2008年9月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Palin to take center stage as questions swirl (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:47 AM CDT

US Republican vice-presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin campaigns in Washington, Pennsylvania August 30, 2008. REUTERS/John GressAP - After two days of silence, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will step to center stage at the Republican National Convention to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite distracting questions about her family life and qualifications.


McCain trying to get back on script (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:53 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain campaigns at a fire station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 2, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)AP - Knocked off course by literal and political storms, John McCain is mightily trying to return to the route he originally mapped out.


Palin gets chance to fire back with speech (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:35 AM CDT

Presumptive US Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a rally at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in August 2008 in O'Fallon, Missouri. John McCain insisted Tuesday he was AP - Sarah Palin can't say she wasn't warned.


Romney readies for White House run if McCain fails (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:33 AM CDT

Russ Schriefer, left, media consultant to former Massachusetts Gov. and presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, right, guides Romney during his walk through of the  Republican National Convention stage in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for governor and won. Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for president and lost.


McCain and the politics of mortality (Politico)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:50 AM CDT

Politico - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Since John McCain announced Friday that first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be his running mate, Democrats have been quick to point out that the 44-year-old governor cou ld soon be just “a heartbeat away from the presidency.” The veiled reference to McCain’s advanced age is hard to miss.

An evolving GOP approach to family values? (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:37 AM CDT

Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin greet the crowd in O'Fallon, Missouri. The United States should never kow tow to a dictator and must beef up ties with neighbor Canada, so believes Palin.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)AP - Dan Quayle struck a nerve in 1992 when he went after the TV series "Murphy Brown" by saying its depiction of a single mother was irresponsible and set a bad example for America. The Republican vice president said the fictional character was "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another `lifestyle choice.'"


GOP lawmakers now don't mind McCain made them mad (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, left, greets U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., on the floor of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - They used to bristle at the mention of his name. Now, current and former Republican members of Congress who battled John McCain in the chambers of Congress want to see him elected president.


St. Paul set for more politics and protests (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:02 AM CDT

Several hundred protesters march during a rally at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Protests are again expected to mix with politics Wednesday in St. Paul as the Republican National Convention resumes at the Xcel Energy Center.


Palin has not pushed creation science as governor (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:38 AM CDT

US Republican vice-presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin campaigns in Washington, Pennsylvania August 30, 2008. REUTERS/John GressAP - As a candidate for governor, Sarah Palin called for teaching creationism alongside evolution in public schools. But after Alaska voters elected her, Palin, now Republican John McCain's presidential running mate, kept her campaign pledge to not push the idea in the schools.


Finally, at the Republican convention: politics! (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:37 AM CDT

Former Sen. Fred Thompson, of Tennessee speaks about Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in front a video image of McCain and his wife, Cindy, during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A political convention is always a pageant, and this one is delivering.


Arizona Delegates Watch From Afar as Front-Runners Win Close Primaries With all the activity surrounding the Republican National Conv (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

CQPolitics.com - The vote tallies showed Sydney Hay, a state mining industry lobbyist and conservative activist, with a clear if narrow lead that appeared likely to hold up in the sprawling, northeastern 1st District.

Kirkpatrick, Hay to fight for House seat (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:22 AM CDT

AP - A Democrat who raised a hefty amount of money and a Republican lobbyist who has never held elected office will battle each other in November to succeed embattled Republican Rep. Rick Renzi in Arizona's 1st Congressional District.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:16 AM CDT

In a Aug. 29, 2008 file photo Alaska Gov Sarah Palin greets  the crowd after appearing onstage  during the 'Road to the Convention Rally' at the Erwin J.  Nutter Center  in Dayton, Ohio.  Before she was offered the job of GOP running mate, she was told that nothing could prepare her for the harsh spotlight of a presidential campaign.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer/file)AP - Star or distraction? Palin takes center stage at Republican convention as questions swirl ... Lieberman to RNC delegates: John McCain is a reformer like Bill Clinton ... Addressing GOP delegates briefly and from afar, Bush lauds McCain on national security


Republicans try to capture spotlight in White House race (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:38 AM CDT

Presumptive US Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a rally at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O'Fallon, Missouri. Republicans sought to rally voters around John McCain and re-energize their White House campaign after losing precious time in the battle to beat the Democrats.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)AFP - Republicans sought to send a jolt of energy through their White House campaign, as President George W. Bush threw his weight behind John McCain, saying he was "ready to lead this nation."


V.P. selection brings Focus on Family on board (Rocky Mountain News)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 01:05 AM CDT

Rocky Mountain News - James Dobson went from not supporting John McCain to becoming an enthusiastic cheerleader for the Republican presidential ticket in six short months.

Ex-Democrat Lieberman slams Obama from Republican soapbox (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 12:40 AM CDT

US Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut waves after addressing the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lieberman rebuked his former party's White House nominee Barack Obama over Iraq from the prime soapbox of the Republican convention.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - But for a few hundred votes in the disputed 2000 election, Joseph Lieberman might just now be wrapping up eight years as Al Gore's vice president.


Police arrest 300 in anti-Republican rallies (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 12:36 AM CDT

Riot police make an arrest during an anti-war and anti-poverty march near the Republican National Convention being held at the Xcel Center in St Paul, Minnesota.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Police used tear gas and chemical sprays to disperse hundreds of defiant protestors marching against President George W. Bush's policies outside the Republican convention site.


Bush gives McCain a boost on national security (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 11:54 PM CDT

Texas delegates react as President Bush speaks via satellite at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - It was supposed to be President Bush's glory moment in his party's spotlight, full of tributes to his eight years of leadership and cheers from grateful partisans, as he passed the mantle to his would-be successor.


Fighting to get control of convention (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 11:51 PM CDT

AP - Republicans faced the same problem during the second night of their convention Tuesday as Democrats did a week earlier: trying to wrestle television networks for control of their story.

Lieberman calls Obama young, untested (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:43 AM CDT

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., points into the crowd before speaking at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, on Tuesday criticized his former party's nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican John McCain and one-time Democratic President Clinton have done.


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