2010年8月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Markets nervous as Australia faces hung parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard smiles at the opening of a new shopping mall as part of her election campaign in Sydney August 20, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Australia's two major parties began wooing independent lawmakers on Sunday after an inconclusive election left the nation facing its first hung parliament since 1940, the worst possible outcome for markets.

GOP candidate in Conn. hammers Democrat on honesty (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2010, file photo, U.S. Senate hopeful, Republican Linda McMahon speaks to attendees at a candidate's forum at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Conn. Name-calling is a winner this campaign season. By a landslide. There is Connecticut, and a statement the Democratic National Committee sent around referring to the Republican Senate candidate as Linda 'crotch-kicker' McMahon.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)AP - Richard Blumenthal's words are haunting him again. Already forced to apologize for saying he had served "in" Vietnam in the Marine Reserve rather than stateside, the state attorney general's campaign for U.S. Senate is now being challenged to explain his assertion that he had "never taken PAC money" and has "rejected all special interest money."

Obama challenges GOP on campaign finance ruling (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:32 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to a gathered crowd as he leaves the Bunch of Grapes book store in Vineyard Haven, Mass., Friday, Aug. 2010, where the first family is vacationing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama says Republicans should join him in opposing a Supreme Court ruling that vastly increased how much corporations and unions can spend on campaign ads.

NY candidate: Prison dorms for welfare recipients (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:19 PM PDT

AP - Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in "personal hygiene."

Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 12:30 PM PDT

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF WYCLEF ** Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, second left, walks surrounded by security after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The council's spokesman Richard Dumel announced Friday that it has accepted 19 candidacies and has rejected 15 others for the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential election, including Jean's because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world's attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country — with little campaigning, no TV ads and zero debates.

Senate Landscape Shifts Farther in Favor of GOP (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 08:25 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - It's hit that point in the election cycle where the competitive nature of Congressional races are shifting rapidly. Unfortunately for Democrats, the overwhelming majority of those shifts are in favor of Republicans.

Chamber emerges as formidable political force (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 08:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, the United States Chamber of Commerce building is seen in Washington. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is entering politics in ways that are unprecedented for the business community. It has pledged to spend $75 million in this year's elections, on top of a lobbying effort that has already cost the organization nearly $200 million since Barack Obama became president. Those numbers alone give it clout as a virtual third party and a powerful voice in what laws are made and who Americans elect to serve them. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending record amounts on lobbying and in key election races — elbowing into the nation's politics in unprecedented ways for the business community.

Wyclef Jean excluded from Haiti's presidential race (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:24 AM PDT

Haitian hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean with his wife Cladinette, speaks to journalists in Port-au-Prince on August 6. Jean has been excluded from Haiti's November presidential election following a long deliberation by the country's electoral council.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)AFP - International hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has been excluded from Haiti's November presidential election following a long deliberation by the country's electoral council.

Australia set for hung parliament as voters punish PM (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard smiles as she speaks to supporters at an election night function in Melbourne. Australia awoke to the prospect of its first hung parliament in 70 years on Sunday after a voter backlash against Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight weeks ago.(AFP/William West)AFP - Australia awoke to the prospect of its first hung parliament in 70 years on Sunday after a voter backlash against Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight weeks ago.

Obama urges Republicans to name political donors (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 03:17 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama, pictured on Friday on holiday in Martha's Vineyard, has urged Republican leaders in Congress not to block a bill aimed at reducing the role of big corporations and foreign entities in domestic elections(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - US President Barack Obama Saturday urged Republican leaders in Congress not to block a bill aimed at reducing the role of big corporations and foreign entities in domestic elections.

Polls close in Australian elections (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:47 AM PDT

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott (centre) gets a pat on the back from a voter as he queues to vote in national elections at a surf club in Sydney. Polls closed in Australia's most populous states where the country's closest general election in decades is expected to be won or lost.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Polls closed on Saturday in Australia's most populous states where the country's closest general election in decades is expected to be won or lost.

Democrats hold financial advantage over GOP (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:08 PM PDT

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine speaks during the DNC's summer meeting, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - The Republican National Committee's $5.5 million in July receipts includes a $900,000 insurance payment, helping boost anemic fundraising by the national party.

Wyclef Jean rejected as Haiti candidate (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Haiti's provisional electoral council ruled on Friday that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean did not meet a residency requirement to run as a presidential candidate in the nation's November 28 election.

Why John McCain isn't in more trouble for Arizona Senate primary (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The whispers in the spring were that Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presidential candidate in 2008, was vulnerable to an upset from the right when he sought reelection to the Senate this year. Now, in the home stretch toward Arizona’s primary election on Tuesday, such talk has largely faded.

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