2010年10月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Giuliani: Brown is Ca.'s past, Whitman its future (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:43 PM PDT

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, left thanks former New York City mayor and 2008 presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani for speaking with her during a campaign stop at Airtel Plaza Hotel in Van Nuys, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)AP - Locked in a fight for centrist voters, Meg Whitman turned to fellow Republican moderate Rudy Giuliani on Sunday to help make her case that she will heal California's economy and transform Sacramento by slashing government spending and lowering taxes.


NY GOP gov hopeful Paladino makes anti-gay remarks (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:40 PM PDT

AP - New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has told Orthodox Jewish leaders that there's "nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual."

Obama backs off charge that foreign money is funding Chamber ads (Daily Caller)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Daily Caller - President Obama on Sunday stepped back from categorical charges he made earlier this week that foreign money was funding conservative TV campaign ads, telling a rally in Philadelphia only that such a scenario was possible.

US mid-term elections to be costliest ever (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT

The Capitol dome is seen silhouetted against the rising sun in Washington, DC. US November mid-term elections are on track to be the costliest ever after controversial high court rulings opened the way for shadowy donors to flood key races with cash aimed at shaping the outcome.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - US November mid-term elections are on track to be the costliest ever after controversial high court rulings opened the way for shadowy donors to flood key races with cash aimed at shaping the outcome.


Witchcraft, masturbation and creationism shake up US polls (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell speaks at the Values Voter Summit in September 2010 in Washington, DC. Little shocks Americans raised in the colorful world of US politics, but when an upstart conservative candidate launched her Senate campaign declaring AFP - Little shocks Americans raised in the colorful world of US politics, but when an upstart conservative candidate launched her Senate campaign declaring "I'm not a witch," eyebrows were raised.


Obama urges crowd to show him the energy of '08 (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves at a rally in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama tried to recapture some of the big-stage excitement of his 2008 campaign Sunday, imploring voters not to reward what he called Republican cynicism and incompetence by sitting out the Nov. 2 elections.


Obama campaigns to rev up Democrats (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama, kicking off a busy week of election campaigning, strove to energize his base on Sunday in order to minimize losses for his Democrats in elections on November 2.

Ethnic spat erupts in changing OC district (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:40 PM PDT

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., campaigns door-to-door in Garden Grove, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - The changing face of one of Southern California's wealthiest counties helped Democrat Loretta Sanchez win an upset election to Congress 14 years ago, as Latinos arrived as a political force. Now, a rising tide of Vietnamese political clout has her fighting to hang onto her seat.


Landmark Kyrgyz election passes without violence (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:06 PM PDT

An electoral official helps woman to cast her ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections in the city of Osh October 10, 2010. Kyrgyzstan will vote on Sunday to create the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia, in an election its interim leaders hope can unite the country only four months after the worst bloodshed in its modern history. REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoReuters - Kyrgyz voters cast their ballots on Sunday to create the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia, in an election many hope can unite the country four months after the worst bloodshed in its modern history.


Ohio, Iowa gov candidates want firms to lure jobs (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:41 PM PDT

AP - Republicans seeking governorships in Ohio and Iowa have proposed putting corporate executives rather than government in charge of luring business to their states, a setup that's had controversy in other places.

For both parties, a shared if questionable message (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:28 PM PDT

AP - To hear top strategists from both parties tell it, Democratic candidates are clawing their way back from an electoral abyss, making small but measurable gains that might enable them to keep their congressional majorities this fall.

Obama quit cigarettes? White House blows smoke (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:00 PM PDT

In this photo provided by CBS, White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod talks about the upcoming midterm elections on 'Face The Nation' in Washington Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Axelrod said corporate interests are spending huge sums to help Republicans in the elections, calling those expenditures 'a threat to our democracy.' (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)  NO ARCHIVES; NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A top White House adviser says President Barack Obama and the leading House Republican would be good role models if both quit smoking, but he's leaving hazy whether the two would work together on such a campaign.


Van Hollen: Pelosi Divide Shows Party's Ideological Diversity (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:22 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) on Sunday framed the distance between some Democratic Members and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) on the campaign trail as an example of the party's diversity.

Tea party convergence: Big boost for Republicans in Election 2010 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:09 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It’s still three weeks and a couple days before the midterm election. But the likelihood of a Republican takeover in Congress just keeps growing, powered by a major boost from the tea party movement â€" a political phenomenon that has evolved from a scattered and sometimes flaky insurgency into a sophisticated, organized effort.

Ill. Senate candidates spar over economy, records (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2010 file photo, Illinois Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk speaks during an interview with The Associated Press.  The candidates for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat accused each other of lying, doing business with mobsters and driving up the nation's deficit Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, during their first debate. Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias debated on NBC's 'Meet the Press.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - The candidates for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat accused each other of lying, doing business with mobsters and driving up the nation's deficit Sunday during their first debate.


Ivory Coast army officer held in gun-smuggling (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:32 PM PDT

AP - The Ivory Coast army colonel arrived in New York on Aug. 29, and authorities say he planned to return home days later with $4 million in guns and ammunition his country purchased from a suburban Washington D.C. broker.

Meek says he won’t quit Florida’s Senate race (The Upshot)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:51 AM PDT

The Upshot - Democrat Kendrick Meek is strongly denying a Wall Street Journal report that he'll quit Florida's closely watched Senate race and throw his support to independent Charlie Crist. "All I can say is please," Meek told Miami CBS affiliate WFOR-TV on Saturday. "One columnist writes an article and folks start giving credence to what he says. [...]

Obama aide hopes for more bipartisan spirit after November 2 (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Republican gains in elections next month, rather than spelling gridlock, could in fact yield more bipartisan cooperation with the Obama administration, a top White House official said on Sunday.

Ohio GOP candidate caught dressing up in Nazi garb (The Upshot)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:14 AM PDT

The Upshot - An Ohio GOP congressional candidate once viewed as a rising star in the party is under fire this weekend after photos surfaced of him participating in a Nazi reenactment group. As first reported by The Atlantic's Josh Green, Rich Iott, the GOP candidate in Ohio's 9th U.S. House district, was involved with a group called [...]

GOP leader criticizes candidate for Nazi uniform (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:14 AM PDT

AP - A top congressional Republican is criticizing a House GOP candidate from Ohio who wore a Nazi uniform during reenactments of World War II battles.

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