2010年8月19日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama a Muslim? Rumors gain steam, defying facts (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is greeted by Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., as he deplanes from Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, as he travel to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - "President Obama is a Muslim." "He's not an American citizen." "He wasn't even born here."


Democrats reject gloomy election forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:54 PM PDT

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (L) listens to his introduction as the new Democratic National Committee chairman by President Barack Obama in Washington, January 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Democratic Party leaders on Thursday rejected predictions of doom in November's elections and said a strong voter turnout operation and weak Republican candidates would propel them to a better-than-expected result.


Obama begins vacation, takes parting shots at Republicans (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:50 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama, seen here leaving Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, began his seaside vacation Thursday after taking parting shots at opposition Republicans he accused of seeking political points ahead of November elections.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - President Barack Obama began his seaside vacation Thursday after taking parting shots at opposition Republicans he accused of seeking political points ahead of November elections.


New York Haitians wary of Wyclef Jean president bid (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:36 PM PDT

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean (C) greets the crowd before officially registering as a presidential candidate at an office in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince August 5, 2010. REUTERS/St-Felix EvensReuters - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's love for his homeland is not doubted by Haitians in New York -- one of the largest communities outside the Caribbean nation -- but many are wary of his campaign to become Haiti's president.


More Americans say Obama is Muslim (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

An activist from Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, which believes Barack Obama is responsible for a war on Muslims, throws a shoe at a poster of the US president on March 5 ahead of a visit by Obama to the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. A new poll has found one in five Americans mistakenly believes that Obama is Muslim, the Washington Post reported.(AFP/File/Mochammad Risyal Hidayat)AFP - Roughly one in five Americans wrongly says President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to two new US opinion polls out Thursday amid a furor over a planned mosque near New York's "Ground Zero."


Primary losses blunt Palin's 'mama grizzly' claws (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:12 PM PDT

In this Aug. 9, 2010, photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a rally for Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel, background, in Atlanta. Palin converted a failed run for the vice presidency into a job, more or less, as a driving force for American ultraconservatism and its manifestation in the nationwide tea party movement. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - It's been a summer of setbacks for Sarah Palin. Candidate "cubs" endorsed by the Mama Grizzly in Chief have been suffering a recent string of primary election losses.


Pastors who pray with Obama say he's devout Christian (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Pastors who've prayed with President Barack Obama defended his Christian faith Thursday as the White House downplayed new polling that showed a steep climb since he took office in the percentage of Americans who think he's Muslim or at least don't believe that he's Christian.

Obama makes four appointments, bypassing Senate (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday made four recess job appointments to his administration, including a new U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, postponing the need for Senate approval.

Vacationing Obama makes 4 recess appointments (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to the crowd as he exits Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Buzzards Bay, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, on his way to Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - Once again bypassing a gridlocked Senate, President Barack Obama acted Thursday to install three agency officials and a diplomat whose nominations had stalled amid election-year squabbling.


As economy lags, CBO adds fuel to debate on tax breaks (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:51 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Just in time for the fall election campaigns, a new report Thursday showed jobless claims jumping unexpectedly, providing new fuel for the debate over what economic, fiscal and political path might lead the way to recovery.

White House says Obama is Christian, prays daily (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he deplanes from Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, as he travels to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama is a Christian who prays daily, a White House official said Thursday, trying to tamp down growing doubts about the president's religion.


GOP reignites the Joe Sestak job-offer flap (The Upshot)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:13 PM PDT

The Upshot - With just 75 days to go until Election Day, Republicans are looking to revive a scandal that dogged Rep. Joe Sestak's Senate bid in Pennsylvania earlier this year. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele sent a letter Wednesday urging the Justice Department to investigate Sestak's claim that the White House offered him a job in [...]

Vacation time for the president (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:02 PM PDT

President Barack Obama shakes hands with a group of spectators gathered to watch him land at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, on their way to Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - Martha's Vineyard is barely an hour's flight from Washington, but it felt worlds away as President Barack Obama and his family began their summer vacation Thursday amid the island's beaches and quaint farmhouses.


Blagojevich is campaign distraction for Ill. Dems (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:36 PM PDT

Illinois treasurer and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias speaks with reporters  in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday  was convicted on a single count of lying to federal agents. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - Alexi Giannoulias had planned to talk jobs. The Democrat in a tight race for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat wanted to take the opportunity to say his Republican opponent had helped wreck the nation's economy.


Celebrities, attacks on mom? It's Fla.'s Dem race (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:25 PM PDT

FILE-In this July 17, 2010, Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., who is being challenged by billionaire Jeff Greene in the Democratic Senate primary, talks to reporters before the Florida Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Hollywood, Fla. The level of political discourse in the Democratic Senate primary boils down to: Your celebrity friends are low lives. The reply: So's your mom. Four-term Rep. Kendrick Meek and real estate billionaire Jeff Greene have been relentless in criticizing each other, and the vitriol is unlikely to end with Tuesday's primary. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington, File)AP - The level of political discourse in the Democratic Senate primary boils down to: Your celebrity friends are low lifes. Response: So's your mom.


Viktor Bout case: US concern over possible freedom (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:09 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration and a half-dozen members of Congress are expressing concern over the potential release of reputed international arms merchant Viktor Bout by the government of Thailand.

DNC panel proposes presidential primary changes (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:44 AM PDT

AP - A Democratic National Committee panel is proposing giving states that hold their presidential primaries later in the 2012 calendar year bonus delegates to the convention.

Lawsuit claims indicted ex-GOP chair spent party funds to boost Crist’s Senate campaign (The Upshot)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:05 AM PDT

The Upshot - Charlie Crist could be facing more fallout from his ties to an ex-Florida GOP chairman implicated in a party fundraising scandal. A former state GOP employee has filed a lawsuit against the Republican Party of Florida claiming she was wrongfully terminated after she reported financial misdealing by ex-chairman Jim Greer. Greer was indicted earlier this [...]

Party official: Democrats raise $11.5M in July (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 10:40 AM PDT

AP - The Democratic National Committee is expected to report their second best fundraising of this election cycle — an $11.5 million haul in July that leaves them with $10.8 million in the bank.

Santorum says he’s ‘being pulled’ into 2012 race (The Upshot)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT

The Upshot - Rick Santorum is barely a blip in polls gauging the 2012 Republican presidential field. Still, the former GOP senator from Pennsylvania tells the Des Moines Register that he feels like he's "being pulled" into the race, as he actively plots a White House run. "I sort of feel in some respects I'm being pulled along [...]

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