2008年8月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama embarks on 67-day sprint to election (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:04 AM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia, 10, second from right, and Sasha, 7, wave after his acceptance speechat the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Fresh off his historic nominating convention, Democrat Barack Obama is embarking on what likely will be the most important 67 days of his campaign for the White House. Republican John McCain is looking to upstage his rival with the announcement of his running mate.

Obama avoids race on King's 'Dream' anniversary (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:48 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves with his family and his running mate's family after his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Long before Denver, the drum roll of history began: If Barack Obama could capture the Democratic nomination for president, he would deliver the biggest speech of his life exactly 45 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s immortal "I Have a Dream" address.

Obama uses speech for high-tech outreach (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:04 PM CDT

Delegates celebrate after the acceptance speech by Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 28, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)AP - Forgive some of the 84,000 people amassed at Invesco Field Thursday if their thumbs are a bit weary by the time Barack Obama takes the stage for a triumphant acceptance of his presidential nomination.

McCain makes decision on running mate (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:33 AM CDT

US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives at the airport in Dayton, Ohio August 28, 2008. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)AP - The focus of the presidential campaign shifts to Republicans on Friday as GOP candidate John McCain is set to introduce his running mate at a rally in Ohio.

Obama: 'We are a better country than this' (Politico)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:25 AM CDT

Politico - DENVER — Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s dramatic call for racial equality in America, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination to become the first African-American on a major party presidential ticket.

The kitchen table: Anatomy of a metaphor (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:19 AM CDT

Richard Larson, right back, helps his daughter Olivia, 10, right front, as his wife, Marge, left, helps their other daughter Beverly, 8, as they do their homework at their kitchen table in Anchorage, Alaska Thursday Aug. 28, 2008. For the entire Democratic National Convention, speakers have been invoking the kitchen table as the metaphor for the lives of regular Americans. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - The rooms of the modern American household have always crept into campaigns. Politics makes strange bedfellows, for one. The living-room war ended Lyndon Johnson's political career. And everyone keeps saying the economy's headed for the toilet.

Analysis: 'Born in the USA' returns to politics (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:38 PM CDT

Flags wave during the playing of the song 'Born in the USA' at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - A generation after Ronald Reagan famously mistook Bruce Springsteen's music for uncritical patriotism, Democrats claimed "Born in the USA" on Thursday for the theme it was meant to project — to describe a splintered country they say desperately needs new policies and new dreams.

Obama sketches promise of America (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 10:31 PM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., gives his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Barack Obama cast his presidential nomination as proof that no dreams are too high, savoring a historic moment for himself and the nation Thursday before setting out on a difficult struggle to break another barrier for a black American.

Gustav could be perfect political spin storm (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:37 AM CDT

Ace Hardware of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, owner Curtis Dosch, right, helps Billy and Sharon McCoy purchase a chainsaw, tarps and a few other supplies Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Many residents are stocking up on supplies ahead of the possible landfall of Tropical Storm Gustav in South Mississippi. The storm is expected to become a hurricane before making landfall. (AP Photo/James Edward Bates - Sun Herald)AP - Katrina was a natural disaster that turned into a political one for the Bush administration. Gustav, now on course for the Gulf Coast almost three years to the day since that hurricane struck, could offer the chance for redemption or point-scoring in the presidential campaign.

End to Middle East oil imports unlikely (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:37 PM CDT

AP - Barack Obama's promise Thursday to work to "end our dependence" on Middle East oil within a decade may be good political rhetoric when Americans have been paying $4 a gallon at the gas pumps, but the goal likely would be difficult — perhaps impossible — to achieve and flies in the face of how global oil markets work.

NAFTA bashing off the Democrats' agenda (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:37 AM CDT

AP - The once-decried free trade deals of the primaries have been all but abandoned as political boogeymen.

Obama vows to renew America's promise (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:52 AM CDT

Barack Obama summoned America to join his crusade for change, as the Democratic convention climaxes in a historic echo of Martin Luther King'sAFP - Barack Obama savaged John McCain and "broken" Republican politics, vowing to restore America's promise in a tumultuous climax to the Democratic convention before an 84,000 strong crowd.

Obama Draws McCain Contrast, Sees No Poll Bounce, Axelrod Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:02 AM CDT

Bloomberg - Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama successfully used his convention speech to lay out the stakes for the November election and draw a contrast with Republican John McCain, though he may receive little or no bounce in the polls, the Democratic nominee's chief strategist said.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:59 AM CDT

Monica Early, from Akron, Ohio, speaks at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Obama accepts historic nomination; first black nominee says he'd cut taxes, end oil dependence ... Ohio woman seeks to debunk Internet rumors in convention speech ... McCain makes decision on his vice presidential pick ...

Obama's Speech Lures Some Fence-Sitters as Others Await McCain (Bloomberg)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:30 AM CDT

Supporters hold signs as Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 28, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Bloomberg - Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama's speech last night left Janell Mader, a 32-year-old lifelong Republican, ``a little overwhelmed'' -- and likely to vote for him in November.

Obama Hails `America's Promise,' Says McCain `Doesn't Get It' (Bloomberg)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:06 AM CDT

Bloomberg - Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president, mixing a soaring pledge to preserve the ``American promise'' with a sharp attack on John McCain's judgment on the war, the economy and support of George W. Bush.

Obama thanks women of Illinois delegation for his political start (Rocky Mountain News)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:05 AM CDT

Rocky Mountain News - Sen. Barack Obama, hours away from accepting his party's nomination at Invesco Field, paid a surprise visit to the women of the Illinois delegation.

Crowd urged to share moment and tout Obama (Rocky Mountain News)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:05 AM CDT

Rocky Mountain News - The Obama campaign's organizational forces were on full display at Invesco Field on Thursday, using the historic moment as a giant, techology-based get-out- the-vote effort.

McCain praises Obama: Job well done (Rocky Mountain News)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:05 AM CDT

Rocky Mountain News - In a brief break from a fierce advertising war, Republican presidential candidate John McCain was to air a one- evening-only ad with a simple message for Barack Obama: "Job well done."

Oprah on Obama: 'I cried my eyelashes off' (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:58 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves with his family and his running mate's family after his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Oprah Winfrey is leaving Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes.

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