Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1962 Presidential Elections en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:12:05 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/afp/uschinataiwanmilitary afp/20091121/uschinataiwanmilitary AFP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:12:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uschinataiwanmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258753128591-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=j8VO7okL7yXnLaQJsfQS7A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Demonstrators are seen during a rally outside Taipei's presidential office, in 2006. Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress are pushing for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would almost certainly anger China.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would likely set back warming US ties with China.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uschinataiwanmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258753128591-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=j8VO7okL7yXnLaQJsfQS7A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Demonstrators are seen during a rally outside Taipei's presidential office, in 2006. Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress are pushing for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would almost certainly anger China.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_poll nm/20091120/us_obama_poll Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1117025656.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3o6d7RBXWeWPOG9XGIQtnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1117025656.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3o6d7RBXWeWPOG9XGIQtnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_jihad_billboard ap/20091120/us_obama_jihad_billboard AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_jihad_billboard"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.e5977dbf82834a5fac4c5893dba38ece.obama_jihad_billboard_codz101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mTXZfjuy4QpfW1UiT7T4jQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Maintenance man David Lee of Arvada, Colo., puts the finishing touches on a sign featuring drawings of President Barack Obama for a sales lot for pre-owned vehicles along Interstate 70 in the northwest Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The billboard, completed by an artist Thursday, shows a grinning cartoonish Obama wearing a turban. The billboard says, 'PRESIDENT or JIHAD?' Underneath the picture is a yellow square with the phrase, 'BIRTH CERTIFICATE PROVE IT.' (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)" border="0" /></a>AP - A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_jihad_billboard"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.e5977dbf82834a5fac4c5893dba38ece.obama_jihad_billboard_codz101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mTXZfjuy4QpfW1UiT7T4jQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Maintenance man David Lee of Arvada, Colo., puts the finishing touches on a sign featuring drawings of President Barack Obama for a sales lot for pre-owned vehicles along Interstate 70 in the northwest Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The billboard, completed by an artist Thursday, shows a grinning cartoonish Obama wearing a turban. The billboard says, 'PRESIDENT or JIHAD?' Underneath the picture is a yellow square with the phrase, 'BIRTH CERTIFICATE PROVE IT.' (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091120/pl_politico/29778 politico/20091120/29778 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:52:00 GMT Politico - Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she&rsquo;s &ldquo;leaning towards&rdquo; voting to start debate on the health care bill &ndash; which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for the reform package on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/un_un_iran_rights ap/20091120/un_un_iran_rights AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:34 GMT AP - A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29776 politico/20091120/29776 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:12:00 GMT Politico - Glenn Beck, the controversial Fox News television host, is planning on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned, according to sources familiar with his thinking. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3252973 cq/20091120/politics3252973 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - After spending millions of his own money during his unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney apparently has learned a thing or two about fundraising. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_usa_obama nm/20091120/us_afghanistan_usa_obama Reuters topstories Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:56 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29767 politico/20091120/29767 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:00 GMT Politico - The health care debate has sucked so much oxygen out of the Capitol's chambers that it's been easy to miss another simmering story: Democratic fears about the economy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_school ap/20091120/us_obama_school AP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:31 GMT AP - Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_congress_judges nm/20091120/us_usa_congress_judges Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:43 GMT Reuters - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate, having smashed through a Republican wall of opposition, confirmed on Thursday U.S. President Barack Obama's first and longest-stalled judicial nominee. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29749 politico/20091120/29749 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29749"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r3116331945.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=MB5VGb3No5JOJeS4p.MWUA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank listens to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS HEADSHOT)" border="0" /></a>Politico - Congressional Democrats could be careening toward a head-on collision with the White House over $200 billion in leftover bailout money &mdash; money that Republicans think should simply be returned to taxpayers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29749"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r3116331945.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=MB5VGb3No5JOJeS4p.MWUA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank listens to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS HEADSHOT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/awxy12pvv70 bloomberg/20091120/awxy12pvv70 Bloomberg politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, as part of a grilling on Capitol Hill yesterday, was asked by a Republican lawmaker to resign. It is a call he is likely to hear again and again as next year’s election campaign heats up. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091120/pl_bloomberg/asmar8rlnkyu bloomberg/20091120/asmar8rlnkyu Bloomberg politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:10 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama handed the U.S. Congress a road map for an overhaul of financial-services regulation in June, including greater oversight of derivatives and system-wide risks, new ways to wind down failed companies and a consumer agency to regulate credit cards and mortgages. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/a5domkq2ytiu bloomberg/20091120/a5domkq2ytiu Bloomberg politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/a5domkq2ytiu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.8201783fb7224eada8ed452365f0befc.governors_race_giuliani_ny133.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=pL99DEIiJuRbxwdx3nNMog--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J. A spokeswoman for Giuliani insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does. Christie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Independent Chris Daggett in the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who lost his bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, current and former Republican officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/a5domkq2ytiu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.8201783fb7224eada8ed452365f0befc.governors_race_giuliani_ny133.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=pL99DEIiJuRbxwdx3nNMog--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J. A spokeswoman for Giuliani insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does. Christie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Independent Chris Daggett in the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29744 politico/20091120/29744 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29744"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r1874744725.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=0l8sPH_z6Fzi2kfpMJffKA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A resident of Plano, Texas cheers on a speaker at an America's Tea Party event held at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, July 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>Politico - After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29744"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r1874744725.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=0l8sPH_z6Fzi2kfpMJffKA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="A resident of Plano, Texas cheers on a speaker at an America's Tea Party event held at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, July 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091120/pl_politico/29747 politico/20091120/29747 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMT Politico - Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have been working overtime to craft a climate bill that can attract significant GOP support. But they aren&rsquo;t exactly scoring points with their mutual best friend in the Senate, John McCain. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29748 politico/20091120/29748 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:40:00 GMT Politico - Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29746 politico/20091120/29746 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:28:00 GMT Politico - He doesn’t have the votes &mdash; yet &mdash; but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and fellow Democrats projected confidence they could clear the first hurdle for health reform, a rare Saturday vote to open debate on the sweeping measure. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama ap/20091120/us_obama AP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:06:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.ac5a684c0db44d288736a50ed15ca700.obama_mdco101.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=_iz9CN02v1XQbGzldVnZyg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.ac5a684c0db44d288736a50ed15ca700.obama_mdco101.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=_iz9CN02v1XQbGzldVnZyg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)