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Yahoo! News: Elections

After sad visit, Obama returns to campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:36 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., boards the plane at the airport after visiting his ailing grandmother in Honolulu Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - After saying goodbye to his failing grandmother, presidential candidate Barack Obama resumes campaigning Saturday with visits to formerly Republican states he hopes to drag into the Democratic column.


Obama, McCain target the West's toss-up states (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:19 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain speaks at rally at the The National Western Arena in Denver, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider, Pool)AP - Barack Obama and John McCain venture into the next-to-last weekend of their testy presidential campaign with the same target — winning the rest of the West.


Democrats headed toward big gains in House, Senate (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:21 AM CDT

Democratic congressional candidate Joe Garcia, left, translates Spanish into English for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., listens during a presentation to senior citizens in the Little Havana area of Miami Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2008. (AP PhotoJ Pat Carter)AP - Democrats are on track for sizable gains in both houses of Congress on Nov. 4, according to strategists in both parties, although only improbable Southern victories can produce the 60-vote Senate majority they covet to help them pass priority legislation.


Appeals court to take up GOP effort in Indiana (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:27 AM CDT

A large line waits to vote at the Lake County Superior Court House in Gary, In.,Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008.  An Indiana county still recovering from a primary night black eye is embroiled in a new election-year drama with higher stakes than ever: What happens in Lake County could determine whether Democrats win Indiana's presidential contest for the first time in more than four decades. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - A divided Indiana Supreme Court on Friday rejected a effort by Republicans to shutter satellite early voting sites in three largely Democratic cities near Chicago, but an appeals court later agreed to expedite the case and set oral arguments for five days before the general election.


NBC News projects Obama clinch (Politico)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 07:45 PM CDT

Politico - NBC News, which keeps the most widely followed of the media electoral-college estimates, on Friday night said it is moving the closely watched battlegrounds of Virginia and Colorado to “lean Obama,” putting its estimate for the Democratic nominee over the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

After Joe the Plumber, Joe the Hothead? (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:15 AM CDT

In this Wednesday, April 2, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's brother Joseph McCain listens as Sen. McCain addresses a crowd  in Pensacola, Fla. Joseph McCain said Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 he'll withdraw from campaign activities for his brother after calling 911 to complain about traffic. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - First there was Joe the Plumber. Is Joe the Hothead next? Joe McCain said Friday he'll withdraw from campaign activities for his brother, GOP presidential nominee John McCain, after calling 911 to angrily complain about traffic. Joe McCain has apologized for making the call.


Palin testifies to investigator in ethics dispute (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 10:45 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, Mo. Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified for two hours Friday in an abuse-of-power investigation that has been a distraction to her Republican vice presidential campaign. Palin's leadership was questioned this month in a stinging but largely toothless legislative report that found she violated state ethics laws by letting a family dispute influence her decision-making.


Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 11:15 PM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama walks past police officers as heads towards his campaign plane in Indianapolis, October 23, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)AP - Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of the Boy Scouts.


Biden: McCain needs Halloween costume for change (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 11:24 PM CDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen.  Joe Biden, D-Del., speaks at a campaign rally at the Danville Community Market in Danville, Va., Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Friday that Republican John McCain would need a Halloween costume to convince voters that he would depart from the policies and divisive politics of President Bush. "I know Halloween is coming, but John McCain as the candidate of change?


Lieberman skirts issue of Palin's readiness (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 12:32 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets the crowd during a rally at the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, Mo. Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman on Friday skirted a question on whether vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is ready from day one to be president, saying "thank God" she won't have to be.


Excerpts from Joe McCain 911, police calls (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:15 AM CDT

AP - Excerpts from calls made by Joe McCain, younger brother of GOP presidential candidate John McCain, made to 911 and the Alexandria Police after he got stuck in traffic.

Obama to return to stump as McCain blasts Democrats (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 02:32 AM CDT

Supporters cheer Republican presidential candidate John McCain during a AFP - Democrat Barack Obama will resume active campaigning Saturday after taking time off to visit his ailing grandmother as his Republican rival John McCain charged that he had no other solution to the nation's economic woes but to "tax and spend."


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, waves to the crowd followed by her daughter Willow as they walk out to drop the first puck before the start of an NHL hockey game between the St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Lieberman skirts question on whether Palin is ready to be president ... McCain's brother dropping out of campaign after calling 911 to complain about traffic ... Ex-Justice lawyers want attorney general to ensure investigation won't hinder minority voters ....


McCain volunteer admits she made up attack: police (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 01:12 AM CDT

File picture shows Republican presidential candidate John McCain boarding his campaign airplane in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A McCain campaign volunteer admitted she made up a racially and politically charged story of being robbed and having the letter AFP - A John McCain campaign volunteer admitted she made up a racially and politically charged story of being robbed and having the letter "B" carved into her cheek by an assailant who saw a McCain sticker on her car, police said.


Federal judge in Utah donated to Obama campaign (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 12:51 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., boards the plane at the airport after visiting his ailing grandmother in Honolulu Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The chief federal judge in Utah donated money to the presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama but says she was unaware that doing so violated a judicial ethics rule.


Obama lead on McCain slips to 9 points (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 12:05 AM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks during a rally at the American Legion Mall in Indianapolis, Indiana. Front-runner Barack Obama was Thursday set to quit the White House trail for Hawaii and an emotional reunion with his gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother, just 12 days before the election.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain fell slightly to 9 points, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Saturday, the second consecutive day the race has narrowed.


Venezuela's Chavez: Palin a pitiful 'beauty queen' (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 12:01 AM CDT

In this picture released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, talks to US actor and director Sean Penn in Cumana, 400 km (249 miles) east of Caracas, Sunday Oct. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin a "poor thing" who didn't know what she was saying when she called him a dictator.


Sad Obama says goodbye to ailing grandmother (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 11:57 PM CDT

US map showing latest voting trends per state. Barack Obama has rushed to the side of his gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, leaving the White House trail behind in a highly unusual move just 11 days before the election.(AFP)AFP - A heavy-hearted Barack Obama Friday said goodbye for perhaps the last time to the ailing grandmother who brought him up, who he said may not live the 10 days until the presidential election.


Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 10:54 PM CDT

Ashley Todd, a 20-year-old college student from College Station, Texas, right, is buckled into a police car by a detective in Pittsburgh, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. Todd, who had told police that she was robbed at knife point, knocked to the ground by an assailant who scratched a backward letter 'B' into her face with a dull knife, told investigators on Friday she had made up the story, police said. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter "B" scratched on her face in what she had said was a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.


Obama the grandson replaces Obama the candidate (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 09:21 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. takes a brief walk through his old neighborhood while visiting his ailing grandmother in Honolulu, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Barack Obama, briefly a grandson instead of a candidate, spent some quiet family time Friday with the ailing woman who helped raise him, while a clutch of reporters, guards and gawkers waited outside her apartment building.


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