Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama '12: Same cast, different story (Politico)
• GOP's Ryan: Rising star or root canal Republican? (AP)
• Wisconsin lawmakers approve budget and bond fix (Reuters)
• Obama carefully courts black votes with Sharpton (AP)
• AP Sources: US, Colombia to announce trade deal (AP)
• Chicago alderman candidate arrested at polls (AP)
• Tim Kaine exits as DNC chief for 2012 Senate race (AP)
• Obama picks Florida congresswoman to head DNC (AP)
• Radioactive water leak into sea stops at Fukushima (AFP)
• US commander: Libya mission upset some in Africa (AP)
• Senate blocks war powers vote amid Libya action (Reuters)
• Kaine announces Senate campaign in online video (AP)
• Most Successful Presidential Re-Election Campaigns (ContributorNetwork)
• Poll: Who to Blame if the Government Shutdown Occurs (ContributorNetwork)

Obama '12: Same cast, different story (Politico) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:35 AM PDT Politico - With its email and video and cast of well-known characters, the campaign to reelect President Barack Obama that was launched Monday displayed more than a passing resemblance to the path-breaking effort of 2008 that put Obama in the White House.

GOP's Ryan: Rising star or root canal Republican? (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:33 PM PDT AP - Paul Ryan, just 41 but already a seventh-term congressman, is the man making the House Republicans' sales pitch for truly big budget cuts. And he's doing it by talking about maturity.

Wisconsin lawmakers approve budget and bond fix (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - Wisconsin lawmakers on Tuesday approved proposals to close a gap in the state budget that were not voted on when majority Republicans pushed through a controversial anti-union measure last month.

Obama carefully courts black votes with Sharpton (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:25 PM PDT AP - He avoids race, so the story goes. He can't afford to alienate white voters, black people will vote for him again anyway, so he has little to gain by approaching such a volatile subject.

AP Sources: US, Colombia to announce trade deal (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:57 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and Colombia are expected to announce Wednesday a deal on a key free trade pact, three people close to the agreement said, ending a years-long stalemate over the highly-coveted pact.

Chicago alderman candidate arrested at polls (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:51 PM PDT AP - Chicago election officials say a candidate for alderman on the city's South Side has been arrested at a polling place for allegedly harassing an election judge.

Tim Kaine exits as DNC chief for 2012 Senate race (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:45 PM PDT AP - NAME — Timothy M. Kaine.

Obama picks Florida congresswoman to head DNC (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:32 PM PDT AP - Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a congresswoman from South Florida and a key White House defender, was chosen by President Barack Obama on Tuesday to become chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.

Radioactive water leak into sea stops at Fukushima (AFP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:24 PM PDT AFP - A leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was stopped Wednesday, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced.

US commander: Libya mission upset some in Africa (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT AP - The military force unleashed on Libya by the U.S. and its partners upset several African nations despite the international community's widespread concerns over Moammar Gadhafi's use of force against his own people, the top U.S. commander for the continent told Congress on Tuesday.

Senate blocks war powers vote amid Libya action (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT Reuters - As leading U.S. senators discuss whether Congress should retroactively approve military operations in Libya, the Senate on Tuesday sidestepped a chance to reassert the war powers of Congress.

Kaine announces Senate campaign in online video (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:11 PM PDT AP - Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate next year, prompting a quick change in the party's national leadership as President Barack Obama prepares his re-election bid.

Most Successful Presidential Re-Election Campaigns (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:55 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - President Barack Obama announced Monday he was officially seeking re-election. He joined many past presidents who have sought more than one term going back to George Washington, who served as the chief executive of the United States for eight years in the late 1700s.

Poll: Who to Blame if the Government Shutdown Occurs (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:55 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - Americans seem to be divided on who should shoulder most of the blame if the government were to shut down on Friday. A Pew Research Center survey indicates that the public is nearly evenly divided on who should get most of the blame should a shutdown occur but seem to be trending toward blaming Republicans.

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