http://www.blogcampaign.com Politics and Elections - Who Will Be King (or Queen) of the Mountain? Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:48:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AP - Combining Obama administration and Republican priorities, the leading Senate author of a sweeping rewrite of the nation's financial regulations is looking for consensus with a proposal that neither side of the political spectrum is ready to embrace. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_bi_ge/us_financial_overhaul AP - Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul AP - Let the count begin. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_go_ot/us_census_let_the_count_begin AP - China is once again the country Congress loves to hate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_bi_ge/us_us_china AFP - Thailand's prime minister on Monday rejected an ultimatum by tens of thousands of protesters who had besieged the army barracks where he was holed up to demand immediate elections. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100315/ts_afp/thailandpoliticsprotest AP - The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_bi_ge/us_runaway_prius AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc looked poised on Monday to be the biggest single group in parliament, as poll results from key provinces gave him a strong lead eight days after the vote. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100315/ts_afp/iraqvote AP - President Barack Obama flies to Ohio as he tries to drum up more support for his health insurance overhaul. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview AP - Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pentagon_metro_shooting_guns AP - The U.S. is taking a go-slow approach on one of the touchiest and least discussed national security issues: whether to remove the last remaining Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_nuclear_weapons_europe AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_bi_ge/us_social_security_ious AP - President Barack Obama is having difficulty getting all federal agencies to follow his order to deliver "a new era of open government," according to a study of how they administer the Freedom of Information Act. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_sunshine_obama_foia Reuters - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100315/ts_nm/us_obama_mexico_murders AP - Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al-Qaida hideout ahead of a likely terror attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_go_ot/us_yemen_al_qaida AP - The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he was "absolutely confident" in its prospects. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul