2010年9月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


NH GOP Senate candidates in final primary debate (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:08 PM PDT

AP - MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rivals for New Hampshire's Republican Senate nomination vied for the support of conservative voters Thursday night in a polite debate that yielded agreement on federal spending cuts, a reduction in size of the government and repeal of the health care law that President Barack Obama won from Congress.

Clinton: Anger, apathy, amnesia threaten Democrats (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:52 PM PDT

AP - Former President Bill Clinton is warning Democrats that anger, apathy and amnesia could be the keys to defeat in the November election.

Feingold labels himself underdog against newcomer (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2009 file photo, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Sen. Russ Feingold calls himself the underdog in his re-election bid against a Republican challenger no one had heard of six months ago but who, like other GOP newcomers this year, is tapping his own fortune to start a political career at the top.


Emanuel would be best-known mayoral candidate (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs as he takes some good natured ribbing about his recent comment about someday wanting to be mayor of Chicago while participating in the sixth annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum in Chicago. Daley, 68, who has presided over the nation's third-largest city for 21 years, like his father did before him, announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that he will not run for a seventh term. Emanuel said in April during a television interview that 'it's no secret' he'd like to run for mayor of Chicago someday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - If Rahm Emanuel decides to run for Chicago mayor, the White House chief of staff would easily be the best-known figure in the race, with national name recognition that few others could match and invaluable experience from helping engineer the Democrats' takeover of the House in 2006.


Palin backing O'Donnell campaign (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT

AP - Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed Christine O'Donnell's Senate bid in Delaware, hoping to give another tea party-backed candidate a final push to defeat an establishment favorite.

New Barrett ad focuses on attack outside Wis. fair (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:32 PM PDT

AP - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett released a campaign ad in the Wisconsin governor's race Thursday that focuses on his brutal attack outside last year's state fair and even includes images of his bloodied face.

Emanuel exit could start White House turnovers (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:29 PM PDT

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept.  9, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Rahm Emanuel's expected departure as President Barack Obama's chief of staff may be just the start of wholesale personnel changes at the White House after what's predicted to be a devastating midterm election for Democrats.


Angle courts wary Hispanics in Nevada Senate race (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 8, 2010 picture, Sharron Angle shakes hands of supporters after winning the Nevada Republican U.S. Senate primary election race in Las Vegas. The Nevada Republican Senate candidate's conservative views on illegal immigration and her limited outreach to Hispanics have done little to endear her to Nevada's largest minority group. The tea party favorite is challenging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in a swing state that borders Arizona, where a recent effort to enact a strict immigration law has polarized voters nationwide. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle's conservative views on illegal immigration and her limited outreach to Hispanics have done little to endear her to Nevada's largest minority group.


Two GOP-leaning groups spending $5 million in ads (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:04 PM PDT

AP - More than a dozen Democratic members of the House are facing a wave of negative ads by two conservative, Republican-allied groups that plan to spend more than $5 million on advertising.

Obama to go to Philly for a back-to-school speech (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:04 PM PDT

AP - When President Barack Obama delivers his second back-to-school speech to the nation's students, he'll do so from a magnet school in Philadelphia.

Wis. reaches deal on military, overseas voting (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT

AP - Wisconsin election officials and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement on how the state will comply with a new law designed to ensure all military and overseas voters have their ballots counted.

Analysis: Obama has tenuous grip on Democrats over taxes (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama attends Milwaukee Laborfest event in Wisconsin to celebrate Labor Day September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Democrats in Congress are distancing themselves from President Barack Obama's push to let taxes rise for the wealthiest Americans, fearing it will further harm them in November's mid-term elections.


SC had tax liens against gov hopeful's family biz (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:25 PM PDT

AP - A business owned by the family of South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley has been penalized for failing to pay taxes three times since 2003, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.

Dems face a tougher-than-expected fight in California (The Upshot)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:48 PM PDT

The Upshot - With the state in a budget crisis and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger one of the most unpopular politicians in the country, California would seem to be friendly territory for Democrats in 2010 -- especially when you consider that the party has a significant edge in state voter registration. But California's two leading Democratic candidates â€" [...]

Obama's blunt take: Poor economy hurts Democrats (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, left, meet on the tarmac as they both return to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Sept., 8, 2010. Obama was returning from an event in Cleveland area, and the first lady was returning from New Orleans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The Democrats are going to lose this fall if voters render judgment on the nation's sputtering economy. That's not the forecast of some political analyst or the wishful thinking of a Republican leader. It's the blunt acknowledgment from President Barack Obama himself.


Bill Clinton stars in new anti-Brown California ad (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT

AP - Former President Bill Clinton is the unwitting star of a new TV ad in the California governor's race in which he is shown criticizing the record of fellow Democrat Jerry Brown.

Obama: Minister must cancel Quran-burning 'stunt' (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:42 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, left, meet on the tarmac as they both return to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Sept., 8, 2010. Obama was returning from an event in Cleveland area, and the first lady was returning from New Orleans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama implored a Florida minister to call off his Quran-burning "stunt," saying it would jeopardize U.S. troops abroad.


Steele stumps for Republicans halfway around the world (The Upshot)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:18 AM PDT

The Upshot - With less than two months to go before Election Day, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is focusing his energies on trying to elect Republicans in … Guam? The embattled RNC chair has spent the last several days on a campaign tour that's distinctly unusual -- at least by the standards of how predecessors have [...]

Obama firm against tax cuts for rich (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama stood firm on Thursday in opposition to a Republican push to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich but stopped short of threatening to veto such a measure if passed by Congress.

Crist hit from left, right as he seeks the middle (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:46 AM PDT

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, left, speaks to members of the media after voting Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Fla.  Crist, an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, is running unopposed in today's Florida primary. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - The Democrat says Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is a Republican. The Republican says Crist is trying to appeal to Democrats. Crist, pursuing a Senate seat as an independent, says he cuts things right down the middle.


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