Yahoo! News: Elections

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• La. Senate staffer suspended over Obama e-mail (AP)
• Spreadsheets add up to perception in Minn. recount (AP)
• Wary meeting: Obama, GOP leaders pledge tax talks (AP)
• Mubarak's party crushes Islamists in Egypt election (AFP)
• Former President Carter visits White House (AP)
• Palin gives over $500k to candidates, causes (AP)
• 'Sarkozy the American' mulled troops for Iraq: WikiLeaks (AFP)
• Panel to debate revised deficit reduction plan (AP)
• Pardon could haunt Minn. gov. in presidential race (AP)
• For Obama and GOP leaders, just meeting is a bipartisan accomplishment (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama backs Pentagon report on gay troops (AP)
• Murray to lead Democratic effort in 2012 races (AP)
• US urges Ivory Coast leaders to act responsibly (AFP)
• Obama’s ‘Of Thee I Sing’ children’s book: An ode to diversity — and Sitting Bull, Jane Addams and Cesar Chavez (Daily Caller)
• Obama meets foes, still apart on taxes, arms pact (AFP)
• Santorum calls WikiLeaks founder a terrorist (AP)
• NY race is nation's last undecided House contest (AP)
• Dean tells AP Obama must reclaim progressive base (AP)
• Obama and GOP remain deadlocked on Bush tax cuts after first post-election meeting (Daily Caller)
• Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month (Time.com)

La. Senate staffer suspended over Obama e-mail (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:57 PM PST AP - A Louisiana State Senate employee was suspended without pay Tuesday after sending an e-mail to hundreds of government workers apparently trying to show President Barack Obama as white and suggesting that opposition to him doesn't equate to racism.

Spreadsheets add up to perception in Minn. recount (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:37 PM PST AP - Notes jotted on hundreds of clipboards create the raw data stream. Number crunchers in back offices do the rest as both sides in Minnesota's close governor's race chart every ballot challenged in a statewide manual recount of more than 2.1 million ballots.

Wary meeting: Obama, GOP leaders pledge tax talks (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:29 PM PST AP - Heralding a new era of divided government, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans pledged warily to seek common ground on tax cuts and reduced spending Tuesday in their first meeting since tumultuous midterm elections.

Mubarak's party crushes Islamists in Egypt election (AFP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:28 PM PST AFP - Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party wiped out its Islamist opponents from parliament in the first round of a disputed election, according to official results.

Former President Carter visits White House (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:01 PM PST AP - Former President Jimmy Carter has dropped by the White House to greet President Barack Obama and discuss international affairs with the president's national security adviser.

Palin gives over $500k to candidates, causes (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:58 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin gave at least $507,000 to candidates and political causes in 2010 as she earned a reputation as kingmaker and raised her profile ahead of a possible presidential run.

'Sarkozy the American' mulled troops for Iraq: WikiLeaks (AFP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:43 PM PST AFP - Even before his election, President Nicolas Sarkozy convinced the US he was the most pro-American French leader since the war and even discussed sending French troops to Iraq, leaked cables showed.

Panel to debate revised deficit reduction plan (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:58 PM PST AP - The co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's deficit commission are sticking with politically explosive proposals to raise the Social Security retirement age and benefit increases in a revised plan to wrestle the deficit under control.

Pardon could haunt Minn. gov. in presidential race (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - A Minnesota sex offender Gov. Tim Pawlenty joined in pardoning two years ago faces new molestation charges, a situation that could be used against Pawlenty in a possible presidential run.

For Obama and GOP leaders, just meeting is a bipartisan accomplishment (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:54 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The much anticipated White House meeting between President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders has finally taken place. The president called it “productive.” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called it “a useful and frank discussion.” Both Mr. Obama and likely new House speaker John Boehner (R) spoke of finding common ground.

Obama backs Pentagon report on gay troops (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:06 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to act to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on openly gay people serving in the military.

Murray to lead Democratic effort in 2012 races (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:01 PM PST AP - Senate Democrats will turn to Sen. Patty Murray of Washington to steer the defense of 21 Democratic seats up for re-election in 2012.

US urges Ivory Coast leaders to act responsibly (AFP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:27 PM PST AFP - The United States on Tuesday urged Ivory Coast's leaders to "act responsibly and peacefully" as results are tallied in an election that Washington called an opportunity to emerge from crisis.

Obama’s ‘Of Thee I Sing’ children’s book: An ode to diversity — and Sitting Bull, Jane Addams and Cesar Chavez (Daily Caller) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:22 PM PST Daily Caller - As Santa loads his sleigh with Black Friday and Cyber Monday loot, it's likely weighed down with copies of Barack Obama’s latest literary effort: “Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters.” Thousands of children will awaken to find the children's book beside the Christmas tree … or menorah … or Kwanzaa candles … or winter solstice log.

Obama meets foes, still apart on taxes, arms pact (AFP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:33 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama and top Republicans ended their first post-election summit Tuesday with cordial words about future cooperation but still far apart on taxes and a landmark treaty with Russia.

Santorum calls WikiLeaks founder a terrorist (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST AP - Possible Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says the founder of the WikiLeaks website should be prosecuted as a terrorist for posting classified national security documents.

NY race is nation's last undecided House contest (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:47 AM PST AP - Nearly a month after Election Day, an unresolved U.S. House race in New York is still too close to call.

Dean tells AP Obama must reclaim progressive base (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:47 AM PST AP - Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has a message for President Barack Obama: Reclaim progressive voters or risk both re-election and the future of the Democratic Party for years to come.

Obama and GOP remain deadlocked on Bush tax cuts after first post-election meeting (Daily Caller) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:14 AM PST Daily Caller - President Obama and Republican leaders emerged from a meeting at the White House Tuesday no closer to an agreement on whether to extend all of the Bush era tax cuts before the end of the year, or whether to only extend cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year.

Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month (Time.com) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST Time.com - SarahPAC's funding surged in the month leading up to the election, thanks to energy surrounding the midterm elections, Palin's endorsements and her TLC reality show Sarah Palin's Alaska.

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