2008年10月18日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Candidates' Social Security plans lack details (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 03:23 AM CDT

Graphic shows Social Security cost of living adjustments for all retired workers from 1999-2009;AP - Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on high-income workers to ease Social Security's looming cash crunch. John McCain favors voluntary private accounts for younger workers, saying they can't count on the same government benefits as today's retirees.


Obama's claim of benefit cuts suspect (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:52 AM CDT

AP - Medicare has become a new focal point in the presidential campaign, with Democratic nominee Barack Obama accusing Republican John McCain of seeking "cuts in benefits, eligibility, or both."

Analysis: McCain jumps around in bid to stop Obama (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:44 AM CDT

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., are dressed as Joe the Plumber as they stand outside the Roanoke Civic Center where a rally for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., takes place in Roanoke, Va., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - The misadventures of Joe the Plumber were just the latest stumble for Republican John McCain as he veers from one idea to another in a thus-far elusive quest to slow Barack Obama's momentum.


Stevens to get final chance to explain gifts (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 03:22 AM CDT

In this artist's sketch, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, right,  reacts to questioned by Prosecuting Attorney Brenda Morris, left, as judge Emmet G. Sullivan looks on at federal court in Washington, Friday, Oct.. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)AP - Sen. Ted Stevens will get one final chance next week to explain the expensive gifts and thousands of dollars in free work on his Alaska chalet, as the Republican lawmaker's corruption trial comes to a close just days before he faces re-election.


Obama leads among white independents (Politico)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:33 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses for a moment while addressing supporters at a rally in Roanoke, Va., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Politico - Barack Obama has taken a slight lead with white independent voters for the first time in the presidential race, positioning him to capture a key demographic group that has eluded recent Democratic nominees, according to a Politico analysis of independent voting patterns.


McCain criticizes Obama's promise of tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:03 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., signs an autograph at a rally at Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Republican John McCain told crowds in this battleground state Friday to "hold onto your wallet" because his Democratic presidential rival, Barack Obama, has talked of spreading the wealth around.


Rep. Mahoney admits affairs, says he broke no laws (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:02 AM CDT

In this Oct. 26, 2006 file photo,  Democrat Tim Mahoney waits for  the start of a debate, at a West Palm Beach, Fla. TV station. Mahoney on Monday Oct. 13, 2008 called for an ethics investigation of himself amid reports that he had an affair and then paid the woman to keep her quiet. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)AP - U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, embroiled in an adultery scandal and a tight race for re-election, admitted Friday to having at least two affairs but insisted he broke no laws and will not resign.


Biden says robo calls 'scurrilous,' mocks Palin (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:25 AM CDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., speaks during a campaign rally in Henderson, Nev. on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden accused Republicans of employing "scurrilous" campaign tactics and urged supporters not to be distracted from the economic issues affecting their lives.


Live from NY, it's the real Sarah Palin on 'SNL' (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:11 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks at a campaign stop in Noblesville, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Forget the debates, this is the political moment millions have been waiting for.


Obama's transition team meets, candidate pushes on (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 05:19 PM CDT

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to the crowd as he arrives for a rally at the Coliseum at Roanoke Civic Center  in Roanoke, Va., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Barack Obama's transition team recently held a large organizational meeting as part of an accelerated effort to plan for a possible new administration, Democratic officials said Friday, as the nominee embarked on a late-campaign tour of traditional Republican states with a fresh attack on John McCain.


Obama, McCain camps trade barbs in voter fraud spat (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:21 AM CDT

Supporters of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama react during a rally at Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Obama's campaign accused rival John McCain of using a false crusade against voter fraud to suppress legitimate votes Friday as battles over who ought to be able to cast a ballot in the November 4 election intensified.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Barack Obama's presidential campaign accused rival John McCain of using a false crusade against voter fraud to suppress legitimate votes in a growing spat over ballots ahead of the November 4 poll.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:06 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses for a moment while addressing supporters at a rally in Roanoke, Va., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Maine Sen. Collins, facing tough re-election fight, condemns McCain's anti-Obama `robo calls' ... Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times endorse Democrat Barack Obama ... McCain questions Obama pledge to cut middle-class taxes; seeks to reverse slide in Fla, NC, Va


Cat championship include Obama, McCain — the cats (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:58 AM CDT

AP - Barack Obama and John McCain will attend a New York cat show this weekend — Obama the Bombay cat and McCain the American Shorthair, that is.

Chicago Says There Is Too Much Ado About Bill Ayers (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:25 AM CDT

Time.com - While the McCain campaign goes after Obama's "terrorist" ties, the Windy City bewails the scrutiny inflicted on a radical turned educator

Obama has 4-point lead on McCain (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:03 AM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama greets supporters at a campaign event at Mack's Apple's orchard in Londonderry, New Hampshire, October 16, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama holds a 4-point lead over Republican John McCain, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.


Cindy McCain releases 2007 tax return (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 11:04 PM CDT

Cindy McCain, wife Republican presidential candidate John McCain, arrives at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on October 16, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The heiress of a multimillion dollar company, released her belated personal tax filings for 2007, showing she had an income of more than four million dollars.(AFP/Andrew Theodorakis)AFP - Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and heiress of a multimillion dollar company, released her belated personal tax filings for 2007, showing she had an income of more than four million dollars.


McCain's Maine co-chair criticizes `robo calls' (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 10:05 PM CDT

This Dec. 3, 1980 file photo shows former Weather Underground member William Ayers as he enters the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. Ayers, now a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, helped found the radical organization, which carried out bombings at the Pentagon and the Capitol in the early 1970s.   (AP Photo/Charles Knoblock)AP - Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, facing a tough re-election fight, urged GOP presidential contender John McCain on Friday to stop making automated calls into her state that link Democratic nominee Barack Obama to a 1960s radical.


McCain says Democrats smearing Joe the Plumber (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 08:52 PM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama greets supporters at a campaign rally in Roanoke, Virginia, October 17, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Republican presidential nominee John McCain said on Friday an Ohio man dubbed "Joe the Plumber," who raised questions about Democrat Barack Obama's tax plan, was being smeared by Democratic attacks.


Cindy McCain reports $4.2 million in 2007 income (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 08:08 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. his wife Cindy, right, speaks at a rally in Melbourne, Fla., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's wife, Cindy, reported $4.2 million in income for 2007, nearly $2 million less than she reported the previous year, according to tax returns released by the McCain campaign Friday. Mrs. McCain, who files her taxes separately from her husband, paid $1.1 million in taxes, a tax rate of about 26 percent. She reported nearly $530,000 in itemized deductions.


McCain, Obama swap accusations of voter fraud (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:56 PM CDT

Members of the public line up in front of the US Supreme Court building on October 6, 2008 in Washington, DC. A Republican attempt to challenge as many as 200,000 new voter registrations in Ohio was blocked Friday when the court overturned a ruling requiring the state's election officials to flag names that do not match those on government databases.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - John McCain and Barack Obama's campaigns swapped accusations of rampant and widespread voter fraud Friday as legal battles over who ought be allowed to cast a ballot ensnared the race to the White House.


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