Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Paul says GOP shares blame for deficits (AP)
• Clinton in Ohio: Game films show Dems best choice (AP)
• Coast to coast, tea partiers promote their cause (AP)
• Dem. strategists downplay GOP edge in recent polls (AP)
• Obama hails 'vibrancy' of Turkish democracy (AFP)
• Republicans set for big gains in November vote: leader (AFP)
• New ballots bring new complications in New York (AP)
• GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate (AP)
• Boehner’s ties to lobbyists under scrutiny (The Upshot)
• Gingrich: Obama guided by ‘Kenyan, anti-Colonial’ worldview (The Upshot)
• Turkey's Erdogan scores reform referendum victory (Reuters)
• Boehner calls GOP House majority an uphill fight (AP)
• Obama allies, foes vie to redraw US political map (AFP)
• Colorado Senate hopefuls spar on Bush-era tax cuts (AP)

Paul says GOP shares blame for deficits (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:20 PM PDT AP - Kentucky Senate hopeful Rand Paul has chided fellow Republican politicians for contributing to the nation's budget deficit in a speech to tea party activists in his hometown.

Clinton in Ohio: Game films show Dems best choice (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:17 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton has told supporters in Ohio that studying "game films" shows Democrats are best able to improve the economy.

Coast to coast, tea partiers promote their cause (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 03:19 PM PDT AP - Originally billed as a chance to reflect on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a series of raucous tea party rallies around the country on Sunday ended up focusing almost entirely on an event still to come — the Nov. 2 election.

Dem. strategists downplay GOP edge in recent polls (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - Two top Democratic strategists said Sunday that President Barack Obama has the nation moving in the right direction, downplaying polls that suggest Republicans have an edge heading into November's midterm election.

Obama hails 'vibrancy' of Turkish democracy (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:52 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama hailed Sunday the "vibrancy of Turkish democracy" after almost 80 percent of voters turned out for a constitutional referendum.

Republicans set for big gains in November vote: leader (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 11:47 AM PDT AFP - The leading Republican in the House of Representatives said Sunday his party was set to make significant gains in November legislative elections, but called regaining control "an uphill fight."

New ballots bring new complications in New York (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:59 AM PDT AP - Even the most jaded New Yorkers might consider this a recipe for chaos: New electronic voting machines are being introduced in the Sept. 14 primary. State and city budget cuts mean not enough staff has been trained to help voters use them. A glitch in the computer programming will let people mistakenly vote for too many candidates.

GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:43 AM PDT AP - Arms linked, Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell and her conservative backers kick up their heels and clap to the strains of an original song with lyrics befitting a tea party.

Boehner’s ties to lobbyists under scrutiny (The Upshot) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:33 AM PDT The Upshot - With polls showing that  the GOP has a shot at regaining control of Congress in November, John Boehner, the man who would be Speaker, is coming under increasing scrutiny, especially for his links to lobbyists. The New York Times fronts a Sunday piece looking at Boehner's "extremely tight ties" to lobbyists, who have contributed hundreds [...]

Gingrich: Obama guided by ‘Kenyan, anti-Colonial’ worldview (The Upshot) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:29 AM PDT The Upshot - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has come up with a sure-to-be-controversial new theory about President Obama, telling the conservative weekly National Review that that president may be driven by a "Kenyan, anti-colonial" worldview. "What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [...]

Turkey's Erdogan scores reform referendum victory (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - Turkish voters strongly backed constitutional reforms on Sunday, handing a government led by conservative Muslims a new victory in a power struggle with secular opponents over the country's direction.

Boehner calls GOP House majority an uphill fight (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 06:16 AM PDT AP - The top House Republican says it's an uphill fight for his party to regain a majority from Democrats in the November elections.

Obama allies, foes vie to redraw US political map (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2010 03:33 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies and Republican foes are battling over a once-in-a-decade prize in November mid-term elections: power to literally redraw the US political map.

Colorado Senate hopefuls spar on Bush-era tax cuts (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 10:31 PM PDT AP - Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet said middle class tax cuts scheduled to expire in January should be extended, but he disagreed with his Republican challenger during their first debate Saturday night over tax cuts for the rich.

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