Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama vows to fight for jobs in retooled message (AP)
• White House fights for Bernanke support in Senate (AP)
• Biden in Iraq to help ease pre-election tensions (AP)
• Clinton years hold clues for Obama (Politico)
• Leno featured comic at White House dinner (AP)
• Private sector union membership shrinks (AP)
• CEOs to Hill: Quit calling us for campaign cash (AP)
• Government posting wealth of data to Internet (AP)
• Stealthy effort helped GOP's unlikely Massachusetts Senate win (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Bank plan highlights Volcker's new clout (Reuters)
• Senate panel to hold hearing on Obama bank limits (Reuters)
• Feisty Obama: "I won't stop fighting for you" (Reuters)
• Obama receives custom-made football helmet in Ohio (AP)
• Mass. health model, not Obama's, pleases voters (AP)
• Biden in Iraq to defuse barred election candidates row (AFP)
• Populist Obama vows never to quit the fight (AFP)
• Supreme Court Campaign-Finance Ruling: Big Business Win? (Time.com)
• Primary Weighs Heavy for Dems in Michigan Governor Race (Time.com)

Obama vows to fight for jobs in retooled message (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:02 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama tried to revive his battered agenda and rally despondent Democrats on Friday with a renewed emphasis on jobs. His visit to this struggling Rust Belt city capped a tough first-anniversary week for a presidency that suffered jolts at the hands of Massachusetts voters and the Supreme Court.

White House fights for Bernanke support in Senate (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:22 PM PST AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced mounting Senate opposition for another four-year term Friday, and the White House worked aggressively to keep his nomination afloat.

Biden in Iraq to help ease pre-election tensions (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden brought Washington's concerns about Iraqi political tensions directly to leaders in Baghdad on Friday, but officials appeared to leave little room for outside mediation over whether to ban hundreds of election candidates for suspected links to Saddam Hussein's regime.

Clinton years hold clues for Obama (Politico) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:56 PM PST Politico - WWCD: What Would Clinton Do?

Leno featured comic at White House dinner (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:47 PM PST AP - Late-night comic Jay Leno is the featured entertainer at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington.

Private sector union membership shrinks (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:21 PM PST AP - The number of union workers employed by the government for the first time outnumbered union ranks in the private sector last year, the result of massive layoffs that plunged the rate of private sector union membership to a record low.

CEOs to Hill: Quit calling us for campaign cash (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:08 AM PST AP - Dozens of current and former corporate executives have a message for Congress: Quit hitting us up for campaign cash.

Government posting wealth of data to Internet (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:28 AM PST AP - The Obama administration on Friday is posting to the Internet a wealth of government data from all Cabinet-level departments, on topics ranging from child car seats to Medicare services.

Stealthy effort helped GOP's unlikely Massachusetts Senate win (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:36 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _The stunning Republican come-from-behind victory in Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election wasn't entirely a shock to Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Bank plan highlights Volcker's new clout (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:14 PM PST Reuters - When U.S. President Barack Obama launched a fight with Wall Street by announcing a new plan to limit banks' size, the man standing at his side was former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

Senate panel to hold hearing on Obama bank limits (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:10 PM PST Reuters - The Senate Banking Committee intends to hold a hearing on President Barack Obama's proposals to limit banks' risk taking, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

Feisty Obama: "I won't stop fighting for you" (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama rejected criticism that he has spent too little time trying to generate jobs and vowed to keep working on healthcare in a speech that showed a feisty tone at the end of a tough week.

Obama receives custom-made football helmet in Ohio (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:40 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has received a custom-made football helmet while touring a sports equipment plant in Ohio.

Mass. health model, not Obama's, pleases voters (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:37 PM PST AP - When Mary Foote cast her ballot in this week's special Senate election, she was thinking about how the national health care bill strayed too far from the Massachusetts model and would force her to shoulder the financial burden of expanding health care in the other 49 states.

Biden in Iraq to defuse barred election candidates row (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Friday on a mission aimed at defusing a political crisis after hundreds of candidates allegedly linked to Saddam Hussein were barred from March elections.

Populist Obama vows never to quit the fight (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama Friday vowed he would "never stop fighting" for struggling Americans, in a fiery political counter-attack meant to mend Democratic morale and his frayed bond with voters.

Supreme Court Campaign-Finance Ruling: Big Business Win? (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST Time.com - Depending on which opinion in the campaign-finance case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission you prefer, the Supreme Court either struck a blow for the First Amendment or sold American politics into bondage to corporations

Primary Weighs Heavy for Dems in Michigan Governor Race (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST Time.com - The party may choose between two business-minded candidates as a big election year for governors across the nation takes shape

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