Yahoo! News: Elections

---

• What Obama Needs to Make a Comeback: Nothing Short of Luck (Time.com)
• Obama unveils tax deal with Republicans (Reuters)
• Obama committed to climate goals: Chu (AFP)
• (AP)
• Miller reports raising $241K since Alaska election (AP)
• Man gets 33 months for threatening Obama in poem (AP)
• House eyes funding for Dodd-Frank (Reuters)
• Obama, congressional Democrats to meet on taxes: aide (Reuters)
• Obama visits Afghanistan, says U.S. making progress (Reuters)
• GOP candidate concedes in NY state Senate race (AP)
• Obama: America faces new 'Sputnik moment' (AP)
• Officials review challenges to Emanuel candidacy (AP)
• Hearing set on Emanuel petition challenges (AP)
• Obama’s once-vaunted Organizing for America silent in tax cut debate (Daily Caller)
• Huckabee wants some respect (Politico)

What Obama Needs to Make a Comeback: Nothing Short of Luck (Time.com) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST Time.com - The coalition that got President Obama elected has been shattered. Rebuilding a politically robust alliance may be the biggest challenge of his career, and he will need happenstance and skill if he is going to get it done

Obama unveils tax deal with Republicans (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:24 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a compromise deal to extend all Bush-era tax cuts for two years, giving ground to emboldened Republicans who won big in last month's congressional elections.

Obama committed to climate goals: Chu (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:22 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama is determined to meet US commitments to cut down on carbon emissions despite an election rout at home, his energy secretary told climate negotiations on Monday.

(AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:38 PM PST AP - Obama says unemployment benefits will be extended 13 months under tax agreement with GOP.

Miller reports raising $241K since Alaska election (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - Republican Joe Miller has reported raising more than $241,000 since last month's Alaska Senate election.

Man gets 33 months for threatening Obama in poem (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST AP - A Kentucky man who acknowledged threatening President Barack Obama in a poem has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison.

House eyes funding for Dodd-Frank (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:43 PM PST Reuters - The House of Representatives is likely to vote this week on a measure that could fund the new Dodd-Frank financial-industry crackdown and other priorities of the Obama administration, aides said on Monday.

Obama, congressional Democrats to meet on taxes: aide (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST Reuters - Democratic leaders in the Congress will meet later on Monday with President Barack Obama to discuss efforts to pass legislation this year extending Bush-era tax cuts, according to a congressional aide.

Obama visits Afghanistan, says U.S. making progress (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama, in a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Friday, praised U.S. troops for their sacrifice and 'important progress' in a nine-year war that is increasingly unpopular at home.

GOP candidate concedes in NY state Senate race (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:18 AM PST AP - New York Republican Bob Cohen has conceded defeat to Democratic incumbent Suzi Oppenheimer after a recount of Nov. 2 election results in a state Senate race. Still Republicans insist they will control the New York Senate in January.

Obama: America faces new 'Sputnik moment' (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:53 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the United States now faces a new "Sputnik moment" and must respond with a new American vigor to global competition.

Officials review challenges to Emanuel candidacy (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:56 PM PST AP - In a crowded basement hearing room, dozens of people who don't want former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel to be Chicago's next mayor moved ahead Monday with their efforts to keep him off the February ballot. Other candidates dropped out or were kicked out of the race.

Hearing set on Emanuel petition challenges (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:46 AM PST AP - Chicago election officials are handling petition challenges in the mayor's race including more than two dozen objections to the candidacy of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

Obama’s once-vaunted Organizing for America silent in tax cut debate (Daily Caller) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST Daily Caller - One group has been conspicuously quiet during the debate over whether to extend all or some of the Bush tax cuts: Organizing for America.

Huckabee wants some respect (Politico) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:37 AM PST Politico - Dial down the deafening Sarah Palin buzz for just a moment: The most consequential decision in the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes could be whether Mike Huckabee decides to run again — and associates say the former Arkansas governor may well take the plunge.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: Elections To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610