first GOP governor in eight years.
News briefs for Dec. 8
The Danville Advocate-Messenger - Tue Dec 8, 11:25 am ET
Businesses planning first responders banquet
POLITICS ASIDE COLUMN
Queens Courier - Tue Dec 8, 10:38 am ET
Calls for party purity misguided A friend of mine who is a Republican Party officer recently wrote on the popular New York City Republican blog, UrbanElephants.com, to sing the praises of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and urge him to run for Governor or United State Senator next year.
Calls for party purity misguided
Queens Courier - Tue Dec 8, 10:38 am ET
A friend of mine who is a Republican Party officer recently wrote on the popular New York City Republican blog, UrbanElephants.com, to sing the praises of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and urge him to run for Governor or United State Senator next year.
Senate down to big obstacles
Contra Costa Times - Tue Dec 8, 12:45 am ET
n Abortion, public option still contentious issues as lawmakers haggle, bicker and trade barbs
Political fallout unlikely for Baucus
The Montana Standard - Tue Dec 8, 7:23 am ET
HELENA — Sen. Max Baucus' disclosure last week that he recommended his girlfriend as a possible nominee for U.S. attorney earlier this year may not cause him much political heartburn, a pair of political scientists said Monday.
Wyoming GOP to elect new national committeeman
KIFI Idaho Falls - Tue Dec 8, 7:17 am ET
Associated Press - December 8, 2009 7:15 AM ET CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Republican Party intends to elect a new committeeman to represent the state on the Republican National...
GOP hits Reid on slavery comments
The Hill - Mon Dec 7, 9:55 pm ET
Republicans attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday after Reid compared opponents of healthcare reform to those who opposed the abolition of slavery. Read more...
GOP sees brighter future in S.J. races
Courier-Post - Mon Dec 7, 11:15 pm ET
The Republican Party's days of putting benchwarmer candidates on the ballot in South Jersey may soon be over.