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Yahoo! News: Elections

First McCain-Obama debate remains doubtful (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 04:16 AM CDT

Jason Griffin prepares the site for the Presidential Debate, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The first debate between the presidential nominees, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, is scheduled for Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The first presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama remained in doubt Friday, the very day it was to be held, embroiled in the same partisan divisions that were holding up a Wall Street bailout plan.

Palin to return donations from tainted politicians (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 04:03 AM CDT

US Republican vice-presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin watches Republican presidential nominee U.S. Senator John McCain (D-AZ) speak at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York City. An Internet video showing Sarah Palin being blessed by a Kenyan witch-hunter emerged Thursday in the latest online blast from the Republican vice-presidential nominee's past.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)AP - Gov. Sarah Palin swept into office as an avowed outsider, a claim that helped her land the GOP vice presidential nomination.

A bad day for the GOP on politics, bailout plan (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 04:16 AM CDT

US President George W. Bush (L) makes remarks during a meeting with members of congress including the Presidential candidates Republican John McCain and Barack Obama (R) in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush, hosting unprecedented economic crisis talks at the WHouse, said he hoped to reach an agreement AP - Even for a party whose president suffers dismal approval ratings, whose legislative wing lost control of Congress and whose presidential nominee trails in the polls, it was a remarkably bad day for Republicans.

Online tool estimates taxes under McCain, Obama (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 04:01 AM CDT

President Bush, fourth from left, meets with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in Washington to discuss the proposed bailout of the financial industry. Also seated with them from left to right, Minority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Voters whose bottom line is taxes can use a new online tool to calculate what their own bottom line would be with the IRS under a Barack Obama or John McCain administration.

Wall Street bailout plan breaks down (Politico)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:26 PM CDT

Politico - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson left a late-night session at the Capitol Thursday without a deal on the bailout plan the White House says is needed to prevent economic disaster.

Black politicians prosper in Obama's home state (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:30 AM CDT

In this Nov. 17, 2003 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun waves to the crowd on the set of 'Hardball' at Harvard University's Institute of Politics in Cambridge, Mass. In 1992, Moseley Braun was elected from Illinois as the first black Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate, followed 12 years later by Barack Obama, as the first man who was a Democrat. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - It's no coincidence the first black major-party nominee for president calls Illinois home. The state has sent more blacks to Congress than any other, in large part due to the chronic segregation of Chicago's housing.

California voters to consider bullet train project (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:47 AM CDT

AP - A century and a half after California built its first railroad, the Golden State may be about to launch the most ambitious rail project undertaken by any state — a nearly 800-mile system of bullet trains that can top 200 mph.

Palin's parents: Retirees, part-time rat killers (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:30 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, left, is shown the New York City Fire Department memorial on the side of Engine Company 10 by Tribute WTC Visitor Center president and co-founder, Lee Ielpi, a former fire fighter whose son, also a fire fighter, perished at the World Trade Center site, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - More than six years before Sarah Palin visited ground zero as the Republican vice presidential nominee, her parents were there as part of the response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — trapping rats.

Dems, some in GOP question McCain's intervention (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 01:09 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, left, leaves with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., right, after a meeting on Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Sen. John McCain's self-portrait as a bold leader willing to set politics aside to save an endangered financial bailout plan took a pounding Thursday from top Democrats and even some fellow Republicans.

Palin defends Alaska-Russia foreign policy remark (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:55 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin talks to reporters outside of Engine Company 10, Ladder Company 10, next to the World Trade Center site, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience, explaining in a CBS interview aired Thursday that "we have trade missions back and forth."

Gambler McCain seeks redemption in finance crisis (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 04:07 AM CDT

Republican presidential nominee Arizona Senator John McCain speak at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York City, September 25. McCain is going all-in on the biggest bet of a political career marked by instinctive gambles, seeking new life for his White House bid in the political convulsions set off by the finance crisis.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - John McCain is going all-in on the biggest bet of a political career marked by instinctive gambles, seeking new life for his White House bid in the political convulsions set off by the finance crisis.

US-POLITICS Summary (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:49 AM CDT

Reuters - The stage is set, but it was unclear on Friday if Republican John McCain would show up to duel Democrat Barack Obama in the first of three debates that could help decide a tight White House race. McCain's vow to skip the debate if a $700 billion rescue of the U.S. financial industry is not settled cast a pall of uncertainty over the campaign -- which deepened late on Thursday as bailout talks in Washington sank into disarray.

Angry W. House meeting roils Wall St bailout talks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:19 AM CDT

President Bush meets with Bicameral and Bipartisan Members of Congress to discuss a Wall Street bailout plan in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, September 25, 2008. Bush is joined by (L-R) Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Minority House leader John Boehner (R-OH), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Negotiations in the U.S. Congress toward a massive bailout for Wall Street fell into disarray on Thursday night after a contentious White House meeting, with lawmakers later offering conflicting reports about the position of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.

Etc. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Exotic Hawaii: where Obama's racial outlook was forgedWhile Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was awarded his law degree in the Northeast (at Harvard) and has been a community organizer and legislator in the Midwest (Chicago), his attitudes about racial inclusiveness may be most influenced by having grown up in the melting pot that is Hawaii.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 02:03 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, walks with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., center, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., as he leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. Later McCain will meet at the White House with President Bush, other leading lawmakers and presidential nominee Barack Obama on the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Democrats, some Republicans question the impact of McCain's intervention in bailout talks ... Alaska legislators say McCain campaign moving on 'many fronts' to stall Palin probe ... With agreement between Congress and administration unfinished, debate prospects questionable ...

Stage is set but will U.S. debate go on? (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 12:23 AM CDT

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson walks into the Capitol, September 25, 2008. (Molly Riley/Reuters)Reuters - The stage is set, but it was unclear on Friday if Republican John McCain would show up to duel Democrat Barack Obama in the first of three debates that could help decide a tight White House race.

Lawmakers to tackle bailout plan again Friday (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 02:05 AM CDT

President Bush (C) meets with Bicameral and Bipartisan Members of Congress in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, September 25, 2008. Bush is joined by (L-R) Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Minority House leader John Boehner (R-OH), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority leader Senator Harry reid (D-NV), House Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL). (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Congressional leaders will try again on Friday to save a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan after talks broke down in acrimony against the backdrop of the nation's biggest-ever bank failure.

Undecided Voters Are Gloomier, Lean Toward Obama to Fix Economy (Bloomberg)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT

Mississippi was Thursday holding its breath ahead of the much anticipated first debate between White House hopefuls Barack Obama, seen here in Washington, DC, and John McCain, unsure if it would actually go ahead.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)Bloomberg - Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The undecided voters who may make the difference in a close presidential election in November are more pessimistic about the direction of the nation than the broader electorate and are looking even more to Democrat Barack Obama on economic issues.

McCain-Obama debate prospects uncertain (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 10:44 PM CDT

University of Mississippi students Mario Hilliard, left, and Tyler Craft stand in for presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain during rehearsals for Friday's scheduled presidential debate at the Ford Center Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 in Oxford, Miss. The fate of the debate is in doubt as McCain Wednesday suspended his campaign to return to Washington in response to the nation's financial turmoil. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)AP - Prospects were questionable at best that John McCain and Barack Obama would meet Friday for their first presidential debate as progress appeared to dissolve between Congress and the Bush administration on a $700 billion financial industry bailout.

McCain campaign slows, but doesn't stop (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:53 PM CDT

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., walks through the Capitol after leaving the office of House Republican Leader, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Republican presidential nominee John McCain vowed Wednesday to suspend his campaign to focus on the nation's financial crisis, but there were plenty of signs of activity Thursday — including an apparently live fundraising link on the campaign's Web site.

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