Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama defends his Gulf spill response (AP)
• Outside groups win outsized influence in primaries (AP)
• Helen Thomas ends White House career amid uproar (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Dueling over debit card fees (AP)
• Dems drill campaign foes over BP (Politico)
• Rand Paul breaks silence with talk show interview (AP)
• Senate candidates make pitches before Ark. runoff (AP)
• AP Essay: Gov't flunks test of trust in Gulf (AP)
• Republicans ask: Who can beat Sen. Harry Reid? (AP)
• Obama says US will bounce back from oil crisis (AP)
• Obama, recalling hard-partying youth, exhorts graduates (Reuters)
• Progressives criticize White House, Democrats (AP)
• Obama discusses health care (AP)
• Obama to high school grads: 'Don't make excuses' (AP)
• Super Tuesday Election: Nine Races to Watch (Time.com)
• Gulf rig widows urge repeal of high seas death law (AP)
• No excuses, Obama will tell Michigan grads (The Newsroom)
• US military detains soldier linked to Iraq video (AP)
• Adm. Allen: Face of fed's response to oil tragedy (AP)
• Helen Thomas retires in flap over Israel remarks (AP)

Obama defends his Gulf spill response (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:36 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he's been talking closely to Gulf Coast fishermen and experts on BP's catastrophic oil spill not for academic reasons but "so I know whose ass to kick."

Outside groups win outsized influence in primaries (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:08 PM PDT AP - In Arkansas, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln struggles against a flood of labor money. In Nevada, Republican senatorial hopeful Sharron Angle benefits from a conservative combination of the Tea Party Express and Club for Growth.

Helen Thomas ends White House career amid uproar (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT AP - Helen Thomas, the opinionated White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill 10 presidents and often exasperate them, lost her storied perch Monday in a flap over calling on Israelis to get "out of Palestine."

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Dueling over debit card fees (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - Swipe your debit card at the supermarket and you've placed yourself at the heart of a contentious congressional debate.

Dems drill campaign foes over BP (Politico) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:10 AM PDT Politico - Democratic candidates in a handful of pivotal Senate races have seized on the Gulf oil disaster to go on offense against their Republican opponents, painting them as tools of BP and other firms responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Rand Paul breaks silence with talk show interview (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:26 PM PDT AP - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul said Monday that Washington lawmakers are showing no consideration for future generations with deficit spending that is passing an "enormous burden of debt" on to America's children and grandchildren.

Senate candidates make pitches before Ark. runoff (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - Sen. Blanche Lincoln returned Monday to the area where she launched her political career while her labor-backed opponent, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, greeted plant workers a day before a Democratic runoff election that could end Lincoln's tenure.

AP Essay: Gov't flunks test of trust in Gulf (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:36 AM PDT AP - Nobody led.

Republicans ask: Who can beat Sen. Harry Reid? (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:29 PM PDT AP - Republican Beatrice Vibal says Sen. Harry Reid has got to go. But the means to that end is another matter.

Obama says US will bounce back from oil crisis (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans on Monday that the Gulf Coast would "bounce back" from the worst oil spill in the nation's history, but not without time, effort and reimbursement from BP.

Obama, recalling hard-partying youth, exhorts graduates (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:36 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama recalled youthful indiscretions on Monday as he urged graduating high schoolers to work hard, persevere and spurn the instant gratification offered by technology and reality TV.

Progressives criticize White House, Democrats (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT AP - Progressive activists who helped elect Barack Obama president complained on Monday that the administration and congressional Democrats have been too timid and too willing to compromise.

Obama discusses health care (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:21 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama takes a short trip to suburban Maryland on Tuesday to talk with senior citizens.

Obama to high school grads: 'Don't make excuses' (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - Don't mimic Washington by making excuses, President Barack Obama advised graduating high school students on Monday night as he urged them to take responsibility for failure as well as success.

Super Tuesday Election: Nine Races to Watch (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:55 PM PDT Time.com - Voters in 11 states will go to the polls on Tuesday to pick which Republicans and Democrats they'd like to see slug it out in November

Gulf rig widows urge repeal of high seas death law (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - Members of Congress vowed Monday to amend a 90-year-old law that limits the amount of money survivors can recover in the deaths of family members killed in the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion.

No excuses, Obama will tell Michigan grads (The Newsroom) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:10 PM PDT The Newsroom - Against the backdrop of poll numbers showing the nation has soured on his government's handling of the Gulf oil spill, President Obama has one piece of advice for graduating high school students in Michigan: "Don't make excuses."

US military detains soldier linked to Iraq video (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - The Army has detained a 22-year-old soldier in Baghdad in connection with the leak of a military video that shows Apache helicopters gunning down unarmed men in Iraq, including two journalists, defense officials said Monday.

Adm. Allen: Face of fed's response to oil tragedy (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:17 PM PDT AP - Most times, it's the president's coattails that get ridden. But as oil keeps gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, it's looking more and more as if the White House is riding those of a straight-talking Coast Guard admiral entrusted not only to coordinate the federal response to the nation's worst environmental tragedy but to keep the administration out of the political muck.

Helen Thomas retires in flap over Israel remarks (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:54 PM PDT AP - Longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas abruptly retired Monday as a columnist for Hearst News Service following remarks she made about Israel that were denounced by the White House and her press corps colleagues.

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