Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama celebrates JFK's 'unfinished life' (AP)
• Summary Box: 4 HP directors out after Hurd fiasco (AP)
• Haiti under US-led pressure over tainted vote (AFP)
• Republican Health Care Resolution Looks like Obamacare, Just with GOP Signature (ContributorNetwork)
• US: Haiti needs credible elections (AP)
• House to vote on abolishing campaign matching fund (AP)
• Conservatives want spending cut $90 billion more (AP)
• Obama gearing up for re-election campaign (Reuters)
• Santorum hits Obama on abortion, civil rights (AP)
• State Dinner Follows Obama's Talks with Chinese President Hu (ContributorNetwork)
• Half-way through term, Obama cranks up 2012 bid (AFP)
• Obama ramping up 2012 re-election campaign (AP)
• Irish PM forced to set March 11 election date (AFP)
• Irish PM blunder forces early election (Reuters)
• Obama ramping up 2012 reelection campaign (AP)
• US warns Haiti over election changes (AFP)
• College Student: Ideal Obama Speech Would Touch on Tuition, Loans and Grants (ContributorNetwork)
• 'O' is a fun read for political junkies (AP)
• House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts (U.S. News & World Report)

Obama celebrates JFK's 'unfinished life' (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:07 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday paid tribute to the "unfinished life" of John F. Kennedy and said his inauguration 50 years ago and his accompanying call for Americans to serve their country still "inspires us and lights our way."

Summary Box: 4 HP directors out after Hurd fiasco (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:47 PM PST AP - THE CHANGES: Four board members at Hewlett-Packard Co. won't stand for re-election in March. HP is replacing them with five new members.

Haiti under US-led pressure over tainted vote (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST AFP - US-led pressure mounted on Haiti's President Rene Preval on Thursday, amid calls for him to pull his handpicked candidate out of the disputed presidential election race.

Republican Health Care Resolution Looks like Obamacare, Just with GOP Signature (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:36 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Ever had someone steal your term paper or report in school, alter it somewhat (or not), put their name on the article in question, then turn it in as their own? Even if you haven't, you probably know someone it has happened to or who perpetrated the act of misappropriation themselves. On Thursday, that same type of misappropriation occurred in the House of Representatives when Republicans passed a resolution, according to OpenCongress.org, calling on four House committees to draft legislation that would replace the Health Care Reform legislation, the so-called Obamacare Bill (now law), that they voted to repeal on Wednesday. Donny Shaw astutely points out that the Republican resolutions 12 principles are mostly lifted straight from Obamacare (which Republicans claim to despise), with the main differences being what looks like usual Republican Party platitudes about taxation, decreasing the national debt, and downsizing the role of the federal government.

US: Haiti needs credible elections (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:26 PM PST AP - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Haiti must accept the Organization of American States' call to replace the candidate backed by President Rene Preval in a disputed presidential election.

House to vote on abolishing campaign matching fund (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:40 PM PST AP - The House will vote next week on legislation to end the system of financing presidential candidates and national party conventions with federal matching funds, Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Thursday.

Conservatives want spending cut $90 billion more (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:24 PM PST AP - House conservatives vowed Thursday to slash domestic programs well beyond the already steep spending cuts promised by GOP leaders in the midterm election campaign that put Republicans in control of the chamber.

Obama gearing up for re-election campaign (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:52 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama, gearing up for his re-election bid, will base his campaign headquarters in his hometown Chicago and close a White House office devoted to political affairs, his spokesman said on Thursday.

Santorum hits Obama on abortion, civil rights (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:31 PM PST AP - Former Sen. Rick Santorum says it is surprising that the nation's first black president is willing to deny civil rights to fetuses.

State Dinner Follows Obama's Talks with Chinese President Hu (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:24 PM PST ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | The first state dinner attended by a Chinese president in more than a decade took place on Wednesday, apparently without much of a hitch. Amid some questions as to whether or not the United States should be so highly honoring the leader of a nation with which we have strong disagreements over issues like trade and human rights, 225 people sat down to a meal being described as "quintessentially American."

Half-way through term, Obama cranks up 2012 bid (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 01:21 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama marked the halfway point of his turbulent term Thursday by unveiling aggressive moves to crank up his reelection effort, boosted by a sudden surge in popularity.

Obama ramping up 2012 re-election campaign (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 01:13 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is shifting senior White House staffers to his hometown of Chicago and opening a campaign headquarters there as he steps up preparations for the formal launch of his re-election bid this spring.

Irish PM forced to set March 11 election date (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:36 PM PST AFP - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen on Thursday called a general election for March 11 as he bowed to pressure over a botched cabinet reshuffle and his handling of the country's economic crisis.

Irish PM blunder forces early election (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:26 AM PST Reuters - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen was forced to call an early March election on Thursday after an attempt to reshuffle his cabinet backfired, with a third of his cabinet resigning in just over 24 hours.

Obama ramping up 2012 reelection campaign (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:12 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is stepping up his re-election bid, shifting White House staff to a campaign that will be run out of Chicago.

US warns Haiti over election changes (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:07 AM PST AFP - The United States warned Haiti on Thursday that it would lose international support if it rejects calls for President Rene Preval's favored candidate to be taken out of an election runoff.

College Student: Ideal Obama Speech Would Touch on Tuition, Loans and Grants (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:15 AM PST ContributorNetwork - I'm studying for my bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication at Ashford University. Like many students, I'd like the federal government to address issues related to higher education in America.

'O' is a fun read for political junkies (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST AP - "O: A Presidential Novel" (Simon & Schuster, $25.99), by Anonymous: "O," the much-hyped fictionalized account of President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election effort, is an enjoyable read for political junkies who can't wait for the next campaign to start.

House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - Moving aggressively to make good on election promises to slash the federal budget, the House GOP today unveiled an eye-popping plan to eliminate $2.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. Gone would be Amtrak subsidies, fat checks to the Legal Services Corporation and National Endowment for the Arts, and some $900 million to run President Obama's healthcare reform program. [See a gallery of political caricatures.]

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