2010年1月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Democrats see Mass. message: Jobs, jobs, jobs (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:46 PM PST

U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass.,  speaks at a news conference at a hotel, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Boston. Brown was elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Wounded in Massachusetts, frustrated Democrats on Wednesday urged the White House to focus on jobs and the economy — not the health care overhaul that's now at risk — and pressed President Barack Obama to more forcefully make their case against Republicans ahead of potentially disastrous elections this fall.


Cindy McCain poses for ad endorsing gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:44 PM PST

AP - Cindy McCain, the wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, has posed for an ad endorsing pro-gay marriage forces in California.

New political order tips against Obama to-do list (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010, file photo, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Portland, Maine. Among the winners in the new political order: independent-minded voters and the upstart newcomers they favor. Also on the rise: the few Republican moderates left in Congress, the tea party movement and, paradoxically, both legislative stalling and dealmaking. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Among the winners in the new political order: independent-minded voters and the upstart newcomers they favor, whether they drive pickup trucks or not.


Dazed Dems rethink entire strategy (Politico)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:40 AM PST

Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, celebrates in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, with wife Gail, center, and daughter Ayla, and niece Maeve Brown, right, after winning a special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Brown defeated Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, and Joseph L. Kennedy, a Libertarian running as an independent and not related to the late Sen. Kennedy.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Politico - Scott Brown has turned this town upside down.


One year in, hope harder to come by, Obama finds (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:18 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before signing a presidential directive ordering a new crackdown on federal contractors who don't pay their taxes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - At 8:35 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2009, Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office for the first time as president, the hopes of the nation on his shoulders. He spent 10 minutes alone, soaking in the moment, then set about trying to deliver on the bold promises he had laid out in his inaugural address a day earlier.


Michelle Obama asks mayors to help reduce obesity (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:25 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama is introduced before address to the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. From left are, Burnsville, Minn Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, Mrs. Obama, Trenton, N.J. Mayor Douglas Palmer and Energy Secretary Steven Chu. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - First lady Michelle Obama urged the nation's mayors Wednesday to join her in a campaign to reduce childhood obesity.


Palin and McCain will campaign again (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:11 PM PST

AP - Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain plan to campaign together again. The Arizona Republican announced Wednesday that the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate will join McCain in Phoenix on March 26 to help campaign for his re-election to the U.S. Senate.

Obama, Dems consider pared-down health care bill (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST

President Barack Obama approaches the podium in the Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before signing a presidential directive ordering a new crackdown on federal contractors who don't pay their taxes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Chastened by the Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and congressional allies signaled Wednesday they may try to scale back his sweeping health care overhaul in an effort to at least keep parts of it alive.


Intel chief concedes errors in Christmas bomb case (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST

FBI Director Robert Mueller, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. At right is Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The nation's intelligence chief on Wednesday conceded missteps in the government's handling of the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, but his comments about the failure to use a special federal interrogation team may have amounted to a misstep of his own.


Obama sees "much better" economy this year (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:13 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he knew there was frustration about the bank bailouts but he was optimistic about the prospects for the U.S. economy this year.

Brown: Mass. victory sends 'very powerful message' (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:00 PM PST

U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass.,  speaks at a news conference at a hotel, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Boston. Brown was elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Republican Scott Brown, fresh from a stunning Massachusetts Senate victory that shook the power balance on Capitol Hill, declared Wednesday that his election had sent a "very powerful message" that voters are weary of backroom deals and Washington business-as-usual.


Obama says US not going to take over Haiti (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:56 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says the United States cannot afford to ignore the trouble in Haiti.

Obama: will insist on consumer financial protection (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would keep consumer protection at the heart of his proposed overhaul of financial regulation, despite suffering a serious political setback in the U.S. Senate.

Democrats scramble for new healthcare approach (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:54 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at an event in honour of National Mentoring month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 20, 2010.  REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Democratic congressional leaders promised on Wednesday to push ahead with healthcare reform despite a stinging setback in a Senate election, but failed to agree quickly on a new approach.


New political order tips against Obama to-do list (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:48 PM PST

U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., speaks at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Boston. Brown was elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Among the winners in the new political order: independent-minded voters and the upstart newcomers they favor.


Democrats discuss pieces of smaller health bill (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:44 PM PST

AP - Democrats began talking Wednesday about pushing a smaller health care bill that can appeal to the political middle through Congress, following the loss of their crucial 60th Senate seat in the Massachusetts special election. Here are elements that seem likely to be included and omitted, based on Democrats' remarks:

After Massachusetts defeat, will Obama adjust or stay pat (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama grappled Wednesday with the fallout from the stunning Republican Senate election in Massachusetts, a stinging loss that could drive him to stay the course in tough times — a la Ronald Reagan in 1982 — or tack toward the center and work more with the Republicans — as Bill Clinton did after 1994.

Massachusetts election stalls health care push in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:19 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system stalled on Wednesday — and could be scaled back substantially — as suddenly somber lawmakers struggled to absorb the aftershock of Republican Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts Senate race.

Brown record doesn't always match everyman image (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:18 PM PST

U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., smiles as he addresses reporters during a news conference at the Park Plaza hotel in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, day after his stunning Massachusetts Senate victory.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - As he campaigned for the U.S. Senate from the back of his green pickup, Scott Brown portrayed himself as an independent-minded everyman and moderate candidate fighting the Democratic "machine."


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