Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Alaska judge rejects Miller appeal in vote challenge (Reuters)
• Liberian Election Schedule Proceeds Against Backdrop of Regional Tension (ContributorNetwork)
• Sanders Filibusters Tax Cut Deal, Bill Clinton Rallies for Obama (ContributorNetwork)
• In his element, Bill Clinton returns to White House (Reuters)
• Super Weird: Obama leaves Clinton to conduct White House press conference (Daily Caller)
• Bill Clinton endorses tax plan after Obama meeting (Reuters)
• Obama weighs effort to overhaul tax code (Reuters)
• Congressional Black Caucus comes out strong against Obama-GOP tax plan (Daily Caller)
• Anonymous donors spent $132M on 2010 campaign ads (AP)
• White House mum on Obama, Clinton agenda on Friday (AP)
• Obamas travel to daughters' school to attend event (AP)
• Obama urges China to free Nobel laureate Liu (AP)
• Obama says regrets Liu can't attend Nobel ceremony (Reuters)
• Haiti candidates move toward direct confrontation (AP)
• Pawlenty book launch takes him back to Iowa, NH (AP)
• The dirtiest word in politics (Politico)
• Obama to meet with former President Clinton (AP)

Alaska judge rejects Miller appeal in vote challenge (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 05:23 PM PST Reuters - Tea Party candidate Joe Miller lost a crucial battle on Friday in his legal challenge to the write-in re-election victory claimed by Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski.

Liberian Election Schedule Proceeds Against Backdrop of Regional Tension (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:50 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Liberia is preparing for 2011 election, but in the background another development could cause complications. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is reporting that fears in neighboring Côte d'Ivoire (also know as Ivory Coast) are driving 2,000 Ivorians, mostly women and children, to flee the country.

Sanders Filibusters Tax Cut Deal, Bill Clinton Rallies for Obama (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:50 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, has elected to side with Republicans and lead a filibuster on the floor of Senate.

In his element, Bill Clinton returns to White House (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:48 PM PST Reuters - Bill Clinton basked in the spotlight again at the White House on Friday, holding court with the press and trying to use his popularity to help the current Democratic president pass a controversial tax deal.

Super Weird: Obama leaves Clinton to conduct White House press conference (Daily Caller) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST Daily Caller - Obama leaves part-way through Clinton's remarks, saying he had holiday parties to attend.

Bill Clinton endorses tax plan after Obama meeting (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:24 PM PST Reuters - Former President Bill Clinton endorsed President Barack Obama's deal with Republicans to extend Bush-era tax cuts after the two men met at the White House on Friday.

Obama weighs effort to overhaul tax code (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 12:31 PM PST Reuters - Democrats and Republicans should begin a conversation next year about a broad overhaul of the tax code that would involve lowering rates while eliminating tax breaks for favored groups, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Friday.

Congressional Black Caucus comes out strong against Obama-GOP tax plan (Daily Caller) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 11:31 AM PST Daily Caller - Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) announced Friday that an "overwhelming majority" of the 41-member caucus opposes President Obama's compromise plan with Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax rates.

Anonymous donors spent $132M on 2010 campaign ads (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 09:59 AM PST AP - Independent groups that do not disclose the identity of their donors spent $132.5 million to influence elections nationwide this year, accounting for about a third of all spending by outside groups in the 2010 election cycle, a report released Friday found.

White House mum on Obama, Clinton agenda on Friday (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 09:11 AM PST AP - The White House is saying little about the agenda of the meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and one of the few people alive to have held his job, former President Bill Clinton.

Obamas travel to daughters' school to attend event (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 06:31 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are visiting their daughter Sasha's school to attend an event.

Obama urges China to free Nobel laureate Liu (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:39 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is calling on China to free Nobel Peace Prize recipient Liu Xiaobo (lee-OO' show-BOH').

Obama says regrets Liu can't attend Nobel ceremony (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:15 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he regretted that neither Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo nor his wife would be allowed to attend the ceremony in Oslo awarding Liu the Nobel Peace Prize and urged China to do more to advance democracy.

Haiti candidates move toward direct confrontation (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 03:31 AM PST AP - Haitians prepared for armed clashes and more days of flaming barricades as rival candidates called on supporters to take to streets and tip the balance in a sharply disputed presidential election leading.

Pawlenty book launch takes him back to Iowa, NH (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:02 AM PST AP - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to spend two days each in Iowa and New Hampshire during an upcoming tour to promote his forthcoming book.

The dirtiest word in politics (Politico) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 01:39 AM PST Politico - The naughty word is “triangulation,” and it does indeed sound like something that in some conservative locales might still be against the law, even if rarely prosecuted when practiced by consenting adults.

Obama to meet with former President Clinton (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 12:07 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama will meet with former President Bill Clinton at the White House on Friday afternoon.

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