2008年10月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Todd Palin had unusual access to wife's staff (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 03:10 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, right, walks ahead of her husband, Todd Palin, before boarding her campaign plane at Love Field in Dallas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008.  (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin remained in the dark while her husband repeatedly asked top state officials to help get his former brother-in-law kicked off the state police force, Palin's husband and top aides said in affidavits provided to The Associated Press.


Obama holds advertising advantage over McCain (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:33 AM CDT

Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. After a lackluster debate, John McCain now has less than four weeks to turn the race for the White House around, as observers began to wonder aloud whether the Republican who once dubbed himself the comeback kid can win.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Lyons)AP - Barack Obama spent $3.3 million in TV advertising on Monday. At that rate the Democrat will spend more than $90 million on ads through Election Day — more than all the money Republican rival John McCain has to spend on his entire fall campaign.


GOP finds plucking off House Democrats difficult (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

AP - Turns out he is something far more common: a GOP challenger burdened with an assortment of political and personal problems in addition to President Bush's unpopularity and economic hard times.

Economy heats race in Ohio 'barometer' county (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:03 AM CDT

Doug Coleman, 57, talks about the election in Portsmouth, Ohio, Sept. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)AP - Waiting to get lunch at the Dari Creme's walk-up window, Denise Leport wore an Ohio State Buckeyes sweat shirt along with a frown as she considered this year's presidential candidates.


Candidates tout economic bona fides (Politico)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 07:50 PM CDT

Politico - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – John McCain and Barack Obama campaigned Wednesday through four battleground states, exchanging bitter words over the economy as each nominee tried to position himself as the better fiscal steward.

Report: Both candidates increase health coverage (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 11:08 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate John McCain (R) speaks during the debate with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) at the Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University's Curb Event Center October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. US presidential hopefuls welcomed the Federal Reserve's lowering of key interest rates as part of a world effort to spur economic growth.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Anthony Jacobs)AP - John McCain's health plan would reduce the ranks of the uninsured by about 21.1 million people if fully put in place by 2010, while Barack Obama's would reduce the number by 26.6 million, an analysis predicts.


Son of Tenn. Democrat indicted in Palin hacking (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 11:09 PM CDT

David Kernell, 20, leaves the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn. with his attorney Wade Davies, right, after pleading not guilty of hacking in to vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email account.(AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)AP - The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.


Report: Voter purges in 6 states may violate law (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 12:07 AM CDT

AP - Tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, and the voters' exclusion appears to violate federal law, according to a published report.

Rivals competing for voters' trust on economy (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 07:04 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a crowd estimated at 21,000 people at a rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - With the deepening U.S. economic crisis rippling around the globe, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain seem to agree the question facing anxious voters is: Who do you trust?


McCain housing proposal: Easier said than done (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:43 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles as he is greeted during a rally for him and Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)AP - Ordering the government to buy up bad mortgages to cut homeowners' monthly payments might sound good, but experts are skeptical. They say the plan John McCain is promoting is unlikely to solve the housing crisis that's pushing the economy toward recession.


GOP candidate challenges Sen. Kerry on AIG bailout (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 04:07 AM CDT

AP - Sen. John Kerry's GOP challenger called on him to sell any stock he has in insurance giant AIG and donate all campaign contributions from officials at the company to taxpayers.

Washington's only contested US House race revs up (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 03:37 AM CDT

Democratic challenger Darcy Burner speaks during a debate with U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash., in their race for Congress. Reichert and Burner are in a rematch for the 8th Congressional District seat after a heated and close fight two years ago.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - For U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, Democratic challenger Darcy Burner is too inexperienced and left-leaning. For Burner, Reichert is ineffective and has sided with President Bush too often.


The Limits of Race (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:50 AM CDT

Time.com - It once seemed potent enough to cost Obama the election. But as the economy falters, race is receding. A battleground report

No clear winner from landmark Maldives election (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:40 AM CDT

A Maldivian woman votes at a polling station in the Maldives High Commission in Colombo. The first-ever democratic presidential election in the Maldives looked set to go into a second round after Asia's longest-serving leader apparently failed to deliver a knock-out blow to his rivals.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - The first-ever democratic presidential election in the Maldives looked set to go into a second round after Asia's longest-serving leader apparently failed to deliver a knock-out blow to his rivals.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:25 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., campaigns in Indianapolis, Ind., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - Obama holds commanding advertising advantage as McCain goes all negative on the air ... Obama says McCain campaign's personal attacks are attempt to score 'cheap political points' ... McCain promises balanced budget by end of term; renews criticism of Obama's policies


McCain on defensive in 'Bush states' (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 12:20 AM CDT

A woman holds up a placard as US Republican presidential candidate John McCain addresses a rally in Bethlehem, Pennslyvania. Less than four weeks from election day, McCain is in trouble on supposedly safe Republican turf in a string of states which President George W. Bush won in 2004.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - Less than four weeks from election day, John McCain is in trouble on supposedly safe Republican turf in a string of states which President George W. Bush won in 2004.


Obama has 4-point lead on McCain (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 12:05 AM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama looks out into the crowd at a campaign rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis October 8, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama has built a 4-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the race for the White House, aided by growing support from women and independent voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.


'Better days ahead' despite economic nightmare: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 10:19 PM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks at a rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. Obama told Americans AFP - Barack Obama promised Americans "better days ahead" despite another day of carnage on Wall Street and global markets, rising job losses, and dark clouds of economic doom.


Time running out for McCain to turn election tide: pundits (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 09:28 PM CDT

US Republican presidential canidate John McCain (R) and running-mate Sarah Palin (C) arrive for a rally at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennslyvania. After a lackluster debate, McCain now has less than four weeks to turn the race for the White House around, as observers began to wonder aloud whether the Republican who once dubbed himself the comeback kid can win.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - After a lackluster debate, John McCain now has less than four weeks to turn the race for the White House around, as observers began to wonder aloud whether the Republican who once dubbed himself the comeback kid can win.


Obama bemoans 'irrational despair' of stock markets (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 09:19 PM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee US Sen. Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. Obama on Wednesday bemoaned the AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday bemoaned the "irrational despair" afflicting tumbling stock markets, and said President George W. Bush was too weak to fix the crisis.


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