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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama, McCain to attend economic bailout talks (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 03:33 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks during news conference in Clearwater, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.  In response to Republican John McCain's statement Wednesday that he wants to postpone Friday's debate to deal with the nation's financial problems, Obama said 'it's more important than ever' that the country hear from its next president. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - John McCain and Barack Obama say presidential politics should have no role in the government's efforts to save the crippled financial system. Yet, each is playing his own politics toward the same goals — showing leadership during crisis, getting credit for any solutions, and, ultimately, winning the presidency.


Who's running Alaska with Palin on stump? (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 03:13 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks to the media prior to her meeting with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - The McCain campaign is speaking for the Alaska state government these days, especially when it wants to ensure that nothing embarrassing about Gov. Sarah Palin emerges before Election Day.


Democrats frame economy as 'values' issue (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 02:09 AM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in Dunedin, Florida, September 24, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)AP - In Parma, Ohio, an organizer for Barack Obama arrived at a recent "Catholic house party," a campaign-sponsored chat about values, prepared to answer questions about abortion.


Obama rebuffs McCain's call to delay debate (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:21 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks during news conference in Clearwater, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.  In response to Republican John McCain's statement Wednesday that he wants to postpone Friday's debate to deal with the nation's financial problems, Obama said 'it's more important than ever' that the country hear from its next president. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - The economic crisis and raw politics threatened to derail the first presidential debate as John McCain challenged Barack Obama to delay Friday's event to work on the financial crisis. Obama rebuffed the plea, saying presidents need to "deal with more than one thing at once."


McCain camp proposes pushing debate back a week to St. Louis (Politico)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:46 PM CDT

Politico - Dana Bash:

Palin once blessed to be free from 'witchcraft' (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 01:24 AM CDT

REFILE - ADDING NAME   U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sits during a meeting with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari in New York September 24, 2008.   REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)AP - A grainy YouTube video surfaced Wednesday showing Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from "witchcraft" as she prepared to seek higher office.


Palin: US could face another Great Depression (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:10 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, right, meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Wednesday that the United States could be headed for another Great Depression if Congress doesn't act on the financial crisis.


Analysis: A bailout plan too big to fail (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 10:35 PM CDT

In this photo provided by CBS News, CBS News anchor Katie Couric interviews Republican Presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, Wednesday, Sept. 24 in New York. The interview aired on that evening's CBS Evening News With Katie Couric. (AP Photo/CBS News, J.P. Filo)AP - President Bush and the two men running to succeed him raised the political stakes dramatically Wednesday in the great bailout debate of 2008, effectively stamping a "too big to fail" sign on congressional efforts to pass a pre-election economic rescue plan.


Road to 270: Obama leads, but 8 states hold keys (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:31 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers a statement to the traveling press corps in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, that he is directing his staff to work with Barack Obama's campaign and the debate commission to delay Friday's debate because of the economic crisis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Barack Obama leads John McCain in the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes and the White House, but eight states with a decisive 109 votes are still up for grabs as they plunge into the final weeks of a stubbornly tight presidential campaign.


Obama: McCain slow to challenge Wall St salaries (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:03 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. gestures during a rally in Dunedin, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday that Republican John McCain may criticize Wall Street executives now but failed to speak out against their huge salaries a year ago, and still backs policies that favor the wealthy over working families.


Financial crisis creates daring duel for McCain, Obama (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 04:24 AM CDT

Workers attach the background logo for the presidential debate inside the Ford Center in Oxford, Mississippi. With 40 days to go until election day, the fast-moving global financial crisis has transformed the White House race into a daring duel of political brinkmanship for John McCain and Barack Obama.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - With 40 days to go until election day, the fast-moving global financial crisis has transformed the White House race into a daring duel of political brinkmanship for John McCain and Barack Obama.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 02:41 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during news conference in Clearwater, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.  In response to Republican John McCain's statement Wednesday that he wants to postpone Friday's debate to deal with the nation's financial problems, Obama said 'it's more important than ever' that the country hear from its next president. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Obama, McCain make political moves on crisis even while saying politics should play no part ... Palin says US could be facing another Great Depression if Congress doesn't act ... Sarah Palin received blessing in 2005 to keep her free from 'witchcraft'


Pa. Republican congressman declines debate (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 02:28 AM CDT

AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain isn't the only one citing the economic crisis as a reason to delay debate plans.

US-POLITICS Summary (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 02:19 AM CDT

Reuters - Republican White House hopeful John McCain threw the campaign into turmoil on Wednesday by calling for a delay in the first presidential debate to try to forge a Wall Street rescue plan -- a surprise move promptly rejected by Democrat Barack Obama.

McCain suspends campaign to work on Wall Street plan (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 02:19 AM CDT

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain makes a statement in New York announcing he is suspending his campaign because of the economic crisis, September 24, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Republican White House hopeful John McCain threw the campaign into turmoil on Wednesday by calling for a delay in the first presidential debate to try to forge a Wall Street rescue plan -- a surprise move promptly rejected by Democrat Barack Obama.


Deal said to be near on big financial bailout plan (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 02:14 AM CDT

In this video image from APTN, President Bush speaks in a prime-time address from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - President Bush is bringing presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain into negotiations on a $700 billion rescue of Wall Street as Democrats and Republicans near agreement on a bailout plan with more protections for taxpayers and new help for distressed homeowners.


Bush issues dire economic warning (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 01:53 AM CDT

US President George W. Bush warned in a television address to the US public that AFP - Warning "our entire economy is in danger," US President George W. Bush called unprecedented crisis talks for Thursday with White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama and congressional leaders.


Source: McCain aide's firm paid by Freddie Mac (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:38 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. holds a press availability after touring the Dow Corning plant in Freeland, Mich., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Jeff Schrier)AP - Almost up until the time it was taken over by the government in the nation's financial crisis, one of two housing giants paid $15,000 a month to the lobbying firm of John McCain's campaign manager, a person familiar with the financial arrangement says.


Conn. Democrats delay plan to censure Lieberman (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:13 PM CDT

In this April 8, 2008 file photo Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., addresses the Vets For Freedom on Capitol Hill in Washington. Connecticut Democrats are considering whether to ask Sen. Joe Lieberman to leave the party for speaking at the Republicans' convention and backing GOP presidential nominee John McCain.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)AP - Connecticut Democrats, angry that Sen. Joe Lieberman is campaigning for the Republican presidential candidate and criticizing his own party's nominee, agreed Wednesday to circulate a resolution to censure the veteran politician but won't consider acting on it until after Election Day.


Polls: 2 Mich. polls give Obama edge over McCain (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 10:55 PM CDT

Barack Obama speaks at a press conference in Florida. US President George W. Bush has warned that AP - THE POLL: EPIC-MRA poll, presidential race in Michigan among likely voters. (Michigan has 17 electoral votes.)


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