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Yahoo! News: Elections

McCain says Biden attests to concerns about Obama (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:49 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. greets  the crowd during a rally Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, in Belton, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - John McCain's criticism that Barack Obama isn't experienced enough to be president got a boost when the Democrat's own running mate, Joe Biden, told donors that he expected his boss to be tested, if elected, by a "generated crisis" shortly after taking office.


Obama to hold jobs summit in Fla. with governors (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:27 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., holds a set of Mickey Mouse ears with his name stitched on them at the airport in Orlando, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Democrat Barack Obama is bringing several GOP-leaning states he's aiming to win together in one place.


Palin backs shipping Alaskan LNG to Japan (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:15 AM CDT

In this file photo, Jim Bowles, president of ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. center, answers questions during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday Dec. 3, 2008 where Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced an agreement between the state of Alaska and the oil industry to extend the federal export license for the LNG plant on the Kenai Peninsula.  Steven Hinchmann, senior VP of worldwide production for Marathon Oil Corp., back, left, Tom Irwin Department of Natural Resources commissioner, and Gov. Sarah Palin, right,  listen in the back. On the campaign trail, Palin says repeatedly that America must tap its own natural gas and oil reserves to become energy independent. But she has pushed the federal government to allow a liquefied natural gas plant to continue exporting to Asia, the only such plant in the United States that sends the product overseas. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - On the campaign trail, Sarah Palin says repeatedly that America must tap its own natural gas and oil reserves to become energy-independent.


Hispanic Protestants swinging back to Democrats (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:12 AM CDT

At the end of his sermon, Ezekiel Leija prays with the congregation of the New Hope Christian Fellowship Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 in Greeley, Colo. (AP Photo/Will Powers)AP - On Sunday mornings, Rose Chavez volunteers to greet people at New Hope Christian Fellowship Church, a Hispanic congregation that worships in the renovated former headquarters of a meatpacking company on the outskirts of town, surrounded by fields of cabbage and corn.


Powell drops the hammer on McCain (Politico)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:47 AM CDT

Politico - The scene is “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Tom Brokaw has just asked Colin Powell if he is prepared to say whether he is supporting John McCain, to whom he has contributed money, or Barack Obama, whom Powell has told he will not support “just because you’re black.”

Obama leaving campaign trail to visit grandmother (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:27 AM CDT

This undated photo released by Obama for America shows Barack Obama with his grandparents, Stanley Armour Dunham and Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham in New York City, during a visit with  Obama, who was a student at Columbia University. Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama is canceling nearly all his campaign events Thursday and Friday, Oct. 23 and 24, 2008 to fly to Hawaii to visit his suddenly ill 86-year-old grandmother. (AP Photo/Obama for America)AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is canceling nearly all his campaign events Thursday and Friday to visit his suddenly gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, a spokesman said.


Long lines form as early voting begins in Florida (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 11:01 PM CDT

Avis Simmonds gives a thumbs up as she waits in line to early vote during an early voting rally at the Leon County Courthouse, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, in Tallahassee,Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - Florida kicked off early voting on Monday, with record crowds heading to the polls and voters waiting hours to cast their ballots. Elections officials said the few reported problems were minor.


Palin breaks with McCain on gay marriage amendment (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 11:02 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs autographs for the crowd at Great Southwest Aviation in Roswell, New Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008.  (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record,  Mark Wilson)AP - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says she supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a break with John McCain who has said he believes states should be left to define what marriage is.


McCain has $47 million to spend in October (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. gives the thumbs up before speaking at a rally in St. Charles, Mo., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - With Democrat Barack Obama holding a clear financial advantage, Republican John McCain is fine tuning his advertising message and increasing his television spots going into the final two weeks of a presidential contest that is shattering spending records.


Biden health appears very good (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 04:34 PM CDT

In this Oct. 19, 2008 file photo, Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., speaks during a campaign rally in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)AP - Joe Biden appears to be very healthy, with some routine aging issues, but there's no evidence he's had a brain scan to completely rule out another aneurysm like the one that required emergency surgery 20 years ago.


Men vote Barack Obama "most influential man" (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:22 AM CDT

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, October 19, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Barack Obama was voted the most influential man of 2008 in an online poll released on Tuesday that asked men to decide who most impacted the way they behave, buy and think.


SoCal voters cast ballots in drive-through style (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:21 AM CDT

Lance Trammell leans out of his car for drive-through voting outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)AP - There were no burgers, car washes or lattes at this Orange County drive-through — just democracy.


Arizona Dems say GOP credit card found in office (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT

AP - Democrats working to unseat U.S. Rep. John Shadegg wondered whether political dirty tricks were afoot: A business credit card belonging to the incumbent's re-election campaign was found on the floor of a Democratic field office in Tempe.

Obama to dash to side of sick grandmother (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:59 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate John McCain holds a campaign rally in Belton, Missouri. The McCain campaign has been using automated calls to question Barack Obama's character and values in a bid to drive up his negative ratings in swing states.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Democrat Barack Obama will leave the White House trail later this week to dash to the side of his gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, just 11 days before the election.


Poll: Obama gains in key swing counties (Politico)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:45 AM CDT

Politico - Sen. Barack Obama has made new gains in two key counties that could tip the balance in the swing states of Nevada and North Carolina, according to the results of a new Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll.

Measure gives Ore. do-it-yourselfers more leeway (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:18 AM CDT

AP - Oregon residents would face fewer restrictions on do-it-yourself home improvements under a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that loosens permitting requirements, but opponents say construction done without permits can be dangerous.

Race between veterans shifts from Iraq to economy (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:15 AM CDT

This Oct. 31, 2006 file photo shows Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., at the Patrick E. Ward Memorial Park in Philadelphia.  Murphy, an Iraq war veteran, is being challenged by Thomas Manion, a Republican who recently retired as a colonel in the Marine Reserves and whose son was killed during his second tour of Iraq.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)AP - Nearly ten months ago, the battle lines were clearly drawn when a retired Marine decided to challenge a freshman congressman and Iraq war veteran who has been a leading proponent of bringing home the troops.


Campaign 2008: The YouTube election (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT

People look at demos of web tools, and YouTube video uploading among other things at Google Retreat, in August, in Denver, Colorado. The political advertisements posted on YouTube.com have been credited by Germany and other analysts with helping McCain revive his fortunes in the crucial New Hampshire primary.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Max Whittaker)AFP - When John McCain's bid for the Republican presidential nomination was in the doldrums last year -- short on cash and with top aides jumping ship -- his campaign strategists turned to YouTube.


'Iron Lady' Clinton goes all out for former foe Obama (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:54 AM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens as Hillary Clinton speaks as they attend a campaign rally together at Amway Arena October 20 in Orlando, Florida.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)AFP - Voice rasping, arm pumping, "Iron Lady" Hillary Clinton campaigned for Barack Obama, turning the populist fervor that enflamed their White House duel onto Republican John McCain.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:43 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a crowd of more than 50,000 people at a rally in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Obama to take time off from campaign to go to Hawaii to visit ill, 85-year-old grandmother ... McCain says his concern about Obama's readiness for presidency is bolstered by Biden's warning ... Obama brings Democratic governors of GOP states to Florida for summit on his jobs plan


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