2008年11月12日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

AP poll: Public seems willing to wait on tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:39 AM CST

Chart shows poll results on important priorities for the new president; 3c x 2 7/8 inches; 146 mm x 73 mmAP - People want the tax cuts promised during the presidential campaign, but they may be willing to wait while President-elect Obama takes on the larger issue of fixing the economy.


Obama taps veteran Dems for DoD, State handovers (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 12:17 AM CST

U.S. President George W. Bush walks with President-elect Barack Obama during a visit to the White House in Washington, November 10, 2008.    REUTERS/Jim Bourg    (UNITED STATES)AP - President-elect Obama has hired former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn to help shepherd his Pentagon transition, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.


McCain says Palin didn't hurt presidential bid (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 12:13 AM CST

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin meets with her commissioners and staff during a morning meeting in the Governor's office in Anchorage, Ala., Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. Palin returned to her daily duties as governor after returning from the campaign trial as Sen. John McCain's running mate. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he dismissed anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat.


Palin puts 'brutal' 2008 behind her, looks to 2012 (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:14 PM CST

Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after Senator John McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, November 4, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has put the "brutal" 2008 campaign behind her and has the next presidential race in her sights. John McCain gave her a hearty thumbs-up, saying Palin didn't damage his own White House bid.


McCain laughs through his tears (Politico)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:28 PM CST

Politico - Making his first public comment a week after he lost the election to Barack Obama, John McCain joked with "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno that his defeat was "all the press' fault" and that he's "ready to go again" in 2012.

Hotel rooms vanishing quickly for Inauguration (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:25 PM CST

The Fairmont hotel is seen in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. The hotel is offering a $40,000 'Eco-Inaugural' package, a four-night extravaganza that includes the exclusive use of a Lexus hybrid vehicle, driver included, and his and her organic spa treatments with a massage and manicures. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Heading to the capital city to be part of history on Jan. 20? Good luck finding a room.


30 percent of Alaska ballots waiting to be counted (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:19 PM CST

Bonnie Jack, with the Sen. Ted Stevens campaign, center right, and Janet Mitsen, with the Mark Begich campaign, center left, discuss a questioned ballot with election workers Ethel Tuck, right and Grace Pierce, left, at the Division of Election office in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday Nov. 11, 2008. More than 90,000 question and absentee ballots will be counted on Wednesday in a close U.S. Senate and House race.  (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - A week after Election Day, about 30 percent of the Alaska votes that will decide the fate of convicted U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens haven't been counted.


Ark. blacks can't break state, Congress barrier (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:26 PM CST

Barack Obama speaks during a townhall discussion in Flint, Michigan, in September 2008. In the days following Barack Obama's historic victory in the US presidential election, the grassroots movements that helped propel him to White House could easily have rested on their laurels or even packed up shop. But there was no let-up in their effort.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Arkansas remains the only state from the former Confederacy not to elect an African-American to Congress or any statewide office since Reconstruction — and last week it soundly rejected the man set to become the nation's first black president.


Anti-abortion groups jolted by election defeats (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:42 PM CST

In a Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 photo, Samantha Scarlata and her son Kade cheer for the cameras at the Vote Yes for Life election celebration in Sioux Falls, S.D. With Democrats now in full control in Washington, tactics for anti-abortion groups are likely to refocus on street protests, grass-roots activism and state legislation. (AP Photo/Doug Dreyer)AP - Despite election setbacks on many fronts, anti-abortion leaders sound more defiant than deflated as they brace for a future with fewer friends in high places.


Obama ethics code limits lobbyists (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:29 PM CST

Barack Obama gets in a car after disembarking from his campaign plane in Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 2008. Facing the collapse of sales and reticence among bankers and investors to support them, US automakers say they need immediate public aid to survive and cannot wait for President-elect Barack Obama to take office on January 20.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AP - President-elect Obama, who campaigned against lobbyists' influence, on Tuesday opened the door for them to work for him if they sign an ethics code that restricts their role in and out of government.


Can Republican Governors Rebuild Their Party? (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:15 AM CST

Time.com - In the wake of their election defeat, the party's best hopes may lie in the statehouses

'Building a government': Obama unleashes transition teams (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:40 AM CST

There has been a flurry of speculation about whether president-elect Barack Obama will keep on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, seen here at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in October. US president-elect Barack Obama is sending evaluators to study the sprawling US bureaucracy to help him determine how best to meet his administration's goals when he takes office on January 20.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Logan Mock-Bunting)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama is sending evaluators to study the sprawling US bureaucracy to help him determine how best to meet his administration's goals when he takes office on January 20.


Health care reformers look to spur change (Politico)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:37 AM CST

Politico - Today’s edition kicks off a new focus by Politico’s Lobbying team on four issues: the economy; defense and security; energy and the environment; and health care. Each Tuesday until the Inauguration, we’ll have the latest news on policy and personnel, with more special coverage planned next year.

Legislative win seems to hand Texas House to GOP (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:35 AM CST

This Feb. 8, 2007 file photo shows Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, in Austin. A late legislative win Tuesday Nov. 11, 2008 for Republicans seems to have secured the GOP majority in the Texas state House, if only by a razor-thin 2-seat margin. With a crowded field of candidates and no clear alternative to Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick, the narrow 76-74 majority appears to give momentum back to Craddick in the volatile speaker's race — and all but guarantees the next speaker will not be a Democrat.   (AP Photo/LM Otero, FILE)AP - A seemingly late legislative win for Republicans may have secured the GOP majority in the Texas state House, if only by a razor-thin 2-seat margin.


Mayor-elect vows to bolster Israel's 'undivided' capital (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 02:47 AM CST

A Palestinian from Jerusalem casts his vote in the citys municipal elections. A secular hardliner was elected as mayor of Jerusalem, according to official results, ending a five-year rule of an ultra-Orthodox mayor after a campaign that highlighted the city's deep divisions.(AFP/Ahed Izhiman)AFP - A secular tycooon celebrating his election as Jerusalem mayor on Wednesday vowed to turn the Holy City into a world metropolis and bolster its disputed status as Israel's "undivided" capital.


'Obabies' abound in US maternity wards (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 02:08 AM CST

A window displaying Barack Obama T-shirts in Waterbury, Connecticut. In another sign of America's glee at the election of Obama to the White House, newborns all over the United States are being named after the president-elect(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)AFP - In another sign of America's glee at the election of Barack Obama to the White House, newborns all over the United States are being named after the president-elect.


Taliban urges Obama to repudiate Bush's Afghan policy (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 02:06 AM CST

US troops carry supplies from a helicopter at their combat outpost in Khost Province along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Afghanistan's Taliban called on US president-elect Barack Obama to repudiate the AFP - Afghanistan's Taliban called on US president-elect Barack Obama to repudiate the "war-mongering" policies of President George W. Bush to repair the country's image abroad, a group that monitors Islamist websites said.


McCain: 'Sleeping like a baby' since defeat (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 12:11 AM CST

An elderly woman walks past a poster depicting John McCain (left) and US President-elect Barack Obama on a wall in Los Angeles, California. McCain, in his first media interview since the US presidential election, joked Tuesday that he'd slept -- and cried -- AFP - John McCain, in his first media interview since the US presidential election, joked Tuesday that he'd slept -- and cried -- "like a baby" since his defeat.


Obama's Ethics Rules Won't Ban Big Fundraisers From Transition (Bloomberg)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 11:01 PM CST

Bloomberg - Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama is barring lobbyists from participating in the transition that will help install his administration. He will still leave room on his team for the rich and powerful.

All networks, except Fox, claim weekly honors (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 10:31 PM CST

Reuters - With the World Series over and Election Night boosting audiences levels last week, CBS attracted the most viewers for the sixth consecutive frame.

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