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Yahoo! News: Elections

Like Lincoln and FDR, Obama faces nation in crisis (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:48 AM CST

President-elect Obama, right, and Michelle Obama walk out of Spiaggia restaurant after having dinner in Chicago, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - All presidents are tested. Few walk into the Oval Office when the nation is in the throes of multiple crises. Like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President-elect Obama is facing a banking emergency.


Obama and Russian president Medvedev chat on phone (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:06 AM CST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looks at a banknote while visiting the crime laboratory of a city police department in St. Petersburg in Russia, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Serivce)AP - President-elect Obama spoke to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as the future American leader had another round of phone calls with leaders in other nations.


Obama's victory may show the way to win in future (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:02 AM CST

In this photograph released by President-elect Obama, then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his family are seen Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 in Chicago.  (AP Photo/Obama for America, David Katz)AP - Barack Obama's big victory could provide Democrats with a road map for an even bigger electoral majority in the future — something that seemed implausible just four years ago.


Bush, Obama focus on economy in radio addresses (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 12:33 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama answers a journalist's question during his first press conference following his election victory in Chicago, November 7, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)AP - With the economy in a downward spiral, U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the nation under threat from terrorists, President Bush pledged Saturday to make a smooth transition to an Obama administration a top priority for the rest of his days in office.


Obama sits out fight over his Senate seat (Politico)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 04:55 PM CST

Politico - President-elect Barack Obama says he’ll not dictate his Senate replacement, making him one of very few Illinois politicians sitting out the fight over the seat.

Christian right regroups after Obama victory (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:04 AM CST

In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Barack Obama supporters at Tacoma's Caballero Club stopped to listen to Republican presidential candidate John McCain's concession speech.  (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Drew Perine, file)AP - Pundits declared evangelicals among of Election Day's losers. Conservative Christian leader James Dobson confessed he was grieving. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said religious right leaders "kept their own flock in line, but the majority of Americans were unmoved."


Obama offers Poland no commitment on missile plan (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:08 AM CST

President-elect Obama makes an opening statement on the economy during a press conference in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Standing behind Obama are (L-R) Vice President-elect Biden, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Former FED Chairman Paul Volcker and newly appointed Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Obama has spoken to the president of Poland about relations between the two countries but didn't make a commitment on the multibillion-dollar missile defense program undertaken by the Bush administration, an Obama aide said Saturday.


SC's GOP chief among those eyeing RNC post (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:11 AM CST

Vice President Dick Cheney reviews the Virginia Military Corps cadets as part of Military Appreciation Day at the college before Cheney addressed the Corps in Lexington, Va., Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)AP - South Carolina GOP chairman Katon Dawson has for months quietly been courting support among the Republican National Committee's members, who now are in the market for new leadership, GOP officials say.


Democrats reeling in Oklahoma after McCain romp (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 12:45 PM CST

In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., talks with supporters at a Republican election night watch party in Oklahoma City. Inhofe easily won reelection in a state where the GOP made a strong showing generally, capturing control of both houses in the state legislature for the first time since statehood. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)AP - Despite Barack Obama's dominance nationally, Democrats are reeling in conservative Oklahoma, where John McCain made his strongest showing and the GOP snatched control of both houses of the Legislature for the first time since statehood.


Analysis: Obama changes could test Castros' grip (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 11:07 AM CST

A Cuban dissident delivers letters congratulating U.S. President-elect Barack Obama after a press conference with journalists in Havana, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's victory was embraced in Cuba and around Latin America on Wednesday by dissidents and regional leaders alike who hope he will open a dialogue with the communist-run island that could improve relations and foster democratic change.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Cuba's communist leadership has long cast itself as David standing up to the U.S. Goliath and the crippling force of America's punitive trade and travel embargo.


Obama, China's Hu exchange views on Taiwan, other issues (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:40 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama answers a journalist's question during his first press conference following his election victory in Chicago, November 7, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - China's President Hu Jintao told U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in a telephone conversation that proper handling of the Taiwan issue would help improve Sino-U.S. ties, state media reported on Sunday.


Hu, Obama discuss China-US relations: state media (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 12:10 AM CST

China President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in October. Beijing and Washington should AFP - Beijing and Washington should "accommodate each other's concerns," Chinese President Hu Jintao told US president-elect Barack Obama in a phonecall that stressed good Sino-US ties, state media said Sunday.


Obama win triggers run on guns in many U.S. stores (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 08:28 PM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama waves as he leaves his first press conference following his election victory in Chicago, November 7, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)Reuters - Sales of rifles, pistols and ammo are surging in parts of the United States, as many gun owners fear President-elect Barack Obama's administration may seek to tighten ownership of certain weapons.


Obama to preside over White House 2.0 (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 08:25 PM CST

Get ready for White House 2.0. That's what many are expecting when President-Elect Barack Obama becomes President Obama in January and puts the power of his unprecedented Internet operation to work in the Oval Office. Obama relied heavily on the Web for his victory - from organizing volunteers to fundraising to communicating.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - Get ready for White House 2.0. That's what many are expecting when President-Elect Barack Obama becomes President Obama in January and puts the power of his unprecedented Internet operation to work in the Oval Office.


Obama will take to Internet as Roosevelt took to radio (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 08:15 PM CST

Barack Obama's Internet-savvy campaign team will revolutionize White House communications like late president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) did with the radio, according to NDN think tank president Simon Rosenberg.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Nagle)AFP - Barack Obama's Internet-savvy campaign team will revolutionize White House communications like late president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) did with the radio, according to NDN think tank president Simon Rosenberg.


Obama calls for urgent action on economic crisis (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 06:51 PM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama (C) speaks to the press in Chicago on November 7, 2008. Obama on Saturday called for urgent action to rescue the flagging US economy and stop the hemorrhage of jobs, as unemployment hit a 14-year high and looked set to rise further.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday called for urgent action to rescue the flagging US economy and stop the hemorrhage of jobs, as unemployment hit a 14-year high and looked set to rise further.


That huge voter turnout? Didn't happen (Politico)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 04:56 PM CST

Politico - Despite widespread predictions of record turnout in this year’s presidential election, roughly the same portion of eligible voters cast ballots in 2008 as in 2004.

National's Key set to form NZ government after election win (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 04:20 PM CST

National Party supporters cheer as it becomes apparent that they have defeated the Labour Party. New Zealand's Prime Minister-elect John Key started work Sunday to form a new government after his centre-right National Party swept to victory in national elections.(AFP/William West)AFP - New Zealand's Prime Minister-elect John Key started work Sunday to form a new government after his centre-right National Party swept to victory in national elections.


Obama transition as web savvy as campaign (Politico)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 04:20 PM CST

Politico - In keeping with his campaign's use of the Internet to create a vast network and raise unprecedented sums of money, President-elect Barack Obama is using a website to usher his supporters through the transition: change.gov.

111th Senate Freshmen: Mark Warner, D-Va. (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:54 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - Election: Defeated James S. Gilmore III, R, to succeed John W. Warner, R, who retired

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