Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama: 'No intention' to send troops to Yemen (AP)
• Senators: Punish US officials over airline plot (AP)
• GOP chairman says he has no thoughts of resigning (AP)
• GOP: Lott-Reid double standard (Politico)
• McCain aide: Palin believed candidacy 'God's plan' (AP)
• Romer: Employment key to curbing deficit (AP)
• Senators say Iran government may be on the ropes (AP)
• Senator: Pakistan army may go to North Waziristan (AP)
• Romer calls big bonuses to bankers 'offensive' (AP)
• Republican Chairman Calls for Reid to Step Down (Bloomberg)
• Reid: I'm not going anywhere (Politico)
• Top Senate Democrat to stay, despite furor over race remark (AFP)
• Obama Accepts Reid’s Apology for Racial Comments (Bloomberg)
• Flexibility seen on taxing high-cost health plans (AP)
• Steele Calls on Reid to Step Aside (CQPolitics.com)
• Schwarzenegger defends Obama's terror response (Politico)
• Obama's Wins in Congress (CQPolitics.com)
• Iran MPs criticize treatment of post-vote detainees (Reuters)

Obama: 'No intention' to send troops to Yemen (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:27 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he has no intention of sending American troops to Yemen or Somalia.

Senators: Punish US officials over airline plot (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:33 AM PST AP - As the Obama administration begins to address the failings behind the Christmas Day airliner attack, two senators said Sunday the U.S. needs to punish officials, correct security lapses and limit opportunities to join jihad overseas.

GOP chairman says he has no thoughts of resigning (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 06:34 AM PST AP - The Republican Party's national chairman says he's had no thoughts of resigning despite criticism of his first-year performance and controversy about his recent book that takes shots at the GOP.

GOP: Lott-Reid double standard (Politico) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:32 AM PST Politico - Top Republicans called for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to step aside Sunday — and accused the Democrats and the media of holding the GOP to a double standard on matters of race.

McCain aide: Palin believed candidacy 'God's plan' (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:29 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin believed that Sen. John McCain chose her to be his running mate in 2008 because of "God's plan," according to a top political strategist in the Arizona Republican's campaign.

Romer: Employment key to curbing deficit (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:48 AM PST AP - A top White House economic adviser says reducing the country's 10 percent unemployment rate is essential to reining in the growing budget deficit.

Senators say Iran government may be on the ropes (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:29 AM PST AP - Civilian protests in Iran suggest this is the beginning of the end for the government in Tehran, two senators now traveling in the Middle East said Sunday.

Senator: Pakistan army may go to North Waziristan (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:13 AM PST AP - A senator who's just visited Pakistan says Pakistan's military may be considering a move into the militant stronghold of North Waziristan.

Romer calls big bonuses to bankers 'offensive' (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:07 AM PST AP - A White House economic adviser says big year-end bonuses for bailed-out financial institutions would be "ridiculous" and "offensive."

Republican Chairman Calls for Reid to Step Down (Bloomberg) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:35 PM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele called on Democratic Senator Harry Reid to step down as majority leader over comments he made about then-presidential candidate Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign.

Reid: I'm not going anywhere (Politico) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:18 PM PST Politico - Senior advisers for Sen. Harry Reid say he won’t resign as majority leader over comments he made about Barack Obama — and that Republican attacks on Reid will give them the opportunity to solidify Democrat support by arguing that he's the victim of a partisan witchhunt.

Top Senate Democrat to stay, despite furor over race remark (AFP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:41 PM PST AFP - Embattled Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid vowed Sunday that he would not resign, amid calls from Republicans that he step aside following impolitic remarks on race.

Obama Accepts Reid’s Apology for Racial Comments (Bloomberg) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 09:30 AM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama accepted Senator Harry Reid’s apology for calling him “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one” in private conversations during the 2008 campaign.

Flexibility seen on taxing high-cost health plans (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:47 AM PST AP - White House economist Christina Romer is indicating a readiness to negotiate a proposed tax on high-cost health plans as a means of financing a health care overhaul.

Steele Calls on Reid to Step Aside (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:33 AM PST CQPolitics.com - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should resign his leadership post after a new book revealed that the Nevada Democrat made racially tinged remarks about President Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Schwarzenegger defends Obama's terror response (Politico) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:31 AM PST Politico - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says his fellow Republicans are wrong to attack President Barack Obama's response to the failed Christmas Day bombing of U.S. airliner.

Obama's Wins in Congress (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:29 AM PST CQPolitics.com - President Obama set a new record last year for getting Congress to vote his way, clinching 96.7 percent of the votes on which he had clearly staked a position

Iran MPs criticize treatment of post-vote detainees (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:01 AM PST Reuters - More than 145 people detained after Iran's disputed June election were kept for several days in a room of 70 square meters at a Tehran jail, including three who died, a parliamentary report was quoted as saying on Sunday.

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