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Tax on Rich will Pay for Obama Jobs Plan: Democrats

Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program, but the plan seems to be going nowhere in the divided Congress.
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'Whoever He Is': Joe Biden Doesn’t Know Van Jones

Van Jones was the environmental adviser to President Barack Obama and resigned in the wake of a controversy in Sept. 2009. Recently, he has been linked to “Occupy Wall Street” protests and has gained a worldwide attention with his call for an “October Offensive” against the Tea Party. However, it seems Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t heard about Jones.
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Democrat Wins West Virginia Governor's Race

Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin held on for a slim victory in a special election for governor of West Virginia Tuesday, narrowly preventing a third state special election embarrassment for President Barack Obama.
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Christie opts out of 2012 presidential race

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie dashed hopes on Tuesday that he might make a late leap into the 2012 Republican presidential race in a move that sets up a battle between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.
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Cain ties Romney for lead, Perry slides in CBS poll

Former pizza executive Herman Cain is now tied with Mitt Romney for the lead in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, while former front-runner Rick Perry has taken a steep fall, according to a CBS News poll released on Tuesday.
Singer Williams points into the crowd at a campaign rally with U.S. Republican presidential nominee McCain in Columbus

ESPN Pulls Hank Jr. Theme from Football Show

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song from its Monday Night Football broadcast in a rebuke to the country music star for comments earlier in the day comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler.

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