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needs to come out swinging.</p><div class="dailyLnupFtr"><div class="dailyLnupCmnt"><div class="dlCmntTxt"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/03/campaign-2010-hill-dems-getting-steamed-at-obama/#addcomments">Add Comment</a></div></div><div class="dailyLnupMr"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/03/campaign-2010-hill-dems-getting-steamed-at-obama/">Full Story »</a></div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="dailyLnup dailyLnupRght"> <div class="dailyLnupImg"> <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/glenn-becks-attacks-prompts-white-house-defense-of-obamas-fait/" id="par19619195" title="" ><img alt="" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/8/684134/1283459647233.JPEG" width="203" height="163" id="img19619195" title=""/></a><span class="dailyLnupPrmTxt"></span><div class="dailyLnupCrd">AP / Getty Images</div></div><div class="clear"></div> <h3 class="dailyLnupHdln"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/glenn-becks-attacks-prompts-white-house-defense-of-obamas-fait/" rel="bookmark">Glenn Beck's Attacks Prompt White House Defense of Obama's Faith</a></h3><div class="dailyLnupBlgr">By <a href="/bloggers/david-gibson/">David Gibson</a></div> <p class="dailyLnupSmry">White House spokesman Robert Gibbs calls the president "a committed, mainstream Christian" after the talk show host suggests Obama embraces Marxist-tinged theology.</p><div class="dailyLnupFtr"><div class="dailyLnupCmnt"><div class="dlCmntTxt"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/glenn-becks-attacks-prompts-white-house-defense-of-obamas-fait/#addcomments">Add Comment</a></div></div><div class="dailyLnupMr"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/glenn-becks-attacks-prompts-white-house-defense-of-obamas-fait/">Full Story »</a></div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="dailyLnupCnt"><div class="dailyLnup dailyLnupLft"> <div class="dailyLnupImg"> <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/bruce-editing-fathers-peacemakers-breadbreakers-peace-talk/" id="par19618946" title="" ><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.politicsdaily.com/media/2010/09/israel-promo-saul-loeb-afp-getty.jpg" width="203" height="163" id="img19618946" title=""/></a><span class="dailyLnupPrmTxt"></span><div class="dailyLnupCrd">Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images</div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="clear"></div> <h3 class="dailyLnupHdln"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/bruce-editing-fathers-peacemakers-breadbreakers-peace-talk/" rel="bookmark">Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Begin as Both Sides Lay Out Hopes, Expectations</a></h3><div class="dailyLnupBlgr">By <a href="/bloggers/sarah-wildman/">Sarah Wildman</a></div> <p class="dailyLnupSmry">Amid hopes that past failures would be overcome, formal peace talks began Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.</p><div class="dailyLnupFtr"><div class="dailyLnupCmnt"><div class="dlCmntTxt"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/bruce-editing-fathers-peacemakers-breadbreakers-peace-talk/#addcomments">Add Comment</a></div></div><div class="dailyLnupMr"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/bruce-editing-fathers-peacemakers-breadbreakers-peace-talk/">Full Story »</a></div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="dailyLnup dailyLnupRght"> <div class="dailyLnupImg"> <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/01/stimulus-plan-in-hindsight-did-obamas-agenda-hobble-economic-r/" id="par19617880" title="" ><img alt="" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/8/683990/1283387179007.JPEG" width="203" height="163" id="img19617880" title=""/></a><span class="dailyLnupPrmTxt"></span><div class="dailyLnupCrd">Jim Prisching, AP</div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="clear"></div> <h3 class="dailyLnupHdln"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/01/stimulus-plan-in-hindsight-did-obamas-agenda-hobble-economic-r/" rel="bookmark">Stimulus Plan in Hindsight: Did Obama's Agenda Hobble Economic Recovery?</a></h3><div class="dailyLnupBlgr">By <a href="/bloggers/jill-lawrence/">Jill Lawrence</a></div> <p class="dailyLnupSmry">Obama's campaign agenda -- including clean energy and expanded broadband -- wasn't a very stimulative part of the recovery bill. But economists say that's not the reason we're still in pain.</p><div class="dailyLnupFtr"><div class="dailyLnupCmnt"><div class="dlCmntTxt"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/01/stimulus-plan-in-hindsight-did-obamas-agenda-hobble-economic-r/#addcomments">Add Comment</a></div></div><div class="dailyLnupMr"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/01/stimulus-plan-in-hindsight-did-obamas-agenda-hobble-economic-r/">Full Story »</a></div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="dailyLnupCnt"><div class="dailyLnup dailyLnupLft"> <div class="dailyLnupImg"> <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/colorado-gop-makes-last-push-to-get-dan-maes-out-of-govs-race/" id="par19619234" title="" ><img alt="" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/8/684140/1283460818797.JPEG" width="203" height="163" id="img19619234" title=""/></a><span class="dailyLnupPrmTxt"></span><div class="dailyLnupCrd">Ed Andrieski, AP</div></div><div class="clear"></div> <h3 class="dailyLnupHdln"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/colorado-gop-makes-last-push-to-get-dan-maes-out-of-govs-race/" rel="bookmark">Colorado GOP Makes Last Push to Get Dan Maes Out of Gov's Race</a></h3><div class="dailyLnupBlgr">By <a href="/bloggers/sandra-fish/">Sandra Fish</a></div> <p class="dailyLnupSmry">Some party leaders want to dump their gubernatorial candidate, who has been damaged by a series of missteps. He vows to stay in the race.</p><div class="dailyLnupFtr"><div class="dailyLnupCmnt"><div class="dlCmntTxt"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/colorado-gop-makes-last-push-to-get-dan-maes-out-of-govs-race/#addcomments">Add Comment</a></div></div><div class="dailyLnupMr"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/colorado-gop-makes-last-push-to-get-dan-maes-out-of-govs-race/">Full Story »</a></div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="dailyLnup dailyLnupRght"> <div class="dailyLnupImg"> <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/atheist-christopher-hitchens-vows-to-fight-religion-cancer-and/" id="par19618998" title="" ><img alt="" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/8/684112/1283451676679.JPEG" width="203" height="163" id="img19618998" title=""/></a><span class="dailyLnupPrmTxt"></span><div class="dailyLnupCrd">David Levenson, Getty Images</div></div><div class="clear"></div> <h3 class="dailyLnupHdln"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/atheist-christopher-hitchens-vows-to-fight-religion-cancer-and/" rel="bookmark">Atheist Christopher Hitchens Vows to Fight Religion, Cancer, and Deathbed Conversion</a></h3><div class="dailyLnupBlgr">By <a href="/bloggers/david-gibson/">David Gibson</a></div> <p class="dailyLnupSmry">But the polemicist recognizes the support from believers and atheists alike, though he wonders if he'll let everyone down in the end.</p><div class="dailyLnupFtr"><div class="dailyLnupCmnt"><div class="dlCmntTxt"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/atheist-christopher-hitchens-vows-to-fight-religion-cancer-and/#addcomments">Add Comment</a></div></div><div class="dailyLnupMr"><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/atheist-christopher-hitchens-vows-to-fight-religion-cancer-and/">Full Story »</a></div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="clear"></div></div><div class="allStories"><a href="/allstories/"></a></div> <div class="pdWkRvw" id="pdWkCntr"> <div class="pdWkRvwHdr"> <h3>PD WEEK IN REWIEW</h3> </div> <div class="pdWkNav" id="pdWkTbNv"> <ul> <li id="hdr_tab1" class="pdWkTbNav pdWkTbOn"><a href="javascript:void(0);">THU.</a></li> <li id="hdr_tab2" class="pdWkTbNav"><a href="javascript:void(0);">WED.</a></li> <li id="hdr_tab3" class="pdWkTbNav"><a href="javascript:void(0);">TUE.</a></li> <li id="hdr_tab4" class="pdWkTbNav"><a href="javascript:void(0);">MON.</a></li> <li id="hdr_tab5" class="pdWkTbNav"><a href="javascript:void(0);">SAT./SUN.</a></li> <li id="hdr_tab6" class="pdWkTbNav pdWkTbLst"><a href="javascript:void(0);">FRI.</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="tab1" class="pdWkTb pdWkTbSltd"> <div class="pdWkLft"> <div class="pdWkLftImg"> <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/01/republicans-lead-democrats-on-7-of-9-key-midterm-election-issues/"><img alt="House Minority Leader John Boehner. 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