2010年1月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama vows to fight for jobs in retooled message (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama holds a town hall style meeting at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio,, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama tried to revive his battered agenda and rally despondent Democrats on Friday with a renewed emphasis on jobs. His visit to this struggling Rust Belt city capped a tough first-anniversary week for a presidency that suffered jolts at the hands of Massachusetts voters and the Supreme Court.


White House fights for Bernanke support in Senate (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:22 PM PST

FILE - In this July 22, 2009 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bernanke faced mounting Senate opposition for another four-year term Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, even as the White House described President Barack Obama as confident about his confirmation. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced mounting Senate opposition for another four-year term Friday, and the White House worked aggressively to keep his nomination afloat.


Biden in Iraq to help ease pre-election tensions (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, center, poses for a photo with Gen. Raymond Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, left, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad to try to ease rising tensions that have threatened to delay Iraq's March elections. (AP Photo/Thaier Al-Sudani, Pool)AP - Vice President Joe Biden brought Washington's concerns about Iraqi political tensions directly to leaders in Baghdad on Friday, but officials appeared to leave little room for outside mediation over whether to ban hundreds of election candidates for suspected links to Saddam Hussein's regime.


Clinton years hold clues for Obama (Politico)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:56 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks as former President Bill Clinton listens in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010.  Obama asked former presidents Clinton and George W. Bush to help with U.S. relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politico - WWCD: What Would Clinton Do?


Leno featured comic at White House dinner (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:47 PM PST

FILE - In this March 19, 2009 file photo, host Jay Leno is shown on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - Late-night comic Jay Leno is the featured entertainer at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington.


Private sector union membership shrinks (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:21 PM PST

AP - The number of union workers employed by the government for the first time outnumbered union ranks in the private sector last year, the result of massive layoffs that plunged the rate of private sector union membership to a record low.

CEOs to Hill: Quit calling us for campaign cash (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:08 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2009 file photo, people line up outside the Supreme Court in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Dozens of current and former corporate executives have a message for Congress: Quit hitting us up for campaign cash.


Government posting wealth of data to Internet (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:28 AM PST

President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, to Marine One on the South Lawn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Obama administration on Friday is posting to the Internet a wealth of government data from all Cabinet-level departments, on topics ranging from child car seats to Medicare services.


Stealthy effort helped GOP's unlikely Massachusetts Senate win (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:36 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _The stunning Republican come-from-behind victory in Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election wasn't entirely a shock to Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Bank plan highlights Volcker's new clout (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:14 PM PST

Reuters - When U.S. President Barack Obama launched a fight with Wall Street by announcing a new plan to limit banks' size, the man standing at his side was former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

Senate panel to hold hearing on Obama bank limits (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:10 PM PST

Reuters - The Senate Banking Committee intends to hold a hearing on President Barack Obama's proposals to limit banks' risk taking, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

Feisty Obama: "I won't stop fighting for you" (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

President Barack Obama holds a town hall style meeting at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Reuters - President Barack Obama rejected criticism that he has spent too little time trying to generate jobs and vowed to keep working on healthcare in a speech that showed a feisty tone at the end of a tough week.


Obama receives custom-made football helmet in Ohio (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:40 PM PST

President Barack Obama stands with Ray Cromwell, vice president of sales operations, after he was presented with a personalized football helmet during a visit to the Riddell manufacturing facility, which makes sports equipment, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Elyria, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama has received a custom-made football helmet while touring a sports equipment plant in Ohio.


Mass. health model, not Obama's, pleases voters (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010  file photo, U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., smiles as he addresses reporters during a news conference at the Park Plaza hotel in Boston(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - When Mary Foote cast her ballot in this week's special Senate election, she was thinking about how the national health care bill strayed too far from the Massachusetts model and would force her to shoulder the financial burden of expanding health care in the other 49 states.


Biden in Iraq to defuse barred election candidates row (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST

US Vice President Joe Biden poses for the media with top US military commander in Iraq General Raymond Odierno (L) and US Ambassador Chris Hill (R) at the US Embassy in Baghdad on January 22, 2010. Biden arrived in Iraq on a mission aimed at defusing a political crisis after hundreds of candidates allegedly linked to Saddam Hussein were barred from March elections. AFP PHOTO/Thaier Al-Sudani/Pool(AFP/POOL/Thaier al-Sudani)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Friday on a mission aimed at defusing a political crisis after hundreds of candidates allegedly linked to Saddam Hussein were barred from March elections.


Populist Obama vows never to quit the fight (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting on jobs and the economy at Lorain County Community College, in Elyria, Ohio. Obama vowed on Friday to keep on fighting for health care reform, admitting he always knew it would be a hard battle.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama Friday vowed he would "never stop fighting" for struggling Americans, in a fiery political counter-attack meant to mend Democratic morale and his frayed bond with voters.


Supreme Court Campaign-Finance Ruling: Big Business Win? (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST

Time.com - Depending on which opinion in the campaign-finance case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission you prefer, the Supreme Court either struck a blow for the First Amendment or sold American politics into bondage to corporations

Primary Weighs Heavy for Dems in Michigan Governor Race (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST

Time.com - The party may choose between two business-minded candidates as a big election year for governors across the nation takes shape
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