Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama sharpens jobs element of energy pitch (AP)
• Ruling party candidate out of Haiti race (AFP)
• House Republicans move to slash domestic programs (AP)
• US Rep. Graves of Mo. won't run for Senate in 2012 (AP)
• US says 'good day in Haiti' after vote results (AFP)
• Barney Frank to run again in 2012 (Reuters)
• Obama discusses faith at National Prayer Breakfast (AP)
• Obama urges follow-through on reforms in Yemen (AP)
• Obama announces clean energy plan for buildings (Reuters)
• Counties to government: Careful when cutting deficit (Reuters)
• Campaign group seizes on Sen. Joe Manchin’s repeal vote (Daily Caller)
• Presidency has 'deepened my faith,' Obama says (AFP)
• Poll: Florida voters split on Obama approval (AP)
• Obama says peace in Egypt is in his prayers (AP)
• McCain says the time for Mubarak to leave has come (AP)
• The Mormon primary: Romney vs. Huntsman (Politico)
• Candidates in CA recall election vow to be honest (AP)
• Wife of term-limited Las Vegas mayor enters race (AP)
• The GOP Line on Egypt -- and Obama (Time.com)

Obama sharpens jobs element of energy pitch (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama, turning briefly to his eclipsed domestic agenda, sharpened his sales pitch for clean energy technology Thursday by promising that the payoff would be a wave of jobs — the kind good enough to support families and long-term American prosperity.

Ruling party candidate out of Haiti race (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:10 PM PST AFP - Haiti's fraud-tainted ruling party candidate crashed out of the presidential race on Thursday, as the election commission bowed to weeks of US-led pressure and reversed earlier results.

House Republicans move to slash domestic programs (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST AP - Republicans now controlling the House promised Thursday to slash domestic agencies' budgets by almost 20 percent for the coming year, the first salvo in what's sure to be a bruising battle over their drive to cut spending to where it was before President Barack Obama took office.

US Rep. Graves of Mo. won't run for Senate in 2012 (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:59 PM PST AP - U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri has chosen a committee chairmanship over a Senate campaign, removing himself from a potential Republican primary for the right to challenge Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in 2012.

US says 'good day in Haiti' after vote results (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST AFP - The US ambassador to Haiti, Kenneth Merten, said Thursday it was a "good day in Haiti" after the Caribbean nation moved to amend fraud-tainted first round election results.

Barney Frank to run again in 2012 (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:22 PM PST Reuters - Democratic Representative Barney Frank announced on Thursday he will run for re-election in 2012, ending speculation that he might retire after the current Congressional term.

Obama discusses faith at National Prayer Breakfast (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:17 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that his faith has deepened during his two years in the White House, and he urged lawmakers to rely on their own faith to build a spirit of civility in Washington following the shooting of a congresswoman.

Obama urges follow-through on reforms in Yemen (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:32 PM PST AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has called Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to urge him to follow through on his pledge to reform his government.

Obama announces clean energy plan for buildings (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama announced a new clean energy program in Pennsylvania on Thursday, seeking to show he remains focused on jobs in a state that may be essential to his 2012 re-election prospects.

Counties to government: Careful when cutting deficit (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:33 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama and leaders in Congress are racing to cut spending and bring down the $1.5 trillion federal deficit, but in letters sent to them on Thursday, counties across the country had a single warning: do not slash funding for our programs.

Campaign group seizes on Sen. Joe Manchin’s repeal vote (Daily Caller) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST Daily Caller - Just hours after the Senate rejected a Republican proposal to repeal the president's new health care law, a national Republican campaign group released a video targeting West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat facing election next year who voted against repeal.

Presidency has 'deepened my faith,' Obama says (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's two years in the White House have deepened his Christian faith, he said Thursday as he brushed aside lingering doubts by some Americans who still believe he is Muslim.

Poll: Florida voters split on Obama approval (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:59 AM PST AP - A new poll shows Florida voters are split on whether they approve of President Barack Obama's job performance, but most approve of their senators' performance.

Obama says peace in Egypt is in his prayers (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he's praying that the "violence will end" in turbulent Egypt.

McCain says the time for Mubarak to leave has come (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:30 AM PST AP - Sen. John McCain says the United States has to do "a better job of encouraging democracy" in the Middle East in light of the public uprising in Egypt.

The Mormon primary: Romney vs. Huntsman (Politico) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:41 AM PST Politico - Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr. are both Mormons, both wealthy scions of old Utah families, both ex-governors with chiseled features and terrific hair.

Candidates in CA recall election vow to be honest (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST AP - With most of the City Council that turned this nondescript Los Angeles suburb into a national symbol of municipal corruption facing a recall election next month, many of those who led the fight to boot them from office have lined up to replace them.

Wife of term-limited Las Vegas mayor enters race (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:52 PM PST AP - Sin City's martini-swilling, term-limited mayor might have found a loophole that could let him hang around Las Vegas City Hall for a few more years.

The GOP Line on Egypt -- and Obama (Time.com) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST Time.com - Congressional Republican leaders are playing it safe on Egypt so far, generally complimenting Obama's handling of the protests.

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