2010年8月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Ex-Republican and Bush campaign head says is gay (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:23 PM PDT

The former head of the Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman (pictured in 2005), who managed George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and who backed anti-gay initiatives, has announced he is gay in a recently published interview.(AFP/File/Brendan Smialowski)AFP - A former head of the Republican National Committee who managed George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign announced he is gay in a recently published interview.


Judge won't move DeLay trial from liberal Austin (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - A judge denied former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's request Wednesday to have his money laundering trial moved from Austin, which DeLay calls a liberal bastion where he alleges a rogue prosecutor crusaded against him.

Clyburn won't vote for Dem nominee in Senate race (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:07 PM PDT

AP - House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina is saying that he will not be voting for his party's nominee for U.S. Senate because the candidate has been indicted on a felony charge.

A top Vt. senator claims victory in governor race (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:59 PM PDT

The Democratic candidates for governor join hands during a unity rally in Burlington, Vt., Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.  From right, Matt Dunne, Peter Shumlin, Doug Racine, Susan Bartlett and Deb Markowitz.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - The Vermont Senate's top Democrat has apparently won the party's gubernatorial nomination, but the prospect of a recount loomed for a party that would prefer a united front in trying to win back the office.


Palin a central figure in tight Alaska Senate race (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:49 PM PDT

Republican primary candidate for U.S. Senate  Joe Miller, center, smiles as he visits with supporters in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010.  ( AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)AP - As Sen. Lisa Murkowski watched the shocking election returns come into her election headquarters on primary night, she became painfully aware of two powerful forces in American politics in 2010: anti-government rage and Sarah Palin.


McCain wins as Republican incumbents face upstart challenges (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:40 PM PDT

John McCain and his wife Cindy McCain arrive at Madison Camelview Elementary School to cast their ballots in Arizona's primary election. McCain claimed an easy primary victory Wednesday in a key electoral test of Americans' anti-incumbent fervor, ahead of November's nationwide vote to determine which party will control Congress.(AFP/Getty Images/Eric Thayer)AFP - US Senator John McCain claimed an easy primary victory Wednesday in a key electoral test of Americans' anti-incumbent fervor, ahead of November's nationwide vote to determine which party will control Congress.


Rain lifts, vacationing Obamas dine out for lunch (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama tosses a golf ball in the air while playing golf at the Mink Meadows Golf Club, in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - Emerging from semi-seclusion after four days of drenching rain, a cheery President Barack Obama lunched with his wife and daughters at a wharfside restaurant Wednesday and mingled with fellow vacationers. It was the family's first public appearance together since beginning their Martha's Vineyard stay.


Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT

In this Aug. 11, 2010 photo, U.S. Army Spc.Jason Frazier shows an Iraqi federal policeman how to look around for threats, each man pretending to be aiming a gun in Baghdad, Iraq.  The number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq dipped below the 50,000 threshold, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Barack Obama a week ahead of a deadline to shift away from fighting to a new training mission. For the troops left behind, however, the war is not over. They still face danger. (AP Photo/Lara Jakes)AP - President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office and visit troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.


As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT

Surrounded by family members, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott, center, gestures as he speaks with supporters Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010  in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Florida's Republican voters chose Scott over career public servant Bill McCollum as their candidate for governor. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.


Iowa woman convicted in Obama records viewing case (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT

AP - A federal jury has convicted an Iowa woman of illegally accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records.

Walden: Democrats Panicked Over Election-Year Economy (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:18 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Charlotte, N.C. -- At a campaign stop here Wednesday, National Republican Congressional Committee Deputy Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) said Democrats' anxiety over jobs has reached new depths. That fear, Walden noted, was palpable in the party's response to GOP calls for the resignation of the White House economic team.

Ex-congressman gets another chance for Ohio ballot (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:14 PM PDT

AP - A convicted former congressman from Ohio has won more time to prove he collected enough petition signatures to run for Congress Nov. 2 as an independent.

Obama's Hawaii vacation rental sold for $6.9M (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2008 photo, palm trees sway in the breeze outside the vacation home where President-elect Barack Obama will stay during his holiday in Kailua, Hawaii.    The beachfront Hawaii home rented by President Barack Obama and his family during their last two Christmas vacations has been sold for $6.9 million. The five bedroom, single-story, 4,900-square-foot Kailua estate was sold to Paradise Point Estates LLC, a company managed by Glenn Weinberg of Owings Mills, Md. Century 21 Kailua Beach Realty listing agent Joel Cavasso says the new owners hope Obama will continue to visit the property.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)AP - The beachfront Hawaii home rented by President Barack Obama and his family during their last two Christmas vacations has been sold for $6.9 million.


Obama discusses economy, markets in advisers call (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:07 PM PDT

A crowd of people watch as an entourage of vehicles, one of which carries President Barack Obama, departs Nancy's Restaurant, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. The president dined at the restaurant with his family and a group of friends Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Reuters - President Barack Obama held a conference call with top economic advisers on Wednesday to discuss newly released grim data that has raised fears the economy is at risk of a new downturn.


Obama planning second back-to-school speech (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:58 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets people gathered outside Nancy's Restaurant in Oak Bluffs while the first family is vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama is planning his second back-to-school speech to the nation's students.


Ads slam Senate candidates in Ky., Pa. and Calif. (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:42 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul talks with a reporter after addressing a group in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - A political group affiliated with former top Republican Party officials is airing TV ads in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and California targeting Democratic U.S. Senate candidates for supporting what the group disparagingly calls "ObamaCare."


More women in political spotlight, but gap remains (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 9, 2010 picture, Meg Whitman, left, winner of the Republican nomination for governor of California, and Carly Fiorina, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate from California, celebrate at a post-primary election celebration in Anaheim, Calif. Despite celebrations planned Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 — designated as Women's Equality Day to mark the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920 — American women's share of high-level political power still lags behind scores of other nations. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The suffragists who 90 years ago won voting rights for women would likely shake their heads in wonder at this election, with its "mama grizzly" candidates and high-stakes woman-vs.-woman showdowns.


Obama to make Oval Office address about Iraq Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:26 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama will address the American public from the White House Oval Office on Tuesday about the U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq, the White House said.

Vacationing Obama gets temp press secretary (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:03 PM PDT

IN this Aug. 24, 2010, photo, Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton briefs the press in Vineyard Haven, Mass., while the first family is vacationing on Martha's Vineyard. Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - With his broad grin and aw-shucks approach, Bill Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.


"Stunned" government to appeal stem-cell ruling (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Stunned and disappointed Obama administration officials said on Tuesday they would appeal a federal court ruling that temporarily barred federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

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