2010年8月31日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama on TV: It's time to turn the page on Iraq (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT

In this image from video, President Barack Obama speaks from the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, about the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - President Barack Obama is telling the nation in a prime-time Oval Office address that the U.S. is officially ending its combat role in Iraq, a final turning point in one of the country's longest wars.


In address, Obama pays tribute to George W. Bush (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:10 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is acknowledging that he and former President George W. Bush disagreed about the Iraq war from the beginning. But in his nationally televised address on the Iraq war, he pays tribute to Bush by calling him "a patriot."

House GOP leader jabs at Iraq war surge critics (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:07 PM PDT

House Republican leader John Boehner speaks at the American Legion convention Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Congressional leaders who opposed the troop surge in Iraq are now taking credit for it, and President Barack Obama is more worried about ending the war than winning it, House Republican leader John Boehner said Tuesday.


Obama urges Iraqis to form inclusive government (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is calling on Iraq's leaders to act quickly to form an inclusive government.

Palin returns to Iowa for GOP's biggest fundraiser (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:48 PM PDT

Former Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at the Glenn Beck 'Restoring Honor' rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Potential 2012 presidential candidate Sarah Palin will headline the Iowa Republican Party's biggest annual fundraiser, party officials announced Tuesday in the state that launches the presidential nominating process.


Meghan McCain opens up about campaign, Palins (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:29 PM PDT

AP - John McCain's daughter says in a new book released Tuesday that Sarah Palin brought drama, stress and uncertainty to her father's failed bid for the presidency in 2008, but she doesn't blame the vice presidential nominee for losing the race.

Obama: No Iraq victory lap as combat mission ends (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden (R) meet with the national security team on Iraq in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/HandoutReuters - President Barack Obama declared the U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially over on Tuesday but said he would not take a "victory lap" because a lot more work remained to be done inside the country.


Obama declares end to US combat mission in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office after arriving via Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama is declaring Operation Iraqi Freedom to be over with the end of the U.S. combat mission, and says it's now time "to turn the page" to give the Iraqi people full responsibility for their own security.


Vt. primary recount a love fest (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:56 PM PDT

AP - This isn't Florida in 2000, with chads hanging and people threatening to riot outside. No, call it a kinder, gentler recount.

Palin’s endorsement didn’t help Miller in Alaska (The Upshot)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT

The Upshot - Did Sarah Palin's endorsement help Joe Miller in Alaska's GOP Senate primary? Not really, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey of GOP primary voters in the state. According to the poll, just 15 percent of those who voted for Miller say Palin's endorsement influenced their vote. Twenty-six percent said it was "somewhat important," [...]

US Republicans have historic pre-election lead: poll (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:32 PM PDT

US House Minority Leader John Boehner (C) and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R), depart following a news conference at National Republican Committee headquarters in March 2010 in Washington, DC. In a fresh blow to President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, a new opinion poll shows his Republican critics have an unprecedented 10-point edge just over two months before key elections.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jonathan Ernst)AFP - In a fresh blow to President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, a new opinion poll shows his Republican critics have an unprecedented 10-point edge just over two months before key elections.


Republican Toomey leads Democrat Sestak in Pennsylvania Senate polls (The Upshot)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:31 PM PDT

The Upshot - Two new Pennsylvania polls show Republican Pat Toomey maintaining a comfortable lead over Democrat Joe Sestak nine weeks out from Election Day. Toomey, a former congressman and onetime head of the fiscally conservative Club for Growth, holds a 10-point lead over Rep. Sestak among likely voters surveyed by Reuters-Ipsos. Toomey led 47 to 37 percent [...]

Obama adviser warns against tax cuts for wealthy (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Temporarily extending tax cuts for the rich opens the door to permanent tax cuts and that is something the United States cannot afford, an economic advisor to President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.

NYC mayor says he, Obama lost golf bet in Mass. (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:09 PM PDT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, rides in a golf cart driven by President Barack Obama, right, while playing golf at Vineyard Golf Club, in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. The President and his family are vacationing on the island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he and President Barack Obama lost a bet while playing golf last week, costing them both a bit of money.


DC Mayor faces stiff challenge in re-election bid (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, joins his campaigners outside a Washington polling center, during an early voting Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Early voting for the September primary election in Washington began Monday with a number of changes for voters, including new voting machines that create a paper record and more lenient registration procedures. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The man who runs Washington is in danger of losing his job in a hotly contested election, but the post that's up for grabs isn't president. It's mayor.


Deja vu: 5 ex-governors in comeback bids (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2010 file photo, Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich, Jr., speaks in Rockville, Md.  In an election year of the angry electorate, former governors in five states are hoping that a deja vu appeal sells better than the anti-establishment pitch. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - In an election year of the angry electorate, former governors in five states are hoping that a deja vu appeal sells better than the anti-establishment pitch.


Poll: Most Republicans think Obama ‘sympathizes’ with Islamist goals (The Upshot)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:59 AM PDT

The Upshot - No matter what President Obama says about his religion, the debate over whether he is secretly Muslim continues to rage within the GOP. And a new poll finds that Republicans are now taking that rumor one step further. A Newsweek survey released Monday found that a majority of Republicans believe that Obama "sympathizes with the [...]

Clinton condemns election-linked killings in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:38 AM PDT

An Afghan man grieves next to the coffin of his brother inside a vehicle in the outskirts of Herat on August 30. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday condemned the killings of an Afghan parliamentary candidate and five members of the campaign team for another candidate.(AFP/File/Aref Karimi)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday condemned the killings of an Afghan parliamentary candidate and five members of the campaign team for another candidate.


On day Iraq combat mission ends, Obama phones Bush (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:05 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks with Air Force Col. Jacqueline Van Ovost, 89th Airlift Wing commander from Marine One to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Obama is traveling to Fort Bliss, the sprawling Army base in El Paso, Texas, and after speaking with the troops, he will return to Washington to address the nation and formally end a combat mission in Iraq.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - As he prepares to herald the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to former President George W. Bush.


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