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    (Not to mention Republican recruiting successes for 2010 -- which has gone from a defensive year to an offensive year for the GOP.) "Mike Castle set up what could be the nation's most heated political race next year with his surprise announcement Tuesday that he will be running for the U.S. Senate ... The only missing piece for a political clash that could become the most expensive in Delaware history and attract wide national attention is whether Attorney General Beau Biden, as expected, will also seek the seat held until last year by his father, Vice President Joe Biden." Stu Rothenberg makes the Delaware seat "Lean Takeover": "Even if Attorney General Beau Biden (D) runs for the open Senate seat – certainly not guaranteed given the cordial relations between Castle a Full Article at ABC News
    Mike Castle set up what could be the nation's most heated political race next year with his surprise announcement Tuesday that he will be running for the U.S. Senate ... The only missing piece for a political clash that could become the most expensive in Delaware history and attract wide national attention is whether Attorney General Beau Biden, as expected, will also seek the seat held until last year by his father, Vice President Joe Biden.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
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The Note: Obama Seeks Middle Path on Afghanistan
  1. She's back and this time, she's here to stay. Cindy Sheehan says she is moving to Washington
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  2. Most of the endorsements came at the prompting of the White House political team. Each friendly statement was then immediately circulated and promoted by White House aides in e-mails and telephone calls
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  3. No one I talked to believes the President has made up his mind. But it sure sounds like he's searching for a middle ground -- a position that may not please anyone from the start. If that's the course Obama takes, can he make the case? Likely to be his biggest test yet.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  4. Opinion polls show that only a minority of Americans believe the battle is worth fighting, and much of that opposition is rooted in the Democratic Party.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  5. Democrats have found someone worth fighting in Afghanistan. His name is Stan McChrystal.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  6. I certainly do not expect any support from the GOP and it's backers. It would not matter if the President gave them 100% of what they want, they would oppose it.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  7. In campaigns, it is easy to issue policy papers; in government, you have to choose the policies. In Round One, the president chose stimulus, more troops to Afghanistan and a bold vision of health care reform. Now it's time for the much tougher, and potentially politically costly, decisions of Round Two.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  8. If you can't practice, you make a fool of yourself out here.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  9. The Senate Finance Committee has yet to vote on its bill as it waits for the Congressional Budget Office to assess the cost. And a group of eight Democrats whose votes may be crucial to final passage urged that the public be given more time to read new drafts of the legislation.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  10. I don't believe these other Republicans are going to be for it when they see the final bill that's being written in the back rooms right now
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago

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