Obama to challenge Republican foes on economy (AFP)

US President Barack Obama, seen here on September 1, is traveling to Cleveland, Ohio, in a personal challenge to Republican House of Representatives leader John Boehner, who used a recent visit to the city to demand the president sack his top economic aides.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)AFP - US President Barack Obama Wednesday threw down the gauntlet to Republicans on the economy, as the lagging recovery and crippling unemployment threaten Democrats with a mid-term election meltdown.
Fewer Democratic candidates seeking Obama's help (AP)

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. in Washington. The days of Barack Obama traipsing the country in freewheeling campaign mode — with sky-high popularity serving as an asset to all Democratic candidates — are long over. And the White House knows it. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama doesn't go there anymore.
POLITICAL INSIDER: GOP voters outnumber Dems (AP)
AP - Looking for yet another sign Democrats are in trouble? Take note of who is showing up to vote in the primaries.
Democrats Face GOP Election Day Tsunami in House, Senate (Time.com)

FILE - In this April 5, 2010 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., speaks 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/Harry Hamburg, File)Time.com - There are still 60 days to go before Election Day but the smart money -- lots of it -- is on the GOP winning very, very big
Rep. Frank slams town hall foe in Mass. debate (AP)

FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2009 file photo, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Frank faces opposition in the Sept. 14, 2010 primary. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank slammed his Democratic primary challenger and former town hall foe for comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler during a debate Tuesday night.
New polls spell gloom for Obama's Democrats (AFP)

US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with a small boy on September 6, at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. New opinion polls Tuesday made painful reading for President Barack Obama's Democrats, cementing conventional wisdom that they face a pounding by Republicans in November's congressional elections.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - New opinion polls Tuesday made painful reading for President Barack Obama's Democrats, cementing conventional wisdom that they face a pounding by Republicans in November's congressional elections.
One-Seat Majority Is Democrats' Bottom Line (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - House Democrats have one goal, and only one goal, when it comes to Nov. 2: Hold on to a bare majority.
Obama proposed $50 billion to rebuild road, rails and runways (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Monday proposes a quick $50 billion boost in federal spending to rebuild roads, railways and runways — a move he says will create jobs and which Democrats hope will improve their election prospects in November.
Election 2010: How bad is it for Democrats? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - A consensus is building that Democrats’ chances of holding on to both houses of Congress – certainly with anything like the majorities they have today – are fast fading.
Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes (AP)

FILE - In this April 20, 2010 file photo, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Ohio takes part in a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances here in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections.
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.
New York Times Endorses Johnson Over Rangel (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The New York Times on Saturday endorsed one of Rep. Charles B. Rangel's four opponents in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary over the embattled veteran incumbent who is facing a House ethics trial later this month.
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