Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP Source: Murkowski expects to mount write-in bid (AP)
• Pre-election Rangel, Waters ethics trials unlikely (AP)
• Carter: Iran rescue effort should have worked (AP)
• Dems to voters: You may hate us, but GOP is worse (AP)
• Tea party pick O'Donnell addresses conservatives (AP)
• VP Biden rallies Democrats in Del. Senate race (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Paul's sheriff endorsements shaky (AP)
• Sweden's welfare state at heart of final election debate (AFP)
• Stewart and Colbert plan spoof of Tea Party rally (Reuters)
• White House says Obama will visit Des Moines (AP)
• Idaho's Minnick, Labrador battle over immigration (AP)
• Doubts surround Pa. candidate's business reference (AP)
• Afghanistan braces for violent polling day (Reuters)
• Unapologetic SC senator spurring GOP infighting (AP)
• November election will define Obama presidency (Reuters)
• Obama taps Warren for watchdog job (Politico)
• White House: Palin may be testing presidential run (AP)
• White House: Obama to meet China's Wen in NY next week (Reuters)
• Poll: GOP voters want to replace Boehner, McConnell (The Upshot)
• Clinton will campaign for Brown, a former rival (AP)

AP Source: Murkowski expects to mount write-in bid (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:20 PM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who lost Alaska's GOP primary last month in a stunning upset to a tea-party backed rival, is expected to announce Friday that she'll mount a write-in candidacy in a bid to hold onto her job, a person close to her campaign told The Associated Press.

Pre-election Rangel, Waters ethics trials unlikely (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT AP - Highly visible ethics trials for two prominent Democrats will almost certainly be put off until after the November election, denying Republicans a televised spectacle that could influence voters near the end of campaigns dominated by economic issues.

Carter: Iran rescue effort should have worked (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - Former President Jimmy Carter felt his efforts to rescue U.S. diplomats held hostage by Iran should have worked but were thwarted by a "strange series of mishaps," and the mission's failure played a major role in his 1980 re-election defeat, the Georgia Democrat writes in a new book assembled from diary entries.

Dems to voters: You may hate us, but GOP is worse (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - With just six weeks to avoid a possible election catastrophe, Democrats are trying to limit the damage with a closing argument that's more plea than platform: We know you voters are furious with us, but just let us explain why the Republicans would be worse.

Tea party pick O'Donnell addresses conservatives (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - The tea party's latest darling, Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, aligned herself squarely with the Republican Party's social conservative base Friday in criticizing Democrats and "ruling class elites" in her first national appearance since her upset primary victory.

VP Biden rallies Democrats in Del. Senate race (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - Vice president Joseph Biden rallied Democratic Party volunteers in his home state Friday, encouraging them to keep up the fight to keep the Senate seat he held for more than 35 years.

APNewsBreak: Paul's sheriff endorsements shaky (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - A Kentucky sheriff says the campaign of Senate candidate Rand Paul wrongly declared he endorsed the GOP hopeful, while another initially disputed the use of his name but later gave Republicans candidates blanket support.

Sweden's welfare state at heart of final election debate (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 03:46 PM PDT AFP - The future of Sweden's famous welfare state was a central theme when the country's main political party chiefs met late Friday for a final televised election debate.

Stewart and Colbert plan spoof of Tea Party rally (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - In an apparent spoof of the recent Tea Party rally in Washington, America's leading satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will hold rallies on the National Mall days before the November election.

White House says Obama will visit Des Moines (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will visit Iowa and two other states in late September as part of his effort to focus attention on middle class families.

Idaho's Minnick, Labrador battle over immigration (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 01:53 PM PDT AP - A Democrat in a battle to keep his U.S. House seat picked a fight with his Republican challenger, only to watch his adopted teenage daughter get pulled into fray.

Doubts surround Pa. candidate's business reference (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Justice Department has no record that a former federal prosecutor in Pennsylvania received permission to serve as a personal reference for a businessman seeking a state casino license, as the now-candidate for Congress has claimed, according to a department source.

Afghanistan braces for violent polling day (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 01:29 PM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan braced for a day of violence Saturday as voters headed to the polls for a parliamentary election that is a crucial test of government credibility and the strength of its security forces.

Unapologetic SC senator spurring GOP infighting (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:53 PM PDT AP - Sen. Jim DeMint proudly recalls the moment he became a thorn in the side of the Republican establishment.

November election will define Obama presidency (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - The congressional election in November will define President Barack Obama's next two years in office as Republicans look likely to pick up seats and put their stamp on issues ranging from the huge budget deficit to economic recovery and immigration.

Obama taps Warren for watchdog job (Politico) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:24 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama, sidestepping a bruising confirmation fight while throwing a bone to his liberal base, announced Friday that he has selected consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren as the architect of the newly-formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a watchdog agency set up as part of the Wall Street reform act.

White House: Palin may be testing presidential run (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:17 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's spokesman says he believes Sarah Palin is heading to Iowa to test the waters for a possible presidential run.

White House: Obama to meet China's Wen in NY next week (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 11:33 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York next week, the White House said on Friday.

Poll: GOP voters want to replace Boehner, McConnell (The Upshot) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 10:51 AM PDT The Upshot - The Democrats' campaign to keep John Boehner from becoming the next Speaker of the House may be resonating â€" with Republicans, anyway. A new Public Policy Polling survey finds a majority of GOP primary voters think Boehner and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell should lose their leadership posts. Fifty-seven percent of Republicans say the congressional [...]

Clinton will campaign for Brown, a former rival (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 10:21 AM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton will campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown next month in what will be a show of unity between the past political rivals.

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