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Yahoo! News: Elections

Chambliss wins US Senate runoff in Georgia (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:40 AM CST

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.,  gestures as he speaks during  an election-night party Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 in Atlanta. Chambliss defeated Democrat Jim Martin in a run off. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Relieved Republicans celebrated a resounding win in Georgia's hard-fought U.S. Senate runoff, a victory that denied Democrats a filibuster-proof majority and cemented the state's reputation as a GOP bastion.


Obama to name Richardson for commerce secretary (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:30 AM CST

In this Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, with Monica Garcia, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, waves at a town hall meeting, at Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque, N.M. President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his choice for commerce secretary on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, adding another former campaign rival to his Cabinet, Democratic officials said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama is ready to name Bill Richardson as his choice for commerce secretary after passing over his vanquished Democratic rival for secretary of state.


Ex-Oregon governor doubts he'll get Cabinet job (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 07:23 PM CST

AP - Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber says it's "extremely doubtful" he'll be picked to be interior secretary in the Obama administration.

Richard Nixon back in the spotlight (Politico)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:36 AM CST

Politico - Richard Nixon is hot again. Though it has been 34 years since he was forced to resign his presidency and 14 years since he died of a stroke, he is now all the rage.

Sen. Mel Martinez of Fla. won't seek re-election (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 07:11 PM CST

Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008. Martinez , who has struggled to boost his approval rating since taking office, will not seek a second term in 2010, a state Republican party official said Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, who has struggled to boost public support because of his close ties to President George W. Bush, announced Tuesday he will not seek a second term in 2010, saying he wants to spend more time with his family.


AP Analysis: Obama free to change US-Cuba policy (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:18 PM CST

Lazaro Medardo, 68, a flower vendor, reads a newspapers in Havana, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Barack Obama will be the first American president in nearly 50 years to have a relatively free hand in deciding whether to ease punitive Cold War-era policies toward communist Cuba, and the foreign policy team he announced this week seems predisposed to make it happen. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Barack Obama will be the first American president in nearly 50 years to have a relatively free hand in deciding whether to ease punitive Cold War-era policies toward communist Cuba, and the foreign policy team he announced this week seems predisposed to make it happen.


Va. GOP chief: Obama remark was stupid but true (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 12:57 PM CST

AP - Virginia's Republican chairman said Tuesday that his remark tying Democrat Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden during the presidential campaign was stupid, but he refused to apologize.

Group: Other candidates used donor money on duds (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 11:47 AM CST

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wasn't the only candidate with donor-financed duds. A watchdog group says in a complaint filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission that at least five campaigns bought clothing.

Rove: Obama security team represents continuity (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 07:07 AM CST

AP - President Bush's former political director says the national security team named by President-elect Barack Obama "represents, to a substantial degree, continuity" especially in hot spots like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Former US President Clinton praises Obama's new team (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 04:12 AM CST

Former US president Bill Clinton at a meeting of business and political leaders in Hong Kong. At the meeting, Clinton praised the team president-elect Barack Obama has assembled but stopped short of directly applauding his wife's nomination as secretary of state.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - Former US president Bill Clinton on Wednesday praised the team president-elect Barack Obama has assembled but stopped short of directly applauding his wife's nomination as secretary of state.


Obama wrapping up cabinet picks with Richardson (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:59 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama meets with governors during a bipartisan meeting with members of the National Governors Association at Congress Hall in Independence Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 2, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama moved swiftly toward wrapping up his cabinet appointments on Wednesday with the selection of rival-turned-supporter Bill Richardson as secretary of commerce.


Clinton's next act: The show goes on (Politico)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:44 AM CST

Politico - Hillary Rodham Clinton has a favorite expression for turning setback into opportunity: “Bloom where you’re planted.”

Besieged: Nixon saw enemies all around him (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:07 AM CST

President Richard M.  Nixon, right, walks with Melvin Laird in 1973. Documents released Tuesday,Dec. 2, 2008,  from the Nixon years shed new light on just how much the Nixon White House struggled with growing public unrest over the protracted war in Vietnam. A newly declassified memo to Nixon from Laird, his secretary of defense at the time, reflects just how much the administration felt and discussed public pressure -- even as it weighed U.S. geopolitical strategy -- in anguished internal debate over war policy. (AP Photo)AP - In December 1972, when a less complicated president might have been relishing a big re-election victory a month earlier, Richard Nixon had enemies on his mind.


Hanks angling for inauguration spot: any spot (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:52 AM CST

Actor Tom Hanks poses on the press line at 'One Night Only...With a Little Help From Our Friends' benefiting UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television at Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Tom Hanks wants to attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration even if he doesn't get a front-row seat. Or any seat at all.


Insight: Nixon staffer memos (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:44 AM CST

AP - Some tidbits culled from the 90,000 pages of documents that offer insight into the power players of Richard Nixon's administration and re-election committee. The documents were released Tuesday by the National Archives' Nixon Library.

Republicans hold on to pivotal Senate seat in Georgia vote (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:50 AM CST

Republican Saxby Chambliss easily won a closely-watched US Senate run-off election in Georgia, denying Democrats a 60-seat AFP - Republican Saxby Chambliss easily won a closely-watched US Senate run-off election in Georgia, denying Democrats' hopes for an unassailable 60-seat "super majority".


Republicans win crucial Georgia Senate seat (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST

Incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss (C) smiles after hugging his grandson John Baker and his mother Emma Chambliss after he had been told he was ahead in the run-off at his election night party in Atlanta, Georgia December 2, 2008. Chambliss won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, CNN said, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat 'super majority' in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)Reuters - Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss easily won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.


Saxby Chambliss wins Georgia runoff (Politico)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:26 PM CST

Politico - Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss won a resounding victory over Democrat Jim Martin in the Georgia Senate runoff Tuesday, capturing a second term and ending Democratic hopes of gaining a 60-seat filibuster-proof Senate majority.

Obama to name Bill Richardson as commerce secretary (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:13 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama will Wednesday nominate New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, pictured in September 2008, as Commerce Secretary, in the latest addition to his rapidly filling cabinet, a Democratic official said.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama will Wednesday nominate New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as commerce secretary, in the latest addition to his rapidly filling cabinet, a Democratic official said.


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