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NPR poll: Republican midterm tide has crested - 2010 Elections News | Midterm Elections: Senators, Governors - Salon.com

NPR poll: Republican midterm tide has crested

A new national survey of battleground districts strongly suggests that the Democrats aren't quite dead just yet

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., speaks at a lumber yard in Sterling, Va., in September.

While Democrats must still expect to lose dozens of House seats and several Senate seats on November 2, the earlier trend toward a massive Republican landslide may have been arrested, according to the latest NPR Battleground Poll released today. Conducted jointly by Democratic pollster Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Republican pollster Public Opinion Strategies, the NPR survey of voters in 96 most hotly contested districts indicates significant narrowing of the Republican lead since the public radio network’s last midterm survey in June.

Daily Bruin :: Thousands of students attend Democratic rally where Bill Clinton, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom speak about importance of education

Thousands of students attend Democratic rally where Bill Clinton, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom speak about importance of education

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Former President Bill Clinton, along with Jerry Brown, candidate for governor, and Gavin Newson, candidate for lieutenant governor, lead the Vote 2010 Rally hosted by the California Democratic Party at UCLA on Friday, Oct. 15.

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Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown addresses a crowd of about 4,000

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown speaks on his stance at Dickson Court to UCLA students.

RAW FOOTAGE: Students stand in long lines for Bill Clinton

Long lines form as students wait to enter Friday's Democratic Rally at Dickson Court. Many students' reasons for attending to catch a glimpse of Former President Bill Clinton.

RAW FOOTAGE: Jerry Brown supporters chant during rally

Jerry Brown's supporters gather on podium to show their enthusiasm.

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Former President Bill Clinton, along with Jerry Brown, candidate for governor, and Gavin Newsom, candidate for lieutenant governor, lead the Vote 2010 Rally hosted by the California Democratic Party at UCLA on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010.

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[UPDATED at 9:24 p.m.: After 40 minutes of speeches by Bill Clinton, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom, about 4,000 attendees of the California Democratic Party’s Vote 2010 rally at UCLA filed out of Dickson Court.

All three speakers, introduced by Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa, emphasized the Democratic campaign’s focus on the importance of education in California, which they said differs from Republican goals.

Newsom, a candidate for lieutenant governor, took the podium first, lauded Brown as an experienced candidate with common sense who made the residents of Oakland believe in the political system.

Alyson Huber aims to continue work on oversight - Lodi News-Sentinel: News

Alyson Huber aims to continue work on oversight

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Posted: Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:00 am |Updated: 7:10 am, Sat Oct 16, 2010.

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Alyson Huber, D-El Dorado Hills, hates waste. If re-elected to Assembly District 10, her mission is to continue to bring accountability and oversight to Sacramento, she said.

In her first term in office, Huber authored two bills that would require audits and regular reviews for state boards and commissions. The state is financially strapped and needs fundamental reform, and Huber said she mirrored practices in the state of Texas in her legislation.

"We have to reform government and have a system that works," she said.

Year after year, the state faces budget problems, so the issue is structural, not cyclical, Huber said.

Q&A with Rahm Emanuel: His first Chicago interview :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: News

Q&A with Rahm Emanuel: His first Chicago interview

Q&A | Mayoral hopeful talks about his dealings with Blagojevich, his ideas for a 'fresh start' for Chicago and how he would work with the City Council

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October 16, 2010

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter

His conversations with Rod Blagojevich and the convicted former governor's chief-of-staff were captured on federal wiretaps, but Rahm Emanuel insists that all he ever offered Blagojevich was "thanks and appreciation."

He concedes that there may well be a "Stop Rahm" movement among some veteran Democratic ward bosses who favor a strong Council and weak mayor, but says he longs for a "fresh start" with more input and collaboration from the City Council.

For the first time since he returned to Chicago to launch his campaign for mayor, the former White House chief-of-staff agreed to an in-depth interview and answered every question posed to him about the controversies that have surrounded

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