Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Rain drenches Obama's Martha's Vineyard holiday (AP)
• New group to target Reid in Nevada Senate race (AP)
• DeLay headed to Texas court after feds end probe (AP)
• Meek surges in Florida, but some voters still undecided (The Upshot)
• Hip-hop star accuses Haiti election council of 'trickery' (AFP)
• President, Democrats keep campaign finance reform alive (The Upshot)
• How Obama's Social Security Tactics Hurt Bipartisanship (Time.com)
• GOP group tied to Rove raises $2 million from two donors (The Upshot)
• Biden pressing Iraqi leaders to form government (Reuters)
• Alaska primary exposes Murkowski-Palin rift (The Upshot)
• McCain turns vulnerable label into front-runner (AP)
• Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, at 9/11 event in Pa. (AP)
• Australia's Labor and conservatives jockey for government (Reuters)
• Big-spending novices now lag in Florida campaigns (Reuters)
• Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti election ruling (AFP)
• Australian leaders haggle to form government (AFP)
• Calif. GOP hopes statewide slate lifts others, too (AP)

Rain drenches Obama's Martha's Vineyard holiday (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:12 PM PDT AP - He may be leader of the free world, but President Barack Obama isn't exempt from a summer rainstorm like the one that blew across New England on Monday, swamping his Martha's Vineyard vacation.

New group to target Reid in Nevada Senate race (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 03:35 PM PDT AP - A vanquished Republican candidate is making a comeback in Nevada's U.S. Senate race, but not on the November ballot.

DeLay headed to Texas court after feds end probe (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - Former House majority leader Tom DeLay will be back in a Texas courtroom on Tuesday where he faces money laundering and conspiracy charges — days after learning that the U.S. Justice Department ended its own investigation without filing any criminal charges against him.

Meek surges in Florida, but some voters still undecided (The Upshot) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 02:23 PM PDT The Upshot - After weeks of looking like a political goner, Rep. Kendrick Meek now seems to have built a serious lead over challenger Jeff Greene ahead of tomorrow's Florida Democratic Senate primary. Three separate polls show Meek leading Greene by at least 10 points in the race; two weeks ago, polls showed Meek losing to Greene by [...]

Hip-hop star accuses Haiti election council of 'trickery' (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 01:39 PM PDT AFP - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean charged Monday that Haiti's provisional election council (CEP) used "trickery" and violated the constitution to reject his candidacy for president.

President, Democrats keep campaign finance reform alive (The Upshot) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 01:08 PM PDT The Upshot - Democratic efforts to pass the Disclose Act in Congress failed earlier this year â€" but the party and President Obama aren't giving up their fight to revamp campaign finance rules anytime soon. Obama on Saturday made the issue the topic of his weekly address: "We cannot allow a corporate takeover of our democracy, so we're [...]

How Obama's Social Security Tactics Hurt Bipartisanship (Time.com) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:45 AM PDT Time.com - In a move as predictable as Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to gain ground before the November election. And Barack Obama is leading the charge

GOP group tied to Rove raises $2 million from two donors (The Upshot) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:58 AM PDT The Upshot - A conservative political group with ties to former Bush advisers Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie reported raising more than $2 million in July, the bulk of that money coming from just two donors. The group, called American Crossroads, filed a  report Friday with the Internal Revenue Service saying it received two $1 million donations last [...]

Biden pressing Iraqi leaders to form government (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 09:44 AM PDT Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday he is pressing Iraq's leaders to settle their differences and form a government, almost six months after the country's election and a week before the scheduled end of the U.S. combat mission.

Alaska primary exposes Murkowski-Palin rift (The Upshot) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 09:18 AM PDT The Upshot - Four years ago, Sarah Palin took down Gov. Frank Murkowski in Alaska's Republican gubernatorial primary. On Tuesday, Palin's aiming to get Lisa Murkowski, his daughter, booted from the U.S. Senate. Palin has put her support and her money behind tea party candidate Joe Miller in this year's Alaska primary. Though Miller doesn't appear likely to [...]

McCain turns vulnerable label into front-runner (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 08:25 AM PDT AP - The cast of "Survivor" has nothing on Sen. John McCain.

Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, at 9/11 event in Pa. (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:14 AM PDT AP - Michelle Obama will join former first lady Laura Bush in ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the United Flight 93 crash in Pennsylvania during the Sept. 11 attacks.

Australia's Labor and conservatives jockey for government (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:07 AM PDT Reuters - Australia faces a week of political wrangling as votes were counted on Monday from an inconclusive election, with financial markets rowing back on early expectations of a minority conservative government.

Big-spending novices now lag in Florida campaigns (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 06:00 AM PDT Reuters - A pair of wealthy outsiders who spent their way to prominence in Florida's Senate and governor's races now lag behind the political insiders backed by the party hierarchies in Tuesday's primary election.

Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti election ruling (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 03:28 AM PDT AFP - International hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was expected to file a formal appeal Monday, challenging a decision by Haiti's electoral authorities to bar him from the November presidential race.

Australian leaders haggle to form government (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 01:51 AM PDT AFP - Australia's political leaders Monday began horse-trading with a handful of independent MPs in a bid to form government after a cliffhanger poll that delivered the first hung parliament in 70 years.

Calif. GOP hopes statewide slate lifts others, too (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 06:31 PM PDT AP - For the first time in memory, California Republicans have a diverse statewide slate of candidates to field this fall, a lineup their state party chairman calls "an inspirational ticket." Coupled with national momentum for conservatives, the California GOP is hoping this might be their breakthrough year.

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