Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Who is the Ask America “video ninja”? Everyone has a story (Y! News - Ask America)
• Clinton stumps for Blumenthal in Conn. Senate race (AP)
• Barbara Boxer, Jerry Brown lead in new California poll (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Chavez likely to retain parliament in Venezuela vote (Reuters)
• Obama adviser slams Republican pledge as a rehash (AFP)
• Vulnerable House Dems declare their independence (AP)
• White House, Dems see tax cut vote after election (AP)
• Weekly Standard: Thune likely to run for president in 2012 (The Upshot)
• Family factor as Emanuel mulls Chicago mayor run (AP)
• Poll: Democrats Brown, Boxer hold narrow leads (AP)
• Calif. inmate asks federal court to halt execution (AP)
• Republican econ proposals "disastrous" says Obama (Reuters)
• Obama dismisses GOP 'Pledge' as echo of disaster (AP)
• Money, economy hobble Democrat in Ind. Senate race (AP)
• Alaska Dem rival: Murkowski campaign a lost cause (AP)
• Third-party candidates could tip close elections (AP)

Who is the Ask America “video ninja”? Everyone has a story (Y! News - Ask America) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:08 PM PDT Y! News - Ask America - The Yahoo! News Ask America "video ninja" Mike Byhoff is traveling the country getting to know voters this election season, but who is the man behind the camera? Byhoff, 27, spent the first part of his life experiencing America from …

Clinton stumps for Blumenthal in Conn. Senate race (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:38 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton has urged Democrats in Connecticut to support U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal and persuade their neighbors not to give in to their anger toward the economy and incumbents.

Barbara Boxer, Jerry Brown lead in new California poll (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:30 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - California Democrats are taking heart from a new poll showing Jerry Brown leading Meg Whitman in the race for governor while Barbara Boxer is ahead of Carly Fiorina in the US Senate race. But with more than a month to go before the election and 10 percent of likely voters still undecided, both races â€" especially the Brown-Whitman contest â€" remain close.

Chavez likely to retain parliament in Venezuela vote (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT Reuters - Venezuelans voted for a new parliament on Sunday with President Hugo Chavez expected to keep control of the National Assembly in a poll that tests his support ahead of the next presidential election in 2012.

Obama adviser slams Republican pledge as a rehash (AFP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:29 PM PDT AFP - The White House Sunday slammed Republican plans to cut taxes for wealthy Americans as a recycled failed policy, while sparring lawmakers vowed a vote on the hot-button issue before the tax cuts expire in December.

Vulnerable House Dems declare their independence (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 11:25 AM PDT AP - Rep. Dina Titus has been a loyal soldier in pushing the Democrats' ambitious agenda, voting for health care legislation, extended unemployment benefits, new energy taxes and a repeal of the military's ban on gays serving openly.

White House, Dems see tax cut vote after election (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:48 AM PDT AP - The White House and Democratic leaders in Congress said Sunday said they expect to have enough support to extend middle-class tax cuts after the November elections, unable to secure GOP backing before lawmakers break to campaign.

Weekly Standard: Thune likely to run for president in 2012 (The Upshot) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT The Upshot - Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota "is likely to run for president in 2012," according to Stephen F. Hayes' cover story in the upcoming issue of The Weekly Standard. Hayes writes that Thune has "gamed out a 'pathway to get there,' calculated the amount of money it would take to be competitive in early [...]

Family factor as Emanuel mulls Chicago mayor run (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 06:48 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's top political adviser says White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is really drawn to the idea of running for Chicago mayor.

Poll: Democrats Brown, Boxer hold narrow leads (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:12 PM PDT AP - A new poll shows Democrats Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer slightly ahead in their races for California governor and U.S. Senate just five weeks before Election Day.

Calif. inmate asks federal court to halt execution (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - A death row inmate on Sunday asked a federal appeals court to halt his execution as he declined to choose a method for the lethal injection.

Republican econ proposals "disastrous" says Obama (Reuters) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:05 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama hammered Republicans on Saturday over their newly unveiled campaign agenda, calling the opposition party's economic ideas "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

Obama dismisses GOP 'Pledge' as echo of disaster (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:03 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says Republicans' plan to slash taxes and cut spending if the GOP retakes the House in November is no more than "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

Money, economy hobble Democrat in Ind. Senate race (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:37 PM PDT AP - Democrat Brad Ellsworth had just leveled an attack — one he acknowledged was incomplete at best — against his Republican rival for the open Senate seat in Indiana when he asked reporters what they wanted to know.

Alaska Dem rival: Murkowski campaign a lost cause (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:33 PM PDT AP - The little-known Democrat in Alaska's Senate race is labeling Sen. Lisa Murkowski's write-in campaign as a lost cause.

Third-party candidates could tip close elections (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:21 PM PDT AP - Whether they are sore losers or never-say-die patriots, third-party candidates threaten to tip a handful of congressional and gubernatorial races to contenders who otherwise might have lost this fall.

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