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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama to meet economic advisers to offer new plans (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:30 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to supporters after a rally in Espanola, N.M., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Barack Obama turned to a team of advisers that shaped America's economy in happier days to fashion fresh ideas for calming the stomach-churning financial crisis that has thundered from Wall Street to Main Street.


Campaigns target each other's advisers (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:46 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday night, Sept. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - John McCain and Barack Obama are targeting each other's economic advisers in a new pair of dueling campaign ads.


Campaign cash cows are put out to pasture (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:11 AM CDT

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, center, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, right, meet with congressional and financial leaders Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - This fall, many members of Congress will see a major source of campaign contributions disappear, possibly never to return.


Palin's husband refuses to testify in probe (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 01:51 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., applauds as vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's, husband, Todd, waves to supporters during a rally, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Green Bay, Wis.. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband has refused to testify in the investigation of his wife's alleged abuse of power, and key lawmakers said Thursday that uncooperative witnesses are effectively sidetracking the probe until after Election Day.


Is President Bush AWOL? (Politico)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:32 PM CDT

President Bush walks out to make a statement on the economy outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 18, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)Politico - Where’s George? The president, I mean.


McCain says he would fire SEC chairman (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:44 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, wave to supporters during a rally, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Republican John McCain, buffeted by criticism about his response to Wall Street's financial problems, said Thursday he would fire the SEC chairman and create a special trust to help strengthen weak institutions.


Analysis: Obama regains momentum in tight race (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:22 PM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks during a rally at Plaza de Espanola in Espanola, New Mexico. Obama surged into the lead Thursday in national polls which showed the financial crisis rocking the White House race and AP - The party conventions and the Sarah Palin surge behind them, Barack Obama and John McCain are neck and neck again in their race for the White House — with the momentum and the political environment tilting toward the Democrats.


In Montana, coal's future enters governor's race (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:27 AM CDT

AP - Republican Roy Brown has promised a more aggressive energy policy for Montana if elected governor — with expanded coal mining, a new power plant and fewer barriers to oil and gas exploration.

Vermont candidate to prosecute Bush if she wins (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT

Vincent Bugliosi, left, speaks at a news conference in Burlington, Vt., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. Bugliosi, the author of the book, 'The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.' was in Vermont to support the candidacy of Progressive candidate for attorney general of Vermont, Charlotte Dennett, right.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Lots of political candidates make campaign promises. But not like Charlotte Dennett's.


Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:56 AM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks during a rally in Espanola, New Mexico on September 18. Obama has reversed a Republican surge in national polls for the presidential election swayed by the financial crisis and signs that Sarah Palin's star may be dimming.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Democratic White House contender Barack Obama has reversed a Republican surge in national polls for the presidential election swayed by the financial crisis and signs that Sarah Palin's star may be dimming.


Will Ivy League embrace R.O.T.C again? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Even if presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama succeed in influencing Ivy League schools to accept military recruiting programs, few believe it would yield more than a handful of new officers.

Palin's husband refuses to testify in 'Troopergate': lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:39 AM CDT

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd, who is refusing to comply with a subpoena issued in an abuse-of-power probe of his wife, the family's lawyer said(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - The husband of the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is refusing to comply with a subpoena issued in an abuse-of-power probe of his wife, the family's lawyer said.


Obama Gains in Polls as Financial Crisis Shifts Focus (Bloomberg)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:18 AM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses the crowd during his 'Change You Can Believe In' rally at Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Nevada September 17, 2008. (David Allio/Reuters)Bloomberg - Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- As global investors lost more than $3 trillion in market value this week, Barack Obama saw his own stock gaining among American voters.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:14 AM CDT

McCain-Palin spokesmen Ed O'Callaghan, left, and Meg Stapelton respond to questions about the firing of former public safety commissioner Walt Monegan by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during a news conference at the McCain-Palin headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008.  (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Palin's husband joins witnesses stonewalling probe of charges GOP VP nominee abused power ... First Clinton, now Palin out of NYC rally; organizers say no American politicians coming ... Barack Obama on the ballot in Brazil; Is the Democrat keeping his options open after November? ...


Colorado 'ground zero' for Obama campaign (Rocky Mountain News)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 01:05 AM CDT

Rocky Mountain News - Colorado remains critical for Barack Obama, and the candidate's campaign chief painted a scenario Thursday that showed the state being the tipping point foran Electoral College victory.

McCain Effort to Tie Obama to Fannie Mae Woes Sets off Political Brawl (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:10 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday night, Sept. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)CQPolitics.com - Republican presidential nominee John McCain sparked a furious exchange of campaign attacks Thursday night with the release of a television ad linking Democratic nominee Barack Obama to a former Fannie Mae chief who was forced out by an accounting scandal.


Obama Uses `Rove's Playbook' to Counter McCain Ohio Ground Game (Bloomberg)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- There was Betty Kitchen, her home without electricity after a storm, a maple tree resting on her roof, working with friends to plow through a phone list of 290 neighbors in South Charleston, Ohio, trying to win her state for John McCain.

McCain salutes sacrifice of fallen soldier (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 10:55 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, respond to the cheers of supporters as they enter a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday night, Sept. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Republican John McCain on Thursday held up the dog tags of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, saying they served as a reminder of what matters in the presidential race.


First Clinton, now Palin out of NYC rally (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 10:47 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov., Sarah Palin, addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday night, Sept. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Organizers of an anti-Iran rally next week have dropped Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin from the event, days after Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled out.


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