Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Rep. Bachmann not ruling out bid for president (AP)
• 'Systemic' problems led to Gulf oil spill: US probe (AFP)
• Obama resubmits judicial nominations to Senate (AP)
• Obama's press spokesman Robert Gibbs to leave (Reuters)
• Reconsider health repeal, officials urge Boehner (Reuters)
• Poland pressing US for aid to Belarus dissidents (AP)
• Former corporate lawyer named Chief of Staff (Reuters)
• Fired-up Obama foes take over US House (AFP)
• Obama to speak to Chamber next month (AP)
• Government shutdown in 1995 detrimental to GOP ‘a myth,’ says Red State’s Erickson (Daily Caller)
• Republicans take over House, soften cuts (Reuters)
• Obama to name new economic team Friday (Reuters)
• Obama foe Boehner elected US House leader (AFP)
• Obama foe Boehner takes helm as US speaker (AFP)
• GOP takes charge: New Speaker Boehner leads House (AP)
• Christie surges, Palin stumbles in new poll (Daily Caller)
• O'Donnell lawyer: Campaign reviews spending (AP)
• House budget chief wants concessions over debt (Reuters)
• McCain willing to seek immigration overhaul bill (AP)

Rep. Bachmann not ruling out bid for president (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:59 PM PST AP - Add U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to the list of potential Republican presidential hopefuls, as the tea party favorite plans a trip later this month to the early caucus state of Iowa — and creates possible complications for fellow Minnesotan and maybe-candidate Tim Pawlenty.

'Systemic' problems led to Gulf oil spill: US probe (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:33 PM PST AFP - The deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill was the result of "systemic" management problems and could recur if reforms are not embraced, a US presidential panel probing the disaster said Wednesday.

Obama resubmits judicial nominations to Senate (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:39 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has resubmitted a batch of federal judicial nominations that didn't clear the Senate last year, including four that provoked strong objections from some Republican lawmakers.

Obama's press spokesman Robert Gibbs to leave (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST Reuters - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, one of President Barack Obama's closest aides, said on Wednesday he will resign and become an outside adviser for Obama's re-election campaign in a major staff shake-up.

Reconsider health repeal, officials urge Boehner (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:49 PM PST Reuters - The Obama administration warned House Republicans on Wednesday that any move to repeal the sweeping healthcare overhaul passed last year would erase critical consumer protections and set the nation back on course toward skyrocketing health costs.

Poland pressing US for aid to Belarus dissidents (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:35 PM PST AP - Poland is asking the United States to give financial support to dissidents in Belarus following a widely condemned election and a crackdown on dissent.

Former corporate lawyer named Chief of Staff (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:31 PM PST Reuters - First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday named White House aide and former Chicago corporate lawyer Tina Tchen as her new Chief of Staff, the White House said.

Fired-up Obama foes take over US House (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST AFP - A tense new era of political power-sharing dawned in Washington on Wednesday as a new US Congress convened with President Barack Obama's Republican foes in control of the House of Representatives.

Obama to speak to Chamber next month (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will speak to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 7, taking a message of greater American competitiveness to a major trade group that has been sharply critical of some of his domestic policies, the White House said.

Government shutdown in 1995 detrimental to GOP ‘a myth,’ says Red State’s Erickson (Daily Caller) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:36 PM PST Daily Caller - Fact or fiction: The 1990s government shutdown caused the Republican nominee Bob Dole to lose the election against President Bill Clinton?

Republicans take over House, soften cuts (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:22 PM PST Reuters - Republicans took power in the House of Representatives on Wednesday with promises of a leaner, more accountable government but softened a pledge of deep and immediate spending cuts that helped them win November's election.

Obama to name new economic team Friday (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:22 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will announce on Friday whom he has picked to replace Larry Summers as his top economic adviser, with Gene Sperling seen as the front runner to take this influential White House role.

Obama foe Boehner elected US House leader (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:02 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama's Republican foes elected their leader John Boehner speaker of the House of Representatives as a new US Congress convened Wednesday, ushering in a tense era of power-sharing.

Obama foe Boehner takes helm as US speaker (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:11 PM PST AFP - US House Speaker John Boehner, now the sharpest Republican thorn in President Barack Obama's side, has been both bomb-thrower and bridge-builder in his two-decades in Washington politics.

GOP takes charge: New Speaker Boehner leads House (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:00 PM PST AP - Claiming power beneath the Capitol dome, resurgent Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday as the 112th Congress convened in an era of economic uncertainty. Dozens of tea party-backed lawmakers took office in both houses, eager to cut spending and reduce government's reach.

Christie surges, Palin stumbles in new poll (Daily Caller) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:25 AM PST Daily Caller - According to a new Zogby poll, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie leads other possible Republican presidential candidates and would beat President Obama in a hypothetical matchup.

O'Donnell lawyer: Campaign reviews spending (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:19 PM PST AP - An attorney for former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has told federal regulators the campaign could not afford finance professionals to oversee its early spending and is now trying to reconcile bank records with its federal spending reports.

House budget chief wants concessions over debt (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:22 AM PST Reuters - The incoming Republican budget chief in the U.S. House of Representatives said he will demand spending concessions from the Obama administration in exchange for any rise in the national debt ceiling.

McCain willing to seek immigration overhaul bill (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:32 AM PST AP - Sen. John McCain says he would support congressional work toward an overhaul of the immigration system once "the borders have been secured."

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