Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Murkowski confident about re-election in Alaska (AP)
• Steele draws challenger for GOP chairman (AP)
• McMahon has no regrets over $50M Conn. Senate race (AP)
• Obama: "good progress" toward export goals for Asia (Reuters)
• Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler wins close Ky. race (AP)
• Palin e-mail hacker sentenced to year in custody (AP)
• Lawyers look ahead in tangled Minnesota gov race (AP)
• Field for Chicago mayor thins with deadline near (AP)
• Cindy McCain differs with husband on gay policy (AP)
• Perry of Texas seeking to lead GOP governors group (AP)
• Dayton lawyers question Pawlenty holdover status (AP)
• Voters are already gloomy about a GOP Congress (The Upshot)
• Obama denies his global footprint has shrunk (AFP)
• Opinion: Health Care the Focus of Political Concerns (associatedcontent)
• Obama Bipartisan Commission Recommendations Aimed at Middle America (associatedcontent)
• Meghan McCain Has Doubts About Sarah Palin's 2012 Electability (associatedcontent)
• Analysis: Three Concerns a Political Consultant Has Following the 2010 Election (associatedcontent)
• Republican Party head Michel Steele faces competition (Reuters)
• Obama, Republicans set for "lame-duck" tax test (Reuters)
• S.Korea trade deal in limbo after talks failure (AFP)

Murkowski confident about re-election in Alaska (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PST AP - Sen. Lisa Murkowski maintained a healthy 90 percent of the write-in vote in the Alaska Senate race Friday, even as election officials threw out a number of oddball entries like "Donald Duck," "Elmo" and "Revolt."

Steele draws challenger for GOP chairman (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PST AP - A prominent Michigan Republican said Friday he is running against Michael Steele, arguing the GOP can win in 2012 only if the party chairman steps out of the limelight and allows candidates to be the voice and face of the party. Saul Anuzis, who lost his bid for Republican National Committee chairman two years ago, made his plans known in an e-mail.

McMahon has no regrets over $50M Conn. Senate race (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 05:11 PM PST AP - Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon said Friday she has no regrets about spending nearly $50 million on her failed bid for Connecticut's Senate seat and is not ruling out a return trip to the campaign trail.

Obama: "good progress" toward export goals for Asia (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:52 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he has made "good progress" toward his goal of increasing U.S. exports to Asia during his 10-day trip to the region and renewed his pledge that world leaders must work toward a balanced economic recovery.

Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler wins close Ky. race (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:19 PM PST AP - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler finally won his close re-election race Friday when his Republican challenger conceded 10 days after Election Day.

Palin e-mail hacker sentenced to year in custody (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:16 PM PST AP - A former University of Tennessee student who hacked into Sarah Palin's e-mail account during the 2008 presidential campaign was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in custody, with the judge recommending a halfway house instead of prison.

Lawyers look ahead in tangled Minnesota gov race (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 03:58 PM PST AP - Competing lawyers involved in Minnesota's tangled race for governor maneuvered Friday for a potentially protracted struggle, with Republicans suing for faster access to election data and Democrats challenging whether Gov. Tim Pawlenty should stay in office if the battle drags into next year.

Field for Chicago mayor thins with deadline near (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 03:50 PM PST AP - When Mayor Richard Daley announced in September he wouldn't seek a seventh term, enough aldermen, congressmen and other public officials talked about running to field a couple of football teams.

Cindy McCain differs with husband on gay policy (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 03:25 PM PST AP - Cindy McCain is very publicly differing with her husband, 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, over the ban on gays serving openly in the military, opposing the policy in a new video while her husband works to maintain it.

Perry of Texas seeking to lead GOP governors group (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 02:51 PM PST AP - Gov. Rick Perry expects to be selected next week as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, a Perry aide said Friday.

Dayton lawyers question Pawlenty holdover status (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:58 PM PST AP - Democrat Mark Dayton's lawyers say they don't agree that Gov. Tim Pawlenty is constitutionally required to stay in office if the race to replace him isn't resolved by early January.

Voters are already gloomy about a GOP Congress (The Upshot) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PST The Upshot - It was probably a smart idea for House Republicans to ban confetti at their election-night watch party. Two separate polls out this week â€" one from CBS News, and another from the Pew Research Center â€" find that voters aren't too excited about the new Republican majority that's about to take charge of the House [...]

Obama denies his global footprint has shrunk (AFP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that he now had more clout on the world stage -- not less -- dismissing comments that a mid-term election rout at home had shaved his power abroad.

Opinion: Health Care the Focus of Political Concerns (associatedcontent) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:07 AM PST associatedcontent - To hear the results of November's election from a Republican, you would think that Sarah Palin was staging a presidential coup. To a Democrat, Nov. 2 was an apocalypse.

Obama Bipartisan Commission Recommendations Aimed at Middle America (associatedcontent) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:07 AM PST associatedcontent - The yawning chasm between what politicians say they want to do and what they actually do is called the U.S. debt. At the "landing page" for Office of Management and Budget, the first thing you see is a short message by President Barack Obama: "Let's invest in our people without leaving a mountain of debt." I don't know if I want to be regarded as an "investment." That appellation sort of objectifies us—people as commodities. Commodities are traded taxed.

Meghan McCain Has Doubts About Sarah Palin's 2012 Electability (associatedcontent) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:07 AM PST associatedcontent - It seems that every time one sees Meghan McCain anymore, someone is inevitably going to ask her what she thinks of something Sarah Palin has said or done or is talking about doing.

Analysis: Three Concerns a Political Consultant Has Following the 2010 Election (associatedcontent) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:07 AM PST associatedcontent - As a former political consultant, and a current political writer, I have been asked by many people about what my concerns are going forward after the 2010 Election. I have found that I have three significant concerns about the future of politics in the United States. While many Americans are worried about gridlock in Congress, I find that my main concerns are falling elsewhere.

Republican Party head Michel Steele faces competition (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 09:14 AM PST Reuters - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, fresh off Republican election wins but often under fire from some party members, will face a challenge if he seeks a new term to lead the party through the 2012 elections.

Obama, Republicans set for "lame-duck" tax test (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:33 AM PST Reuters - A wrangle over extending tax cuts for millions of Americans will be the first major test of whether President Barack Obama and resurgent Republicans can work together to fix the U.S. economy.

S.Korea trade deal in limbo after talks failure (AFP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 06:40 AM PST AFP - A top ally of President Barack Obama is predicting Congress will support a free trade deal with South Korea, but opponents hope the failure to meet a key deadline would lead to a rethink.

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