Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Giffords wishes husband happy birthday on Twitter (AP)
• Chicago mayor candidates wrap up campaigns (AP)
• Down to the wire in Chicago mayoral race with Rahm Emanuel leading (The Christian Science Monitor)
• President Obama’s ratings: President’s Day edition (Daily Caller)
• Obama's ex-enforcer seeks Chicago mayoral crown (AFP)
• Tea Party group asks GOP to wait to endorse Chris Lee replacement, threatens third-party challenge (Daily Caller)
• Wisconsin governor calls on Democrats to come home (Reuters)
• Univ. of Ariz. starts national civility institute (AP)
• Wis. budget plan may tilt political playing field (AP)
• Anglican parish in Va votes to settle land dispute (AP)
• Wis. gov. says he won't accept union compromise (AP)
• IMF chief steals Sarkozy's thunder at French G20 (Reuters)
• Aussies launch Cup bid amid ticket fury (AFP)
• "Almost no chance" Obama budget adopted: Moody's (Reuters)
• Herman Cain continues offensive against Wisconsin Democrats (Daily Caller)
• America's unhappy electorate (The Daily Beast)
• Former aide slams Palin in leaked tell-all book manuscript (Daily Caller)
• Spot-fixing affair behind us says Pakistan (AP)
• Thoughts on Daley, challenges faced by new mayor (AP)
• Yemen president digs in as protests spread (AFP)

Giffords wishes husband happy birthday on Twitter (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:17 PM PST AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wished her husband and brother-in-law a happy birthday — and also thanked the Houston hospital where she's undergoing intensive rehabilitation for a cake that featured the likeness of her astronaut husband.

Chicago mayor candidates wrap up campaigns (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:06 PM PST AP - Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's main rivals in the race to succeed Chicago Mayor Richard Daley spent Monday doing some last-minute campaigning and scratching for every vote they could find in the hopes of forcing an April runoff.

Down to the wire in Chicago mayoral race with Rahm Emanuel leading (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:32 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The leading candidates to succeed Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley spent Sunday in a place where uplift could help their poll standings: church.

President Obama’s ratings: President’s Day edition (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:28 PM PST Daily Caller - This President’s Day, Rasmussen Reports Daily Tracking Poll reported that Barack Obama had some of his lowest numbers since mid-December. Only 44 percent of voters said they at least somewhat approve of the president; 55 percent disapprove.

Obama's ex-enforcer seeks Chicago mayoral crown (AFP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:00 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama's ex-enforcer Rahm Emanuel hopes to be crowned mayor of Chicago Tuesday after capturing such a decisive lead that the only question is whether he'll win enough votes to avoid a runoff.

Tea Party group asks GOP to wait to endorse Chris Lee replacement, threatens third-party challenge (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST Daily Caller - The seven Republican county chairmen in New York's 26th District are set to vote tonight on the GOP nominee to replace Chris Lee, but a Tea Party group is trying to throw a wrench in that schedule. TEA New York wrote a letter requesting that the GOP hold off on making an endorsement, saying that their members have not had enough time to vet the potential candidates. The group threatened that if the committee goes ahead and endorses tonight as planned, they might face a challenge from a third-party candidate.

Wisconsin governor calls on Democrats to come home (Reuters) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST Reuters - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday urged 14 Democratic state senators who left the state rather than vote on a bill that takes away bargaining rights for state workers to return to work, but warned a massive budget deficit left no room to negotiate.

Univ. of Ariz. starts national civility institute (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:45 PM PST AP - Two former presidents — one Republican, the other a Democrat — will chair a new national institute to promote civility in political discourse in the city where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was severely wounded in a shooting rampage that left six dead, officials announced Monday.

Wis. budget plan may tilt political playing field (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:35 PM PST AP - The high-stakes fight in Wisconsin over union rights is about more than pay and benefits in the public sector. It could have far-reaching effects on electoral politics in this and other states by helping solidify Republican power for years, experts said Monday.

Anglican parish in Va votes to settle land dispute (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:03 AM PST AP - A small conservative Anglican parish in northern Virginia has voted to settle its part of a costly property dispute with the Episcopal Church. The case drew national attention when like-minded conservative congregations in Virginia broke from the denomination in a dispute over theology and sexuality.

Wis. gov. says he won't accept union compromise (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:44 PM PST AP - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker again rejected a proposed compromise Monday to end a political stalemate over collective bargaining rights that led to 14 Senate Democrats skipping town and motivated tens of thousands of people to march on the Capitol in protest for more than a week.

IMF chief steals Sarkozy's thunder at French G20 (Reuters) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 10:32 AM PST Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes his stint at the helm of the G20 will boost his re-election chances in 2012, but it was a potential challenger who stole the show when finance ministers met at the weekend.

Aussies launch Cup bid amid ticket fury (AFP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST AFP - Australia got their campaign for a fourth successive World Cup off to a winning start Monday amid growing anger over the lack of seats for fans at the final in Mumbai's historic Wankhede stadium.

"Almost no chance" Obama budget adopted: Moody's (Reuters) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:55 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's budget proposal would be "marginally positive" for U.S. credit ratings in the short term, but there is "almost no chance" Congress will pass the plan as it was presented, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.

Herman Cain continues offensive against Wisconsin Democrats (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:36 AM PST Daily Caller - While Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, on Sunday reiterated to Barack Obama that the president should stay out of his state’s affairs, potential 2012 GOP hopeful Herman Cain flexed his own leadership muscles with attacks on local Democrats.

America's unhappy electorate (The Daily Beast) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 06:30 AM PST The Daily Beast - President Obama hits 50 percent in the new Newsweek/Daily Beast poll, but Americans are largely dissatisfied with Congress, its leaders, and plans. (A bright spot: Trump for president!) Full results below.

Former aide slams Palin in leaked tell-all book manuscript (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:06 AM PST Daily Caller - The leaked manuscript of a book by former Palin aide Frank Bailey asserts that the Alaska governor was "petty" and broke state election law in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign, reports the Anchorage Daily News, which was among the news outlets that received a copy.

Spot-fixing affair behind us says Pakistan (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:38 AM PST AP - Pakistan coach Waqar Younis says his team is not worried about the recent spot-fixing affair as it prepares to open its World Cup campaign.

Thoughts on Daley, challenges faced by new mayor (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:36 AM PST AP - In the days leading up to Tuesday's mayoral election, The Associated Press spoke to more than a dozen Chicago business leaders, academics, writers and others about the city under Mayor Richard M. Daley's leadership and the challenges awaiting the next mayor. Here are excerpts from some of those conversations:

Yemen president digs in as protests spread (AFP) Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:28 AM PST AFP - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed on Monday not to quit under popular pressure as demonstrations demanding his ouster spread across the country and the death toll in protests rose.

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