Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Palin tells supporters 'soon we'll all be dancing' (AP)
• Obama urges Democrats to not get discouraged (AP)
• Obama backs governor where key Senate seat fell (Reuters)
• Nevada's Angle says immigrant ads not about race (AP)
• As Democrats' message lags, GOP awaits huge wins (AP)
• Worry over losing Washington Senate seat draws visits from top Democratic leaders (Daily Caller)
• For GOP, tea party candidates help — and hurt (AP)
• Anti-Obama billboard in Colorado taken down (AP)
• Bill Clinton stumps for ex-foe Brown in California (Reuters)
• Murkowski ads featuring Stevens to air (AP)
• Iraq PM to visit Iran as coalition talks heat up (AFP)
• US moves to avert China clash (AFP)
• FairTax debate dominates Ky. Senate campaign (AP)
• Correction: Illinois Ballot Mistake story (AP)
• Ill. candidate's name misspelled as 'Whitey' (AP)

Palin tells supporters 'soon we'll all be dancing' (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:21 PM PDT AP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Republicans to exhaust themselves over the next two weeks to take back California and the country for the "little guy."

Obama urges Democrats to not get discouraged (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - With the congressional elections fast approaching, President Barack Obama acknowledged Saturday that the hope and energy he stirred during his presidential campaign may have faded in the face of the sputtering economy.

Obama backs governor where key Senate seat fell (Reuters) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama urged voters in Massachusetts to back the state's governor, Deval Patrick, at a raucous campaign stop on Saturday, pushing for a fellow Democrat who is in a tight re-election fight against a former healthcare executive.

Nevada's Angle says immigrant ads not about race (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT AP - U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle defended a series of campaign advertisements that use images of sullen, dark-skinned men and a map of Mexico to blast rival Sen. Harry Reid's immigration record.

As Democrats' message lags, GOP awaits huge wins (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:35 AM PDT AP - Two weeks before Election Day, Democrats fear their grip on the House may be gone, and Republicans are poised to celebrate big gains in the Senate and governors' mansions as well.

Worry over losing Washington Senate seat draws visits from top Democratic leaders (Daily Caller) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:24 AM PDT Daily Caller - Facing a tight reelection race, Washington Democratic Senator Patty Murray is all of a sudden quite popular among the upper levels of the Democratic establishment. This month alone Murray will have had visits from President Barack Obama, first lady Michele Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden — twice.

For GOP, tea party candidates help — and hurt (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:20 AM PDT AP - Colorado Republicans are hosting a campaign tea party this fall, for better or worse.

Anti-Obama billboard in Colorado taken down (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:12 AM PDT AP - A billboard in western Colorado that used caricatures to depict President Barack Obama as a terrorist, gangster, Mexican bandit and a gay man has been taken down.

Bill Clinton stumps for ex-foe Brown in California (Reuters) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 04:23 AM PDT Reuters - Former President Bill Clinton took to the stump on Friday night in support of former rival Jerry Brown as the two men publicly buried the hatchet ahead of the November 2 election for California governor.

Murkowski ads featuring Stevens to air (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 04:17 AM PDT AP - The late-Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash two weeks before Alaska's primary, endorses Sen. Lisa Murkowski in a campaign ad set to begin airing statewide as early as Friday night.

Iraq PM to visit Iran as coalition talks heat up (AFP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 02:53 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is fighting to keep his job after an inconclusive March 7 general election, is to visit neighbouring Iran soon, a close aide said on Saturday.

US moves to avert China clash (AFP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 01:43 AM PDT AFP - The United States' complex trade relations with China were laid bare Friday as Washington struggled to balance pre-election anger at home with efforts to give US firms a fair shake against Chinese rivals.

FairTax debate dominates Ky. Senate campaign (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 10:07 PM PDT AP - A video from a campaign event earlier this year shows Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul saying he is open to replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax, though his campaign has recently tried to disavow any endorsement of the so-called "FairTax."

Correction: Illinois Ballot Mistake story (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:53 PM PDT AP - In a story Oct. 15 about a mistake in Chicago's electronic voting machines, The Associated Press erroneously reported the way a gubernatorial candidate's name appears on a ballot review touch-screen. The screen lists the candidate as "R. Whitey," not "Rich Whitey" as the AP reported. The candidate is Rich Whitney of Illinois' Green Party. Chicago Board of Elections officials have said they will correct the problem before election day.

Ill. candidate's name misspelled as 'Whitey' (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:08 PM PDT AP - An Illinois gubernatorial candidate's name was mistakenly listed as "R. Whitey" instead of Rich Whitney on thousands of Chicago electronic-voting machines and will be corrected, elections officials said Thursday.

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