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Politics - Democratic Party

• Anti-abortion group targets Democrats in radio ads (AP)

  AP - An anti-abortion group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents, among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to directly influence elections.

• Gibbs Defends Obama's Efforts to Help House Democrats (CQPolitics.com)

  CQPolitics.com - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Thursday defended President Barack Obama's track record of campaigning for House Democrats as new polling shows their party taking a nose dive.

  
  

• Dems accuse Fox News of bolstering Ohio candidate (AP)

  AP - The Democratic Governors Association has filed an elections complaint in Ohio alleging Fox News Network illegally helped a Republican governor candidate solicit funds.

• More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich (AP)

  AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.

  
  

• Top Obama ally: Democrats will hold the US Congress (AFP)

  AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies will defy glum forecasts of a rout in November elections and keep control of the House and Senate, one of the party's congressional leaders said Thursday.

  
  

• Union leader Trumka's bleak view under a Republican-led House (The Christian Science Monitor)

  The Christian Science Monitor - Democrats will defy convention wisdom and keep control of both the Senate and House in November’s midterm elections, predicts Richard Trumka, America’s top labor union leader.

• Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash (AP)

  AP - Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No. 273 slow going. Supporters and well-wishers keep stopping him.

  
  

• GOP will take over House, political guru Sabato predicts (McClatchy Newspapers)

  McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Democrats are likely to lose 47 seats and control of the House of Representatives in November's elections, a top political analyst says in a new forecast Thursday.

• AP-GfK Poll: Most attuned voters tilt toward GOP (AP)

  AP - Americans with the strongest opinions about the country's most divisive issues are largely unhappy with how President Barack Obama is handling them, an ominous sign for Democrats hoping to retain control of Congress in the fall elections.

  
  

• House Democratic campaign arm goes negative (AP)

  AP - Democrats' House campaign committee is starting its first advertising blitz of the fall election cycle Tuesday with a TV spot hammering Wisconsin GOP candidate Sean Duffy, one of several Republicans who are threatening to wrest an open Democratic seat.

• Dems' bright spots in foreboding election year (AP)

  AP - John Carney of Delaware is a rarity in a campaign season of foreboding for Democrats, a practicing politician with a strong chance of winning a Republican-held seat in Congress. Not that Carney is interested in attaching any national significance to his race.

  
  

• W.Va. gov. wins Democratic primary for US Senate (AP)

  AP - Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.

  
  

• Sen. Vitter easily wins GOP nomination in La. (AP)

  AP - Incumbent Sen. David Vitter has easily won the Republican nomination and will face Democratic primary winner Rep. Charlie Melancon (muh-LAWN'-suhn) in a U.S. Senate race in Louisiana.

  
  

• Democrats claim conservative group tax violation (AP)

  AP - The Democratic Party has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service complaining that a conservative foundation spending millions of dollars on ads in election battleground states is violating its status as a tax-exempt organization.

• 5 Economic Flubs That Will Cost Democrats Most (U.S. News & World Report)

  U.S. News & World Report - Get ready to rumble. The fall elections are going to be a shouting match over President Obama's first two years in office, with the Democrats likely to lose no matter how loudly they bellow. In addition to battling the usual midterm snapback, Democrats must explain a slip-sliding economy that's not responding the way it's supposed to after more than $3 trillion worth of government aid. Finally, an issue that makes politicians run from TV cameras.

• November election: Virginia race shows what Democrats are up against (The Christian Science Monitor)

  The Christian Science Monitor - Swept into office on the pro-Obama wave in 2008, freshman Rep. Gerald Connolly (D) of Virginia is fighting to hold onto his seat against a wave now favoring Republicans.

• Official tallying starts in Vt. governor's race (AP)

  AP - The tallying of votes in Vermont's too-close-to-call Democratic primary for governor is beginning, but it could take days to complete.

• Walden: Democrats Panicked Over Election-Year Economy (CQPolitics.com)

  CQPolitics.com - Charlotte, N.C. -- At a campaign stop here Wednesday, National Republican Congressional Committee Deputy Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) said Democrats' anxiety over jobs has reached new depths. That fear, Walden noted, was palpable in the party's response to GOP calls for the resignation of the White House economic team.

• A top Vt. senator claims victory in governor race (AP)

  AP - The Vermont Senate's top Democrat has apparently won the party's gubernatorial nomination, but the prospect of a recount loomed for a party that would prefer a united front in trying to win back the office.

  
  

• McCain wins Arizona primary, Meek victorious in Florida (Reuters)

  Reuters - Representative Kendrick Meek won Florida's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday and will square off against Governor Charlie Crist and conservative Republican Marco Rubio in the closely watched November 2 election.