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Yahoo! News: Elections


Irish parties meet to fast-forward election (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:57 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland's main political parties will meet on Monday to work out how to speed up parliamentary approval of key financial legislation, whose passage could bring forward an election to February.

Immelt's Obama Connection Signals Business.Gov And Government.Com (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:25 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama's appointment of General Electric executive Jeff Immelt to the newly formed Council on Jobs and Competitiveness is less important than the questions it has provoked. Remember when it was a widely held obsession that Government with a capital "G" should be separate from Business with a capital "B?" No more. It's business.gov these days, and government.com.

At Obama's midpoint, an altered State of the Union (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. When Obama first addressed the joint session about two years ago he had big plans, and a Democratic majority in Congress to help him carry them out. At Tuesday's State of the Union he will speak to a radically reshaped Congress, its Democratic ranks slashed by voters last November, and Republicans sworn to slash spending by as much as $100 billion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Nearly two years ago on a cold February day, President Barack Obama stood for the first time before a joint session of Congress and spoke of a national day of reckoning.


Obama speech may spur fight over pace of budget cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:41 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday is likely to ignite a clash with Republicans over the federal deficit and the pace of budget cuts, an issue that may dominate the political debate this year.

Scandal damages Berlusconi but not his party: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:03 AM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reacts during a meeting with Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed at Chigi palace in Rome January 20, 2011. REUTERS/Tony GentileReuters - The latest sex scandal surrounding Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has damaged his public image but support for his party has risen, meaning he would likely win an early election, a respected pollster said on Sunday.


Key Democrat warns on healthcare repeal bid (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 10:10 AM PST

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as Gonzales testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Reuters - Senate Republicans will be forced to vote separately on popular provisions of the Obama administration's healthcare reform law if they introduce a bill to repeal it, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday.


Powell still bullish on Obama, not joining govt (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:55 AM PST

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives for the luncheon for China's President Hu Jintao, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday ruled out a return to government service but said he still supports President Barack Obama even though he hasn't yet decided who to vote for in 2012.


Irish government in tatters as coalition partners pull out (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:33 PM PST

Ireland's Green party walks out of the government buildings after announcing that they can no longer continue in Government in Dublin, Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen's government was in tatters Sunday after the junior coalition partners pulled out, in a move likely to spark elections even earlier than those planned for March 11.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen's government was in tatters Sunday after the junior coalition partners pulled out, in a move likely to spark elections even earlier than those planned for March 11.


Why Olbermann would have trouble returning to major sports broadcasting networks (Daily Caller)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:31 AM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerOuch: Piers Morgan's CNN debut ripped by media critics on own networkObama celebrates Roe v. Wade decision as opponents target abortionGeorge Will rejects SOTU 'pep rally': 'Every president ... tries to stroke every erogenous zone in the electorate'Colin Powell on Obama: 'We didn't elect Superman, we elected a human being'Hollywood worries 'Captain America' title will offend foreign audiences

Hawk invades the Library of Congress (Daily Caller)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:03 AM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerOuch: Piers Morgan's CNN debut ripped by media critics on own networkObama celebrates Roe v. Wade decision as opponents target abortionGeorge Will rejects SOTU 'pep rally': 'Every president ... tries to stroke every erogenous zone in the electorate'Colin Powell on Obama: 'We didn't elect Superman, we elected a human being'Hollywood worries 'Captain America' title will offend foreign audiences

GOP lawmakers look for signs of new Obama approach (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST

FILE - House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va. makes a statement to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this March 25, 2010 file photo. House Republican leaders specifically exempted defense, homeland security and veterans' programs from spending cuts in their party's 'Pledge to America' campaign manifesto last fall. But the House's new majority leader, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., has said defense programs could join others on the cutting board. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Republicans say they want to hear less about everything they've been hearing for the past two years when President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address.


Voting starts in Portugal's presidential race (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:51 AM PST

Incumbent Portuguese president and candidate Anibal Cavaco Silva votes at a polling station in the Bartolomeu de Gusmao School in Lisbon on January 23. Voters in Portugal cast ballots Sunday in a presidential poll expected to hand victory to conservative incumbent Anibal Cavaco Silva as the country battles a crippling financial crisis.(AFP/Patricia de Melo Moreira)AFP - Voting started Sunday in Portugal's presidential election, with polls predicting centre-right incumbent Anibal Cavaco Silva will win on the first round amid a serious debt crisis.


SPLC article featured in communist newspaper (Daily Caller)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:38 AM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerOuch: Piers Morgan's CNN debut ripped by media critics on own networkObama celebrates Roe v. Wade decision as opponents target abortionGeorge Will rejects SOTU 'pep rally': 'Every president ... tries to stroke every erogenous zone in the electorate'Colin Powell on Obama: 'We didn't elect Superman, we elected a human being'Hollywood worries 'Captain America' title will offend foreign audiences

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