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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama, McCain call for changes in mortgage giants (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 03:23 AM CDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (R) and his wife Cindy board their campaign plane after a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado September 6, 2008.      REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)AP - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday that any government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must put the interests of taxpayers and homeowners first. His opponent, GOP nominee John McCain, said it was essential to restructure the mortgage giants.


McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain? (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 03:11 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, signs autographs as she greets supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally Saturday night, Sept. 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM. Palin's husband Todd looks on and smiles. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.


Democrats post big gains in voter registration (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 03:13 AM CDT

Linda Graham , right, holds the clipboard as Florence Dziamniski, 82, fills out the voter registration form outside the senior citizen's home in Clairton, Pa. Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Five days a week, Graham trolls southwest Pennsylvania for unregistered voters, working to add to the big gains Democrats have posted this election cycle. Graham, 45, has taken three months unpaid leave from her job at Pittsburgh's Central Blood Bank to volunteer with Service Employees International Union. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats — one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.


Lawmaker accused of politicizing Palin probe (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 06:31 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles as his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, talks about his accomplishments during an airport campaign rally Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - A Republican lawmaker wants the Democrat overseeing an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's dismissal of her public safety commissioner removed because he seems intent on damaging her vice presidential candidacy.


Obama takes first hard hit at Palin (Politico)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 01:40 PM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in Terre Haute, Indiana. Economic issues dominated the campaign trail Saturday as presidential hopefuls Obama and John McCain battled over who could best lead the nation in troubled times.(AFP/Saul Loeb)Politico - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Barack Obama took his first direct swipe at Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, criticizing her for supporting congressional earmarks before opposing them.


Obama rebukes Palin on earmarks (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 05:36 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a town hall meeting at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them.


Historic White House race enters final stretch (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 01:36 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a town hall meeting at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - They embody four uniquely American stories. They offer messages of transformation with two distinct world views. They pursue one goal.


Palin: More and less than she seems (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 12:53 PM CDT

In this Aug. 29, 2008 file photo, Jim Palin, father of Todd Palin, displays a black and white photo of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's beauty queen competition photo, a 1991 photo of Sarah and her husband Todd, center, and a prom photo of Sarah and Todd, back, at his house in Wasilla, Alaska.  (AP Photo/ Al Grillo, file)AP - The mother kneels in the snow, cheerfully posing beside her bundled up daughter, behind the bloody, dead caribou the mom just shot.


Clinton limits Palin criticism while campaigning (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 08:53 PM CDT

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., shakes hands with supporters with Congressional candidate Mike McMahon, right,  at the end of a rally for McMahon for Congress held at Wagner College in the Staten Island borough of New York, Saturday, Sept.  6,  2008  (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the nation's most-talked-about female leader.


McCain, Obama jostle for mantle of change (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 03:36 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin stand on stage during a campaign event in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 6. US presidential candidates jostled for the mantle of change as more bad economic news threatened to deepen electoral dissatisfaction with the state of the nation.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - US presidential candidates jostled for the mantle of change Sunday as more bad economic news threatened to deepen electoral dissatisfaction with the state of the nation.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 02:16 AM CDT

In this file photo from Jan. 30, 2007, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. greet on Capitol Hill  in Washington. Sens. McCain and Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - Obama, McCain suggest changes in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac ... Republican vice presidential hopeful's church promotes prayer to make gays straight ... Presidential candidates plan joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark Sept. 11 attacks ...


Obama and McCain spar over Social Security (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 09:55 PM CDT

Presidential nominees Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)Reuters - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama warned the elderly on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain would put their retirement income in danger.


Alaska lawmaker sees bias in Palin 'troopergate' probe (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 09:46 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin attends a campaign event in Colorado Springs. A Republican lawmaker is calling for the Democratic head of a probe into Palin to be replaced, accusing him of exploiting the investigation for political ends.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - A Republican lawmaker is calling for the Democratic head of a probe into vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin to be replaced, accusing him of exploiting the investigation for political ends.


McCain, Obama Tout Competing Social Security Plans (Bloomberg)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 08:36 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama made dueling pitches to the nation's elderly, each vowing to bolster Social Security while offering very different approaches.

McCain pledges to appoint Democrats to Cabinet (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 07:12 PM CDT

AP - Republican John McCain pledged if elected president to appoint Democrats to his Cabinet, saying there's nothing partisan about tackling the nation's toughest problems.

Obama, McCain Back Action to Rescue Freddie, Fannie (Bloomberg)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 07:03 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain gave their support for federal action to rescue Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae while saying steps must be taken to ensure the mortgage giants don't keep passing losses off to taxpayers.

McCain backs government takeover of mortgage giants (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 06:34 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks at a campaign event at the Colorado Springs Jet Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. McCain backed a government takeover of two mortgage giants Saturday while his Democratic rival warned that taxpayers should not bail out their shareholders.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain backed a government takeover of two mortgage giants Saturday while his Democratic rival warned that taxpayers should not bail out their shareholders.


Obama: Secret Service is handy when you have girls (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 06:08 PM CDT

AP - Who knew Secret Service agents were so handy for parents of elementary school kids?

Sarah Palin has yet to meet the press (Politico)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 05:21 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, signs autographs as she greets supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally Saturday night, Sept. 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM. Palin's husband Todd looks on and smiles. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)Politico - When political junkies flip through television stations on Sunday morning, they'll find policy-driven interviews with three of the four candidates on the presidential tickets — John McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. They won’t, though, see Sarah Palin.


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