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Dem health bill
to get AARP backing

WASHINGTON – In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

An endorsement from the seniors’ lobby was critical when then-President George W. Bush pushed the Medicare prescription drug benefit through a closely divided Congress in 2003.

Ex-HP CEO Fiorina targets Boxer’s post

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer’s U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.

The former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO’s entry into the race could present California’s junior senator with her most formidable re-election challenge, but Fiorina first will have to survive what could become a scalding Republican primary against state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.

Palin book tour
to start Nov. 18

NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey is only the beginning for Sarah Palin’s book tour.

Starting Nov. 18, the day after Palin’s book “Going Rogue” is released and two days after she is interviewed by Winfrey, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate will make appearances around the country, from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Albuquerque, N.M., to Rochester, N.Y.

Other cities on her schedule are Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio.

– Wire reports

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