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If the midterm elections were held today, the Republicans would have a decent shot at taking over the House of Representatives, Democrats themselves admit.

Across the country, midterm election candidates are infusing the airwaves with negative ads at a rapid rate and the pace could lead the 2010 cycle to produce a record setting number of fiery campaign attacks.

WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- Concerns about the federal deficit and the midterm election have slowed the annual appropriations process to a snail's pace in the U.S. Congress, observers say. United States - United States Congress - United States midterm election - Barack Obama - WASHINGTON

With the 2010 midterm election campaign heating up, Republicans are starting to worry that the looming release of George W. Bush's memoir, Decision Points, could drive voters into the Democrats' arms. The book is scheduled to come out a week after the November elections, but leaks and pre-launch interviews are expected to focus attention on Bush's presidency in the final days before the vote ...

President Obama's message to voters this election year is simple and full of populist zeal: Democrats are on the side of the little guy, not the Wall Street brokers, celebrities and chief executives. Barack Obama - United States - President - Government - Elections

A leak of classified military reports does not change the fact that voters remain more concerned about the economy and jobs.

WASHINGTON - She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is quick to say. Yet with an e-mail here and a kind word there, the first lady has dipped her toes into the political waters of the midterm elections.

DNC Chairman Gov. Tim Kaine talks about upcoming elections and the Tea Party movement on "Top Line." Tim Kaine - Democratic National Committee - Politics - Election - Tea

So Robert Gibbs was right. Remember the uproar the White House press secretary created when he said on national television that there were certainly enough seats in play for Republicans to take control of the House in November? House Democratic leaders upbraided him and expressed their anger to t... Democratic - Politics - United States - Election - Parties

With less than 100 days until the midterm elections, American voters would give the edge to Republicans by an 11 percentage-point margin if the Congressional election were today. Yet a majority doesn't think a Republican takeover of Congress would lead to positive change.