Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Markets nervous as Australia faces hung parliament (Reuters)
• GOP candidate in Conn. hammers Democrat on honesty (AP)
• Obama challenges GOP on campaign finance ruling (AP)
• NY candidate: Prison dorms for welfare recipients (AP)
• Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president (AP)
• Senate Landscape Shifts Farther in Favor of GOP (CQPolitics.com)
• Chamber emerges as formidable political force (AP)
• Wyclef Jean excluded from Haiti's presidential race (AFP)
• Australia set for hung parliament as voters punish PM (AFP)
• Obama urges Republicans to name political donors (AFP)
• Polls close in Australian elections (AFP)
• Democrats hold financial advantage over GOP (AP)
• Wyclef Jean rejected as Haiti candidate (Reuters)
• Why John McCain isn't in more trouble for Arizona Senate primary (The Christian Science Monitor)

Markets nervous as Australia faces hung parliament (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - Australia's two major parties began wooing independent lawmakers on Sunday after an inconclusive election left the nation facing its first hung parliament since 1940, the worst possible outcome for markets.

GOP candidate in Conn. hammers Democrat on honesty (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:09 PM PDT AP - Richard Blumenthal's words are haunting him again. Already forced to apologize for saying he had served "in" Vietnam in the Marine Reserve rather than stateside, the state attorney general's campaign for U.S. Senate is now being challenged to explain his assertion that he had "never taken PAC money" and has "rejected all special interest money."

Obama challenges GOP on campaign finance ruling (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says Republicans should join him in opposing a Supreme Court ruling that vastly increased how much corporations and unions can spend on campaign ads.

NY candidate: Prison dorms for welfare recipients (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:19 PM PDT AP - Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in "personal hygiene."

Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 12:30 PM PDT AP - In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world's attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country — with little campaigning, no TV ads and zero debates.

Senate Landscape Shifts Farther in Favor of GOP (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 08:25 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - It's hit that point in the election cycle where the competitive nature of Congressional races are shifting rapidly. Unfortunately for Democrats, the overwhelming majority of those shifts are in favor of Republicans.

Chamber emerges as formidable political force (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 08:09 AM PDT AP - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending record amounts on lobbying and in key election races — elbowing into the nation's politics in unprecedented ways for the business community.

Wyclef Jean excluded from Haiti's presidential race (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:24 AM PDT AFP - International hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has been excluded from Haiti's November presidential election following a long deliberation by the country's electoral council.

Australia set for hung parliament as voters punish PM (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT AFP - Australia awoke to the prospect of its first hung parliament in 70 years on Sunday after a voter backlash against Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight weeks ago.

Obama urges Republicans to name political donors (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 03:17 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama Saturday urged Republican leaders in Congress not to block a bill aimed at reducing the role of big corporations and foreign entities in domestic elections.

Polls close in Australian elections (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:47 AM PDT AFP - Polls closed on Saturday in Australia's most populous states where the country's closest general election in decades is expected to be won or lost.

Democrats hold financial advantage over GOP (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:08 PM PDT AP - The Republican National Committee's $5.5 million in July receipts includes a $900,000 insurance payment, helping boost anemic fundraising by the national party.

Wyclef Jean rejected as Haiti candidate (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:17 PM PDT Reuters - Haiti's provisional electoral council ruled on Friday that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean did not meet a residency requirement to run as a presidential candidate in the nation's November 28 election.

Why John McCain isn't in more trouble for Arizona Senate primary (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The whispers in the spring were that Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presidential candidate in 2008, was vulnerable to an upset from the right when he sought reelection to the Senate this year. Now, in the home stretch toward Arizona’s primary election on Tuesday, such talk has largely faded.

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