2008年11月5日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama makes history; turns to sobering challenges (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 05:03 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama smiles during his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008.(AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - His name etched in history as America's first black president, Barack Obama turned from the jubilation of victory to the sobering challenge of leading a nation worried about economic crisis, two unfinished wars and global uncertainty.


Democrats expand control of Senate by 5 seats (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:49 AM CST

U.S. Senate candidate and former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen takes the stage during her election night rally in Manchester, New Hampshire November 4, 2008. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)AP - Democrats fattened their majority control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Republican Sens. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and John Sununu of New Hampshire and capturing seats held by retiring GOP senators in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado.


Democrats expand House majority with broad gains (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:50 AM CST

The United States Capitol Building is reflected in the water at sunrise in Washington, October 31, 2008.  REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Democrats expanded their majority in the House with historic gains by dominating the Northeast and ousting Republicans in every region.


Obama turns to task of building administration (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:58 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, left, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, celebrate after Obama's acceptance speech at the election night rally in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - After eight years of Republican rule, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to the task of building a Democratic administration to lead the country out of war and into the financial recovery that he promised.


2008 campaign costliest in U.S. history (Politico)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:28 AM CST

Politico - The 2008 campaign was the costliest in history, with a record-shattering $5.3 billion in spending by candidates, political parties and interest groups on the congressional and presidential races.

Analysis: For Obama, now comes the hard part (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:26 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama waves to his supporters after delivering his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Audacity won. Now Barack Obama must validate the hope and deliver the change he promised.


Exit poll: Obama image undented despite attacks (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:04 AM CST

Republican presidential candidate Arizona Sen. John McCain speaks at a campaign rally at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Barack Obama returned Monday to the place where John McCain declared the US economy fundamentally AP - Alarmingly inexperienced. So liberal he's practically a socialist. A sure-fire tax raiser. And an agent of the wrong kind of change.


McCain concedes, acknowledges historic achievement (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 02:27 AM CST

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gestures as he addresses a rally with supporters on election night in Phoenix, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - With a gracious nod to Barack Obama, John McCain acknowledged defeat and urged his supporters to move beyond partisan differences to put country first — an echo of his campaign theme.


Democrats win 7 of 11 contested governorships (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:11 AM CST

North Carolina Governor-elect Beverly Perdue, D-N.C., gives the thumbs-up after winning the election during the North Carolina Democratic Party's 2008 Election Night Victory Celebration in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.  (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)AP - Democrats celebrated the re-election of Washington state's Gov. Chris Gregoire and wins in two open gubernatorial contests, including the election of the first woman governor of North Carolina.


Yes They Can: Change sweeps through legislatures (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:55 AM CST

New York Gov. David Paterson hold news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Gov. Paterson testified before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing to stress the need for federal support during the financial meltdown. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - Change swept through state legislatures as well as the campaign for presidency this year, with the biggest upset being the end of 40 years of GOP rule in the New York state Senate that put Democrats in charge of the entire legislature.


State ballots feature hot-button social issues (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 05:07 AM CST

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom crosses his fingers as he speaks at a rally against California Proposition 8 in San Francisco, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. Newsom campaigned to reject ballot measure Proposition 8 that would ban same-sex marriage in California. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Voters in Colorado and South Dakota rejected ballot measures Tuesday that could have led to sweeping bans of abortion, and Washington became only the second state — after Oregon — to offer terminally ill people the option of physician-assisted suicide.


Global stocks ebb as economic reality clouds Obama win (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 05:02 AM CST

A man walks past a board showing Nikkei share average and news about U.S. presidential election outside of a brokerage in Tokyo November 5, 2008. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - European stocks retreated on Wednesday, arresting six straight days of global equity gains and offsetting Asia's early rally, as investors refocused on the economic problems facing new U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.


Big foreign policy challenges await Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 05:00 AM CST

U.S soldiers patrol Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, November 4, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)Reuters - Newly-elected U.S. president Barack Obama will face a daunting array of foreign policy challenges, from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the global financial crisis to the need to shore up the country's frayed international image.


European stocks drop, Asians rise on Obama's US vote triumph (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:59 AM CST

A giant symbol of the European Union's currency outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. The European Central Bank is also set to cut its main lending rate sharply at a meeting on Thursday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - European stock markets endured heavy falls in early trading on Wednesday while Asian shares closed sharply higher after Democrat Barack Obama was elected US president.


Barack Obama Elected President with Mandate for Change (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:50 AM CST

Time.com - Votes are still being counted but projections put Obama over the top

Stewart, Colbert parody election in real-time (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:41 AM CST

Stephen Colbert poses during the launch party for 'Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream', in this Monday, March 5, 2007 file photo taken in New York.  Culminating their satirical coverage of the campaign Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008 , Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert teamed up for a live one-hour comedy special — though Stewart had his Cronkite moment, too. About 11 p.m. EST, Stewart became possibly the first comedian to announce presidential election result on live national television. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Culminating their satirical coverage of the campaign, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert teamed up for a live one-hour comedy special — though Stewart had his Cronkite moment, too.


Results of some notable ballot measures (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:39 AM CST

AP - Results of some notable measures on state ballots:

Obama wins, says "change has come to America" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:36 AM CST

President-elect Senator Barack Obama, his wife Michelle (R) and their daughters Malia (2nd R) and Sasha wave to supporters at his election night rally after Obama was declared the winner of the 2008 presidential campaign in Chicago, November 4, 2008. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)Reuters - Barack Obama rode a wave of voter discontent to a historic White House victory, promising change as the first black U.S. president but constrained by a deep economic crisis and two lingering wars.


In the Democratic Senate, Could Moderates Rule? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:35 AM CST

Time.com - The United States Senate is where sweeping change goes to die, but what happens when one party skips away from Election Day holding at least 56 seats?

Democratic majorities stronger, tougher (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:32 AM CST

Senator-elect Kay Hagan, D-N.C., celebrates at her election party in Greensboro, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. At rear is her daughter Carrie and son Tilden. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - The Democratic congressional majority grew broader and more muscular in Tuesday's historic elections, with new members ousting Republicans in the House and Senate and a team of their own heading to the White House.


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