Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama says economy not growing fast enough (Reuters)
• Lincoln turns re-election bid into earmark defense (AP)
• Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors (AP)
• Obama commits to revival of Gulf Coast (AP)
• Obama says no magic bullet for struggling economy (Reuters)
• Transcript of Obama's remarks in New Orleans (AP)
• Tea party activists rally on Capitol Hill (AP)
• Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown (Reuters)
• Alaska's Miller Adopts the Tone of a General Election Candidate (CQPolitics.com)
• Campaign workers killed as Afghan violence spreads (Reuters)
• First family ends Martha's Vineyard vacation (AP)
• Charlie Crist keeps silent about siding with D’s or R’s in Washington (The Upshot)
• Dems' bright spots in foreboding election year (AP)
• Gunmen kill five in latest Afghan poll violence (Reuters)
• Beck rally signals election trouble for Dems (AP)
• Vitter, Melancon Score Primary Victories in Louisiana (CQPolitics.com)
• Sen. Vitter easily wins GOP nomination in La. (AP)
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• W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem US Senate nomination (AP)

Obama says economy not growing fast enough (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 05:51 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the U.S. economy was expanding but not at a robust enough pace and there was no "magic bullet" that will fix its problems.

Lincoln turns re-election bid into earmark defense (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is reminding voters — in dollars — of what's she's done for Arkansas during nearly 16 years in Washington.

Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he isn't worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim. "The facts are the facts," said Obama, who is a Christian. In an interview broadcast on "NBC Nightly News," the president blamed the confusion over his religious beliefs on "a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly."

Obama commits to revival of Gulf Coast (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 04:58 PM PDT AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause.

Obama says no magic bullet for struggling economy (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there was no magic bullet for what ails the struggling U.S. economy but urged steps such as passage of his small-business lending proposal.

Transcript of Obama's remarks in New Orleans (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 01:36 PM PDT AP - Transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks at Xavier University in New Orleans on Sunday, as provided by the White House:

Tea party activists rally on Capitol Hill (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:30 AM PDT AP - Tea party activists say they plan to hold politicians accountable in the coming elections for too much government spending and too little attention paid to the Constitution.

Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:31 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's message this weekend that Iraq would "chart its own course" may have been welcome news for war-weary Americans, but it has fueled anxieties about the future among Iraqis.

Alaska's Miller Adopts the Tone of a General Election Candidate (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - Republican Joe Miller is locked in a close primary in the Senate race in Alaska, but he sounded much like a general election candidate in a television appearance Sunday, discussing his stances on Social Security and federal funding for Alaska.

Campaign workers killed as Afghan violence spreads (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:17 AM PDT Reuters - Gunmen shot dead five campaign workers for a candidate in Afghanistan's parliamentary election next month, officials said on Sunday, another sign of rising insecurity as Washington prepares to review its war strategy.

First family ends Martha's Vineyard vacation (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:17 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has wrapped up his vacation on Martha's Vineyard and is heading for New Orleans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Charlie Crist keeps silent about siding with D’s or R’s in Washington (The Upshot) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 07:20 AM PDT The Upshot - The big question emerging in the Florida Senate race is: What does Charlie Crist want? Crist, the governor of Florida, quit the GOP this spring when an insurgent primary challenge from tea party favorite Marco Rubio seemed likely to thwart his shot at the party nomination. Now running as an independent, he's been peeling off [...]

Dems' bright spots in foreboding election year (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 07:02 AM PDT AP - John Carney of Delaware is a rarity in a campaign season of foreboding for Democrats, a practicing politician with a strong chance of winning a Republican-held seat in Congress. Not that Carney is interested in attaching any national significance to his race.

Gunmen kill five in latest Afghan poll violence (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:25 AM PDT Reuters - Armed men have killed five campaigners working for a female candidate in next month's parliamentary election in Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday, the latest attack amid growing security fears.

Beck rally signals election trouble for Dems (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 01:14 AM PDT AP - If Democrats had doubts about the voter unrest that threatens to rob them of their majority in Congress, they needed only look from the Capitol this weekend to the opposite end of the National Mall.

Vitter, Melancon Score Primary Victories in Louisiana (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:21 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Primaries in Louisiana today teed up what have the potential to be heated general-election matches.

Sen. Vitter easily wins GOP nomination in La. (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:07 PM PDT AP - Incumbent Sen. David Vitter has easily won the Republican nomination and will face Democratic primary winner Rep. Charlie Melancon (muh-LAWN'-suhn) in a U.S. Senate race in Louisiana.

(AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:03 PM PDT AP - Rep. Charlie Melancon wins Democratic nomination for Senate in Louisiana.

W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem US Senate nomination (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:52 PM PDT AP - Popular West Virginia Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin easily won his party's nomination and will face Republican primary winner John Raese (RAY'-see) in the race for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd.

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