2010年10月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Sestak, Toomey debate in tight Senate race in Pa. (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:28 PM PDT

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Republican Pat Toomey,  prepares before a debate with Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., to be broadcast live from a television studio in Pittsburgh Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Pennsylvania's candidates for U.S. Senate clashed Friday over the best way to save more jobs during the recession, and both refused to take responsibility for the negative tone of the campaign during their second and last debate in a close and increasingly expensive race.


Obama asks voters to stick with Democrats (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee rally at the University of Southern California Coliseum in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Control of Congress at stake, President Barack Obama entreated voters Friday to stick with Democrats on Nov. 2 even though times are tough and the electricity of his presidential campaign can seem like a faded memory.


This week’s key question: Is Christine O’Donnell a bad neighbor? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, seen here in September 2010, said in an interview that she regretted a campaign commercial in which she proclaimed Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Each week until the election, Slate's John Dickerson is trying to answer questions from recent political news or from something that has come up in his reporting. He welcomes readers to weigh in with answers â€" or with more political …


Bill Brady joins Newt Gingrich at jobs rally (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT

A man waives a small U.S. flag at a rally attended by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich for Republican candidates Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, in Collinsville, Ill. Gingrich is touring the country to bolster Republican candidates and motivate a conservative base that could help shift control of several state houses away from Democrats. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Illinois' Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich say Democratic officials in the state and Washington have hurt the economy.


Wrestling lobbying attacked in Conn. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:34 PM PDT

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Richard Blumenthal, right, talks with George Goldfuss, as Olga Gonzalez, left, looks on, during a visit to a senior center in New Britain, Conn., Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.  The Connecticut Attorney General is battling, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon for the senate seat being vacated by the retiring Sen. Chris Dodd.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive accused by her Democratic opponent of trying to skirt health and safety regulations by lobbying states to deregulate wrestling as a sport, says her company's health requirements were stricter than those of state athletic commissions.


Dems, GOP seek money edge in House, Senate races (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT

AP - Poised to pour campaign money where needed, the political committees of House and Senate Republicans opened lines of credit to boost their cash on hand in the final days before the midterm election.

Conn.: Voters should ditch WWE garb at the polls (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Richard Blumenthal, right, talks with George Goldfuss, as Olga Gonzalez, left, looks on, during a visit to a senior center in New Britain, Conn., Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.  The Connecticut Attorney General is battling, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon for the senate seat being vacated by the retiring Sen. Chris Dodd.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - Local election officials in Connecticut are being told they can ask people wearing World Wrestling Entertainment garb to cover it up while voting because it could be considered political advertising for Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon, the company's former CEO.


Obama brands Republicans as radicals (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:38 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks during a DNC rally at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Obama on Friday branded Republicans as radical and reactionary, in campaign appearances for high-profile Democratic senators under threat in November's mid-term polls.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday branded Republicans as radical and reactionary, in campaign appearances for high-profile Democratic senators under threat in November's mid-term polls.


Spanish-language media urges Latinos to vote (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:18 PM PDT

AP - Spanish-language media is revving up a massive get-out-the-vote campaign to ensure the nation's Hispanics wield their clout at the polls.

Campaigning Obama says Republicans push "snake oil" (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:59 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of peddling discredited "snake oil ideas" about the U.S. economy as he tried to win votes for struggling Democrats in a battle for control of the Senate.

Tenn. man gets 14 years for planned killing spree (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT

AP - A 22-year-old man who plotted a 2008 killing spree that included the intended assassination of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

House hopeful would be 1st black GOP rep in years (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:15 PM PDT

In a Oct. 19, 2010 photo, Tim Scott, Republican candidate for  the U.S. House in South Carolina's 1st District, listens to a speaker during a campaign event in North Charleston, S.C. South Carolina voters can make history next month electing by the first black Republican congressman from the Deep South since Reconstruction. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - If Tim Scott succeeds in becoming the first black Republican from the Deep South elected to Congress since the 1800s, he would become a celebrity for a national party still struggling to attract diverse voters.


Bill Clinton races to help Democratic candidates (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT

In this Oct. 18, 2010, photo, former President Bill Clinton, right, waves with Sen. Patty Murray as they end a campaign appearance in Everett, Wash. Clinton, out of the Oval Office for nearly a decade and once considered a political liability, is campaigning for Democratic candidates at a pace no one can match, drawing big crowds and going to states that President Barack Obama avoids. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Bill Clinton, out of the Oval Office for nearly a decade and once considered a political liability, is campaigning for Democratic candidates at a pace no one can match, drawing big crowds and going to states that President Barack Obama avoids.


Obama shocked, saddened by youth suicides (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee rally at the University of Southern California Coliseum in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama said he was "shocked and saddened" by the recent suicides of several young people who were bullied and taunted for being gay.


Palin makes surprise appearance at Arizona rally (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT

AP - Sarah Palin was a surprise guest at a Tea Party Express rally that drew about 1,000 people to the Arizona Capitol.

DCCC Carries Significant Cash Advantage Into Final Leg of Campaign (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:15 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reported a massive cash advantage over its Republican rival weeks before Election Day, according to Federal Election Commission reports filed Thursday.

GOP storm bears down on Wis., may pass Minn. by (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2010, file photo Wisconsin's Democratic candidate Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, left, and Republican candidate Scott Walker, Milwaukee County executive, right, shake hands after a gubernatorial debate in Milwaukee. Barrett and Walker are battling for the Wisconsin's governor's office which is open for the first time in 28 years since incumbent Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle decided against seeking a third term. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck, File)AP - For the last half-century, retiree Georgi Anderson consistently voted for Democrats in Wisconsin. It was a party, she says, that "stood for something better. They were on the side of the working man."


'Chrysler's congressman' struggling in Mich. race (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:36 PM PDT

U.S. Democratic Rep. Gary Peters walks by a barking dog during his door-to-door campaigning in Royal Oak, Mich., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. The freshman knows winning a second term in Washington won't be easy and the reasons are as simple as 1-2-3. First, history shows freshmen congressmen are picked off more easily than veterans. Second, Times are tough in Michigan's 9th Congressional District; he's the only Democrat to hold the Michigan's 9th District seat since redistricting two decades ago; and Third, voters aren't all that enamored with officeholders these days. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Gary Peters remembers the meeting like it was yesterday — hearing then-Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli telling top executives how close the automaker was to liquidating its assets.


O'Donnell updates financial report to show savings (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Republican U.S.Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, center, of Delaware shakes hands with a supporter during a candidates forum Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 in Rehoboth Beach, Del. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - Facing lingering questions about how she pays her bills, Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell has amended her Senate financial disclosure to show she has a savings account worth up to $15,000.


Sestak and Toomey in a dead heat in Pennsylvania (The Upshot)

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:55 AM PDT

The Upshot - Are Democrats regaining their mojo in Pennsylvania? After months of dismal poll numbers, in part due to President Obama's declining popularity in the state, Democrat Joe Sestak has suddenly surged in the state's closely watched Senate race, eliminating GOP rival Pat Toomey's once-sizable lead. Three separate polls this week have found Sestak and Toomey in [...]

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