2010年1月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Dems look at bypassing Senate health care vote (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:26 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House in Washington after the Senate passed the health care reform bill December 24, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/FilesAP - A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday's Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action.

Analysis: Missteps, mood turn Mass. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:08 PM PST

Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, speaks at a rally in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling applauds at left. Brown is running against Democrat Martha Coakley and Joseph Kennedy, a Libertarian who is running as an independent, in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - A Republican's surprising nimbleness, his opponent's missteps and shifting political winds in this "bluest of blue" Democratic states have turned a sure thing into an even bet.

AP ENTERPRISE: 2009 — year of terror charges in US (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:53 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009, file photo FBI Director Robert Mueller, center, flanked by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Michael Leiter, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on terrorist threats to the United States. A review of major national security cases by The Associated Press found federal prosecutors filed or unsealed federal terrorism-related charges against 54 defendents in 2009, more suspects than in any year since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Federal prosecutors charged more suspects with terrorism in 2009 than in any year since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, providing evidence of what experts call a rise in plots spurred by Internet recruitment, the spread of al-Qaida overseas and ever-shifting tactics of terror chiefs.

Echoes of 1991 health care upset (Politico)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:01 AM PST

Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, campaigns at the Kenmore Diner in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Brown is running against Democrat Martha Coakley and Joseph Kennedy, a Libertarian who is running as an independent, in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Politico - The uncertainty surrounding the suddenly-too-close-to-call Massachusetts Senate special election, as well as its high stakes, has political handicappers and strategists wondering if maybe they’ve seen this one before — in 1991, when long-shot Democrat Harris Wofford seized on the health care issue to pull off a shocking Pennsylvania special election victory that sent tremors across the political landscape.

Obama to parishioners: Keep faith in hard times (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:12 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at church services at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Washington Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, the eve of the federal holiday marking the birth of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama on Sunday recalled the work of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as he urged those packing a Baptist church to take heart in hard times and celebrate progress — however small.

US official: Violence in Haiti hindering aid work (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 01:58 PM PST

In this Sunday Jan. 17, 2010, photo provided by NBC, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Rajiv Shah is interviewed on 'Meet the Press' in Washington. Shah spoke about Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. (AP Photo/NBC, Kevin Wolf)AP - Some incidents of violence in Haiti have hindered rescue workers trying to help earthquake victims, a top official leading the U.S. government's relief efforts said Sunday.

Biden calls Iraqi leaders about national elections (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:45 PM PST

AP - Joe Biden's office says the vice president has been in touch with the top three Iraqi political leaders about their upcoming national elections.

Health overhaul leaves gap for disabled workers (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:57 AM PST

Lea Walker is shown in her home in Indian Trail, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Walker is disappointed the health care bill will not eliminate the 2-year wait for disabled people to get Medicare. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Disabled by chronic back pain and unable to afford medical insurance, Lea Walker hoped President Barack Obama's health care overhaul would close a coverage gap that has trapped her and millions of other workers.

George W. Bush says he doesn't miss the spotlight (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 07:26 AM PST

President Barack Obama, center, speaks as former Presidents Bill Clinton, left, and George W. Bush, right, listen in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. Bush and Clinton have been asked by Obama to help with US relief efforts after the earthquake in Haiti.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Former President George W. Bush found himself back in the White House, in front of TV cameras again and taking questions from journalists. Not something he really missed.

Billionaire wins Chile's presidency (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:41 PM PST

Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera, of the National Renewal party, casts his vote in Santiago. A billionaire media magnate, Pinera is to become the next president of Chile after a runoff election Sunday that put an end to a 20-year hold on power by the leftwing coalition of outgoing head-of-state Michelle Bachelet.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)AFP - A billionaire media magnate, Sebastian Pinera, is to become the next president of Chile after a runoff election Sunday that put an end to a 20-year hold on power by the leftwing coalition of outgoing head-of-state Michelle Bachelet.

Obama Says Democratic Policies Hinge on Massachusetts (Bloomberg)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said many of his priorities depend on one vote in the U.S. Senate, urging Massachusetts voters to back Democrat Martha Coakley in the Jan. 19 race to fill the seat held by the late Edward Kennedy.

Obama's first year marked by diplomacy, but few results (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:43 PM PST

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance during the Eastern Regional Inaugural Ball at Union Station in Washington, DC, early January 21, 2009. A year after coming to office, Obama has reopened diplomatic lines of communication, but still has little to show for his efforts on the toughest US foreign policy questions.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - A year after coming to office, President Barack Obama has reopened diplomatic lines of communication, but still has little to show for his efforts on the toughest US foreign policy questions.

Obama tries to channel voters' anger (Politico)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:31 PM PST

Politico - BOSTON – The President of the United States came here Sunday to make the case that voters should turn their anger away from him and Democrat Martha Coakley and back on a Republican Party that they cast off just over a year ago.

Obama steps in to save struggling Democratic candidate (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:30 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks alongside US Senate candidate Democrat Martha Coakley during a campaign rally for Coakley at the Cabot Center at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Obama stumped Sunday for the Democratic candidate in Massachusetts' special Senate election, saying that his legislative agenda depended on her winning.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama stumped Sunday for the Democratic candidate in Massachusetts' knife-edge Senate election, saying that his legislative agenda depended on her winning.

Obama stumps for embattled Democrat Senate candidate (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:05 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks alongside US Senate candidate Democrat Martha Coakley during a campaign rally for Coakley at the Cabot Center at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Obama stumped Sunday for the Democratic candidate in Massachusetts' special Senate election, saying that his legislative agenda depended on her winning.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama stumped Sunday for the Democratic candidate in Massachusetts' special Senate election, saying that his legislative agenda depended on her winning.

Frei concedes Chile vote to billionaire Pinera (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:03 PM PST

Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera, of the National Renewal party, casts his vote in Santiago. A billionaire media magnate, Pinera is to become the next president of Chile after a runoff election Sunday that put an end to a 20-year hold on power by the leftwing coalition of outgoing head-of-state Michelle Bachelet.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)AFP - Chile's center-left presidential candidate Eduardo Frei on Sunday conceded he had lost the election to billionaire conservative Sebastian Pinera, ending 20 years center-left governance.

Obama scrambles to save Democratic Senate seat (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:02 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a campaign rally for U.S. Senate candidate Attorney General Martha Coakley at Northeastern University in Boston, January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama went on a rescue mission on Sunday to try to save an endangered Massachusetts Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate whose defeat by a Republican could imperil Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul.

Obama makes last-ditch attempt to save Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:21 AM PST

Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, right, campaigns with former Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci, left, outside the Kenmore Diner in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Brown is running against Democrat Martha Coakley and Joseph Kennedy, a Libertarian who is running as an independent, in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - President Barack Obama was making a last-ditch attempt Sunday to save a Democratic-held Senate seat in Massachusetts — and an important 60th vote for his health care plan — as the top Senate Republican called the shockingly close race a verdict against the bill no matter who wins.

Obama Says King Made His Presidency ‘Possible’ (Bloomberg)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:20 AM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama commemorated Martin Luther King Jr., saying the late American civil rights leader “made it possible for me to be here today,” and urged Americans to recognize progress comes in fits and starts.

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