2010年9月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Job seekers wait in line to show their resumes to potential employers at a career fair in Denver, Colorado. US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August, the Labor Department said, as most analysts had predicted.(AFP/Getty Images/John Moore)AP - Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections.


Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 03:11 PM PDT

AP - A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up.

POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie, GOP back Castle (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 01:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2009 file photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate, Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del. answers a question during a town hall meeting in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP - Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candidate's bid.


Obama says his economic policies halted "bleeding" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the U.S. economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have stopped the bleeding" and put the middle class on the road to recovery.

Obama to address new economic ideas next Wednesday (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:07 AM PDT

President Barack Obama (L) delivers remarks on the latest employment statistics released on Friday, alongside Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in the Rose Garden of the White House, September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly.


Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 07:00 AM PDT

President Barack Obama (L) delivers remarks on the latest employment statistics released on Friday, alongside Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in the Rose Garden of the White House, September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedTime.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?


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