2008年11月10日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama to get his first look at the Oval Office (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:19 AM CST

President-elect Obama, left, leaves the gym following his workout Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Barack Obama has never set foot in the Oval Office. Talk about making an entrance.


Obama planning US trials for Guantanamo detainees (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:24 AM CST

In this June 4, 2008 file photo, the sun sets over Camp Justice and its adjacent tent city, the legal complex of the U.S. Military Commissions, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.


Rite of passage as once and future presidents meet (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:27 AM CST

In this Dec. 12, 1968 black-and-white file photo, President Lyndon Johnson, right, confers with President-elect Richard Nixon in the White House in Washington.   (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)AP - The first meeting of incoming and outgoing presidents has been a rite of passage fraught with emotion, surprises and the rare exchange of secrets between leaders of opposite political parties.


In key states, Latino vote fueled Obama's victory (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:53 AM CST

In this Aug. 26, 2008 file photo, former Secretary of Energy and Transportation Federico Pena speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.  'Without the Latino vote, we would not have won those states,' said Pena, Denver's first Hispanic mayor and a national co-chairman of the Obama campaign about Democratic wins in the battleground states of Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida.   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Latinos are hailed as a key voting bloc, even though they show their power at the polls only sporadically. When they turned out in record numbers to vote for Democrat Barack Obama, they not only erased recent gains by Republicans but shattered the myth of a black-Latino divide.


Obama gains in fast-growing counties (Politico)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:44 PM CST

Politico - The broad sweep of Barack Obama’s victory included significant gains in some of the unlikeliest places — the nation's fastest-growing counties.

Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 01:37 AM CST

Members of the Secret Service accompany President-elect Obama, center, to his vehicle as leaves the gym following his workout Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.


Obama puts hope on hold in days of transition (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 12:41 PM CST

In this Nov. 7, 2008 file photo, President-elect Obama responds to question during a news conference in Chicago as vice president-elect Joe Biden, right, listens. Obama is putting hope on hold. He is using most of his time out of the public eye to study up and prepare for the new pressures he faces — a limited period where he has the luxury of putting on the cloak of the presidency without yet taking responsibility for the country's ills.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - President-elect Obama is putting hope on hold.


GOP a dying breed in New England (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 12:55 PM CST

Incumbent U.S. Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., gives his dad John Sr. a hug before giving his concession speech in Bedford, N.H., Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - A generation ago the Republican Party was the dominant political force in New England, populating the region's congressional delegations with moderates like Connecticut's Lowell P. Weicker Jr. and Rhode Island's John Chafee.


Transition, too, for Michelle Obama to first lady (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:37 PM 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 - She's been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy, is every bit as high-powered as Hillary Rodham Clinton was and has praised Laura Bush's calm and rational approach to issues.


Obama steering clear of Dems battle over Lieberman (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 10:03 AM CST

US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (L) smiles as he talks with Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) during a rally in Downingtown, Pennsylvania October 16, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)AP - President-elect Obama is avoiding the issue of whether Sen. Joe Lieberman should remain chairman of an important committee.


Iran criticizes Obama's nuclear comments (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:57 AM CST

Reuters - Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed on Monday comments by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama about Tehran's disputed nuclear ambitions and said it did not expect any major change in the policies of its old foe.

Texas clout takes a hit as Democrats take control (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:43 AM CST

AP - Had voters re-elected Rep. Nick Lampson to Congress, he would have taken the helm of a House subcommittee that oversees NASA projects and guides its budget.

Obama heads to White House for first post-election visit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:24 AM CST

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 - Less than one week after his historic victory, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama heads to Washington on Monday to learn firsthand from President George W. Bush about the challenges that await him on January 20.


Obama prepares for White House handover talks with Bush (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:02 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama holds a press conference flanked by vice president-elect Joe Biden (left), new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel (right), and members of his Transition Economic Advisory Board in Chicago, Illinois. Obama holds his first post-election meeting with President George W. Bush Monday, promising a civil handover of power(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - Barack Obama holds his first post-election meeting with President George W. Bush Monday even as aides said he would reverse current White House policy on oil drilling and stem cell research.


Who Will Obama Pick as Secretary of Education? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 12:50 AM CST

Time.com - If his campaign proposals are to be fulfilled, Margaret Spellings' successor could oversee a dramatic $18 billion overhaul of the nation's public education system

Farrakhan says Obama draws a 'oneness of spirit' (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 09:55 PM CST

Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, congratulates President-elect Barack Obama during a sermon at the Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Y. Exit)AP - After months of silence about his support for Barack Obama, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said in an address Sunday that the new president-elect has a God-given capacity to handle any burdens he'll face as the nation's leader.


As US churches mark election, Obama skips services (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 07:06 PM CST

AP - His name was invoked at church services nationwide on Sunday, but President-elect Obama didn't attend any of them. He went to the gym instead.

Farrakhan hails Obama's win, but warns of racial tensions (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 06:11 PM CST

Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks to Nation of Islam followers at Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Illinois. Farrakhan hailed US president-elect Barack Obama as an extraordinary leader but warned his victory would stir up racial animosity.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Olson)AFP - Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, on Sunday hailed president-elect Barack Obama as a God-given leader with extraordinary vision, but warned of the racial animosity stirred up by his victory.


Obama may be 'extraordinary man for extraordinary times': analysts (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

In the days since Barack Obama, pictured in October 2008, won an historic victory in the United States' presidential election, the world has presented him with a to-do list of astonishing proportions.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - In the days since Barack Obama won an historic victory in the United States' presidential election, the world has presented him with a to-do list of astonishing proportions.


Dem groups claim Obama win (Politico)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

Politico - John F. Kennedy famously said that "victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan," an adage born out over the last three days as reporters' inboxes have overflowed with e-mails from advocacy groups boasting of their role in Tuesday's sweeping Democratic win.

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