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Yahoo! News: Elections


Paul says GOP shares blame for deficits (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Conservative Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul is seen at work in his medical office in Bowling Green, Kentucky August 3, 2010. Paul has attributed his upset of an establishment Republican candidate in the Kentucky primary election to the involvement of Tea Party activists. The midterms are still two months away, but already a lot of Tea Partiers are looking beyond the elections and working out where to go from here. Picture taken August 3, 2010. To match special report USA-ELECTIONS/TEAPARTY   REUTERS/Nick Carey/Files  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP - Kentucky Senate hopeful Rand Paul has chided fellow Republican politicians for contributing to the nation's budget deficit in a speech to tea party activists in his hometown.


Clinton in Ohio: Game films show Dems best choice (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:17 PM PDT

AP - Former President Bill Clinton has told supporters in Ohio that studying "game films" shows Democrats are best able to improve the economy.

Coast to coast, tea partiers promote their cause (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 03:19 PM PDT

People gather at the Capitol for a 'Remember in November' rally to express opposition to government spending, particularly bailouts and economic policies backed by President Obama and Democrats in Congress, in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Originally billed as a chance to reflect on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a series of raucous tea party rallies around the country on Sunday ended up focusing almost entirely on an event still to come — the Nov. 2 election.


Dem. strategists downplay GOP edge in recent polls (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT

AP - Two top Democratic strategists said Sunday that President Barack Obama has the nation moving in the right direction, downplaying polls that suggest Republicans have an edge heading into November's midterm election.

Obama hails 'vibrancy' of Turkish democracy (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his vote at a polling station in Istanbul. About 58 percent of Turkish voters approved a package of constitutional changes to reshape the judiciary and curb army powers, Erdogan said Sunday.(AFP/Bulent Kilic)AFP - US President Barack Obama hailed Sunday the "vibrancy of Turkish democracy" after almost 80 percent of voters turned out for a constitutional referendum.


Republicans set for big gains in November vote: leader (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 11:47 AM PDT

US House Minority Leader John Boehner, pictured at a Republican Party press conference in Washington in May 2010, says his party is set to make significant gains in November legislative elections, but calls regaining control AFP - The leading Republican in the House of Representatives said Sunday his party was set to make significant gains in November legislative elections, but called regaining control "an uphill fight."


New ballots bring new complications in New York (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:59 AM PDT

AP - Even the most jaded New Yorkers might consider this a recipe for chaos: New electronic voting machines are being introduced in the Sept. 14 primary. State and city budget cuts mean not enough staff has been trained to help voters use them. A glitch in the computer programming will let people mistakenly vote for too many candidates.

GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2009 file photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate, Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del. answers a question during a town hall meeting in Philadelphia. Christine O'Donnell line kicks with her tea party backers, who hope this display of irrational exuberance translates into votes in Tuesday, Senate primary. She faces the full force of the Republican establishment in her bid to seize the nomination from Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP - Arms linked, Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell and her conservative backers kick up their heels and clap to the strains of an original song with lyrics befitting a tea party.


Boehner’s ties to lobbyists under scrutiny (The Upshot)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:33 AM PDT

The Upshot - With polls showing that  the GOP has a shot at regaining control of Congress in November, John Boehner, the man who would be Speaker, is coming under increasing scrutiny, especially for his links to lobbyists. The New York Times fronts a Sunday piece looking at Boehner's "extremely tight ties" to lobbyists, who have contributed hundreds [...]

Gingrich: Obama guided by ‘Kenyan, anti-Colonial’ worldview (The Upshot)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:29 AM PDT

The Upshot - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has come up with a sure-to-be-controversial new theory about President Obama, telling the conservative weekly National Review that that president may be driven by a "Kenyan, anti-colonial" worldview. "What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [...]

Turkey's Erdogan scores reform referendum victory (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 03:08 PM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his wife Emine Erdogan enter a polling station to cast their votes in Istanbul September 12, 2010. REUTERS/Murad SezerReuters - Turkish voters strongly backed constitutional reforms on Sunday, handing a government led by conservative Muslims a new victory in a power struggle with secular opponents over the country's direction.


Boehner calls GOP House majority an uphill fight (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 06:16 AM PDT

AP - The top House Republican says it's an uphill fight for his party to regain a majority from Democrats in the November elections.

Obama allies, foes vie to redraw US political map (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 03:33 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama last month took a holiday at Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where redrawing of political boundaries in 1812 led to the creation of the word 'gerrymander'. Obama's Democratic allies and Republican foes are battling over a once-in-a-decade prize in November mid-term elections: power to literally redraw the US political map.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies and Republican foes are battling over a once-in-a-decade prize in November mid-term elections: power to literally redraw the US political map.


Colorado Senate hopefuls spar on Bush-era tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 10:31 PM PDT

AP - Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet said middle class tax cuts scheduled to expire in January should be extended, but he disagreed with his Republican challenger during their first debate Saturday night over tax cuts for the rich.

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