Election doesn't end major discord for GOP, Obama - Yahoo! News

Election doesn't end major discord for GOP, Obama - Yahoo! News

Barely an hour after President Barack Obama invited congressional Republicans to post-election talks to work together on major issues, the Senate's GOP leader had a blunt message: His party's main goal is denying Obama re-election.

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Thursday, November 4, 2010 Quinn pulls further ahead in ballot count | VIDEO The latest numbers show incumbent Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn with a lead of more than 19,000 votes over Republican Bill Brady. Ford Heights fire smoldering hours later | VIDEO A fire that broke out in an abandoned Ford Heights building and spread to a nearby home and church is suspicious, according to police. Teen charged in Schaumburg tainted candy hoax Authorities in northwest suburban Schaumburg now say reports of tampered Halloween candy were a hoax. 2 charged in Homewood bank robbery | VIDEO The FBI says authorities have arrested two people from the southern Chicago suburb of Robbins in the armed robbery of a US Bank branch in Homewood. Daley Plaza Christmas tree cut down in McHenry Landscapers cut down a 70-foot blue spruce Thursday morning that will spend the holidays in Daley Plaza as the City of Chicago's official Christmas tree. United Airlines unveils Oprah plane One of Chicago's best known companies is paying tribute to one the city's best known residents. MORE STORIES Strange News Special election: Ambulance takes voter to polls Short Ind. House speaker says job costs him height NIreland lawmakers deemed too fat for Afghan trip ND man reports uninvited couple in hot tub Ashamed to be Detroit? Not this tiny Oregon town Consumer Britax recalls infant car seats Is pet insurance worth it? T-Mobile revving up Chicago mobile network SF OKs law requiring healthier kids' meals Walmart to discount flat-screen TVs Healthbeat City Council mulling ban of caffeinated alcohol drinks Study: CT scans modestly cut lung cancer deaths SF OKs law requiring healthier kids' meals UIC gets big grant for heart failure research Cases of whooping cough appear to be increasing MOST POPULAR 2 Plainfield teens missing Uncounted votes may decide governor Quinn pulls further ahead in ballot count Child found dead in Bloomingdale home Gary men on fishing trip reported missing All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 49°F 31°F Some sun, then turning cloudy and breezy with a shower in the area Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Grey's Anatomy 8:00 PM Grey's Anatomy 9:00 PM Private Practice 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Britax recalls infant car seats Britax recalled about 23,000 Chaperone infant car seats sold nationwide and online from June 2009 to October 2010 due to laceration and choking hazards. Is your teenager lying? Statistics show that three out of every four teenagers lie at some point each year. How can you tell if your teen is lying? SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Sign up for news alerts

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2010-11-04       The Daily Brief     Michael Roth: We Need to Create Trust AP Michael Roth: One of the striking things that this week's elections forcefully represents is the dramatic erosion of trust in President Obama. Two years ago he hadn't yet earned our confidence, but he did inspire deep trust. Our frustration with his leadership has not just been disappointment with specific policies that haven't worked. The frustration and the anger seem also to come from a feeling of betrayal -- feeling that we trusted the wrong guy. The elections don't really show any movement to "the right guys." They just demonstrate a vacuum of trust -- the triumph of suspicion. This can be fixed. Click here to read more. Bob Cesca: Angry Voters Choose Government Gridlock, Investigations and Shutdown We typically like the idea of two sides locking horns and compromising on the matters of the day. But the era when Republicans would compromise with a Democratic president is long gone. Welcome, everyone, to the suck that never ends. Norman Lear: Enough Already With "The American People" Our experiment in democracy depends, the founders told us at the beginning, on an informed citizenry. Fat chance, American people! Maggie Kozel, M.D.: Veterans Health Care: Why It's the Wrong Time to Privatize Before we take the VA health system away from veterans, we should look at the facts. Peggy Drexler: Women in Congress -- Don't Sweat the Numbers Have we gone from the year of the woman in 1992, to the year of the woman II in 2008, to the year of so-what in 2010? Even as women in politics is becoming no more newsworthy than women in business, the arrival of a new crop of generally young, seemingly bright and overwhelmingly Republican women does raise a question. Are we seeing a shift in women as a reliably progressive bloc on social issues? Tony Schwartz: Fueling Positive Emotions in a World Gone Mad If there is anything this nasty, fear-driven, political season has demonstrated, it's that no politician -- Democrat, Republican, or otherwise -- has any compelling solutions to what ails us. How, then, to feel more control over our destiny?     HuffPost News Obama Can Pursue Ambitious Agenda Without Congress's Help Christine O'Donnell Bashes GOP 'Cannibalism' For Killing Her Campaign (VIDEO) Mitch McConnell: Dumping Obama In 2012 Is The Only Way To Achieve The GOP Agenda Yemen Bomb 17 Minutes From Exploding Bristol Palin Didn't Vote   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy