Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Romney seeks to address health care woes (AP)
• Blowouts onshore: Fear, pollution, uncertainty (AP)
• China's Wen pledges to address 'great resentment' (AFP)
• England 'eyed royal ties for 2018 World Cup bid' (AFP)
• Tucson suspect charged with murders of judge, aide (AP)
• Veteran federal judge visits drug gang's NYC turf (AP)
• Gingrich: I expect to be 'in the race' (AP)
• New Mexico advances bill to ban licenses for illegals (Reuters)
• Report: Dem's campaign skirted contribution limits (AP)
• AP sources: Ex-congresswoman to run for US Senate (AP)
• Next up for Senate: votes on two budget plans, more than $50 billion apart (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The GOP's Abortion Distraction (The Daily Beast)
• Bring On a Third Party for the 2012 Presidential Election! (The Daily Beast)
• Dem congressman: GOP intentionally sabotaging economy to ‘defeat Barack Obama in 2012′ (Daily Caller)
• Obama takes first steps on road to 2012 elections (Reuters)
• Wisconsin: Slightest signs of compromise emerge (The Christian Science Monitor)

Romney seeks to address health care woes (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:24 PM PST AP - Call it an attempt to address an obvious political vulnerability. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday derided President Barack Obama's health care law — modeled in some ways after one the ex-governor signed in Massachusetts — as a misguided and egregious effort to seize more power for Washington.

Blowouts onshore: Fear, pollution, uncertainty (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PST AP - A gas well blowout in the shadow of Yellowstone National Park spewed a cloud of explosive natural gas, forced evacuations for miles around and polluted the drinking water — and the people who live in Wyoming's Line Creek Valley still wonder four years later if their lives will return to normal.

China's Wen pledges to address 'great resentment' (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 08:10 AM PST AFP - VIDEO: At the National People's Congress, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao acknowledges "great resentment" over growing income disparity, corruption and other problems and vows his government will take action. Duration: 1:04

England 'eyed royal ties for 2018 World Cup bid' (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:58 AM PST AFP - England's failed 2018 football World Cup bid tried to use Prince Andrew's relationship with the Qatari royal family to secure a voting alliance, a report said Saturday.

Tucson suspect charged with murders of judge, aide (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:04 AM PST AP - The suspect in the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was hit with dozens of new charges as federal prosecutors formally accused him of killing six people and wounding 13 others during a Tucson shooting rampage.

Veteran federal judge visits drug gang's NYC turf (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:34 AM PST AP - The scene in a gritty Brooklyn neighborhood had the feel of a political campaign stop, except the stately man trailed by aides, a bodyguard and two news photographers wasn't making speeches or working a crowd.

Gingrich: I expect to be 'in the race' (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 11:43 PM PST AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he expects to be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

New Mexico advances bill to ban licenses for illegals (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:52 PM PST Reuters - New Mexico lawmakers passed a bill to ban undocumented immigrants from getting driver's licenses on Friday, advancing legislation backed by newly elected Republican governor Susana Martinez.

Report: Dem's campaign skirted contribution limits (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:33 PM PST AP - Nevada's secretary of state says his office is looking into whether former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid formed numerous political action committees that were used to funnel $750,000 into his campaign and skirt contribution limits

AP sources: Ex-congresswoman to run for US Senate (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:11 PM PST AP - Former Republican U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson will enter the race for New Mexico's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jeff Bingaman.

Next up for Senate: votes on two budget plans, more than $50 billion apart (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:50 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The Senate is gearing up for head-to-head votes on two budget plans â€" more than $50 billion apart â€" to fund the last seven months of the fiscal year. Without agreement, funding runs out on March 18.

The GOP's Abortion Distraction (The Daily Beast) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:15 PM PST The Daily Beast - Rep. Mike Pence's push to defund Planned Parenthood is shortsighted political posturing that may score ideological points with a few voters but shifts focus away from serious issues like entitlement reform, says Mark McKinnon.

Bring On a Third Party for the 2012 Presidential Election! (The Daily Beast) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:14 PM PST The Daily Beast - Kent Conrad, Joe Lieberman, and Jon Huntsman can’t compete as presidential candidates because they aren’t ideologically pure enough—though the public is crying out for viable alternatives to the major parties. Douglas Schoen on why it’s time for a change.

Dem congressman: GOP intentionally sabotaging economy to ‘defeat Barack Obama in 2012′ (Daily Caller) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:07 PM PST Daily Caller - This is the sort of cynical notion you might expect from one of the talking heads that appear nightly on MSNBC, but it might be a bit of a surprise coming from a sitting member of Congress.

Obama takes first steps on road to 2012 elections (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:17 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama took the first steps on the road to the 2012 elections on Friday, presiding over the first of many fund-raising events to ensure his Democrats can compete against the Republicans.

Wisconsin: Slightest signs of compromise emerge (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:06 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The standoff in Wisconsin over the power of public employee unions is showing signs of budging as feuding state lawmakers, including Gov. Scott Walker (R), hint that some element of compromise is the only thing that will prevent the stalemate from entering its fourth week. Opinion polls released this week suggest that Wisconsin voters are becoming restless as the protracted battle drags on.

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