Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Democrats see Mass. message: Jobs, jobs, jobs (AP)
• Cindy McCain poses for ad endorsing gay marriage (AP)
• New political order tips against Obama to-do list (AP)
• Dazed Dems rethink entire strategy (Politico)
• One year in, hope harder to come by, Obama finds (AP)
• Michelle Obama asks mayors to help reduce obesity (AP)
• Palin and McCain will campaign again (AP)
• Obama, Dems consider pared-down health care bill (AP)
• Intel chief concedes errors in Christmas bomb case (AP)
• Obama sees "much better" economy this year (Reuters)
• Brown: Mass. victory sends 'very powerful message' (AP)
• Obama says US not going to take over Haiti (AP)
• Obama: will insist on consumer financial protection (Reuters)
• Democrats scramble for new healthcare approach (Reuters)
• New political order tips against Obama to-do list (AP)
• Democrats discuss pieces of smaller health bill (AP)
• After Massachusetts defeat, will Obama adjust or stay pat (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Massachusetts election stalls health care push in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Brown record doesn't always match everyman image (AP)

Democrats see Mass. message: Jobs, jobs, jobs (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:46 PM PST AP - Wounded in Massachusetts, frustrated Democrats on Wednesday urged the White House to focus on jobs and the economy — not the health care overhaul that's now at risk — and pressed President Barack Obama to more forcefully make their case against Republicans ahead of potentially disastrous elections this fall.

Cindy McCain poses for ad endorsing gay marriage (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:44 PM PST AP - Cindy McCain, the wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, has posed for an ad endorsing pro-gay marriage forces in California.

New political order tips against Obama to-do list (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:46 PM PST AP - Among the winners in the new political order: independent-minded voters and the upstart newcomers they favor, whether they drive pickup trucks or not.

Dazed Dems rethink entire strategy (Politico) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:40 AM PST Politico - Scott Brown has turned this town upside down.

One year in, hope harder to come by, Obama finds (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:18 PM PST AP - At 8:35 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2009, Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office for the first time as president, the hopes of the nation on his shoulders. He spent 10 minutes alone, soaking in the moment, then set about trying to deliver on the bold promises he had laid out in his inaugural address a day earlier.

Michelle Obama asks mayors to help reduce obesity (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:25 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama urged the nation's mayors Wednesday to join her in a campaign to reduce childhood obesity.

Palin and McCain will campaign again (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:11 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain plan to campaign together again. The Arizona Republican announced Wednesday that the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate will join McCain in Phoenix on March 26 to help campaign for his re-election to the U.S. Senate.

Obama, Dems consider pared-down health care bill (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST AP - Chastened by the Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and congressional allies signaled Wednesday they may try to scale back his sweeping health care overhaul in an effort to at least keep parts of it alive.

Intel chief concedes errors in Christmas bomb case (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST AP - The nation's intelligence chief on Wednesday conceded missteps in the government's handling of the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, but his comments about the failure to use a special federal interrogation team may have amounted to a misstep of his own.

Obama sees "much better" economy this year (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:13 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he knew there was frustration about the bank bailouts but he was optimistic about the prospects for the U.S. economy this year.

Brown: Mass. victory sends 'very powerful message' (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - Republican Scott Brown, fresh from a stunning Massachusetts Senate victory that shook the power balance on Capitol Hill, declared Wednesday that his election had sent a "very powerful message" that voters are weary of backroom deals and Washington business-as-usual.

Obama says US not going to take over Haiti (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the United States cannot afford to ignore the trouble in Haiti.

Obama: will insist on consumer financial protection (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would keep consumer protection at the heart of his proposed overhaul of financial regulation, despite suffering a serious political setback in the U.S. Senate.

Democrats scramble for new healthcare approach (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:54 PM PST Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders promised on Wednesday to push ahead with healthcare reform despite a stinging setback in a Senate election, but failed to agree quickly on a new approach.

New political order tips against Obama to-do list (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:48 PM PST AP - Among the winners in the new political order: independent-minded voters and the upstart newcomers they favor.

Democrats discuss pieces of smaller health bill (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:44 PM PST AP - Democrats began talking Wednesday about pushing a smaller health care bill that can appeal to the political middle through Congress, following the loss of their crucial 60th Senate seat in the Massachusetts special election. Here are elements that seem likely to be included and omitted, based on Democrats' remarks:

After Massachusetts defeat, will Obama adjust or stay pat (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama grappled Wednesday with the fallout from the stunning Republican Senate election in Massachusetts, a stinging loss that could drive him to stay the course in tough times — a la Ronald Reagan in 1982 — or tack toward the center and work more with the Republicans — as Bill Clinton did after 1994.

Massachusetts election stalls health care push in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:19 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system stalled on Wednesday — and could be scaled back substantially — as suddenly somber lawmakers struggled to absorb the aftershock of Republican Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts Senate race.

Brown record doesn't always match everyman image (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:18 PM PST AP - As he campaigned for the U.S. Senate from the back of his green pickup, Scott Brown portrayed himself as an independent-minded everyman and moderate candidate fighting the Democratic "machine."

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