Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Nevada GOP Senate nominee trashes party on tape (AP)
• Skeletons, dirt — it's the election's homestretch (AP)
• Blumenthal, McMahon trade jabs at Conn. debate (AP)
• Ill. governor: Education is solution to deficit (AP)
• Cuomo, Paladino offer plans on NY economy (AP)
• GOP spending $2 million in Calif. Senate race (AP)
• Challenger slams Texas gov over campaign donors (AP)
• Obama pledges cooperation in outreach to business (Reuters)
• O'Donnell said China plotting to take over US (AP)
• Obama makes a TV pitch for House candidate in La. (AP)
• Tea Party Express returns to Alaska with ads, show (AP)
• Sestak calls on Obama to assess war on al-Qaida (AP)
• Palin adviser worked for foreign governments (Reuters)
• Biden stumps for Dem incumbent in Ohio gov race (AP)
• Rand Paul: Medicaid has turned into welfare (AP)
• US urges Serbs, Muslims to find common ground (AFP)
• Pa. Dem. running for governor opens attack website (AP)
• Obama says fiscal situation "untenable" (Reuters)
• Democrat Feingold runs ad touting health care vote (AP)

Nevada GOP Senate nominee trashes party on tape (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:40 PM PDT AP - In a secretly taped recording, Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle badmouths the GOP establishment and wheedles a minor-party candidate to support her campaign, offering help opening doors in Washington if she's elected.

Skeletons, dirt — it's the election's homestretch (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Leaked audio in Nevada reveals a Republican Senate candidate trashing her party. Video of a Democratic Senate hopeful wrongly claiming he served in Vietnam becomes a TV ad in Connecticut. A housekeeper steps forward to say her employer, California's GOP gubernatorial nominee, knew she was an illegal immigrant.

Blumenthal, McMahon trade jabs at Conn. debate (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:47 PM PDT AP - The two nominees for Connecticut's U.S. Senate seat, held by retiring Chris Dodd, are taking aim at one another's recent TV ads.

Ill. governor: Education is solution to deficit (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - While Gov. Pat Quinn has accused his opponent of telling voters fairy tales about balancing the budget, he provided only a hazy picture Monday of how he would close the $13 billion deficit and then move Illinois forward.

Cuomo, Paladino offer plans on NY economy (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:56 PM PDT AP - New York's gubernatorial nominees offered contrasting proposals Monday on issues the polls show are most important to voters: Jobs and the economy.

GOP spending $2 million in Calif. Senate race (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:46 PM PDT AP - Republicans moved up a $2 million investment in California's U.S. Senate race after recent polls showed Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer opening up a lead over GOP rival Carly Fiorina.

Challenger slams Texas gov over campaign donors (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:43 PM PDT AP - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White lashed out at Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Monday for what his campaign calls a "public corruption scandal" involving state grants to the Republican incumbent's campaign donors.

Obama pledges cooperation in outreach to business (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday he would collaborate with business to cut red tape and ease corporate taxes, acknowledging the need for a period of "healing" after his major reform of Wall Street regulation.

O'Donnell said China plotting to take over US (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware said in a 2006 debate that China was plotting to take over America and claimed to have classified information about the country that she couldn't divulge.

Obama makes a TV pitch for House candidate in La. (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:54 PM PDT AP - In a new TV ad, President Barack Obama tells voters in a mostly Democratic congressional district in Louisiana that they need the party's candidate in the House as much as he does.

Tea Party Express returns to Alaska with ads, show (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - A national tea party group that helped defeat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the GOP primary is back in Alaska, vowing this time to turn back the Republican's write-in candidacy in the general election.

Sestak calls on Obama to assess war on al-Qaida (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, called on President Barack Obama to put forth a clear measuring stick for military progress against al-Qaida on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and sparred with his Republican counterpart on policy toward Iran.

Palin adviser worked for foreign governments (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - Sarah Palin, seen as a possible Republican presidential candidate, has paid tens of thousands of dollars for foreign policy advice to a U.S. firm that represents three overseas governments, campaign finance documents show.

Biden stumps for Dem incumbent in Ohio gov race (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:41 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden campaigned Monday in a closely watched Ohio gubernatorial race, telling a crowd of several hundred that President Barack Obama needs allies like Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.

Rand Paul: Medicaid has turned into welfare (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:33 PM PDT AP - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul says Medicaid has turned into "intergenerational welfare," saying coverage has spread beyond those truly in need.

US urges Serbs, Muslims to find common ground (AFP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:17 PM PDT AFP - The United States reacted Monday to election results in Bosnia by urging Serbs and Muslims to resume reforms that would put it further on the path toward European Union and NATO integration.

Pa. Dem. running for governor opens attack website (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Dan Onorato has started a website dedicated to attacking his Republican foe, Tom Corbett.

Obama says fiscal situation "untenable" (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:45 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday said the United States was facing an "untenable fiscal situation" and would have to get serious about tackling its federal deficit.

Democrat Feingold runs ad touting health care vote (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:40 PM PDT AP - Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin boldly embraces and defends his vote for the health care reform law in his latest campaign television ad, even as other Democrats avoid the topic and Republicans rail against it.

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