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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.

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West Virginia U.S. Senate Republican candidate John Raese talks with supporters at the Hotel Morgan in Morgantown, WV, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 during a reception waiting for primary election results. Raese is running for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd's seat in the Special Election Primary. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)

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Associated Press photographs West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III (left), a Democrat, leads in polls for a Senate seat, but his GOP rival, businessman John Raese (right), has closed the gap. One analyst calls it a "race worth watching."

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "We can't wait until 2012 to start taking our country back," said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Republicans' best shot for pickups may be a string of governorships now held by Democrats across Great Lakes and upper Midwestern states, including Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa as well as Pennsylvania.

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Associated Press California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has spent more than $100 milllion of her own money on her campaign.

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Associated Press House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, cautions Republicans that repealing the new health care law would be easier said than done, even if they retake control of Congress in November.

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Australian independent lawmaker Rob Oakeshott speaks Tuesday as fellow independent Tony Windsor listens during a press conference in Canberra. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party gained the ability to form a government after the two independent lawmakers joined her coalition. (Associated Press)

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In this Oct. 15, 2009 ,file photo, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks during a press conference in Chicago. Mr. Daley said Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that he will not run for re-election. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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** FILE ** Andy Coulson, the director of communications for Britain's Conservative Party, speaks on the phone at Battersea Power Station following the launch of his party's manifesto in London in April 2010. (AP Photo/Oli Scarff, Pool)

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen (L), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force depart ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan meet in Kabul, Afghanistan on on September 3, 2010. UPI/Chad J. McNeeley/U.S. Navy

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Afghan protesters step on a U.S. flag during a demonstration against the United States, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Hundreds of Afghans railed against the U.S. and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce an American church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book on 9/11. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Workers march with flares during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. More than 200 street demonstrations were scheduled throughout France during the one-day movement. Civil aviation authorities asked airlines to cut a quarter of flights at Paris' airports, only two out of five fast trains are scheduled to run, and traffic was slowed on Paris' subway and suburban transport lines . (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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** FILE ** Protesters march in Marseille, France, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, to demonstrate against plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. The banner reads: "Fighting Together. For what we got, our future, our pension." (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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French Socialist Party secretary general Martine Aubry answers reporters during a demonstration Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010 in Paris. French unions challenged unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy with a major nationwide strike over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, cutting service on trains, planes, buses and subways. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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President Obama speaks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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This image provided by Simon & Schuster shows the cover of Bob Woodward's new book, "Obama's Wars". Woodward's latest investigative work will run 441 pages and show Obama "making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism," Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. The book is scheduled to go on sale Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Simon & Schuster) NO SALES

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS President Barack Obama rallies the crowd Monday in Milwaukee, where he proposed more spending to create jobs and berated the GOP as the "party of no."

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS AMONG FRIENDS: President Obama greets the crowd at a union-sponsored Labor Day rally in Milwaukee, where he announced his proposal to spend $50 billion on the nation's transportation infrastructure.

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**CORRECTS DAY** Georgia gubernatorial candidates Republican Nathan Deal, second from left, Libertarian John Monds, and Democrat Roy Barnes, right, face a moderator during a forum held at the Cobb Energy Center, Saturday, Aug 28, 2010 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)