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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1962 Presidential Elections en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:16:58 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1962 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_overhaul_obama_text ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_obama_text AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:16:58 GMT AP - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting_obama nm/20091107/us_texas_shooting_obama Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:39 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape ap/20091107/us2010_election_landscape AP Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oh, how the tables have turned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091107/us_usa_healthcare Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:58:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.08ba4503be2347d2afaacdfedfa797cc.health_care_overhaul_dchh108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=4UmJ6bp7uwiHCq7IBrH_nA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Rep. Michele Bachman, R-Minn., left, speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, against health care reform. Others are not identified. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.08ba4503be2347d2afaacdfedfa797cc.health_care_overhaul_dchh108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=4UmJ6bp7uwiHCq7IBrH_nA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rep. Michele Bachman, R-Minn., left, speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, against health care reform. Others are not identified. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091107/pl_bloomberg/agoiwv_iyws bloomberg/20091107/agoiwv_iyws Bloomberg politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:54 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber today will pass legislation on the most sweeping U.S. health-care changes in four decades as President Barack Obama urged Congress to “rise to this moment.” http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_test_vote ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_test_vote AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:47:47 GMT AP - President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood ap/20091107/us_obama_fort_hood AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:42:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_overhaul_obama ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_obama AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:24:37 GMT AP - President Barack Obama has ended his Capitol Hill meeting with House Democrats as he tries to round up Democratic votes for his health care overhaul. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29267 politico/20091107/29267 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT Politico - WEST ALLIS, Wisc. &ndash; Sarah Palin rallied thousands of abortion opponents Friday night with a a stark warning that the same philosophy that allows abortion rights could soon be invoked to allow the government to cut off health care for the elderly or children with special needs.&nbsp; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_holiday ap/20091107/us_obama_holiday AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:52:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_holiday"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.07feb3e0ac1f41d2a1222cb91f024e5a.obama_holiday_aldm603.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=sv7fIal821KNS_F69OYABg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="High school student Matt Morgan displays his Obama Day holiday tee shirt as he attends a rally at the Marion Military Institute in Marion, Ala., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama. It's one of Alabama's poorest counties, but it's sparing little during five days of festivities. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_holiday"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.07feb3e0ac1f41d2a1222cb91f024e5a.obama_holiday_aldm603.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=sv7fIal821KNS_F69OYABg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="High school student Matt Morgan displays his Obama Day holiday tee shirt as he attends a rally at the Marion Military Institute in Marion, Ala., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama. It's one of Alabama's poorest counties, but it's sparing little during five days of festivities. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_threat_investigation ap/20091107/us_obama_threat_investigation AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:49:14 GMT AP - A man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_honduras_election nm/20091107/us_honduras_election Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_honduras_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3428405488.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=BAHlVlZmDMfdYmlpM2NaIA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Porfirio Lobo, presidential candidate of the National Party, arrives to attend the opening of the commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to oversee the fulfilment of the accords between Honduran de facto government and a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Henry Romero" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_honduras_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3428405488.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=BAHlVlZmDMfdYmlpM2NaIA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Porfirio Lobo, presidential candidate of the National Party, arrives to attend the opening of the commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to oversee the fulfilment of the accords between Honduran de facto government and a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Henry Romero" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/healthuspoliticscongress afp/20091107/healthuspoliticscongress AFP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:07:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620505941-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Oxm7wETgnWgfn4gFcOETmg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US House of Representatives opened a historic debate Saturday on remaking US health care, with President Barack Obama set to make a rare in-person appeal for his top domestic priority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620505941-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Oxm7wETgnWgfn4gFcOETmg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29263 politico/20091107/29263 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:31:00 GMT Politico - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi all-but-predicted passage of a House health reform bill Saturday, following an emotional appeal from President Barack Obama to fellow Democrats, urging them to &ldquo;answer the call of history&rdquo; and vote yes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29262 politico/20091107/29262 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT Politico - House leaders have won the backing of the nation’s Catholic bishops for a last-minute abortion compromise, a critical boost that could give the health reform bill enough momentum &ndash; and enough votes &ndash; for passage as early as Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/healthuspoliticscongress2ndlead afp/20091107/healthuspoliticscongress2ndlead AFP topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/healthuspoliticscongress2ndlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567669921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=hW12sb5bJzL2s9d.uHUHog--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a daily press briefing in the White House. Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/healthuspoliticscongress2ndlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567669921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=hW12sb5bJzL2s9d.uHUHog--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a daily press briefing in the White House. Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29240 politico/20091107/29240 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:54:00 GMT Politico - The House is expected to vote Saturday night on the Democrats&rsquo; health care bill, and nobody knows for sure how it will turn out. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29253 politico/20091107/29253 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:53:00 GMT Politico - Back in June, pollster David Petts was the man with the answers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview ap/20091107/us_obama_preview AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:50 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_wisconsin_cheesehead ap/20091107/us_obama_wisconsin_cheesehead AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:37 GMT AP - A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay.