2010年9月7日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Chicago Mayor Daley says he's served his last term (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks before the city council in Chicago. Daley announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that he is not running for re-election. Daley became mayor in 1989. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father decades before, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, a surprising end — at least for now — of a dynasty whose name became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.


Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks in Silver Spring, Md. Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are playing defense all across the country.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are scratching to survive in races all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more — the vast majority held by Democrats — at risk of changing hands.


AP Exclusive: Murkowski says she's not a quitter (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2010 file photo, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski gives her concession speech  at her campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska. Murkowski told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that she's been inundated with calls and e-mails from supporters, asking her not to leave the race. She says she's been humbled, and is listening and weighing her options. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, file)AP - A week after conceding the tight GOP primary to Joe Miller, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's not a quitter and is "still in this game."


Chicago Mayor Daley says won't run for re-election (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced on Tuesday he would not run for re-election, ending a political dynasty in which a Daley has reigned over the nation's third-largest city for much of the past half century.

Obama to address anti-poverty summit and UN (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:33 PM PDT

AP - U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to New York in late September to address a summit to spur the achievement of U.N. goals to combat poverty and the annual ministerial meeting of the General Assembly.

Obama congratulates Australian PM on forming govt (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:27 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has congratulated Julia Gillard on becoming Australia's newest prime minister and on forming a government after a 17-day deadlock.

Ariz. Green Party sues to block `sham candidates' (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:10 PM PDT

AP - The Arizona Green Party is asking a judge to kick 11 Green candidates off the November ballot amid allegations they were recruited by Republican officials to siphon votes from Democrats.

Obama sets news conference for 11 a.m. EDT Friday (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:58 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's news conference on Friday is set for 11 a.m. Eastern time.

New polls spell gloom for Obama's Democrats (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:46 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with a small boy on September 6, at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. New opinion polls Tuesday made painful reading for President Barack Obama's Democrats, cementing conventional wisdom that they face a pounding by Republicans in November's congressional elections.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - New opinion polls Tuesday made painful reading for President Barack Obama's Democrats, cementing conventional wisdom that they face a pounding by Republicans in November's congressional elections.


Obama budget chief pick to face US Senate grilling (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:13 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and Jacob Lew (L) at the White House in Washington, DC, in July 2010. Obama's pick to be his new budget chief will face a key US Senate committee next week in a confirmation hearing barely seven weeks before key elections, the panel announced Tuesday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama's pick to be his new budget chief will face a key US Senate committee next week in a confirmation hearing barely seven weeks before key elections, the panel announced Tuesday.


Half a year on, little progress in Iraq government talks (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) meets with Iraq's former Prime Minister and head of the Iraqiya coalition Iyad Allawi (R) in Baghdad June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Six months after Iraq held an election many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy.


1st TV attack ad released in RI congressional race (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:48 PM PDT

AP - The first TV attack ad in the Rhode Island race to succeed Patrick Kennedy in Congress goes after Providence Mayor David Cicilline (sis-uh-LEE'-nee) for his city's economic woes.

Senator Reid sees "mopping up" lame duck session (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Reuters - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday said the Senate would return for a "mopping up" session after the November election, and that he hoped to find support for a national renewable energy standard by year end.

Dem attacks Chafee's tax plan in new RI gov TV ad (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:12 PM PDT

AP - The Democratic candidate for Rhode Island governor is going after independent Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) in the first major TV attack ad in the race.

Ohio Dem for Senate faces struggle with TV ad buys (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:06 PM PDT

AP - Lagging in both fundraising and recent polls, the Democratic candidate for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat said Tuesday it will be a week-to-week decision on how much TV time he can buy up until the Nov. 2 general election.

Angle says she’d be a ‘mainstream senator’ if elected (The Upshot)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:45 PM PDT

The Upshot - Nevada GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is pushing back against rival Harry Reid's claims that she would be "too extreme" to serve, telling CNN in an interview that she would be a "mainstream senator" if elected. Angle's record in Nevada doesn't exactly offer strong evidence she'd be willing to work with Democrats, even when other [...]

Tea party activists in Del. rally for O'Donnell (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:32 PM PDT

Christine O'Donnell, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, addresses supporters during a Tea Party Express news conference in support of her election bid, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell derided her primary opponent as an Obama Republican on Tuesday as tea party activists rallied to defend her from harsh criticism by the GOP establishment.


Democrats Face GOP Election Day Tsunami in House, Senate (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2010 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner could walk down most U.S. streets anonymously. But the perpetually tanned golf lover, who grew up in a Cincinnati family of 14, could become the next House speaker and the GOP leader of opposition to President Barack Obama.  (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)Time.com - There are still 60 days to go before Election Day but the smart money -- lots of it -- is on the GOP winning very, very big


Reid fingers Bush, Wall Street for sick economy (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT

AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he knows who's to blame for the struggling economy — and it's not him.

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