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Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:11:57 GMT

(AP) - Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's nominee for Attorney General answers a question as she tesitfies before the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee during a confirmation hearing Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Trenton, N.J. Sen. Nick Scutari, D-Linden, N.J., who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, says the Republican governor's nominees will be thoroughly vetted but he anticipates all will be confirmed by the Democratic- controlled Senate. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:11:28 GMT

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (L) speaks with director Spike ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:04:32 GMT

(Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (L) speaks with director Spike Lee at the sidelines before the NFL's Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami, Florida, February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES)

Former Republican candidate for comptroller of Illinois and ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:19:22 GMT

(AP) - Former Republican candidate for comptroller of Illinois and director of a new reform group, William J. Kelly, holds a news conference on the questions surrounding Scott Lee Cohen outside Cohen's business, Royal Pawn Shop in Chicago, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Cohen, a political newcomer who won the Democratic nomination for Illinois Lieutenant Governor, said he has no intention of leaving the race after details emerged about his arrest for allegedly holding a knife to his former girlfriend's throat. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

A supporter of Illinois Lieutenant Governor Democratic nominee ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:46:04 GMT

(AP) - A supporter of Illinois Lieutenant Governor Democratic nominee Scott Lee Cohen walks out of Royal Pawn Shop before former Republican candidate for comptroller of Illinois and director of a new reform group, William J. Kelly, held a news conference on the questions surrounding Scott Lee Cohen outside Cohen's shop in Chicago, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:18:22 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, pumps her fist during her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor. There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday Feb. 4, 2010, in an aerial survey. Property taxes totaling $156.13 were paid on the land in 2009 — but that bill did not include anything for the structures because the local assessor didn't know about the new construction nearly 100 miles north of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)

Republican Senator Kit Bond, his party's senior member on ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:18:16 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Republican Senator Kit Bond, his party's senior member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, pictured in 2009, said in a letter to President Barack Obama that he was "deeply disturbed" by revelations in a Tuesday briefing about the Christmas bomb plot suspect.(AFP/Getty Images/File)

Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's bill would ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:54:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's bill would compel insurance companies, who often have the sole proof of the existence of Holocaust-era policies, to disclose the names of the insured.(AFP/File/Jose Cabezas)

The Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:15:08 GMT

(AP) - The Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H, questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4,2010, during the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget. Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. is at right. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

The Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:17:18 GMT

(AP) - The Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., right, speaks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4,2010, prior to Geithner testifying before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

FILE - Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:35:53 GMT

(AP) - FILE - Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, attends the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast, in this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo taken at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. A swearing-in ceremony was set for 5 p.m. Thursday for the little-known Massachusetts state senator who shocked the nation with his upset victory last month over a favored Democrat and put the 2010 midterm elections in play for a possible GOP takeover of Congress. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:37:45 GMT

(AP) - Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele takes questions from the audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Immediately after Sen.-elect Scott Brown's victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election Jan. 19, 2010, Steele said voters in Massachusetts had responded to Brown's 'message of lower taxes, smaller government and fiscal responsibility.' (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:37:35 GMT

(AP) - Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Cambridge, Mass. Immediately after Sen.-elect Scott Brown's victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election Jan. 19, Steele said voters in Massachusetts had responded to Brown's 'message of lower taxes, smaller government and fiscal responsibility.' (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:42:48 GMT

(AP) - Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Immediately after Sen.-elect Scott Brown's victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election Jan. 19, 2010, Steele said voters in Massachusetts had responded to Brown's 'message of lower taxes, smaller government and fiscal responsibility.' (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:39:16 GMT

FILE — In this undated file photo, State Sen. Abel Maldonado, ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:28:46 GMT

(AP) - FILE — In this undated file photo, State Sen. Abel Maldonado, of Santa Maria, Calif., is seen. Some lawmakers of both parties oppose the nomination of Maldonado, Gov. Schwarzenegger's choice for lieutenant governor. He has sometimes crossed party lines to provide crucial budget and tax votes, while at other times he has stuck with his GOP colleagues. (AP Photo/Courtesy Office of Sen. Abel Maldonado, file) NO SALES

The House Armed Services Committee ranking Republican Rep. Howard ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:21:22 GMT

(AP) - The House Armed Services Committee ranking Republican Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., raised the issue of President Barack Obama's plan to repeal of the U.S. military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3,2010, during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' testimony about the Pentagon's budget needs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The House Armed Services Committee's ranking Republican Rep. ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:02:02 GMT

(AP) - The House Armed Services Committee's ranking Republican Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., raised the issue of President Obama's plan to repeal of the U.S. military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' testimony about the Pentagon's budget needs, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2008 file photo, Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind. ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:27:48 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2008 file photo, Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind. speaks at Concord High School in Elkhart, Ind. In a recruiting coup, former Indiana Republican Sen. Dan Coats plans to challenge Bayh in November, Republican officials said Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, talks with House ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:43:10 GMT

(AP) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, talks with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., left, and the committee's ranking Republican Rep. David Camp, R-Mich., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Illinois Republican candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard is ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:14:43 GMT

(AP) - Illinois Republican candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard is joined by his wife Stephanie and daughter Emma, as he talks to supporters and notifies them that the race for Republican Governor in the Illinois Primary is to close to call on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Illinois Republican candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard is ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:14:22 GMT

Illinois Republican candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard is ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:14:03 GMT

(AP) - Illinois Republican candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard is joined by his wife Stephanie as he talks to supporters and notifies them that the race for Republican Governor in the Illinois Primary is to close to call on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Illinois Republican primary candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:03 GMT

(AP) - Illinois Republican primary candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard talks a phone call as he waits for the final vote tallies in a race that is to close to call in the Illinois Primary on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/ Jim Prisching)

Illinois Republican candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard arrives ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:10:59 GMT

(AP) - Illinois Republican candidate for Governor, Kirk Dillard arrives at the hotel to greet some of his supporters as he waits for the election results in the Illinois Primary on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

The Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:32:50 GMT

(AP) - The Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, to discuss President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska looks on at left. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C, left, ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:58:14 GMT

(AP) - House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C, left, and the committee's ranking Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, listen as Budget Director Peter Orszag testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget. At center is Rep. Kurt Schrader, R-Ore. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

The House Budget Committee ranking Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:21:39 GMT

(AP) - The House Budget Committee ranking Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., questions Budget Director Peter Orszag, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2,2010, during the committee's hearing on the President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

The Senate Armed Services Committee Republican ranking Republican ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:58:27 GMT

(AP) - The Senate Armed Services Committee Republican ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., questions witnesses Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, during the committee's hearing on the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from left, meets ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:07:02 GMT

(AP) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from left, meets with members of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget. From left are, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Jim Ryan speaks to reporters while campaigning for the Republican ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:45:43 GMT

(AP) - Jim Ryan speaks to reporters while campaigning for the Republican party's Governor's race prior to the primary election in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Jim Ryan speaks to reporters while campaigning for the Republican ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:19:07 GMT

(AP) - Jim Ryan speaks to reporters while campaigning for the Republican party's Governor's race prior to the primary election in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown, center, takes a photo with ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:19:50 GMT

(AP) - Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown, center, takes a photo with supporters in Foxborough, Mass., at the final stop of his three-day 'thank you' tour across the state Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Brown was elected Tuesday, Jan. 20 to the Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown, addresses supporters in ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:19:32 GMT

(AP) - Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown, addresses supporters in Foxborough, Mass., at the final stop of his three-day 'thank you' tour across the state Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Brown was elected Tuesday, Jan. 20 to the Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown, center, takes a phone call ...

(AP) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:48:12 GMT

(AP) - Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown, center, takes a phone call as he greets supporters in Foxborough, Mass., at the final stop of his three-day 'thank you' tour across the state Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Brown was elected Tuesday, Jan. 20 to the Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown, center, takes a photo with ...

(AP) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:48:04 GMT

(AP) - Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown, center, takes a photo with Sandra Curtiss, of Chatham, Mass., as he greets supporters in Foxborough, Mass., at the final stop of his three-day 'thank you' tour across the state Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Brown was elected Tuesday, Jan. 20 to the Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

President Barack Obama speaks at the GOP House Issues Conference ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:58:47 GMT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama speaks at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010, file photo Republican Senator-elect ...

(AP) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:56:17 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010, file photo Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown speaks during an interview at the Statehouse in Boston. On ABC's 'This Week' Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Brown said he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one. He went on to say that he disagrees with his party's position that the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion should be overturned. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl, File)

State Republican Sen. Richard Tisei, who is running for Lt. ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:45:20 GMT

(AP) - State Republican Sen. Richard Tisei, who is running for Lt. Gov. with gubernatorial hopeful Charles Baker, greets a supporters at their campaign kickoff event at Faneuil Hall, in Boston, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2010, file photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:51:06 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2010, file photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, share a light moment during the Texas GOP gubernatorial candidates debate at the WFAA Channel 8 studios in downtown Dallas, Texas. Come February eight months of primaries for party nominations get under way in House, Senate, gubernatorial and legislative races nationwide; in Texas the state's longest-serving governor is trying to fend off Hutchison, a Washington insider, in what may be the hottest GOP primary race . (AP Photo/Louis DeLuca, Pool)

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009, file photo, Sen. Arlen Specter, ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:11:40 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009, file photo, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., reacts to being acknowledged by President Barack Obama, who spoke National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Come February 2010 eight months of primaries for party nominations get under way in House, Senate, gubernatorial and legislative races nationwide. Specter, who ditched the GOP in 2009 to avoid a primary, finds himself in a race against Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak, who has grabbed the outsider role at a time when voters hate insiders. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:38:29 GMT

(AP) - Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, addresses the general assembly session of RNC's winter meetings being held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. GOP members from all over the country are attending the strategy session to better position the party for the mid-term elections in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Dick Wadhams, left, Lilly Nunez, center, and Mark Hillman, right, ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:31:14 GMT

(AP) - Dick Wadhams, left, Lilly Nunez, center, and Mark Hillman, right, national committee members from Colorado look on as Michael Steele delivers a speech during the general assembly session of the Republican National Committee's winter meetings being held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. GOP members from all over the country are attending the strategy session to better position the party for the mid-term elections in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Miriam Hellreich, National Committeewomen from Hawaii watches ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:30:25 GMT

(AP) - Miriam Hellreich, National Committeewomen from Hawaii watches a video presentation during the general assembly session of Republican National Committee's winter meetings being held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. GOP members from all over the country are attending the strategy session to better position the party for the mid-term elections in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Indiana RNC member, James Bopp, Jr. looks on during the general ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:28:50 GMT

(AP) - Indiana RNC member, James Bopp, Jr. looks on during the general assembly session of Republican National Committee's winter meetings being held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. GOP members from all over the country are attending the strategy session to better position the party for the mid-term elections in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Michael Steele, head of the Republican National Committee, opens ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:28:16 GMT

(AP) - Michael Steele, head of the Republican National Committee, opens up the general assembly session of National Republican Committee's winter meetings being held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. GOP members from all over the country are attending the strategy session to better position the party for the mid-term elections in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Bill Crocker of Texas a member of the Republican National Committee ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:26:38 GMT

(AP) - Bill Crocker of Texas a member of the Republican National Committee takes down some notes during the general assembly session of RNC's winter meetings being held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. GOP members from all over the country are attending the strategy session to better position the party for the mid-term elections in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Michael Steele, head of the Republican National Committee, opens ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:09:52 GMT

(AP) - Michael Steele, head of the Republican National Committee, opens up the general assembly session of RNC's winter meetings being held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. GOP members from all over the country are attending the strategy session to better position the party for the mid-term elections in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., asks President Barack Obama, not ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:09:47 GMT

(AP) - Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., asks President Barack Obama, not pictured, a question as he addresses Republican lawmakers at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, Md., Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., asks President Barack Obama, not pictured, ...

(AP) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:31:53 GMT

(AP) - Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., asks President Barack Obama, not pictured, a question as he addresses Republican lawmakers at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, Md., Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)