Both Parties Say Tea Party Hands Them November Wins (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Republican Senators on Sunday predicted widespread victories for their party in November, but Democratic Party operatives said they could keep their hold on Congress thanks to the same group of voters earning GOP praise: the tea party movement.
Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? (Time.com)

FILE - In this June 30, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama greets members of the Wisconsin National Guards 128th Air Refueling Wing upon his arrival at Mitchell International airport in Milwaukee, Wis. When President Barack Obama makes his third Wisconsin visit in a little over two months Monday, he will get a chance to shore up his base at a Labor Day rally in a state where his approval ratings are dipping and fellow Democrats face tough re-election bids. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)Time.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?
Tea party or establishment, GOP looks for gains (AP)

Delaware Republican Senate candidate, Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del. is seen at the Festival Hispano in Millsboro, Del., in this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)AP - In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate.
Speaker-in-waiting Boehner balances GOP factions (AP)

FILE - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, House Minority John Boehner, R-Ohio, participates in a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner could walk down most U.S. streets anonymously. But the perpetually tanned golf lover, who grew up in a Cincinnati family of 14, could become the next House speaker and the GOP leader of opposition to President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - John Boehner could walk down most American streets without turning a head.
Nevada GOP candidate faces copyright lawsuit (AP)

FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle holds a meet and greet at a home in Pahrump, Nev. It's still the economy stupid. And there's virtually nothing Democrats can do to change the reality before Nov. 2. Time has all but run out for President Barack Obama and his party, which had hoped for a big economic turnaround by the homestretch of the midterm elections. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - A company has sued Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, claiming she reprinted two Las Vegas Review-Journal articles on her campaign website without permission.
Grim outlook for US Democrats two months from vote (AFP)

House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson L) and President Barack Obama (R) arrive in Washington on March 20. Just two months before November elections, Obama's Democratic allies insist they will defy predictions of a Republican romp that could cripple the White House's still-ambitious agenda.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Just two months before November elections, President Barack Obama's Democratic allies insist they will defy predictions of a Republican romp that could cripple the White House's still-ambitious agenda.
AP Interview: Author leaving home next to Palins (AP)

In this Sept. 3, 2010 photo, Joe McGinniss, who is working on a book on former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, poses for a photograph at the home he's renting next to Palin's home in Wasilla, Alaska. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)AP - Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate.
POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie, GOP back Castle (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2009 file photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate, Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del. answers a question during a town hall meeting in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP - Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candidate's bid.
Prospects in Ohio Looking Better for Senate GOP (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Former Rep. Rob Portman (R) and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher (D) have been engaged in a spirited race for the open Ohio Senate seat since emerging from primaries in May. The contest has long been seen as a tossup, but with the trend lines having shifted toward Portman, CQ Politics is moving the race to the less competitive rating of Leans Republican.
GOP Maes stays in Colo. governor's race (AP)
AP - Republican Dan Maes, Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo are officially on the November ballot in the race for Colorado governor.
'Tea party' on a roll: Can Christine O'Donnell win in Delaware? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Following its recent upset win in Alaska’s US Senate Republican primary, the "tea party" movement is focusing on Delaware. There, the GOP is scrambling to head off tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell in her challenge to US Rep. Mike Castle.
Ex-NRCC treasurer pleads guilty to embezzlement (AP)
AP - The former treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling more than $840,000 from a variety of political committees, including an NRCC account for annual fundraising dinners with President George W. Bush.
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