Yahoo! News: Elections

Stakes high for Palin in vice presidential debate (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:39 AM CDT

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin enters her debate Thursday with Joe Biden needing to make a strong positive impression on voters, many of whom are expressing serious doubts about her readiness.

October remains the month for political surprises (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:27 AM CDT

AP - Heading into the final weekend of the 2004 presidential campaign, John Kerry was feeling good about his chances of winning the White House.

Palin draws skepticism even in conservative South (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:30 AM CDT

AP - John Thomas has lots of reasons to support John McCain for president. Like McCain, Thomas is a former Navy officer. They're about the same age, and Thomas considers himself a political independent with a conservative bent.

Lawsuits likely over NYC mayor's bid for 3rd term (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:58 AM CDT

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is almost certain to face a legal challenge if he tries to alter the city's term-limits law and seek four more years in office.

Female ex-governors divided on Palin (Politico)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:57 AM CDT

Politico - Sarah Palin is Alaska’s first female governor. She is the first woman to win a place on the Republican presidential ticket and only the second female major-party vice presidential nominee.

Estimates show Palin assets top $1 million (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:14 AM CDT

AP - Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even before she became governor, capitalizing on valuable fishing rights, a series of land deals and a patchwork of other ventures to build an above-average lifestyle.

VP debate moderator's impartiality questioned (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 10:42 PM CDT

AP - PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator of the upcoming vice presidential debate, dismissed conservative questions about her impartiality because she is writing a book that includes material on Barack Obama.

AP poll: Obama takes a 7-point lead over McCain (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:48 AM CDT

AP - Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to lead the nation through its sudden financial crisis, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that underscores the mounting concerns of some McCain backers.

Obama, McCain vote for bailout bill (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 10:15 PM CDT

AP - The Republican presidential candidate who took the economic bailout so seriously that he suspended many campaign activities last week stayed quiet in the Senate when it came time to vote on it.

Palin, in interview, casts herself as a federalist (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 10:28 PM CDT

AP - When it comes to the Supreme Court, only one case comes to Sarah Palin's mind: Roe v. Wade.

Judge: Illinois ballot language 'misleading' (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 04:04 AM CDT

AP - A judge has ruled that Illinois must stop mailing election ballots to members of the military and hold off on sending absentee ballots to everyone else because they contain "misleading and "inaccurate" language.

Google teams with film stars to register US voters (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:35 AM CDT

AFP - Film stars including Forest Whitaker, Leonardo DiCaprio and Dustin Hoffman have joined forces with Google in a campaign to get US citizens to vote in the coming presidential election.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:47 AM CDT

AP - For Palin, fighting doubts about her readiness, stakes are high in debate against Biden ... Obama, McCain vote for financial bailout bill; Obama speaks while McCain lays low ... Obama pulls away to 7-point lead, AP poll shows, as economy pushes him ahead of McCain

Quotes from the vice presidential candidates (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:27 AM CDT

AP - Recent quotes and missteps from the vice presidential candidates, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin:

McCain dogged by questions over Palin (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:22 AM CDT

AFP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, on the backfoot after poor recent polling data, is being dogged by questions about the experience of his running mate Sarah Palin.

Obama's health plan may help more uninsured: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:26 AM CDT

Reuters - An analysis of the two starkly different approaches to reforming the U.S. health care system offered by John McCain and Barack Obama suggests Obama's plan has the best chance of making health care more affordable, accessible, efficient and higher in quality.

Obama opens lead over McCain, gains in key states (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 11:04 PM CDT

AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has vaulted ahead of his Republican rival John McCain, gaining ground in pivotal states and among women voters, according to new polls.

Fact check: Biden spins a helicopter tale (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 11:03 PM CDT

AP - When Joe Biden tells voters he understands the threat posed by Afghan extremists, he dramatically illustrates one reason why: His helicopter was "forced down" on "the superhighway of terror." Actually, snow, not the enemy, persuaded the helicopter pilot to land and wait out a storm.