2008年9月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama camp suggests lies over Palin visit to Iraq (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:16 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, talks about her running mate, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at the Dena'INA Civic and Convention Center Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Matt Hage)AP - The question of whether Sarah Palin has ever been to Iraq pushed Obama aides Saturday to accuse the McCain campaign of outright lies, distortions and distractions to the American people.

Palin sticks to the familiar in first solo outing (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:17 AM CDT

Republican vice president candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets supporters during rally in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. Palin's husband Todd is right.(AP Photo/ Al Grillo)AP - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin made her first solo campaign appearance outside her home state Saturday, sticking largely to a speech that has boosted her popularity among Republican faithful but drawn criticism for having misstatements.

Forum sells 'Obama Waffles' with racial stereotype (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:14 PM CDT

A box of Obama Waffles is seen in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. A vendor at a conservative political forum was selling boxes of waffle mix depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap. The product was meant as political satire, said Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two writers from Franklin, Tenn., who created the mix and sold it for $10 a box at the Values Voter Summit sponsored by the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Activists at a conservative political forum snapped up boxes of waffle mix depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap.

Biden prepares for more prominent role in campaign (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:57 PM CDT

Obama/Biden buttons for sale are seen outside of the New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, N.H. where Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is scheduled to speak, Friday September 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - The vice presidential nominee you aren't hearing so much about, Democrat Joe Biden, is planning a more prominent role to help validate Barack Obama among white working-class voters and criticize the Republican rival he's long called a friend.

Ohio secretary of state prevents vote caging (Politico)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:16 PM CDT

Politico - Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner won plaudits from voting rights activists by issuing a directive that they say will protect the ability of millions of registered voters to cast ballots on Election Day.

Obama scales back campaign events in Ike's wake (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:34 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives for a rally at the Veterans Memorial Park in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asked his supporters Saturday to help with recovery from Hurricane Ike and canceled his plans to crack jokes on "Saturday Night Live" in the aftermath of the storm.

Greenspan: No McCain tax cuts without reduction (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:29 AM CDT

Placing his hand over his heart Republican presidential candidate Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., followed by his wife Cindy, walks out of his campaign headquarters after greeting volunteers working his phone bank Saturday afternoon, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Alan Greenspan says the country can't afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain — at least not without a corresponding reduction in government spending.

Green Party activist Peter Camejo dies at 68 (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 10:37 PM CDT

In this Sept. 24, 2003 file photo, Green Party candidate Peter Camejo speaks during a televised debate between the five top candidates vying to replace Gov. Gray Davis at California State University in Sacramento, Calif. Camejo, who had been battling lymphoma, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at his home in Folsom, outside Sacramento. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)AP - Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 68.

US campaign gets nastier with new revelations about Palin (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:49 AM CDT

Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin speaks at a campaign rally in Carson City, Nevada. The US presidential campaign got nastier Sunday as a leading US newspaper revealed that Republican vice presidential nominee Palin used her position as Alaska state governor to give top jobs in her administration to personal friends.(AFP/Getty Images/Max Whittaker)AFP - The US presidential campaign got nastier Sunday as a leading US newspaper revealed that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin used her position as Alaska state governor to give top jobs in her administration to personal friends.

Obama tries to blunt Palin, by attacking McCain (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:44 AM CDT

US vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin listens to remarks during a campaign stop in Fairfax, Virginia. Barack Obama seems finally to have hit on a strategy to fight the Palin phenomenon: sidestep the feisty Republican vice presidential pick and turn full fire on an AFP - Barack Obama seems finally to have hit on a strategy to fight the Sarah Palin phenomenon: sidestep the feisty Republican vice presidential pick and turn full fire on an "out of touch" John McCain.

Solo in Nevada, Palin draws big crowd (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 08:50 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) is pictured alongside her husband Todd during an outdoor campaign rally in Fairfax, Virginia, September 10, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - Out on the road as a solo act, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fired up a large crowd in Nevada on Sunday by pledging to shake up Washington if elected with John McCain on November 4.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 07:11 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 - As Hurricane Ike lashes Texas, Obama cancels on 'SNL' and asks supporters to help the victims ... Pelosi says McCain's choice of Palin as running mate was "poor judgment" ... Moose-hunting Republican from Palin's hometown casts crucial vote to subpoena her husband ... Palin's return to Alaska brings reality of national campaign, stirs opinions back home ... 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

Obama camp jumps on Greenspan interview to attack McCain (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 06:18 PM CDT

Barack Obama's White House campaign Saturday seized on a warning from former Federal Reserve boss Alan Greenspan, seen here in 2007, about John McCain's tax plans to portray the Republican as economically reckless.(AFP/IMF-HO/File/Stephen Jaffe)AFP - Barack Obama's White House campaign Saturday seized on a warning from former Federal Reserve boss Alan Greenspan about John McCain's tax plans to portray the Republican as economically reckless.

Obama campaign seizes on Greenspan's tax comments (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 06:01 PM CDT

Reuters - Presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign on Saturday seized on comments from former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who questioned the affordability of broad new tax cuts.

McCain Leads Obama 48% to 44% in AP Presidential Poll (Bloomberg)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 04:28 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain leads Barack Obama 48 percent to 44 percent among likely U.S. voters in an Associated Press-GfK poll, while other national surveys showed the presidential candidates running close to even.

Lehman Brothers needs a private fix: Obama aide (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 04:18 PM CDT

The headquarters of Lehman Brothers is seen on Times Square. The answer to embattled investment giant Lehman Brothers' woes should be a private one, an aide to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Hiroko Masuike)AFP - The answer to embattled investment giant Lehman Brothers' woes should be a private one, an aide to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Saturday.

Obama Favors `Private Solution' to Lehman's Troubles (Bloomberg)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:36 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama doesn't want the government to bail out troubled investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., his economic adviser said.

Palin Wraps Up Three-Day Alaska Trip With Send-Off in Anchorage (Bloomberg)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 02:26 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin wrapped up a three-day trip to her home state of Alaska today with a rally in Anchorage where she told supporters John McCain will ``shake things up'' as president.

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