2008年9月13日星期六

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:05 AM CDT

Signs congratulating Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, are displayed on the side of a Wasilla, Alaska bar Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.   Palin is visiting her hometown before returning the presidential campaign trail on Saturday.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Moose-hunting Republican from Palin's hometown casts crucial vote to subpoena her husband ... Once a Clinton critic, Palin heaps praise on her and says Obama must regret not choosing her ... Hunter Biden, son of veep candidate, quits work as federal lobbyist ... His backers jittery, Obama steps up attacks on McCain, belittling him as a disco age relic ... McCain supports $8 billion bill to fund roadway projects nationwide


Hometown sees change with Palin's new role (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 02:53 AM CDT

Signs congratulating Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, are displayed on the side of a Wasilla, Alaska bar Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.   Palin is visiting her hometown before returning the presidential campaign trail on Saturday.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Ben Harrell waited for Gov. Sarah Palin to stop by at his Mocha Moose coffee house like she does most days she's back home. But things are different now when she's in town.


Palin says Obama regrets bypassing Clinton (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:03 AM CDT

In this image provided by ABC, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, right, talks with Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in Wasilla, Alaska in an interview, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.  The first excerpts aired Thursday on 'World News with Charles Gibson' and 'Nightline.'  Friday, portions of the interview will air on 'World News,' 'Nightline' and a special one-hour '20/20.'  (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennik)AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday she thinks Barack Obama regrets not making Hillary Rodham Clinton his running mate.


Whites lift McCain to slim lead over Obama in poll (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 10:31 PM CDT

Presumptive presidential nominees Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. (Rebecca Cook/Files/Reuters)AP - An overwhelming advantage in experience and lopsided support from working-class and suburban whites have lifted Republican John McCain to a slender lead over Barack Obama less than two months from Election Day, a poll on the presidential race said Friday.


For Biden, there's no avoiding Sarah Palin (Politico)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 12:57 PM CDT

Politico - CHICAGO — No one is more familiar with the buzz surrounding Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin than Joe Biden.

Alaska lawmakers vote to subpoena Todd Palin (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 02:54 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holding her son Trig, poses with a group of Alaska state troopers before departing in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.  Palin was traveling to Anchorage before returning to her home in Wasilla, Alaska. At right is Palin's husband, Todd(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - The abuse of power investigation against Sarah Palin, Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, took a potentially ominous turn for her party on Friday when state lawmakers voted to subpoena her husband.


Obama ratchets up counterattacks on McCain (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 05:38 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a campaign event at the McConnell Center in Dover, N.H., Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Belittling John McCain as a relic of the disco age, Democrat Barack Obama pushed his campaign Friday to a new level of counter-punching "on the issues that matter" and directed his running mate to be tougher on their Republican opponents.


Biden's son quits lobbying work (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 07:53 PM CDT

AP - Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden's son Hunter has stopped working as a federal lobbyist, work that had made him a Republican target in the presidential contest.

Analysis: McCain sidekick grabs the limelight (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:32 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is Col. Edward Daly, deputy commander of the U.S. Army in Alaska, during the st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division deployment ceremony Thursday Sept. 11, 2008, at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. Palin was a guest speaker at the ceremony and addressed 4,000 troops, one of which is her son Trak Palin. (AP Photo/Rob Stapleton)AP - If there were any doubts that the sidekick was stealing the show, they were put to rest when Sarah Palin took off for Alaska with a wave from the tarmac by John McCain.


Fact Check: McCain misstates Palin earmarks record (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 05:33 PM CDT

In this image provided by ABC, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, right, talks with Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in Fairbanks, Alaska in an interview, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.  The first excerpts aired Thursday on 'World News with Charles Gibson' and 'Nightline.'  Friday, portions of the interview will air on 'Good Morning America,' 'World News,' 'Nightline' and a special one-hour '20/20.'  (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennik)AP - John McCain continued to laud his running mate, Sarah Palin, as a budget cutter on Friday, this time erroneously asserting that as governor of Alaska she had not sought congressional earmarks for her state.


Obama tones it down as Hurricane Ike looms (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate John McCain (left) listens as his running mate Sarah Palin (right) speaks during a rally in Fairfax, Virginia. The White House campaign faced its second storm-forced disruption Saturday as Barack Obama offered to raise funds from his army of donors for victims of the monstrous Hurricane Ike.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - The White House campaign faced its second storm-forced disruption Saturday as Barack Obama offered to raise funds from his army of donors for victims of the monstrous Hurricane Ike.


Hearing for man in Obama `plot' postponed (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 11:13 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, N.H. Friday, September 12, 2008.  (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - A man who sparked fears of an assassination plot against Barack Obama missed a federal court hearing on a drug charge Friday because he's in the Denver jail on another case.


Obama's Fundraising Machine Still Rolling as Campaign Stays Coy (Bloomberg)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a campaign event at the McConnell Center in Dover, N.H., Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Bloomberg - Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama may be playing possum.


Palin picks Democratic wounds over Clinton (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 06:49 PM CDT

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin greets supporters at a welcome home rally at the airport in Fairbanks, Alaska on September 10, 2008. Palin Friday picked at the scars of the Democratic primary fight, saying Barack Obama must now be sorry he did not name Hillary Clinton as his running mate.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin Friday picked at the scars of the Democratic primary fight, saying Barack Obama must now be sorry he did not name Hillary Clinton as his running mate.


McCain, Obama Back Where They Started From: Campaign Notebook (Bloomberg)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 06:34 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The race between John McCain and Barack Obama, for all the talk of a post-convention Republican surge and Democratic jitters, remains pretty much where it was a month ago and mirrors the presidential contest four years ago.

Palin cancels Jeffco pancake breakfast, will speak instead (Rocky Mountain News)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 06:19 PM CDT

Rocky Mountain News - No more pancakes.

McCain faces tough questions on abortion (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 06:15 PM CDT

Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain courted female voters on Friday with appearances on TV shows popular with women, but prompted boos from a studio audience while stressing opposition to abortion.

McCain gets a grilling on a comfy couch (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 05:09 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (2L), Republican presidential candidate John McCain (R), Cindy McCain (2R) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) visit Ground Zero during ceremonies marking the 7th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept 11, 2008. McCain on Friday denied his barrage of hardball negative advertisements against Obama amounted to AFP - Republican John McCain got a rough ride on the plush couch of a top daytime talk show Friday, forced to deny his negative attacks on White House foe Barack Obama amounted to "lies."


Palin's husband subpoenaed in 'Troopergate' probe (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:11 PM CDT

US Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (L) and her husband Todd (C) greet supporters before boarding their respective campaign planes in Kansas City, Missouri on September 8, 2008. Alaska lawmakers on Friday subpoenaed Palin's husband in a politically explosive abuse-of-power probe.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Alaska lawmakers on Friday subpoenaed the husband of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in a politically explosive abuse-of-power probe.


As Envoy to the Right, Graham Steers McCain on Conservative Path (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 03:55 PM CDT

CQPolitics.com - The last time Sen. John McCain turned to colleague Lindsey Graham for help, it was to try to convince conservatives that his 2002 campaign finance proposal didn't make him a sellout.
bnzv