2010年10月8日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Brown campaign apologizes for offensive comment (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - The campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has apologized to Republican rival Meg Whitman after an aide referred to her in a recorded voicemail message as a "whore" because of her attempt to curry favor with a law enforcement union.

Angle: Reid helped child molesters get Viagra (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:59 PM PDT

AP - In the ugliest ad so far in Nevada's contentious Senate race, Republican Sharron Angle accuses Democrat Harry Reid of helping to put Viagra in the hands of child molesters.

Report: Dems planted NJ tea-party House candidate (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:52 PM PDT

AP - A New Jersey Republican congressional candidate criticized his Democratic opponent Friday amid mounting evidence that Democratic officials planted a tea-party candidate in the race to siphon off conservative votes.

Will the Democrats regret focus on first-time voters? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT

FILE-In this Jan. 26, 2010 file photo in Chicago, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shakes hands with workers at Ford Motor Co's. Chicago Assembly Plant.  While Democrats across the country appeared to be struggling in their election bids, Quinn and others nationwide have recently gained ground in polls. Suddenly, Democrats are seeing glimmers that maybe Election Day won't also be doomday.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green,file)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Each week until the election, Slate's John Dickerson is trying to answer questions from the week's political news. He welcomes readers to weigh in with answers â€" or with more political questions â€" at slatepolitics@gmail.com. Here are this week's questions: …


Rory Reid fights to gain traction in NV gov race (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT

Gubernatorial candidates Democrat Rory Reid, left, and Republican Brian Sandoval, shake hands after a debate Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid has dumped his famous last name, enlisted charismatic former President Bill Clinton as a political wingman and relentlessly attacked his opponent. None of it seems to be working. The son of Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid trails heavily in recent polls while his father's political dogfight to retain his Senate seat makes national headlines.


Hoping to cut House losses, Dems try for firewall (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2010 file photo, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats, grasping to keep control of the House as polls show Republicans dangerously well-positioned to seize it, are pouring money into roughly two-dozen districts around the country and pulling it back from others in the closing weeks before midterm elections. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - Struggling to build a firewall against a Republican takeover, congressional Democrats are pouring money into roughly two dozen tight races around the country in the campaign's closing weeks while pulling it back from others where their chances seem slimmer.


National security shuffle: Jones out, Donilon in (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT

President Barack Obama stands with Tom Donilon, who will replace outgoing National Security Adviser James Jones, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Gen. James Jones, the gruff-talking military man President Barack Obama drafted as his national security adviser, announced Friday he was quitting after a tenure marked by ambitious foreign policy changes and undercurrents of corrosive turf battles.


Cuomo aide: Affair claims baseless in NY gov race (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino speaks during a campaign advertisement on a display television at Stereo Advantage in Williamsville, N.Y., Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - A top aide to New York Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo has denied suggestions by Republican opponent Carl Paladino that Cuomo had an extramarital affair.


Obama calls Swedish prime minister after election (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt gestures during a press conference at the opening of parliament in Stockholm on October 5. US President Barack Obama on Friday called new Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to congratulate him on his election win and to discuss the threat posed by Al-Qaeda and allies to Europe.(AFP/File/Jonathan Nackstrand)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday called new Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to congratulate him on his election win and to discuss the threat posed by Al-Qaeda and allies to Europe.


After complaint, ID activist's sign gets makeover (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:06 PM PDT

AP - The men running a giant electronic billboard in Idaho, made famous by a libertarian curmudgeon before his death last month, have changed its message to bring it in line with campaign laws.

Vulnerable Ark. senator hints support for tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2010 file photo, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., speaks in Hot Springs, Ark.  The government's giant bank bailout may well have averted a second Great Depression, economists say, but a lot of voters aren't buying it. Support for the program is turning into a kiss of death for many in Congress. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln said Friday that she's open to extending tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration beyond the middle-class cuts that President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress want to maintain.


Obama signs defense trade deals with UK, Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:55 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama signed defense industry trade agreements on Friday with close allies Britain and Australia, the White House said.

Mass. governor race turns into courtroom thriller (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:44 PM PDT

File -- In this June 16, 2010 file photo independent gubernatorial candidate Timothy Cahill speaks during a radio debate at the WRKO-AM 680 studios in Boston.  Cahill has filed a lawsuit against former operatives who recently defected from his campaign, saying they conspired with local and national Republicans to undermine his candidacy for Massachusetts governor.  The lawsuit comes less than a week after Cahill's running mate Paul Loscocco quit and endorsed Baker. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye, File)AP - A hard-fought Massachusetts gubernatorial race has morphed into a courtroom thriller, complete with charges of espionage, conspiracy and subterfuge.


APNewsBreak: Conn. Senate ad hits WWE on lobbying (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2010 file photo, Connecticut Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon, right, looks over to opponent Democratic candidate Richard Blumenthal, during their debate in Hartford, Conn.  Candidates have been slinging mud from afar for months, their insults filling TV ads and peppering speeches. Now, they're meeting up close — in many cases for the only time — and getting right in each other's faces.  (AP Photo/Rich Messina, File)AP - Connecticut Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal is launching a new TV ad that accuses his Republican rival, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, of working to kill steroid and drug testing laws in various states.


Ex-client sues GOP candidate for Minn. governor (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT

AP - It's a late-campaign distraction Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer vigorously tried to head off, even to the point of enlisting a private investigator.

2010 North Carolina's 11th District race: Heath Shuler likely to dominate election (The Newsroom)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:39 PM PDT

The Newsroom - He says he has fought to protect against the sale of national forests while helping keep tourism in the district and protecting nature, specifically the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, much of which is in his district. He is supportive of commonsense forestry management, he says, and alternative energy programs that would create new jobs in the area.

Crossroads says IRS probes into its tax status are premature (Daily Caller)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:20 PM PDT

Daily Caller - American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-backed group that has stepped into this election cycle and will play with as much money as the Chamber of Commerce and the big unions (about $50 million), has come under fire from Democrats for not disclosing its donors.

RI Dem Caprio blasts Chafee on taxes in gov race (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:59 PM PDT

AP - Rhode Island Democratic candidate for governor Frank Caprio on Friday criticized his independent rival Lincoln Chafee over Chafee's acknowledgment that his old Senate campaign committee of $18,400 in back taxes and fees due to a misunderstanding of tax regulations by his campaign treasurers.

2010 Washington 8th District House election: DelBene mounts strong campaign against vulnerable incumbent Reichert (The Newsroom)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:46 PM PDT

The Newsroom - Reichert was appointed to the office of Kings County sheriff in 1997 and was elected to a second four-year term in 2001.

Jones never made it to the inner circle (Politico)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Politico - The departure of National Security Adviser James Jones is a case study in how badly an outsider can flop within the insider’s world of Barack Obama’s West Wing.

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