Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Rep. Rangel affirms support for Obama at NY debate (AP)
• Harsh ads fly in tight Nevada US Senate race (AP)
• Obama in 4th round of golf on Martha's Vineyard (AP)
• Wyclef song accuses Haiti president of blocking him (Reuters)
• McMahon spends big in Connecticut, but fallout over wrestler’s death could be costly (The Upshot)
• Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus (AP)
• U.S. concerned over Afghan voter turnout, violence (Reuters)
• Pennsylvania Senate race to be Obama referendum (The Upshot)
• Brown spokeswoman brushes off Palin's criticism (AP)
• Despite scandals, Vitter the La. primary favorite (AP)
• DC lawyer heading to Alaska to help Murkowski (AP)
• Sutton Counts on Blue-Collar Brigades in Ohio Re-Election Fight (CQPolitics.com)
• Democrats’ hold on the Senate is increasingly at risk (The Upshot)
• Official tallying starts in Vt. governor's race (AP)
• FIRST SHOTS: Stabbed cabbie to call for tolerance, 17 million admittedly drove drunk in 2009 (The Upshot)
• Palin a central figure in tight Alaska Senate race (AP)
• As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit (AP)

Rep. Rangel affirms support for Obama at NY debate (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - New York Congressman Charlie Rangel wants voters to know he's a big supporter of President Barack Obama.

Harsh ads fly in tight Nevada US Senate race (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:39 PM PDT AP - Rape. Scientology. Greedy bankers. Armed militias. A love story gone wrong.

Obama in 4th round of golf on Martha's Vineyard (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - Seizing on a day of bright summer sunshine, President Barack Obama hit the links on Thursday for another vacation round of golf.

Wyclef song accuses Haiti president of blocking him (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - Haitian hip-hop star and presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean turned to song on Thursday to accuse outgoing President Rene Preval of engineering his rejection as a candidate for Haiti's November election.

McMahon spends big in Connecticut, but fallout over wrestler’s death could be costly (The Upshot) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT The Upshot - Former World Wrestling Entertainment chief Linda McMahon spent nearly $2.5 million last month on her Senate bid in Connecticut â€" roughly equal to what her Democratic opponent Dick Blumenthal has spent on his entire campaign. As the Connecticut Mirror's Deirdre Shesgreen reports, McMahon spent an average $117,000 a day â€" spending that has now pulled [...]

Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:43 PM PDT AP - With his Oval Office speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will signal a shift in America's focus from the Iraq War to the war in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Thursday.

U.S. concerned over Afghan voter turnout, violence (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - The United States expects the Taliban to increase attacks in next month's parliamentary elections, including in Afghanistan's north where insurgents have made inroads, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday.

Pennsylvania Senate race to be Obama referendum (The Upshot) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT The Upshot - All politics is local â€" except when it's not. In dismaying news for Democratic Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Joe Sestak, a new poll finds that most Pennsylvania voters in this fall's election plan to cast their ballots based on their feelings about President Obama. A Franklin and Marshall College survey of likely Pennsylvania voters found that [...]

Brown spokeswoman brushes off Palin's criticism (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:22 AM PDT AP - A spokeswoman for Republican Sen. Scott Brown is brushing off criticism from Sarah Palin, who questioned his credentials as "a hard-core constitutional conservative."

Despite scandals, Vitter the La. primary favorite (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:50 AM PDT AP - Republican Sen. David Vitter survived a 2007 prostitution scandal and has shrugged off fresh questions about his judgment in allowing an aide to remain on his staff for more than two years after a violent attack on a woman.

DC lawyer heading to Alaska to help Murkowski (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:42 AM PDT AP - The top lawyer for the Republicans' Senate campaign committee is heading to Alaska to help Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is trailing in the primary vote.

Sutton Counts on Blue-Collar Brigades in Ohio Re-Election Fight (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:43 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - AKRON, Ohio. -- Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) does not exactly look the part of a union folk hero.

Democrats’ hold on the Senate is increasingly at risk (The Upshot) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:22 AM PDT The Upshot - Could Democrats be in danger of losing majority control of the Senate in November? A new analysis from FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver suggests that the GOP is gaining momentum heading into the midterm elections, putting at least six or seven Democratic Senate seats at serious risk. "The Democrats now have an approximately 20 percent chance of [...]

Official tallying starts in Vt. governor's race (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:48 AM PDT AP - The tallying of votes in Vermont's too-close-to-call Democratic primary for governor is beginning, but it could take days to complete.

FIRST SHOTS: Stabbed cabbie to call for tolerance, 17 million admittedly drove drunk in 2009 (The Upshot) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:38 AM PDT The Upshot - Welcome to "First Shots," a daily roundup of early-bird news and a preview of what's to come. • The New York City cab driver allegedly stabbed by a passenger who had asked if he was a Muslim goes before the press today  to call for an end to anti-Muslim rhetoric. (CNN) • A new study [...]

Palin a central figure in tight Alaska Senate race (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:39 AM PDT AP - Sarah Palin has emerged as a key figure in an Alaskan Senate primary race so close that it will now be decided by absentee ballots.

As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:23 PM PDT AP - A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.

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