Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

The Fast Fix: Delaware upset? (The Newsroom)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 04:23 AM PDT

The Newsroom - Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell has gotten lots of attention -- little of it good -- since winning the Republican nomination in Delaware earlier this month. But, despite all of that attention almost no one thinks she has a chance to win the Delaware Senate seat this fall.

Why liberals will be glad to see Rahm Emanuel go (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is pictured at the G20 summit in Toronto. The phones are ringing. Signatures are being gathered. And various groups are vetting who to support. If Rahm Emanuel is going to launch his expected campaign for mayor of Chicago, the clock is ticking on getting started. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By David Weigel Slate Every two or three days, the Obama administration tries out a line intended to shame liberals into voting. "Folks, wake up," said President Obama last week. "Those who didn't get everything they wanted," said Vice President …

Social media key to reaching young voters in Fla. (Y! News - Ask America)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 12:20 AM PDT

Y! News - Ask America - My expectations before visiting the University of South Florida in Tampa were low: I thought I would speak with mostly uninformed, uninterested college students who were more concerned with school and partying than the midterm elections. And although a few …

Whitman, Brown clash in California governor debate (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:06 PM PDT

Democrat candidate Jerry Brown (L) and Republican candidate Meg Whitman shake hands at the start of the first of three debates in the California governor's race at the University of California, Davis September 28, 2010. REUTERS/Hector Amezcua/PoolReuters - California's voters on Tuesday got their first look at Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman trading blows, as they battle it out for the big economic challenge of running the most populous U.S. state.

Yahoo! News teams up with Washington Post to launch ‘The Fast Fix’ (The Upshot)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 08:12 AM PDT

The Upshot - Calling all political junkies! Now you can get your daily dose of political news and analysis in 60 seconds. The Washington Post and Yahoo! News have joined forces to launch a daily video feature called "The Fast Fix," starring Chris Cillizza, PostPolitics.com managing editor and author of the Post's blog The Fix. Check out Wednesday's [...]

Social Media May Predict Candidates' Wins (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 07:49 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Republican candidates for the Senate in the November midterm elections have on average four times as many Facebook fans and five times as many Twitter followers as their Democratic opponents, according to a recent analysis.

GOP: It's Payback Time! (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT

The Daily Beast - With their hopes of a House takeover soaring, Republicans must decide between getting things done and getting back at their tormenters. Lloyd Grove talks to lawmakers about the wounds inflicted by Nancy Pelosi—and whether they can resist the revenge play.

GOP donors may stretch 2010 map (Politico)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:23 PM PDT

Politico - Many Democrats once thought safe could be defeated by outside spending.

Fox vs. Beck (cont'd) (Politico)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Politico - Network head Roger Ailes now appears to be criticizing Fox's most controversial personality.

Gates says too few in US bear the burdens of war (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:52 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that most Americans have grown too detached from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and see military service as "something for other people to do."

AP source: Some drone strikes tied to terror plot (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:59 PM PDT

AP - Some missile strikes in a recent surge of attacks by unmanned U.S. drones in Pakistan were aimed at disrupting suspected terrorist plots aimed at Europe, a Western counterterrorism official said.

UN lifts arms embargo on Sierra Leone (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT

AP - The U.N. Security Council is lifting a 13-year-old arms embargo against the small west African nation of Sierra Leone after being assured that the nation is sufficiently stable following the civil war that ended in 2002.

Congress funding fight may delay Wall Street reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:40 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration may have to wait several months to implement parts of the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform law because Congress has yet to approve funds necessary for its implementation.

Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars': 5 heated debates (The Week)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:17 PM PDT

The Week - Woodward's inside look at Obama's Afghanistan War policy has only just hit bookstores, but the fighting is already well underway

Alleged White House gate-crasher organizing D.C. mayoral campaign (Daily Caller)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:24 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Carlos Allen, a Washington D.C. entrepreneur known for allegedly crashing President Obama’s first state dinner, tells The Daily Caller that he’s serious about running for mayor of the nation’s capital as an independent.

Hoyer Says No Tax-Cut Vote Before Elections (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:51 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Ignoring jabs from Republicans, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer on Wednesday effectively ruled out a floor vote this week on extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

Felled by tea party, senator wages a comeback (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2010, photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, addresses a group of supporters at her new Juneau campaign headquarters in Juneau, Alaska. Senator Murkowski is mounting a Write-in campaign after losing to her Republican opponent Joe Miller, in the Alaska Primary. Against a string of Tea Party victories, the establishment is fighting back. It's personification is Lisa Murkowski, a U.S. senator by means of her father's appointment and one unwilling to fade into Alaska's political wilderness after losing to Sarah Palin's team. (AP Photo/Chris Miller)AP - Against a string of tea party victories, the establishment is fighting back. Its personification is Lisa Murkowski, a U.S. senator by means of her father's appointment and one unwilling to fade into Alaska's political wilderness after losing to a candidate backed by Sarah Palin and tea party activists.

Education claims at issue in Del. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:34 PM PDT

FILE - In a Sept. 19, 2010 file photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell speaks at a Sussex County Republican Committee Picnic in Lincoln, Del. O'Donnell said Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2010 that she never posted on an online networking profile with questionable claims about her education background, including implying that she had attended Oxford University. O'Donnell said in statement released by her campaign that she never established a personal profile on the LinkedIn networking site nor authorized anyone to do so on her behalf, and that reports that she had released false information are 'categorically untrue.' (AP Photo/Jessica Kourkounis, File)AP - GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, who said for years she had graduated from a New Jersey university when she had not, tried to distance herself Wednesday from a profile on an online networking site that indicates she attended Oxford University.
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