Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama urges Conn. voters to go with Dem for Senate (AP)
• Mo. Democrat keeps TV ad despite Fox News lawsuit (AP)
• GOP tries to bring tea party enthusiasm into fold (AP)
• Lawmakers say Obama promises he'll push DREAM Act (AP)
• Georgia's 2010 governor's race: Nathan Deal's lead declining as Roy Barnes holds steady (The Newsroom)
• Mass. AG Coakley to face write-in GOP challenger (AP)
• 2010 Pennsylvania 15th District race: Republican Charlie Dent plays defense against Democrat John Callahan (The Newsroom)
• Palin thrilled by tea-party political upsets (AP)
• California's 2010 Senate race: Close race between incumbent Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina (The Newsroom)
• 2010 Missouri Senate race: Republican Roy Blunt, Democrat Robin Carnahan battle for Kit Bond's seat (The Newsroom)
• NY GOP governor hopeful sends trash-scented flier (AP)
• White House denies Mrs. Obama made 'hell' comment (AP)
• 2010 Pennsylvania 12th District race: Democrat Mark Critz and Republican Tim Burns running again after special election (The Newsroom)
• Senate battlegrounds see new round of negative ads (AP)
• Experts put Del. race in Dems' column (Politico)
• In Nevada, Reid slams Angle for ‘crazy talk’ (The Upshot)
• NY GOP gubernatorial nominee gets trashy in new voter push (The Upshot)
• O'Donnell: Condoms 'anti-human' (Politico)
• Congress: Obama must get tough on China's currency policy (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Majority of conservatives think Palin’s endorsements are aimed at helping her, not GOP (The Upshot)

Obama urges Conn. voters to go with Dem for Senate (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:30 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama warned Connecticut voters on Thursday against taking a chance on Republican candidate Linda McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive, as he waded into the state's hard-fought Senate race.

Mo. Democrat keeps TV ad despite Fox News lawsuit (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:11 PM PDT AP - Missouri Democrat Robin Carnahan is forging ahead with a television ad in her U.S. Senate campaign despite being sued by the Fox News Network for copyright infringement, her campaign said Thursday.

GOP tries to bring tea party enthusiasm into fold (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Can this political marriage survive? More than a half dozen tea party-backed candidates have captured Republican Senate nominations, and now the GOP is trying to bring their rebel supporters' enthusiasm into the fold for November.

Lawmakers say Obama promises he'll push DREAM Act (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 04:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is promising to work with senators to help pass legislation allowing thousands of young people who attend college or join the military to become legal U.S. residents, according to Hispanic lawmakers who met Thursday with the president.

Georgia's 2010 governor's race: Nathan Deal's lead declining as Roy Barnes holds steady (The Newsroom) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 04:09 PM PDT The Newsroom - The Georgia's governor race is one of several in the nation in which a former governor seeks to reclaim a seat in 2010. Democrat Roy Barnes was elected governor in 1998 and served one four-year term. Barnes was an experienced legislator before taking the helm as governor, with eight state senate and three state house terms behind him. His support for de-emphasizing the Confederate emblem on the state flag, a stance which won him a Profile in Courage award from the John F. Kennedy Library, likely contributed to his defeat in the 2002 gubernatorial election.

Mass. AG Coakley to face write-in GOP challenger (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has a Republican opponent in November after all.

2010 Pennsylvania 15th District race: Republican Charlie Dent plays defense against Democrat John Callahan (The Newsroom) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:49 PM PDT The Newsroom - Pennsylvania's 15th District is used to close elections, and the GOP's Charlie Dent has managed to win re-election three times by anywhere from 20 to 11 percent margins. This year, he faces Democrat John Callahan in a race that generally doesn't favor Democrats; however, voters are also expressing anger with incumbents, meaning that this is a race that might be a possible, though not tremendously likely, pick-up.

Palin thrilled by tea-party political upsets (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:47 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin on Thursday praised tea party-backed politicians for "shaking up the good old boys" with new faces and ideas that she said will help restore the nation's prosperity.

California's 2010 Senate race: Close race between incumbent Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina (The Newsroom) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:11 PM PDT The Newsroom - Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina are vying for the junior U.S. Senator seat in California in the 2010 election. The polls are tight, although the percentage for error and the percentage of undecided voters (10 percent, according to Rasmussen Reports) could translate to different story on election day.

2010 Missouri Senate race: Republican Roy Blunt, Democrat Robin Carnahan battle for Kit Bond's seat (The Newsroom) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:04 PM PDT The Newsroom - Missouri is a bellwether, swing state and the race between Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and former House leader Rep. Roy Blunt is on to replace outgoing Republican Christopher "Kit" Bond. Blunt has used Carnahan's party affiliation to his advantage this election, an election that was likely to have been close in any season. For her part, Carnahan hopes to demonstrate that Blunt's leadership in the previously Republican-controlled House leave him ill-suited for the Senate seat.

NY GOP governor hopeful sends trash-scented flier (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:17 PM PDT AP - Something stinks in about 200,000 mailboxes around New York — a flier from the new Republican nominee for governor.

White House denies Mrs. Obama made 'hell' comment (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:16 PM PDT AP - The White House is denying that first lady Michelle Obama ever described her White House life as "hell."

2010 Pennsylvania 12th District race: Democrat Mark Critz and Republican Tim Burns running again after special election (The Newsroom) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:13 PM PDT The Newsroom - Christopher Berenger, Associated Content

Senate battlegrounds see new round of negative ads (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:56 PM PDT AP - The Republican Party and outside groups are airing new rounds of advertising in some of the most competitive Senate battlegrounds, ramping up spending and the negative tone of the political season.

Experts put Del. race in Dems' column (Politico) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:49 PM PDT Politico - It didn’t take long for the top political pundits to change their forecast for the Delaware Senate race after Christine O’Donnell’s stunning primary victory Tuesday.

In Nevada, Reid slams Angle for ‘crazy talk’ (The Upshot) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:48 PM PDT The Upshot - With polls showing the Nevada Senate contest virtually tied, the race between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle is getting nastier by the day. In a new ad out today, Reid slams his GOP opponent for a campaign spot she began airing earlier this week on immigration, in which she calls the Senate majority leader "the [...]

NY GOP gubernatorial nominee gets trashy in new voter push (The Upshot) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:46 PM PDT The Upshot - Fresh off his primary win, New York GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino has come up with an unusual idea on how to win votes this fall: He's sending 200,000 New Yorkers a flier that smells like garbage. Seriously. As the Associated Press reports, the Paladino flier is trying to make a point about corruption scandals [...]

O'Donnell: Condoms 'anti-human' (Politico) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:29 PM PDT Politico - The trickle of media hits featuring embarrassing quotes from Christine O’Donnell continued Thursday with the release of statements from 2002 and 2006 that condoms are “anti-human” and “will not protect you from AIDS.”

Congress: Obama must get tough on China's currency policy (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 12:56 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congressional pressure built Thursday for tougher action against China over its trade and exchange rate policies that hurt American workers, as lawmakers from both parties angrily accused the Obama administration of failing to represent U.S. interests.

Majority of conservatives think Palin’s endorsements are aimed at helping her, not GOP (The Upshot) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:52 AM PDT The Upshot - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has repeatedly insisted that she's only focusing now on helping to elect GOP candidates around the country. But a new CBS/New York Times poll finds that even conservatives don't buy that argument. According to the poll, two out of three voters overall say they believe Palin's endorsements are motivated by [...]

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