Sunday, October 31, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

5 questions for 5 analysts: What will happen Tuesday, what it will mean (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:31 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee (DNC) Moving America Forward Rally at Midway Plaisance Park in Chicago October 30, 2010.Obama warned on Saturday that if Republicans prevail in next week's congressional elections they could roll back his agenda, as he sought to rally fellow Democrats to the polls in a final campaign push. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Lynda Gorov Yahoo! News asked five political analysts what will happen Election Day and what the outcome will mean for President Obama's agenda as he enters the next two years of his presidency. Question: What sets this election apart from …

Democrats’ Last Hope: Sarah Palin (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after speaking at the Republican Victory Fundraising Rally in Orlando, Florida October 23, 2010. REUTERS/Scott Audette (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Reid Wilson National Journal Can Sarah Palin save House Democrats? Many of the party's endangered incumbents are spending their final days campaigning as much against the former Alaska governor as against their Republican rivals. No one in American politics …

Pelosi, and others, could exit if Dems lose (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:35 AM PDT

Time.com - If Democrats lose control of the House of Representatives next week, as most political observers expect, there is a good chance House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will opt to spend time with her grandchildren rather than toil in the minority

Barbour predicts health care won't be recognizable (Politico)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Politico - Republican Governors Association Chairman Haley Barbour pledged Sunday that if Republicans take power and are not able to fully repeal the health care law passed by Democrats, they will at least change enough of it to make it no longer recognizable.

Cuomo, Paladino dismiss polls showing big lead (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:52 PM PDT

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is handed posters to sign during a rally on Manhattans' upper west side, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, in New York. Cuomo is campaigning in a bid for governorship in the Nov. 2 election. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - Democrat Andrew Cuomo Sunday dismissed polls showing him with a wide lead in the governor's race, warning of an uncertain political environment for Democrats going into the midterm elections.

Sestak, Toomey vie for moderates in Philly suburbs (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Pennsylvania Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., talks with 5-year-old Queennairobi Brown after he addressed a gathering of his campaign workers and volunteers at the campaign headquarters in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 . (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Candidates in Pennsylvania's close race for U.S. Senate are vying for support in Philadelphia's heavily populated suburbs packed with moderate, swing voters.

Bill Clinton pleads with NH Democrats to go vote (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:45 PM PDT

AP - Former President Bill Clinton returned to New Hampshire, the state that gave his presidential campaign new life in 1992, hoping his star power can do the same for Democrats on Tuesday.

Questions about Conway's role in brother's case (Politico)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Politico - The Kentucky Democrat denies any involvement in the investigation.

Family death for Hickenlooper (Politico)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:29 AM PDT

Politico - Film director George Hickenlooper, cousin to the Colo. candidate for governor, dies at 47 in Denver.

Bomb plot just narrowly averted, officials say (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:39 PM PDT

Yemeni security forces stand outside the UPS office in the capital San'a, Yemen Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. Their first suspect in custody, Yemeni police continued to search for those believed responsible for mailing a pair of bombs to the United States. U.S. and Yemeni officials were increasingly seeing al-Qaida's hand in the failed plot. (AP Photo)AP - The mail bomb plot stretching from Yemen to Chicago may have been aimed at blowing up planes in flight and was only narrowly averted, officials said Sunday, acknowledging that one device almost slipped through Britain and another seized in Dubai was unwittingly flown on two passenger jets.

Obama's busy weekend campaigning (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:20 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is on the road this weekend for some last-minute campaigning.

Berlusconi amid scandal: 'I love women' (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:23 PM PDT

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures while speaking during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. EU leaders on Friday agreed on tougher rules for spendthrift nations whose overspending threatens Europe's single currency and risks triggering a debt crisis. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi issued an unapologetic defense of his lifestyle Friday amid the latest scandal involving his personal life, admitting that he intervened to secure the release from police custody of a 17-year-old Moroccan girl who had previously been at his villa.

Bill Clinton rallies for Caprio in RI gov race (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:09 PM PDT

AP - Former President Bill Clinton isn't making much of President Barack Obama's decision not to endorse Rhode Island's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio.

Analysis: Turbulent times and change elections (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:00 AM PDT

In the closing days before the crucial midterm election, President Barack Obama makes a final get-out-the-vote push for Democratic candidates as they battle to keep their majorities in Congress, at Midway Plaisance Park in Chicago, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Change. Change. Change.

Conway’s accusations about Paul’s NoZe Brotherhood ‘a little outlandish’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Kenneth Starr knows it’s a joke. So do Dan Rather, Billy Graham, Bob Woodward and George W. Bush.

RNC's Steele Promotes Party's Turnaround in Popularity (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:56 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Sunday that his barometer for a successful midterm election Tuesday will be a majority-securing 39 seats in the House, but that even 37 seats would prove the turnaround of the GOP's fortunes.

Some good news for Obama from Israel "Tea Party" (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Reuters - A "Say No to Obama" event in Israel drew only 100 supporters on Sunday to the launch of an Israeli version of the Tea Party movement that is challenging the President in Tuesday's mid-term elections.

Palin: ‘You blew it, President Obama’ (The Upshot)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:15 AM PDT

The Upshot - It's Sarah Palin's time to shine. After spending this cycle touting tea party candidates, endorsing "Mama Grizzlies," and lending her time and energy to candidates around the country, Palin says she can't wait to see her candidates clobber Democrats and Republicans alike on Tuesday. "I think it's going to be a political earthquake," Palin told [...]
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