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Democratic senators are donating generously to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid but his biggest contributor is the one who often gives him a serious case of heartburn – Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.). (more)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican who has broken ranks in the past with the GOP, gave Democrat Joe Sestak his second major endorsement from moderates in a week in his bid for a hotly contested Senate seat in Pennsylvania. (more)

Former President Bill Clinton this week denied any role in trying to lure Rep. Joe Sestak out of the Senate primary against establishment-backed Sen. Arlen Specter, an assertion that undermines a White House explanation of a controversy that left egg on the face of President Obama. (more)

The Delaware Republican primary is boiling down to one issue: Who will be able to beat the Democrat opponent? (more)

Primary elections in Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota and Connecticut on Tuesday will provide perhaps the best snapshot of the electorate’s mood since May 18, when Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter was ousted in a Democratic primary and Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln was forced into a runoff by Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. Here’s POLITICO’s guide on the top races to watch. (more)

DENVER (AP) — In an election year already notable for anti-establishment fervor and spoiler candidates, nothing beats Colorado’s political circus. (more)

Democratic leaders are pushing departing lawmakers to turn over their war chests to help the party retain control of Congress, but in some cases are getting a stiff-arm. (more)

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Kelly Ayotte, the tough former prosecutor and wife of an Iraq war vet, seemed to be on a glide path to the Republican nomination in New Hampshire and perhaps the Senate. (more)

“Good morning and welcome to the GOP Presidential Airlines check-in desk.  Ah, Governor Mitch Daniels.  You’re on quite a roll here, with all your budget-cutting and union-busting.” (more)

MEDIA, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Sestak — a son of the Philadelphia suburbs — needs the independent voters in his backyard as he campaigns for a Senate seat in a swing state that may tilt Republican this year. (more)

Sources tell ABC News that Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pennsylvania, has informed the White House that he would like to consider remaining in public service after his Senate term ends at the end of this session, and White House officials are keeping an open mind about possible job openings for him. (more)

It’s that time of year when postcards from traveling friends and family arrive in our mailbox with pretty pictures of beaches and mountains and captions like “Land of a thousand lakes” or “We do everything big in Texas” under the photo of a giant cowboy. On the back of the card usually a few scribbled thoughts like “Wish you here.” (more)

In what turned into a heated exchange Thursday between Sen. Arlen Specter and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, Pennsylvania’s lame duck Democrat showed he would have nothing of her (non)answers to his questions about how members of the court should review the constitutionality of legislation. (more)

As the Senate Judiciary Committee continues hearings on Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court, a number of the Court’s critics, most prominently Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), are using the opportunity to castigate the “judicial activism” of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. (more)

“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”  It’s almost as if Thomas Jefferson could see November 2010 coming. (more)

If the Obama White House believes the controversy surrounding the administrations engagement with Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) will “go gently into that goodnight,” they are sorely mistaken. The more we Americans learn of the affair, the more questions we have. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebuffed before, Republicans are renewing demands for a Justice Department investigation into White House dealmaking in two Senate races. The Obama administration says it’s broken no laws, but Republicans aren’t taking its word. (more)

One week ago, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs spoke to reporters on Air Force One as President Obama flew to Chicago after visiting the Gulf Coast to survey the oil spill response. The very first question Gibbs faced was what the president thought of attempts by top aides to lure Democrat Joe Sestak out of the Senate primary in Pennsylvania. (more)

President Obama complained recently that he had endured the toughest 18 months as a president of any since the Great Depression. (more)

“There is a cancer on the presidency. It has been growing daily for the past three months. It’s compounding, it grows geometrically now because it compounds itself. And there is no assurance that it won’t bust.”  (more)