2010年11月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Palin says she could defeat Obama in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 05:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stumps for Republican candidate for Senate, John Raese, during a rally at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jon C. Hancock, file)AP - Sarah Palin says she could defeat President Barack Obama if she seeks the White House in 2012. In an excerpt of an ABC News interview released Wednesday, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee says she's considering a presidential run. When asked directly if she thought she could defeat Obama, the former Alaska governor replied, "I believe so."


Murkowski becomes 1st write-in senator since '54 (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 05:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 file photo, Alaska's Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai, center, looks over a ballot with Mags Paton Walsh, right and Laura Fox, both from the Department of Law, in Juneau, Alaska. An optimistic Sen. Lisa Murkowski headed back to her home state Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 after widening her lead over bitter rival Joe Miller to more than 10,400 votes. Murkowski, who is seeking to make history as the first U.S. Senate candidate to win as a write-in since 1954, planned to address supporters in Alaska after the last few hundred uncounted ballots were tabulated. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)AP - History, the GOP, the tea party, Sarah Palin and her own mouthful of a name worked against her. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski conquered them all Wednesday, becoming the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign.


Facing setbacks, Obama presses his foreign policy (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 05:14 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses while talking about the START Treaty, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Setbacks are piling up for President Barack Obama's foreign policy efforts as he struggles to salvage his signature nuclear weapons treaty with Russia and to keep Mideast peace talks alive.


GOP governors already looking to 2012 election (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 05:11 PM PST

AP - The 2010 elections barely over, nearly three dozen current and incoming Republican governors already are looking to the next election, aiming to capitalize on victories in presidential battlegrounds while working to shed the GOP's white-guy image.

Senator Lisa Murkowski wins Alaska write-in campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:51 PM PST

Reuters - Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday became the first U.S. senator in more than 50 years to win an election with a write-in campaign as she established an unassailable lead over conservative Tea Party movement favorite Joe Miller.

Republican asks court for help in Minn. gov's race (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PST

AP - Republican Tom Emmer, trailing in the Minnesota governor's race pending a likely recount, asked the state Supreme Court Wednesday to step in and order counties to determine if too many ballots were cast in some precincts.

Palin believes could beat Obama if she runs in 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:04 PM PST

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks during the Republican 2010 Victory Fundraising Rally in Orlando, Florida October 23, 2010. REUTERS/Scott AudetteReuters - Tea Party champion Sarah Palin says she thinks she could beat President Barack Obama in 2012, sending more signals she may run for the Republican presidential nomination in the next election.


Bloomberg says independent can't win presidency (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 02:32 PM PST

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during the meeting of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council in Washington, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, frequently mentioned as a potential independent candidate for president, doubts that an independent can win the White House.


Nader lawsuit against Dems in Maine is dismissed (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 02:23 PM PST

AP - A judge in Maine dismissed a lawsuit filed by Ralph Nader that accused Democrats of conspiring to keep him off the ballot in the 2004 presidential race.

Obama honors Buffett, Bush senior, Germany's Merkel (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 02:07 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Wednesday named billionaire Warren Buffett a winner of the 2010 Medal of Freedom, along with former President George H.W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

White House: Obama not backing down on nuke pact (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 02:48 PM PST

Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) questions U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill July 14, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsAP - President Barack Obama will push for Senate ratification of a nuclear arms pact with Russia before year's-end despite opposition from a key Republican senator, the White House said Wednesday.


Obama to award Warren Buffett Medal of Freedom (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:22 PM PST

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF BUFFETT  ** FILE - In this March 13, 2007 file photo, Warren Buffett speaks at Georgetown University in Washington. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama named Buffett a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)Reuters - President Barack Obama will name billionaire Warren Buffett one of fifteen winners of the 2010 Medal of Freedom, a White House official said on Wednesday.


(AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 11:53 AM PST

AP - Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins re-election to Senate as write-in candidate .

Pelosi survives Democratic revolt (Politico)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 11:30 AM PST

Speaker of the House Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in San Francisco, October 27, 2010. REUTERS/Mike BlakePolitico - Bruised but not beaten, Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday locked up the votes needed to transition from speaker to minority leader in the new Congress, topping Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), 150-43, on a secret ballot in a private Wednesday meeting of House Democrats. 


Obama meeting with Republicans postponed (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 10:46 AM PST

A book thrown onto the stage narrowly misses President Barack Obama at a rally at Vernon Park in Philadelphia October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - A meeting planned on Thursday between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders following big Republican gains at the expense of Obama's Democrats in the November 2 elections has been postponed until November 30.


White House believes Russia treaty will pass this year (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 09:39 AM PST

Reuters - The White House expressed confidence on Wednesday that the U.S. Senate will ratify a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia this year despite a setback from a key Republican senator.

Obama considering Altman, others to replace Summers (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 09:07 AM PST

Reuters - Investment banker Roger Altman is among the candidates being considered to fill the job of top White House economic adviser, but it is too soon to describe anyone as the leading candidate, the White House said on Wednesday.

WH wants vote on Russia nuclear pact this year (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PST

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama intends to push for Senate ratification of a nuclear arms pact with Russia before year-end — even though a key Republican senator opposes a vote.

Church arsonist pleads guilty in Mass. case (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:05 AM PST

AP - A Massachusetts man serving a federal prison sentence for burning down a predominantly black church hours after Barack Obama was elected president has been sentenced to six years in a case brought by state prosecutors.

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