Yahoo! News: Elections

McCain links economy and national security (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:42 AM CDT

AP - Republican John McCain, scrambling after one of the biggest battlegrounds of the presidential election, is touting his history on national security and trying to link the issue of the country's safety to the financial meltdown.

Obama starring in infomercial, broader TV blitz (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:44 AM CDT

AP - Barack Obama will be a one-man television blitz on Wednesday, saturating prime-time with a 30-minute ad and popping up on the buzzy late-night TV scene.

GOP unity yields to dissenters of all stripes (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:22 AM CDT

AP - The Republican Party was the model of unity leaving its national convention barely two months ago. But no more.

Election sure to change face of Senate (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:20 AM CDT

AP - One certainty of next Tuesday's ballot will be the elevation of the first sitting senator to the White House since John F. Kennedy in 1961. It also ensures that the Senate is going to see another new face next year in addition to those who win election next week.

Obama infomercial hailed as smart, risky (Politico)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 03:47 AM CDT

Politico - Barack Obama will go on national television tonight and air a 30-minute infomercial about himself and his presidential campaign.

Democrat could win House seat once Cheney's (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:19 AM CDT

AP - In a conservative town in one of the country's most conservative states, the Democrat running for Vice President Dick Cheney's old House seat isn't having a hard time finding supporters.

Palin runs Alaska from the campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:18 AM CDT

AP - Gov. Sarah Palin is accompanied as she campaigns by a trusted staffer from Alaska, traveling at the expense of state residents probably at a cost of more than $1,000 every day.

Next president faces unknowns on Iraq (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:16 AM CDT

AP - When they talk about Iraq and Afghanistan, Barack Obama and John McCain speak with the certainty of men who know what they believe and what they plan to do. Good luck on that: Reality is sure to tangle and vastly complicate the next president's job no matter who wins.

McCain struggles for upset in Pa.; GOP doubts grow (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 12:27 AM CDT

AP - Doubts about John McCain's chances for the presidency grew louder among fellow Republicans on Tuesday as a White House race largely focused on Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania entered its final week.

McCain shows gritty determination in final week (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 06:08 PM CDT

AP - John McCain repeatedly implores backers to "stand up and fight" these days, showing gritty determination even as many indicators point to a Barack Obama victory and Republicans engage in fingerpointing typical of losing campaigns. "Nothing is inevitable here. We never give up. And we never quit," McCain declares.

In NJ Senate race, incumbent faces ex-congressman (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 03:44 AM CDT

AP - New Jersey's U.S. Senate race gives voters a choice between two Washington veterans one who resurrected his political career and another who hopes to.

Obama's final TV blitz to focus on economy (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 03:40 AM CDT

Reuters - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama launches an unprecedented television blitz on Wednesday to push his economic message on U.S. networks ranging from CBS and NBC to Comedy Central.

On guns, McCain misses the mark (Politico)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 03:38 AM CDT

Politico - When campaigns are over, the winners always look like geniuses and the losers always look like fools.

Wealthy interests alter Calif's initiative process (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:52 AM CDT

AP - When Hiram Johnson championed an initiative system for California nearly a century ago, he sold it as a grassroots way to "arm the people to protect themselves."

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:40 AM CDT

AP - Obama takes his case to the country with infomercial, broader TV blitz ... In battleground of Florida, McCain links economy, security ... Palin is still in charge with personal assistance from her Anchorage office

Quotes by Republicans questioning McCain campaign (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT

AP - Recent comments from John McCain's fellow Republicans about his campaign:

Former political prisoner wins watershed Maldives vote (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:02 AM CDT

AFP - A former political prisoner swept to victory in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election, officials said Wednesday, unseating Asia's longest-serving leader and sparking scenes of celebration.

Ga. residents wait up to 8 hours to vote early (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 01:46 AM CDT

AP - Georgia residents packed polling places as early voting started in earnest this week, braving lines as long as eight hours to cast ballots and forcing some voting sites to stay open deep into the night.

Obama set for prime-time appeal to voters (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 01:30 AM CDT

AFP - Democrat Barack Obama geared up Wednesday to deliver a presidential-style address to the nation on the final stretch of his electrifying White House campaign against John McCain.