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Yahoo! News: Elections


THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:30 PM PST

FILE - In this May 9, 1996 file photo, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., left, and Then-West Virginia Gov. Gaston Caperton, right, point across the new Toyota Motor Company's TM MV Plant as Toyota Motor Company's President Hiroshi Okuda, center, looks on during ceremonies at the site in Buffalo, W.Va.  Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File)AP - The lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese automaker to his state that he tramped along through fields as its executives scouted plant sites, and a congresswoman who owes much of her wealth to a Toyota supplier.


GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb.  6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.


Obama's health care summit: Just for show? (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:52 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb.  6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.


Clinton-era health aides push to save Obama's plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:59 AM PST

A woman is prepared for a heart operation at the University of Miami Health System in Miami, Florida in September 2009. President Barack Obama's attempt to cut health care costs, improve access to treatment and rein in abuses by insurance giants is on life support amid a shifting balance of political power ahead of congressional elections in November.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - Shock and awe. That's what survivors of the Clinton-era health care collapse are feeling as President Barack Obama's overhaul legislation wobbles in Congress.


Obama the scold (Politico)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:46 AM PST

Politico - For a president who ran on uplifting themes like change and hope, Barack Obama spends an awful lot of time scolding Americans about how he hopes they'll change.

Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:38 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb.  6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner.


Quinn: Ill. lt. governor hopefuls should speak up (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:08 PM PST

AP - Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the race because of revelations about his checkered past.

Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:33 PM PST

FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.


Pa. Special Election Likely in May (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:01 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - State election officials are looking at holding a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha on May 18, the previously scheduled statewide primary date.

Obama: Murtha 'tough-as-nails' leader (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:49 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says he was saddened to hear of the death of Rep. John Murtha and called his fellow Democrat a steadfast advocate for the people of Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years.

Latinos say their votes could tip 40 congressional races (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:54 PM PST

University of Texas student Roberto Flotte, left, and State Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, talk after Chavez gave testimony at a State Board of Education hearing on new social studies curriculum standards on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 in Austin, Texas. Chavez asked the board to require inclusion of more hispanic figures in the new curriculum.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Failing to overhaul the nation's immigration system, currently a backburner issue for Congress and President Barack Obama, could play a pivotal role in key mid-term election races in November, according to a new study on Latino voting patterns.


Obama Job-Performance Rating Drops Among Independents (Bloomberg)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:36 PM PST

Bloomberg - Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- More than half of U.S. voters who describe themselves as independents disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance for the first time since he took office in January 2009, according to a poll released today.

Ag Secretary pushes school nutrition plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:53 AM PST

This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.


John Murtha dies at 77 (Politico)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:50 AM PST

Politico - Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania powerhouse in Congress for 36 years and an early ally for Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her rise to the top of the House, died Monday afternoon as a result of complications from recent surgery.

GOP cool to Obama’s offer to meet on healthcare reform (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:12 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama has invited Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to meet him on Feb. 25 for a televised discussion of healthcare reform alternatives. Will this be the spark needed to get the administration’s top domestic priority moving again?

AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - New York Gov. David Paterson is lashing back at what he calls an assault on his character that includes accusations about womanizing and drug use.


Incumbents Pouring Funds Into DSCC (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:34 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee continues to collect big money from its members, despite a right turn in the political environment that has chased some incumbents into retirement and put others in jeopardy of losing re-election this year.

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