2008年12月5日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama stimulus: Campaign hits $745 million haul (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:18 AM CST

AP - Barack Obama, who rewrote the book on presidential fundraising, amassed more than $745 million during his marathon campaign, more than twice the amount obtained by his rival, Republican John McCain.

Democrats: Obama needs hands-on economic approach (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 10:14 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama listens to a question at a news conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some policy questions by saying there is only one president at a time. But the dodge is wearing thin. "He's going to have to be more assertive than he's been," House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., told consumer advocates Thursday.


Obama's donor list asked to help pay Clinton debt (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:34 PM CST

In this Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 fiel photo Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, in Chicago. With just over six weeks to go before Obama is sworn in as president, Clinton is scrambling to pay down some $7 million in campaign debt before federal ethics rules prohibit her from taking contributions to do so. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's vast list of donors is being asked to donate to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she scrambles to reduce her massive campaign debt before she becomes secretary of state and federal ethics rule limit her fundraising, an Obama adviser said Thursday night.


Fla. rep. 'flabbergasted' Obama call wasn't prank (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:52 PM CST

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., talks during an interview with a local television news in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 file photo. When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called the Florida congresswoman Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008 she assumed it was a crank call and hung up. Then Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, called the congresswoman to tell her it wasn't a joke. But she hung up on him, too.  (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, FILE)AP - First she hung up on President-elect Barack Obama — twice. Now Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is fielding calls from angry constituents who think she did it on purpose.


A Latino inaugural ball? (Politico)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:54 PM CST

Politico - Latinos voted in record numbers this election and were pivotal to President-elect Barack Obama winning a handful of key states, including Colorado, Nevada and Florida.

Texas Sen. Hutchison exploring run for governor (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:10 AM CST

In this Aug. 29, 2008 file photo U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, comments to the media at her home in Dallas.   Hutchison said in a news release Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008,  that she's setting up a gubernatorial exploratory committee and transferring $1 million into it from her federal account. (AP Photo/ Donna McWilliam, File)AP - Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on Thursday took the first step toward a run for governor, setting the stage for a contentious challenge in 2010 against fellow Republican Rick Perry, the longest-serving leader in state history.


Auto bailout could be tied to gov't-run overhaul (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:26 AM CST

Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger,  Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, and Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the auto industry bailout.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit's struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress.


Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:00 PM CST

Director of the University of the Americas, Luis Ernesto Derbez, left, walks with New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson as they arrive to the University of the Americas in Cholula, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008.  Richardson, who grew up in Mexico, visited Mexico one day after he was chosen as the next commerce secretary by President-elect Barack Obama, amid concerns here about whether Obama will try to renegotiate parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.


National Mall will be open for Obama inauguration (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:46 PM CST

Workers construct the inaugural platform at the west front of the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in preparation for Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009. . (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - In a change from tradition, the entire length of the National Mall will be open to the public during the upcoming presidential inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural committee announced Thursday.


Analysis: Avoiding blame in auto industry crisis (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:31 AM CST

Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, and Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the auto industry bailout.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Not surprisingly, neither the outgoing Bush administration, President-elect Barack Obama nor the Democratic leaders of Congress wants to be blamed for the loss of a once-proud domestic auto industry and the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of jobs.


China and U.S. pledge cooperation after "robust" talks (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:19 AM CST

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L) and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (R) sign agreements during the US China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing December 4, 2008. China urged the United States on Thursday to spare no effort to stabilise its economy and financial markets to help avert a global recession. Speaking at the start of a fifth meeting of the cabinet-level 'Strategic Economic Dialogue' between the United States and China, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said Beijing was doing its part by pursuing fast growth. (Elizabeth Dalziel/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - China and the United States pledged on Friday to boost efforts to tackle the turmoil engulfing global markets and to continue high-level cooperation when President-elect Barack Obama takes office.


Obama laying the groundwork for health reform (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:09 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama speaks as he presents his choices for his newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board during a news conference in Chicago November 26, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has begun laying the groundwork for overhauling the troubled U.S. healthcare system, reaching out to interest groups and building grass-roots support for the huge undertaking.


Fidel Castro says Cuba could talk with Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 11:21 PM CST

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro talks during a meeting with his brother Cuban President Raul Castro and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Havana June 17, 2008. (Estudios Revolucion/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro said on Thursday his country could talk to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, in Havana's latest overture to the incoming Democratic administration in Washington.


Obama thanks Illinois fundraisers (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:32 PM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama thanked his Illinois finance committee on Thursday night for helping him win the election, telling them it was not the end of their work but the beginning.

Tangled Web: Rangel son got campaign cash (Politico)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:19 PM CST

Politico - Between 2004 and 2007, Rep. Charles Rangel steered nearly $80,000 in campaign cash to an Internet company run by his son – paying lavishly for a pair of political Web sites so poorly designed an expert estimated one should have cost no more than $100 to create.

Top 5 political moments – Yahoo style (The Yahoo! Newsroom)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:35 PM CST

The Yahoo! Newsroom - Way back in September 2007, before she was President-elect Obama's nominee for Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton sat down for an interview with Yahoo News. She was expecting an interview with Charlie Rose. To her surprise Rose punted to comedian Bill Maher, who asked her about her Iraq War vote: "George Bush fooled you; why should Americans vote for someone who can be fooled by George Bush?"

Ill. workers in trouble for looking up Obama info (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:15 PM CST

AP - Nine Illinois Secretary of State employees face suspension without pay because they looked up President-elect Barack Obama's street address in state records, officials said Thursday.

Big Three still face big climb (Politico)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:04 PM CST

Politico - A day-long Senate Banking Committee Thursday sparked revived interest in crafting a bipartisan aid package that would keep Detroit’s Big Three out of bankruptcy but also demand concessions from labor and bond holders while encouraging more industry consolidation.

Bush: Marriage has gotten better in White House (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:06 PM CST

AP - President George W. Bush, increasingly reflective as he caps two turbulent terms in the White House, said Thursday that the pressures of the job have brought him closer to his wife, Laura.

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