Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Don't Count Out Palin for 2012 Just Yet (The Atlantic Wire)
• Huckabee exit an opportunity for those unlike him (AP)
• Bachmann's Presidential Campaign Is 'Beyond Speculation' (The Atlantic Wire)
• Deal near to extend surveillance tactics: aide (Reuters)
• Prodding Israel, Obama embraces Palestine borders (AP)
• Republican advances to runoff in Calif. House race (AP)
• Perry: Too busy with legislature for presidency (AP)
• Nev. judge: Parties get a say in special election (AP)
• SF school swaps out name of racist Calif. governor (AP)
• Romney: Obama 'threw Israel under the bus' (AP)
• California Assembly approves electoral vote change (AP)
• Tepco to announce record losses, replace president: report (Reuters)
• Michelle Obama makes first foray into new campaign (AP)
• Emails say Loughner brought pocketknife to class (AP)
• AP sources: Hill leaders agree on Patriot Act (AP)
• Gingrich soldiers on, suggests immigration plan (Reuters)
• Ex-ICoast strongman Gbagbo in 'good condition': US (AFP)
• Top US lawmakers strike anti-terrorism powers deal (AFP)
• Paralyzed man stands, steps after spine treatment (Reuters)

Don't Count Out Palin for 2012 Just Yet (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 19 May 2011 06:07 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Sarah Palin is still "seriously considering" running for president in 2012, but won't make her announcement by "media-assigned deadlines," she told Fox News' Sean Hannity Wednesday night.

Huckabee exit an opportunity for those unlike him (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 12:19 AM PDT AP - No single candidate stands ready to fill the gap that Mike Huckabee leaves in the 2012 Republican field for president, and those who do benefit may bear little resemblance to the former Arkansas governor and one-time Baptist minister who was favored by evangelical conservatives.

Bachmann's Presidential Campaign Is 'Beyond Speculation' (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 17 May 2011 01:17 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign is "beyond speculation," a Republican consultant tells Fox News' Chris Stirewalt. "They are doing this." The Minnesota congresswoman's advisers are telling reporters that it's "very likely" she'll jump in the race now that the lineup is starting to shake out. With evangelical favorite Mike Huckabee dropping out, Newt Gingrich in freefall practically minutes into his campaign, and Sarah Palin looking like she won't run, only Rick Santorum stands between Bachmann and the social conservative vote.

Deal near to extend surveillance tactics: aide (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:31 PM PDT Reuters - Congressional leaders have struck a deal to extend key anti-terrorism surveillance tactics for four years, a senior Democratic aide said on Thursday, a move that would avoid a potentially contentious fight over the tactics.

Prodding Israel, Obama embraces Palestine borders (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:30 PM PDT AP - Exasperated by stalled Middle East peace talks in a season of tumultuous change, President Barack Obama jolted close ally Israel Thursday by embracing the Palestinians' terms for drawing the borders of their new nation next door. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel rejected the idea as "indefensible" on the eve of his vital White House meeting with Obama.

Republican advances to runoff in Calif. House race (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT AP - Republican businessman Craig Huey on Thursday beat California Secretary of State Debra Bowen in a congressional race and will square off against Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn in a July runoff congressional race.

Perry: Too busy with legislature for presidency (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:12 PM PDT AP - Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday he is too busy concentrating on the Texas Legislature to think about the presidential buzz surrounding him this week.

Nev. judge: Parties get a say in special election (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:57 PM PDT AP - A Nevada judge ruled Thursday that political parties can pick who will represent them on the ballot for the Silver State's first special election to fill a vacant U.S. House seat.

SF school swaps out name of racist Calif. governor (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:50 PM PDT AP - For decades, a San Francisco preschool in an underserved, predominantly black neighborhood bore the name of Peter Burnett, California's first elected civilian governor.

Romney: Obama 'threw Israel under the bus' (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:48 PM PDT AP - Republicans looking to unseat President Barack Obama charged Thursday that he undermined the sensitive and delicate negotiations for Middle East peace with his outline for resumed talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

California Assembly approves electoral vote change (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:35 PM PDT AP - Lawmakers have taken a step to make California more relevant in presidential politics, voting to give the state's electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote.

Tepco to announce record losses, replace president: report (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:34 PM PDT Reuters - Tokyo Electric Power Co is set to book a record annual net loss on Friday due to the accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and its top executive will resign to take responsibility for the handling of the crisis, Japanese media reported.

Michelle Obama makes first foray into new campaign (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 05:34 PM PDT AP - Michelle Obama made her first foray into the 2012 presidential campaign Thursday, telling donors that her husband needs them to "work like you have never worked before" so he can finish the job he started.

Emails say Loughner brought pocketknife to class (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - The college where the Tucson shooting suspect once was a student on Thursday released a slew of emails written in the months before he was suspended, painting a picture of Jared Lee Loughner as a struggling student with emotional problems who disturbed others when he brought a pocketknife to class.

AP sources: Hill leaders agree on Patriot Act (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - Top congressional leaders agreed Thursday to a four-year extension of the anti-terrorist Patriot Act, the controversial law passed after the Sept. 11 attacks that governs the search for terrorists on American soil.

Gingrich soldiers on, suggests immigration plan (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - Newt Gingrich, whose campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has gotten off to a rocky start, risked fresh controversy on Thursday by suggesting that some illegal immigrants living in the United States "may have earned the right to become legal."

Ex-ICoast strongman Gbagbo in 'good condition': US (AFP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT AFP - Ex-Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo is in "good condition" and has been treated fairly while in custody, a top US diplomat said Thursday in congressional testimony.

Top US lawmakers strike anti-terrorism powers deal (AFP) Posted: 19 May 2011 03:57 PM PDT AFP - US Congress leaders have agreed to extend for four years an array of counter-terrorism surveillance and search powers adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks, officials said Thursday.

Paralyzed man stands, steps after spine treatment (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - A man left paralyzed after a car accident was able to stand and take steps after electrical stimulation of his spinal cord in what researchers described as a breakthrough in treating such devastating injuries.

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