Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics/democratic-party politics Politics - Democratic Party en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:53 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics/democratic-party http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine ap/20100210/us_democrats_wilder_kaine AP Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.3395b99c739945d8b8fd4657b836735a.obama_whcd102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=ZDh5dvYrZHNci.XXI.J8lg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama is introduced by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democratic former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Barack Obama to fire Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.3395b99c739945d8b8fd4657b836735a.obama_whcd102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=ZDh5dvYrZHNci.XXI.J8lg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama is introduced by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs nm/20100210/us_usa_congress_jobs Reuters politics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:29:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.283721c6d586426380517b48f59567d8.obama_dcpm110.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=XpKAccBwER6FRTHnIa_rfw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="Vice President Joe Biden, far left, takes his seat in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, before the start of a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. From left are, Biden, House Minority Leader of John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Highway funding and tax breaks for hiring workers figure prominently in a jobs-creation bill that Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope will attract rare joint support in an election year, lawmakers said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.283721c6d586426380517b48f59567d8.obama_dcpm110.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=XpKAccBwER6FRTHnIa_rfw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vice President Joe Biden, far left, takes his seat in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, before the start of a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. From left are, Biden, House Minority Leader of John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare ap/20100208/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare AP Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:39:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.ce4aac519f314ac98058bd8c9170c045.illinois_primary_ilnh402.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=hTZ5NV0iWZdTF23Mid8_3w--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen speaks during an interview WTTW television studio in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.ce4aac519f314ac98058bd8c9170c045.illinois_primary_ilnh402.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=hTZ5NV0iWZdTF23Mid8_3w--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen speaks during an interview WTTW television studio in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100207/pl_cq_politics/politics3291687 cq/20100207/politics3291687 CQPolitics.com politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:50:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - It's hard to think of Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, who has won two landslide elections to the Senate and previously served as a popular two-term governor, as anything but politically safe. But such is the political environment for Democrats these days, and there are signs that even Bayh will have to hustle to win a third term. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama ap/20100207/us_obama AP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:07:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.fd2240bbf3bd4c4ea23535abefd0ebab.obama_whcd119.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=2ndFXAneAwFL69.pVb_2qA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="President Barack Obama speaks at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.fd2240bbf3bd4c4ea23535abefd0ebab.obama_whcd119.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=2ndFXAneAwFL69.pVb_2qA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_democrats_weather ap/20100206/us_democrats_weather AP politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:27:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_democrats_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.46c6e3bc0562454991327abefd37312f.winter_weather_dcsw109.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=K8ddXNwaaNyR0TvVi3bt7g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The snow is cleared off the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as snow continued to fall in the Washington area. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Snowmageddon" &mdash; that's what President Barack Obama calls the storm that's shut down Washington.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_democrats_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.46c6e3bc0562454991327abefd37312f.winter_weather_dcsw109.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=K8ddXNwaaNyR0TvVi3bt7g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="The snow is cleared off the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as snow continued to fall in the Washington area. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100206/pl_politico/32613 politico/20100206/32613 Politico politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:41:00 GMT Politico - As the Democratic National Committee convened in Washington on Friday for its winter meeting, the chill in the air was due to more than the snowstorm howling through the D.C. streets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100206/pl_politico/32619 politico/20100206/32619 Politico politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:40:00 GMT Politico - President Barack Obama has left Democrats as confused as ever about how the White House plans to deliver a health care reform bill this year, after two weeks of inconsistent statements, negligible hands-on involvement and a sudden shift to a jobs-first message. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview ap/20100206/us_obama_preview AP politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:59:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.0ecefc1bf106443783c94732d542394f.aptopix_obama_winter_weather_whcd101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=OowQziPbROTOFhS1uBXEOQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Marine stands sentry as the snow falls while President Barack Obama works in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels Friday as a massive snowstorm blew into the Mid-Atlantic with forecasters predicting a record 30 inches or more for the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two favorite American pastimes &mdash; politics and football &mdash; are on President Barack Obama's weekend agenda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.0ecefc1bf106443783c94732d542394f.aptopix_obama_winter_weather_whcd101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=OowQziPbROTOFhS1uBXEOQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Marine stands sentry as the snow falls while President Barack Obama works in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels Friday as a massive snowstorm blew into the Mid-Atlantic with forecasters predicting a record 30 inches or more for the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_governor_democratic_nightmare ap/20100206/us_illinois_governor_democratic_nightmare AP Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:43:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_governor_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.7ad3f9cdcade480ca7e24a1b0487f087.aptopix_illinois_lieutenant_governor_democratic_nightmare_ilpb101.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=yrzE2yl.T4spaXpYku7PQg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Randy Cohen, the brother of Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Scott Lee Cohen, talks on the phone inside their pawn shop, the Royal Pawn Shop in Chicago, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Scott Lee Cohen, a pawnbroker and owner of a cleaning supplies company, shocked the political establishment by beating four state lawmakers to nab the Democratic nomination with 26 percent of the vote. He gained strong name recognition with advertising that featured people who said they found jobs at employment fairs he organized. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)" border="0" /></a>AP - Just when Illinois was starting to move on from the scandals of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, along comes Scott Lee Cohen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_governor_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.7ad3f9cdcade480ca7e24a1b0487f087.aptopix_illinois_lieutenant_governor_democratic_nightmare_ilpb101.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=yrzE2yl.T4spaXpYku7PQg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Randy Cohen, the brother of Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Scott Lee Cohen, talks on the phone inside their pawn shop, the Royal Pawn Shop in Chicago, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Scott Lee Cohen, a pawnbroker and owner of a cleaning supplies company, shocked the political establishment by beating four state lawmakers to nab the Democratic nomination with 26 percent of the vote. He gained strong name recognition with advertising that featured people who said they found jobs at employment fairs he organized. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100205/pl_bloomberg/afce7tbe62w bloomberg/20100205/afce7tbe62w Bloomberg politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:20:24 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats Barbara Boxer and James Webb proposed a 50 percent tax on bonuses of more than $400,000 at financial firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. that received U.S. bailout money. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100205/pl_cq_politics/politics3291376 cq/20100205/politics3291376 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:31:18 GMT CQPolitics.com - Senate Democrats have scheduled a Feb. 8 procedural vote on a National Labor Relations Board nominee, providing the first test of whether the chamber's new 41-member Republican caucus can sustain a filibuster. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100205/pl_cq_politics/politics3291372 cq/20100205/politics3291372 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:22:18 GMT CQPolitics.com - Speaker Nancy Pelosi used an address to the Democratic National Committee's winter conference on Friday to try to energize party loyalists and encourage them to "get the word out" about Democrats' accomplishments. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100205/pl_bloomberg/ads3wa1zjam8 bloomberg/20100205/ads3wa1zjam8 Bloomberg politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:11:05 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s politics may be drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: Ronald Reagan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_go_co/us_brown_senate ap/20100205/us_brown_senate AP politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:26:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_go_co/us_brown_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.551ea2aa5df04ba491ed08d9d82cbed6.brown_senate_dcmc107.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=4Nnd6b3C9CUJi1FuJcfyzA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. is followed by reporters as he leaves the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, after being sworn-in by Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Scott Brown says he's a different kind of Republican, a centrist willing to work with Senate Democrats to fix health care and the ailing economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_go_co/us_brown_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.551ea2aa5df04ba491ed08d9d82cbed6.brown_senate_dcmc107.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=4Nnd6b3C9CUJi1FuJcfyzA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. is followed by reporters as he leaves the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, after being sworn-in by Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_primary ap/20100205/us_illinois_primary AP Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:46:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_primary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.68fcc60dc6d94000889fa12e72e6776e.illinois_primary_ilnh203.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=otdTFUBBhbn0tuxX3UmfEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Illinois gubernatorial primary candidate Dan Hynes smiles as he addresses supporters election night in Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Hynes trails incumbant Gov. Pat Quinn, but Hynes vowed to fight until every vote was counted.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes conceded defeat Thursday in the Democratic primary for governor, promising to help Gov. Pat Quinn win in November.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_primary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.68fcc60dc6d94000889fa12e72e6776e.illinois_primary_ilnh203.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=otdTFUBBhbn0tuxX3UmfEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Illinois gubernatorial primary candidate Dan Hynes smiles as he addresses supporters election night in Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Hynes trails incumbant Gov. Pat Quinn, but Hynes vowed to fight until every vote was counted.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100205/pl_bloomberg/aizwjcml2day bloomberg/20100205/aizwjcml2day Bloomberg politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s politics may be drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: Ronald Reagan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100205/pl_bloomberg/a4yxohogaatw bloomberg/20100205/a4yxohogaatw Bloomberg politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats Barbara Boxer and James Webb proposed a 50 percent tax on bonuses of more than $400,000 at financial firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. that received U.S. bailout money. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100205/pl_bloomberg/aa589w9lhzu bloomberg/20100205/aa589w9lhzu Bloomberg business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:02 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown was sworn in as a U.S. senator, taking the seat held for almost half a century by the late Edward Kennedy and ending the supermajority for Senate Democrats that let them overcome stalling tactics on legislation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100205/pl_politico/32569 politico/20100205/32569 Politico politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:47:00 GMT Politico - President Barack Obama is running into resistance from congressional Democrats over several key economic proposals &mdash; blunting the party&rsquo;s ability to send a clear message to middle-class voters that Democrats feel their pain.