2008年10月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama targets Va., Pa. in homestretch (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:34 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters as he arrives at a rally in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Barack Obama says there's no red America or blue America, just one big united country. But not when it comes to getting elected.


McCain targets rural Pennsylvania (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:33 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally at Pottsville Middle School in Pottsville, Pa., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Republican John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin were reuniting Tuesday to rally the faithful in largely conservative areas of this swing state he hopes to win in next week's presidential election.


McCain fights for comeback in hard-hit Ohio (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:09 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally at Pottsville Middle School in Pottsville, Pa., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Fading in the polls, John McCain fought Barack Obama for support in economically hard-hit Ohio on Monday, each man pledging to right the economy and turn the page on the Bush era in a state with an impressive record for picking presidents.


Stevens faces long odds in Senate race (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:25 AM CDT

AP - For most politicians, a guilty verdict on seven felony counts — eight days before an election — would guarantee the end of a political career.

Attorney General must work without partisanship (Politico)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:51 AM CDT

Politico - In much the same way that our financial system is suffering a crisis of confidence, our Justice Department — the flagship of our system of justice — also faces a difficult road to rebuild trust after a crisis of leadership and conscience.

With visits and money, Obama narrows race in Mont. (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:21 AM CDT

Z-600 AM radio station owner John Stokes poses outside his radio station in Kalispell, Mont., on Oct. 23, 2008. He uses his talk show to advance Ron Paul, who is on the ballot in Montana under The Constitution Party banner and could steal votes from Republican John McCain. Montana is typically safe territory for Republican presidential candidates — President Bush won the state by about 20 points in both 2000 and 2004, and only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried the state since 1948. But Obama staked out Montana early on as a potential battleground state and he's sticking with it to the end.(AP Photo/Matt Gouras)AP - Republican John McCain has history on his side in Montana; Democrat Barack Obama has 19 campaign offices.


Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won't quit Senate race (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:29 PM CDT

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska arrives at Federal Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Stevens was convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Ted Stevens, a pillar of the Senate for 40 years and the face of Alaska politics almost since statehood, was convicted of a seven-felony string of corruption charges Monday — found guilty of accepting a bonanza of home renovations and fancy trimmings from an oil executive and then lying about it.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:28 AM CDT

Host Jay Leno, right, chats with Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., during taping of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' at NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.  (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)AP - Obama envisions no `red' or `blue' America, but getting elected is different ... McCain takes running mate Palin on swing through conservative, rural areas of Pennsylvania ... Michelle Obama says she wears J. Crew, expresses empathy over Palin's $150,000 wardrobe


Feds disrupt alleged plot targeting Obama (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:51 PM CDT

This undated photo obtained from a MySpace webpage shows Daniel Cowart, 20 of Bells, Tenn. holding a weapon. Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday Oct. 27, 2008. In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads. The men, Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of West Helena, Ark., are being held without bond.  (AP Photo)AP - Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.


Biden compares Obama attacks to past presidents (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:33 PM CDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., greets supporters during a campaign rally at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday cast White House hopeful Barack Obama with presidential giants, likening attacks against his running mate to criticisms lobbed against Thomas Jefferson's Christianity, Abraham Lincoln's commitment to individual rights and John F. Kennedy, for being a "dangerous choice in difficult times."


Two white supremacists held for Obama death threats (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:28 AM CDT

A Secret Service agent looks on as US Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event in September 2008 in Westminster on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado. US authorities have arrested two white supremacists for threatening to kill Democrat Barack Obama during a AFP - US authorities have arrested two white supremacists for threatening to kill Democrat Barack Obama during a "killing spree" of some 100 African-Americans, officials said late on Monday.


GOP congressman running in changing Nev. district (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:16 AM CDT

State Sen. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, who is running for Congress against Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., addresses supporters at a primary election night party in Henderson, Nev., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. To get back to Congress, Republican U.S. Rep. Jon Porter must defeat the strongest, best known opponent he's faced: Dina Titus. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Congressman Jon Porter is keenly aware of the shifting political sands of his southern Nevada district.


Obama urges fight to the end in final week (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:53 AM CDT

Barack Obama at a rally in early October in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The US government has closed its books on the 2008 fiscal year with a record deficit of 455 billion dollars which, say analysts, will make it difficult to implement new programs promised during the campaign.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Fusco)AFP - Democrat Barack Obama entered the final seven days of the dramatic presidential campaign exhorting supporters to fight to the end to defeat Republican John McCain and remake the nation.


With debt mounting, new president to face tough choices (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 01:14 AM CDT

A homeless person rests at a Washington, DC subway stop near the White House. The US government has closed its books on the 2008 fiscal year with a record deficit of 455 billion dollars which, say analysts, will make it difficult to implement new programs promised during the campaign.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - The next US president will inherit a mountain of debt from the latest government bailouts, making it difficult to implement new programs promised during the campaign, analysts say.


Health care reform weighs heavy for both Obama, McCain (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:55 AM CDT

Ambulances at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. In a country where 45 million people have no health insurance, Barack Obama and John McCain have drawn swords over the best cure, but whoever wins will find reforms hard to enact, experts say(AFP/Getty Images/David Mcnew)AFP - In a country where 45 million people have no health insurance, Barack Obama and John McCain have drawn swords over the best cure, but whoever wins will find reforms hard to enact, experts say.


Europeans will learn Obama has no 'magic wand': analysts (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:47 AM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leaves the stage after making a speech in front of the Victory Column in Berlin in July. Obama, if he is elected US president next week, will disappoint his many European admirers when they find out he has no AFP - Barack Obama, if he is elected US president next week, will disappoint his many European admirers when they find out he has no "magic wand" to change American foreign policy, analysts warn.


Obama holds 4-point lead on McCain (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:10 AM CDT

U.S. Democratic party presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, October 26, 2008. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Democrat Barack Obama has a 4-point national lead over Republican John McCain as they head into the final week of the presidential campaign, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.


US Republican senator convicted of corruption (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 11:16 PM CDT

US Senator Ted Stevens, R-AK, is escorted out of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, DC. The US court on Monday found Stevens of Alaska, a Republican senator of 40 years, guilty of corruption one week before he is up for reelection in the narrowly-divided US Senate.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - Veteran Republican lawmaker Ted Stevens was convicted of corruption, putting his once-secure US Senate seat in jeopardy and improving Democrats' chances of reaching the all-important political threshold of 60 seats in the chamber.


Inspector general probing checks on Ohio plumber (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:14 PM CDT

AP - Ohio's inspector general is investigating why state computers were used to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber."

'Barack-o'-lanterns' light up Democrats' Halloween (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:32 PM CDT

A Halloween pumpkin with the likeness of Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama(AFP/Stan Honda)AFP - US Democrats won't be frightened this Halloween -- not with "Barack-o'-lanterns" burning, as .youthful Democrats are replacing the pumpkin's traditionally triangular eyes and crooked mouth with the likeness of Obama


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