Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama: Health care anger not motivated by his race (AP)
• Obama plan aims to squeeze Iran, reassure Israel (AP)
• Political writer Irving Kristol dead at 89 (AP)
• First lady says US health care is unacceptable (AP)
• Deeds, McDonnell face online voters (Politico)
• Ex-CIA chiefs seek halt to interrogations probe (AP)
• Analysis: GOP embracing populist anger (AP)
• Just before G-20, report sees protectionism rise (AP)
• Bush Cabinet official target of corruption probe (AP)
• Report: Climate bill costs could be modest (AP)
• Obama: Race not "overriding issue" in criticism (Reuters)
• Obama's risky 'Full Ginsburg' (Politico)
• Obama in media blitz to push health care overhaul (AP)
• U.S. Officials Probe Federal Union Leader’s Political Actions (Bloomberg)
• Calling 2012 GOP hopefuls (AP)
• Ex-CIA chiefs urge Obama to drop abuse investigation (Reuters)
• In autumn of America's discontent, Obama's race is an issue (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Govt review: No privacy problems in cyber security (AP)
• CIA director: Karzai appears to have won (AP)
• Mudd: Kennedy recollection a 'fantasy' (Politico)

Obama: Health care anger not motivated by his race (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Friday that angry criticisms about his health care agenda are driven by an intense debate over the proper role of government — and not by racism.

Obama plan aims to squeeze Iran, reassure Israel (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration's revamped plan for a European missile shield is part of a broad new strategy for squeezing Iran.

Political writer Irving Kristol dead at 89 (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - Irving Kristol, the political writer and publisher known as the godfather of neoconservatism whose youthful radicalism evolved into a historic rejection of communism, liberalism and the counterculture, died Friday. He was 89.

First lady says US health care is unacceptable (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:24 PM PDT AP - Michelle Obama, speaking as a wife, mother and daughter — but not as a policymaker like a previous first lady — urged women on Friday to join her husband's fight to overhaul health care.

Deeds, McDonnell face online voters (Politico) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 01:50 PM PDT Politico - Less than a month before Virginians go to the polls to choose their next governor, Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds will participate in televised interviews and take questions from voters around the state.

Ex-CIA chiefs seek halt to interrogations probe (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - Seven former CIA directors asked President Barack Obama on Friday to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration.

Analysis: GOP embracing populist anger (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 12:54 PM PDT AP - Hello, fiery populism. Goodbye, fire and brimstone. One by one, before an annual gathering Friday of the religious right and other "values voters," conservative leaders blistered President Barack Obama's health care plan as socialism, warned of expanded government and derided bailouts of private industry as grossly unfair to taxpayers.

Just before G-20, report sees protectionism rise (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:22 AM PDT AP - The world's major powers are repeatedly breaking their pledges not to erect trade barriers, and there's no sign the "protectionist juggernaut" will ease as countries recover from the global downturn, an influential monitoring organization said Friday.

Bush Cabinet official target of corruption probe (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:56 AM PDT AP - The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether former Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton illegally used her position to steer lucrative oil leases to Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the company she works for now, officials with both departments confirmed to The Associated Press.

Report: Climate bill costs could be modest (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:48 PM PDT AP - The long-term economic costs of a climate bill being considered in Congress would be "comparatively modest" in light of expected overall economic growth over the next 40 years, according to a congressional report released Friday.

Obama: Race not "overriding issue" in criticism (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday some of the opposition he faced was because of his race but denied former President Jimmy Carter's charge that racism was a leading factor in angry criticism of his healthcare agenda.

Obama's risky 'Full Ginsburg' (Politico) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 03:51 PM PDT Politico - On Sunday, President Barack Obama will execute what might be called a Modified Full Ginsburg — appearing on five Sunday morning talk shows to make a pitch for health reform.

Obama in media blitz to push health care overhaul (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is sitting down for interviews with five television networks this afternoon, a highly unusual schedule even for a president who regularly uses the media to get his message across.

U.S. Officials Probe Federal Union Leader’s Political Actions (Bloomberg) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 03:06 PM PDT Bloomberg - Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Federal authorities are investigating whether a local union leader at a U.S. Energy Department laboratory improperly helped President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign on government time or using government facilities, the official’s lawyers said.

Calling 2012 GOP hopefuls (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - If conservatives are gathering, count on Republicans weighing presidential bids to do the same.

Ex-CIA chiefs urge Obama to drop abuse investigation (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:34 PM PDT Reuters - Seven former heads of the CIA on Friday urged President Barack Obama to end the probe into allegations of abuse of prisoners held by the agency, arguing that it would hamper intelligence operations.

In autumn of America's discontent, Obama's race is an issue (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:29 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In the pre-dawn hours of last Nov. 5, while much of the nation celebrated Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president, three white men in Springfield, Mass., doused the partially completed Macedonia Church of God in Christ with gasoline and burned it to the ground.

Govt review: No privacy problems in cyber security (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - The Justice Department has concluded that a beefed-up surveillance program that monitors federal employees' Internet traffic does not violate their rights or those of private citizens who communicate with them.

CIA director: Karzai appears to have won (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai appears to have won re-election despite charges of fraud and corruption in the vote.

Mudd: Kennedy recollection a 'fantasy' (Politico) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 01:10 PM PDT Politico - In a strange sequel to one of the most dramatic confrontations in modern political journalism, Sen. Edward Kennedy accuses former CBS newsman Roger Mudd of blindsiding him during the famous 1979 television special that featured the Massachusetts senator stammering on camera just days before launching his ill-fated presidential campaign.

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