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Yahoo! News: Elections

Exit poll survey confirms partisan shift (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:08 AM CST

AP - The 2008 presidential election saw the biggest partisan shift in a generation — more of a rejection of Republicans than an embrace of Democrats — but voter surveys find no broad ideological realignment behind that shift.

'Mutts like me' - Obama shows ease discussing race (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:40 AM CST

President-elect Obama smiles during a press conference in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - It popped out casually, a throwaway line as he talked to reporters about finding the right puppy for his young daughters.


GOP maintains grip on South, but at what cost? (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST

AP - Tuesday's elections leave little doubt that the Republicans' Nixon-era strategy to win over white Southerners has been a resounding success. But have they lost the rest of the country along the way?

Obama to center stage, promises action on economy (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:05 PM CST

President-elect Obama answers a question during a news conference in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. From left are, Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and Chief of Staff-designate Rahm Emanuel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Inheriting an economy in peril, President-elect Obama warned on Friday that the nation faces the challenge of a lifetime and pledged he would act urgently to help Americans devastated by lost jobs, disappearing savings and homes seized in foreclosure. But the man who promised change cautioned against hopes of quick solutions.


Obama telephones Mrs. Reagan (Politico)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

Politico - President-elect Barack Obama telephoned Nancy Reagan shortly after his debut news conference on Friday to apologize for what he called a “careless and off handed remark” he made about her during his appearance in Chicago.

2 close House races decided; 4 still up in air (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:40 AM CST

AP - The Democrats have gained another foot soldier in Congress: Democrat Frank Kratovil has won an open seat in the U.S. House from Maryland's 1st District.

Palin denounces her critics as cowardly (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:44 AM CST

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin walks into her office in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday Nov. 7, 2008 for the first time since she began campaigning as Sen. John McCain's vice president candidate. Palin's Anchorage Office Director, Kris Perry, left, and Bill McAllister, Communications Director and Press Secretary, right, watch. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called her critics cowards and jerks Friday for deriding her anonymously and insisted she never asked for the expensive wardrobe purchased for her use on the presidential campaign.


Most Minn. Senate 'undervotes' are from Obama turf (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:01 PM CST

Map shows number of Minnesota ballots that had a Presidential vote but were left blank for Senate choiceAP - An Associated Press analysis of votes in the tight, still-to-be decided race for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota shows that most ballots lacking a recorded choice in the election were cast in counties won by Democrat Barack Obama.


Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seance remark (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:10 PM CST

President-elect Obama smiles as he arrives for a press conference in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House.


Liberal activists have long legislative wish list (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:03 PM CST

Gay rights activist Stuart Gaffney, left, gets a hug from friend, Patrick Connors, center, as Gaffney's  partner John Lewis, right, looks on outside of City Hall, where Gaffney and Lewis married this past summer, in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. In an election otherwise full of liberal triumphs, the gay rights movement suffered a stunning defeat as California voters approved a ban on same-sex marriages that overrides a recent court decision legalizing them. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - Gays serving openly in the military. Voting rights for more ex-convicts. Paid sick days and family leave for most American workers.


Fears of Democrat crackdown lead to gun sales boom (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:59 AM CST

Manage David Hancock, right, fills out gun purchase paperwork for Marcus Chandler at the Bob Moates sport shop in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. Chandler purchased a large handgun.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won't get a new gun for Christmas?


Billy Graham would like to meet, pray with Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:58 AM CST

This May 31, 2007 file photo shows the Rev. Billy Graham during the dedication for the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C. Graham. 90. has provided advice to every president since Eisenhower. Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham, said Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, that his father hopes to meet someday with President-elect Barack Obama, but noted that his father, whose health is fragile, feels his time as an active counselor to the nation's leader is over. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)AP - Billy Graham has counseled every American president since Dwight Eisenhower. But the evangelist known for his globe-trotting crusades has no plans to mentor Barack Obama, though his son did say his father would like to meet the president-elect and pray with him.


Internet revolution that elected Obama could save Earth: Gore (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:44 AM CST

Former US vice president Al Gore (pictured) said an Internet revolution carrying Barack Obama to the White House should now focus its power on stopping Earth's climate crisis. The one-time presidential contender turned environmental champion told Web 2.0 Summit goers in San Francisco Friday that technology has provided tools to save the planet while creating jobs and stimulating the economy.(AFP/File/Cristina Quicler)AFP - Former US vice president Al Gore said an Internet revolution carrying Barack Obama to the White House should now focus its power on stopping Earth's climate crisis.


Obama climate policy caught in Democratic tussle (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:40 AM CST

In this Feb. 26, 2008, file photo, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.  President-elect Obama has said he wants to act quickly on climate change but crucial bipartisan support could erode if  Waxman succeeds at unseating Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - A fight within the Democratic Party over control of the House Energy and Commerce Committee could influence the outcome of President-elect Obama's efforts to limit the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.


Obama vows to confront economic crisis head on (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:13 AM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama (C) speaks to the press in Chicago. Obama said he would act AFP - US President-elect Barack Obama has promised to act "swiftly" as soon as he takes office to confront the economic crisis head on, during his first news conference since his historic election.


Obama seeks stimulus as jobs die, carmakers bleed (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 10:39 PM CST

A woman passes a mortgage advert in a high street bank window in west London November 6, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama called for urgent passage of a stimulus package to reinvigorate a faltering economy that saw unemployment hit a 14-year high on Friday while U.S. automakers reported billions in losses.


Director goes on leave amid probe of Ohio plumber (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:00 PM CST

Joe Wurzelbacher, or as Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain dubbed him during the last presidential debate, 'Joe The Pumber', speaks as former White House Budget Director, Rob Portman, not shown, kicks off the Ohio 'Joe the Plumber' bus tour to campaign with him for Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Ohio's governor placed an agency director on leave Friday, saying the step was necessary because a state computer or state e-mail account may have been used to assist in political fundraising.


Momentum grows for global finance overhaul (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 10:09 PM CST

File photo shows International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has warned that expectations of a new Bretton Woods system ahead of the G20 summit were overhyped.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama vowed Friday to tackle the financial crisis head-on when he takes office, as momentum elsewhere in the world grew for overhauling the world financial system.


Obama says will confront economic woes head-on (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 08:39 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama addresses questions from the media during his first press conference following his election victory in Chicago, November 7, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said on Friday the United States was facing one of its greatest economic challenges and vowed to confront the crisis head-on as soon as he takes office in January.


Obama speaks with 6 world leaders (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 08:03 PM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama speaks to the press in Chicago. Obama said he would act AP - President-elect Obama spoke with six world leaders by phone Friday, as he continues to prepare for taking office Jan. 20, his office said.


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