Yahoo! News: Elections

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• A boat ride and ice cream cap Obama's trip to Gulf (AP)
• AP-GfK polls show Obama losing independents (AP)
• Republicans attack Obama over Muslim center comments (Reuters)
• Wealthy newcomer gains the edge in Fla. GOP race (AP)
• GOP senator suggests mosque will be election issue (AP)
• How the poll on independent voters was conducted (AP)
• Man drowns about 8 miles from where Obamas swam (AP)
• Hole in one! Obama's daughter has lucky stroke (AP)
• Whitman adds $13M to campaign for Calif. governor (AP)

A boat ride and ice cream cap Obama's trip to Gulf (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2010 02:15 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and his family cruised the waters off their Florida Panhandle hotel on Sunday, offering a portrait of a family on vacation to boost a region struggling with the economic damage wrought by the nation's worst oil spill.

AP-GfK polls show Obama losing independents (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2010 11:29 AM PDT AP - Independents who embraced President Barack Obama's call for change in 2008 are ready for a shift again, and that's worrisome news for Democrats.

Republicans attack Obama over Muslim center comments (Reuters) Posted: 15 Aug 2010 09:09 AM PDT Reuters - Republicans attacked President Barack Obama on Sunday for his comments on a controversial plan to build a Muslim cultural center in New York, saying he was "disconnected" from the nation in an election year.

Wealthy newcomer gains the edge in Fla. GOP race (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2010 09:08 AM PDT AP - Down in the polls for most of the summer and running out of money in a Florida governor's race once considered his to lose, Republican Bill McCollum's long career in public service is proving to be his albatross.

GOP senator suggests mosque will be election issue (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT AP - A Republican senator is suggesting there could be political fallout from President Barack Obama's remarks about building a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City.

How the poll on independent voters was conducted (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2010 05:40 AM PDT AP - The data from the AP-GfK polls combines surveys conducted Apr. 7-12, May 7-11 and June 9-14 by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications. The combined dataset is based on landline and cell phone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 3,047 adults.

Man drowns about 8 miles from where Obamas swam (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 08:53 PM PDT AP - A man has drowned in the Gulf of Mexico about eight miles from where President Barack Obama and daughter Sasha were taking a dip.

Hole in one! Obama's daughter has lucky stroke (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 08:05 PM PDT AP - Sasha Obama is proving that the president isn't the only golfer in the family.

Whitman adds $13M to campaign for Calif. governor (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 06:43 PM PDT AP - Billionaire Republican Meg Whitman has given her campaign for California governor another $13 million, bringing her total contribution from her personal fortune to $104 million.

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