2010年12月12日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Backers and critics see passage of Obama tax deal (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:18 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama's tax deal with Republicans will likely win grudging passage in the Congress, backers and critics agreed on Sunday, after Obama clashed with liberals in his own party who branded it a giveaway to the rich.

Palin broadens horizons in troubled Haiti (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:12 PM PST

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin visits the Samaritan's Purse cholera treatment center at Titanyin, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Palin toured Haiti Sunday amid post-election unrest, comforting quake and cholera victims and gaining humanitarian kudos as she geared up for a possible White House bid in 2012.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)AFP - Sarah Palin toured Haiti Sunday amid post-election unrest, comforting quake and cholera victims and gaining humanitarian kudos as she geared up for a possible White House bid in 2012.


NYC mayor on presidential run: 'no way, no how' (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:11 PM PST

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appears on AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday revisited the subject of his possible aspirations for higher office, offering a definitive "no way, no how" when asked if he will run for president of the United States.


Fore! Boehner waiting to play 18 holes with Obama (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:55 AM PST

AP - Golf-loving Rep. John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says playing 18 holes with someone is a good way to get to that person. That might be hint from the House speaker-in-waiting to fellow golfer President Barack Obama.

Axelrod predicts passage of tax cuts legislation (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:24 AM PST

President Barack Obama, accompanied by former President Bill Clinton, speaks briefly in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, before giving the microphone to Clinton, where he talked about Obama's urging of the Congress to move on the tax compromise he made with Republican congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - White House adviser David Axelrod is predicting that President Barack Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans will pass Congress by year's end.


Obama political aide expects no Dem rival in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:49 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's chief political adviser says he doesn't think the president will face a primary challenge in 2012.

Obama renews appeal for support for tax deal (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 03:22 AM PST

US President Barack Obama waves during the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC, December 9. Obama has renewed his appeal to Congress to support his compromise tax deal with Republicans, saying he was refusing to treat middle class Americans like 'pawns.AFP - US President Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his appeal to Congress to support his compromise tax deal with Republicans, saying he was refusing to treat middle class Americans like 'pawns."


Super Weird: Obama leaves Clinton to conduct White House press conference (Daily Caller)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST

Daily Caller - Obama leaves part-way through Clinton's remarks, saying he had holiday parties to attend.
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