WPTV: Republican candidate for Congress Allen West says a document sent to thousands of voters has his Social Security number on it. He blames his opponent, Democrat Ron Klein, and calls it an "unprecedented new low in American politics."

President Obama uses his favorite metaphor to criticize the GOP's economic policies. Obama says the GOP left the economy in pieces, like a car in a ditch and now they want the keys back. He says as the Democrats are trying to "pull" the car out of the ditch, the GOP is just sitting back and "sipping on a Slurpee." PREVIOUSLY:

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The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel says progressives should push the White House to go more to the left.

"I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents," former President Jimmy Carter told NBC News.

"I'm one of your middle class Americans. And quite frankly, I'm exhausted. Exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for," a woman told President Obama at a town hall. "My husband and I have joked for years that we thought we were well beyond the hot dogs and beans era of our lives, bu

Radio talk show host Mark Levin on health care reform: "Kill this thing before it kills us."

AFP: President Barack Obama dismissed suggestions Monday that his cerebral style and exotic background made it tough for him to empathize with the seething economic fears of heartland Americans. "I think when the unemployment rate is still high and people are having a tough time, it doesn't matter if I was green, it doesn't matter if I was purp

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is "confident" the Democrats will hold the majority in the House.

"We have a huge problem with jobs, we're two years in a major fiscal and monetary stimulus program and we basically created no jobs," Mort Zuckerman said. Zuckerman was a supporter of Obama's presidential run.

REUTERS: U.S. President Barack Obama will use his visit to the United Nations General Assembly later this week to emphasize to Iran that the "door is open" to them for international engagement, the White House said on Monday. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters during a telephone briefing that in order for Ira

"I think the Republican establishment in D.C. is getting spanked and deserves it," said Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas.

"It's time the American people won back the people's House for the common sense and the common values of this nation," Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said on ABC. Pence won the Values Voter Summit straw poll for president.

"Pick up your morning Washington Post and find out what Republicans are willing to bend on, this is like a holy jihad to keep the tax cuts going," Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE) said.

A new ad for Democratic Rep. Chet Edwards highlights how he voted against the health care reform law and cap and trade.

Republican Senate candidate makes light of comments. "I was in high school. How many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school?," Christine O'Donnell said.

The National Bureau of Economic Research says the economic recession officially ended in June 2009. CNBC's Steve Liesman reports.