Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Frustration with GOP leader despite expected gains (AP)
• Paul says victory would send message to Congress (AP)
• Pa. Senate hopeful rallies young voters at Penn St (AP)
• Motherhood generates talk in Okla. governor's race (AP)
• Same Hill leaders could emerge from voter upheaval (AP)
• Tightening Senate races give pause to upbeat GOP (AP)
• Obama dazzles Democratic crowds but is it enough? (Reuters)
• With 10 days to go, Ill. candidates pick up pace (AP)
• Will candidate’s remark on being gay affect voters’ choice in Colo. Senate race? (Y! News - Ask America)
• Palin: momentum of elections is with Republicans (AP)
• One Lobbyist on Track to Channel $2.5 Million to DCCC (CQPolitics.com)
• Portland, Maine, weighs letting noncitizens vote (AP)
• Vermont gubernatorial candidates to debate (AP)
• Iraq PM: WikiLeaks abuse leak designed to hurt him (AP)
• Obama launches rescue mission for top Democrat (AFP)
• Mortgage woes show Wall St reform crucial: Obama (Reuters)
• Tancredo, Maes attack each other in live debate (AP)
• In Wash., illegal immigrants canvassing for votes (AP)
• Bill Clinton races to help Democratic candidates (AP)

Frustration with GOP leader despite expected gains (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - In the most favorable political environment for Republicans in decades, GOP chairman Michael Steele ordinarily might be lavished with praise for leading his party to the brink of a historic triumph.

Paul says victory would send message to Congress (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:42 PM PDT AP - Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Rand Paul said Saturday that if tea party candidates like himself win on Election Day, they will have a clear mandate to balance the budget and bring federal spending under control.

Pa. Senate hopeful rallies young voters at Penn St (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:39 PM PDT AP - Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak urged voters during a rally at Penn State University to "fight for change" as he courted college students who may be key in his tightening race against Republican Pat Toomey.

Motherhood generates talk in Okla. governor's race (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - In her quest to become Oklahoma's first female governor, Democrat Jari Askins has amassed an assortment of professional qualifications: she's been a judge, a legislator, the head of a state agency, and a corporate attorney.

Same Hill leaders could emerge from voter upheaval (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - Change at the top? Not necessarily. Whichever party controls the House and Senate after the Nov. 2 election probably will install the same leaders whose policymaking helped bring about the sour economy, nearly double-digit unemployment and deficit spending that has led voters to call for fresh faces.

Tightening Senate races give pause to upbeat GOP (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - To understand Republicans' nagging fear that the Nov. 2 elections might not be quite the massive triumph that many have predicted, check out Pennsylvania's perplexing Senate race.

Obama dazzles Democratic crowds but is it enough? (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:22 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, dashing through the U.S. West to campaign for endangered Democrats, proved he still has plenty of star power but it's far from clear that's enough to rescue his party from an election disaster.

With 10 days to go, Ill. candidates pick up pace (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - With 10 days go to until the election, Illinois candidates picked up the pace on the campaign trail Saturday, trying to round up support from college football games to "get out the vote" rallies.

Will candidate’s remark on being gay affect voters’ choice in Colo. Senate race? (Y! News - Ask America) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT Y! News - Ask America - The U.S. Senate race is tight in the battleground state of Colorado, and, with less than two weeks before Election Day, it might not take much to tip the scales at this point. Recent polls show Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael …

Palin: momentum of elections is with Republicans (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 01:47 PM PDT AP - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is telling a jubilant crowd in Florida that the momentum of the midterm elections is with Republicans.

One Lobbyist on Track to Channel $2.5 Million to DCCC (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 01:07 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Utilities lobbyist Brian Wolff continued his high-dollar fundraising earlier this month for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, bundling $64,500 for the committee during the first two weeks of October and putting his cycle-to-date total at $1.96 million, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Portland, Maine, weighs letting noncitizens vote (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 08:32 AM PDT AP - Like his neighbors, Claude Rwaganje pays taxes on his income and taxes on his cars. His children have gone to Portland's public schools. He's interested in the workings of Maine's largest city, which he has called home for 13 years.

Vermont gubernatorial candidates to debate (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 07:19 AM PDT AP - In case they missed the first dozen debates, Vermonters will have one last chance to hear from the two leading candidates for governor at the same time.

Iraq PM: WikiLeaks abuse leak designed to hurt him (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - Reports of brutality and torture of fellow Iraqis at the hands of government forces threw the country's political scene into turmoil Saturday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attacking the leak as an attempt to malign him, and his rivals citing the documents as proof he is unfit to lead.

Obama launches rescue mission for top Democrat (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 03:41 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama has launched a last-ditch rescue mission for Democratic Senate chief Harry Reid, who risks taking a knockout punch from Republicans in mid-term polls.

Mortgage woes show Wall St reform crucial: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 03:11 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said the home foreclosure crisis underscored the importance of his Wall Street reforms, and he blasted Republicans on Saturday for "beating the drum" to roll back the regulatory overhaul.

Tancredo, Maes attack each other in live debate (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 09:26 PM PDT AP - Colorado gubernatorial GOP candidate Dan Maes and American Constitution candidate Tom Tancredo came out swinging at each other in their next-to-last debate.

In Wash., illegal immigrants canvassing for votes (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 08:26 PM PDT AP - When Maria Gianni is knocking on voters' doors, she's not bashful about telling people she is in the country illegally. She knows it's a risk to advertise to strangers that she's here illegally — but one worth taking in what she sees as a crucial election.

Bill Clinton races to help Democratic candidates (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 08:26 PM PDT AP - Bill Clinton, out of the Oval Office for nearly a decade and once considered a political liability, is campaigning for Democratic candidates at a pace no one can match, drawing big crowds and going to states that President Barack Obama avoids.

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