Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Clash over U.S. spending looms with Obama speech (Reuters)
• Report finds Bush White House violations (AP)
• Got a date? Mixed seating at State of Union (AP)
• Obama ex-aide ineligible to run for Chicago mayor (AFP)
• Democrats hope Obama shakes the Wisconsin blues (AP)
• Chicago ballots to be printed minus Emanuel's name (AP)
• Obama pressed to seek votes on Bush-era trade deals (Reuters)
• US backs Ivorian cocoa, coffee embargo (AFP)
• Ill. court throws Emanuel off Chicago ballot (AP)
• GOP turns to budget guru to respond to Obama (AP)
• Obama to Speak About Educational 'Competitiveness;' Will We Listen? (ContributorNetwork)
• Omaha mayor blames politics for recall effort (AP)
• Giffords' intern, victim's family to attend State of the Union (Reuters)
• Obama speech may spur fight over pace of budget cuts (Reuters)
• Giffords intern to attend State of Union (AP)
• Court tosses Emanuel off Chicago mayoral ballot (Reuters)
• Ouattara calls ban on I.Coast cocoa exports (AFP)
• Obama condemns Russia airport blast as terrorism (AP)
• Obama touts steps to support military families (AP)
• State of the Union: The crafting of a speech (The Christian Science Monitor)

Clash over U.S. spending looms with Obama speech (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:52 PM PST Reuters - Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a clash over what is likely to be a central theme of President Barack Obama's address to Congress on Tuesday: deficit reduction and spending cuts.

Report finds Bush White House violations (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:42 PM PST AP - The White House Office of Political Affairs during the George W. Bush administration violated the law by giving political briefings to political employees, concludes a government report issued Monday.

Got a date? Mixed seating at State of Union (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:24 PM PST AP - Civility or just silly, the push to mix Republicans and Democrats through the audience of President Barack Obama's televised State of the Union address spread across Capitol Hill on Monday, fueled by signals that Americans want to see more cooperation among the nation's leaders.

Obama ex-aide ineligible to run for Chicago mayor (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:19 PM PST AFP - A court in Illinois ruled Monday that President Barack Obama's former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is ineligible to run for mayor of Chicago in next month's election.

Democrats hope Obama shakes the Wisconsin blues (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:56 PM PST AP - Few states handed Democrats a bigger defeat in the midterm elections than Wisconsin, and few rebuffed President Obama so completely.

Chicago ballots to be printed minus Emanuel's name (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:12 PM PST AP - Election officials say they'll start printing ballots for Chicago's mayoral race without Rahm Emanuel's name on them.

Obama pressed to seek votes on Bush-era trade deals (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:42 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama faced bipartisan pressure on Monday to send Congress long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama and rally support for them.

US backs Ivorian cocoa, coffee embargo (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:38 PM PST AFP - The United States threw its support Monday behind a ban on Ivorian cocoa and coffee exports ordered by the internationally-recognized winner of Ivory Coast's election, Alassane Ouattara.

Ill. court throws Emanuel off Chicago ballot (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:53 PM PST AP - Just days ago, Rahm Emanuel seemed to be steamrolling the entire field of candidates for Chicago mayor. He had millions in the bank, a huge lead in the polls and abundant opportunities to show off his influence, including meeting with the visiting Chinese president.

GOP turns to budget guru to respond to Obama (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:29 PM PST AP - Paul Ryan, the congressman giving the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, is a rising star in GOP ranks, a "young gun" who has become the party spokesman on budgetary issues because of his expertise and relentless pursuit of spending cuts.

Obama to Speak About Educational 'Competitiveness;' Will We Listen? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:52 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Obama is about to talk to the American people about being competitive when it comes to measuring up with the rest of the world. He's not prepping us for next year's summer Olympics or even the next World Cup--Obama wants our educational standards to rise to meet the challenges of the new century.

Omaha mayor blames politics for recall effort (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST AP - As one of few powerful Democrats in a deep-red state, Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle contends Republicans wanted to oust him from the moment he took the oath, long before he enraged conservatives by hiking taxes to combat an unexpected budget collapse.

Giffords' intern, victim's family to attend State of the Union (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST Reuters - The intern who gave immediate medical attention to Representative Gabrielle Giffords in the Tucson shootings this month will sit with Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Obama speech may spur fight over pace of budget cuts (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:28 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.

Giffords intern to attend State of Union (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:58 PM PST AP - An intern who cared for Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in the head and the family of a 9-year-old girl who was the youngest of six people killed in the same shooting will sit with first lady Michelle Obama for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

Court tosses Emanuel off Chicago mayoral ballot (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:11 PM PST Reuters - A state appeals court on Monday threw the Chicago mayor's race into turmoil by ruling that front-runner and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel did not qualify for the February ballot.

Ouattara calls ban on I.Coast cocoa exports (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:22 AM PST AFP - The internationally recognised winner of Ivory Coast's election, Alassane Ouattara, tried to choke off funding for his rival Monday by ordering a month-long halt to cocoa and coffee exports.

Obama condemns Russia airport blast as terrorism (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:20 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is condemning an explosion that killed at least 35 people at Moscow's busiest airport, calling it "an outrageous act of terrorism against the Russian people."

Obama touts steps to support military families (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:33 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is announcing new government-wide initiatives to support military families, including programs aimed at preventing suicide and eliminating homelessness.

State of the Union: The crafting of a speech (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:05 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The election was over. He'd won. But there was still something gnawing at Woodrow Wilson in the winter of 1913.

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