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Yahoo! News: Elections

Official: GOP senator tops list for commerce post (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:54 AM CST

Senator Judd Gregg (R), seen here on September 29, 2008 with Senate Chairman Christopher Dodd (L), speaks at a news conference where they pledged to continue working on a bailout package. Gregg said Friday he was in the running to be President Barack Obama's commerce secretary, a pick which could shift the balance of power in Congress decisively towards Democrats.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AP - President Barack Obama appeared Saturday to be leaning toward appointing a third Republican to his Cabinet, a move that would place the fiscally conservative Sen. Judd Gregg at the head of the Commerce Department even though a liberal Democrat was initially tapped for the post.

GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:52 AM CST

In this Jan. 13, 2008 file photo, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas listens to the tough economic news during a meeting of the Emergency Board in Montpelier, Vt., Douglas is one of a number of Republican governors who have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for approval of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)AP - Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.

Obama readies road map for new bailout spending (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:48 AM CST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with audience members as JetBlue Chief Executive Officer David Barger, right, looks on after the president spoke about the economy, in the East Room Room of the White House in Washington. Obama says his administration will outline a new strategy in the coming days for spending billions of federal dollars to pull the nation out of an economic crisis he describes as 'devastating.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to lower mortgage costs, offer job-creating loans for small businesses, get credit flowing and rein in free-spending executives as he readies a new road map for spending billions from the second installment of the financial rescue plan.

Obama praises Iraqis on provincial elections (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 05:44 PM CST

President Barack Obama talks with guests after signing an executive order dealing with the Middle Class Working Families Taskforce, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqis on Saturday's provincial elections and urged the winners to work for their people.

Daschle takes 'a bad first-day hit' (Politico)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:59 PM CST

Politico - With President Obama and Senate Democrats rallying behind Tom Daschle after Friday’s revelations of back tax troubles, Republican senators faced a difficult choice—whether to support the Cabinet nomination of a former member of their exclusive club, or strike a clean shot at the new Democratic president.

Despite layoffs, federal work force is growing (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 10:10 AM CST

In this Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, then-President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by then-Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, left, and then-Council of Economic Advisers Chair-designate Christina Romer, meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington. A report released earlier this month by Christina Romer, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and Jared Bernstein, an economic policy adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, predicted that more than 90 percent of the 3 million to 4 million jobs Obama's proposed stimulus proposes to save or create would be in the private sector. But the report also estimated that 244,000 government jobs - some at the federal level, but more at the state and local level - would be created or saved. That was based on a $600 billion stimulus package; the one being debated in Congress is more than $800 billion. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Companies are cutting jobs by the tens of thousands. State and local governments are penny-pinching, too. So what about Uncle Sam? Tough times for him as well?

Under Obama, `war on terror' catchphrase fading (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 09:21 AM CST

US soldiers patrol a village outside Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. The United States has pledged to send up to 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan by mid-2009. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is monitoring US foreign policy in countries such as Afghanistan to see if improved ties under President Barack Obama might be possible.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words.

Alaska lawmakers question Sarah Palin's focus (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 07:03 AM CST

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gives the state of the state address to a joint session of the Senate and House in the Capitol in Juneau, Alaska on in this Thursday Jan. 22, 2009 photo, as Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, left, and House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski listen. Alaska lawmakers who are seeing less of Palin than in past years are wondering what it means in the wake of her vice presidential run that brought her global fame and notoriety. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Driving home at night from her Capitol office, the leader of Alaska's House Democrats often passes the governor's white-columned mansion and wonders why more lights aren't on.

Strong turnout in Iraq vote as Maliki makes gains (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:34 AM CST

An Iraqi female security officer body checks a voter outside a polling station in Mosul. Shiite candidates backed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appeared Sunday to have posted gains in the nation's landmark provincial election, while Sunni Arabs went to the polls in force.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)AFP - Shiite candidates backed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appeared Sunday to have posted gains in the nation's landmark provincial election, while Sunni Arabs went to the polls in force.

Obama pokes fun at Emanuel at Alfalfa Club dinner (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 11:26 PM CST

President Barack Obama sits with Google Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt during meeting with business leaders to discuss the economy, Wednesday,Jan. 28, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Seated at rear, from left are: Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner; White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett; and chief economic adviser Larry Summers. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama poked fun at his volatile chief of staff in a free-for-all roasting of Washington and its politicians Saturday night.

Obama rocks the Alfalfa Club (Politico)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 10:57 PM CST

Politico - How big is Barack Obama right now?

Obama administration says rescue plan "on track" (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 10:17 PM CST

Reuters - An official in U.S. President Barack Obama's administration said on Saturday the announcement of a rescue plan for the financial system was running on schedule.

Obama pushes economic plan (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 09:24 PM CST

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens to Vice President Joe Biden before Obama signed the Middle Class Working Families Task Force executive order in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 30, 2009. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his emerging economic rescue package on Saturday, as he stood by his latest Cabinet nominee to run into tax problems that could impede confirmation.

Republican Gregg tops Obama list for commerce post (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 04:08 PM CST

Reuters - Republican Senator Judd Gregg has emerged as Democratic President Barack Obama's top candidate for U.S. commerce secretary and a decision could come as early as Monday, an administration official said on Saturday.

Obama hails Iraq vote as 'step forward' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:20 PM CST

A Sunni Muslim man votes in the provincial elections in the western town of Ramadi, 100 kms from the capital Baghdad. US President Barack Obama praised Iraq's provincial elections on Saturday as an AFP - US President Barack Obama praised Iraq's provincial elections on Saturday as an "important step forward" for the future of the country.

New Iceland govt eyes Sunday handover (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 02:01 PM CST

Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security Johanna Sigurdardottir speaks during a news conference after party negotiations in Reykjavik January 28, 2009. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)Reuters - A new center-left government for crisis-hit Iceland expects to take office on Sunday after securing key political support and aims to lead the country to an election in April, parties said on Saturday.

Iceland interim government to take office on Sunday (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:08 PM CST

Reuters - A new center-left interim coalition government is set to take office in Iceland on Sunday and will propose April 25 as the date for an early election, the head of one of the coalition parties said on Saturday.

US welcomes Somalia's new Islamist president (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:31 PM CST

Moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is pictured in 2006. The United States welcomed moderate Islamist cleric Sheikh Ahmed's election as Somali president Saturday and vowed to support his efforts to restore stability in the Horn of Africa nation.(AFP/File/Stringer)AFP - The United States welcomed moderate Islamist cleric Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's election as Somali president Saturday and vowed to support his efforts to restore stability in the Horn of Africa nation.

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