Yahoo! News: Politics NewsPolitics NewsMcCain divided over $85 billion bailout for AIG (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain isn't saying whether he supports or rejects the government's $85 billion bailout plan for the giant insurer AIG.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_e... Top Clinton fundraiser backing McCain, not Obama (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - John McCain's campaign says the Republican is picking up the support of a top Hillary Clinton fundraiser and member of the Democratic National Committee's Platform Committee.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_e... McCain offers new ad in response to crisis (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - John McCain, struggling to strike the right note amid roiling financial markets and a Wall Street restructuring, released a new television ad Wednesday asserting he is the right leader to keep Americans' savings safe in the future.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_e... Dems hit McCain on access (Politico)- September 17, 2008 Politico - The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday is launching a “McCain Press Watch” – a counter showing the number of days, minutes and hours since the last news conference by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080917/p... Obama still favored in Wis. but race is tighter (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - John McCain has worked himself back into a tight race with Barack Obama in Wisconsin, a state that Democrats had hoped would be a stronghold for the Illinois senator.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_e... Offshore drilling up to Senate after House passage (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Offshore oil drilling, which has dominated energy debates in the presidential campaign, is now coming to the Senate.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_g... Poll: Reason for lack of attacks divides partisans (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Why do people think there hasn't been a terrorist strike in the U.S. since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 The answer largely reflects the political party of the person asked, according to a poll released Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_g... Obama buys 2-minute commercial on economy (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Barack Obama sought to put a personal stamp on his economic policies in troubled times, appearing Wednesday in a two-minute television commercial to outline his plans and caution it won't be easy to fix the nation's worsening financial problems.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_e... Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_e... Georgia: Intercepted calls prove self-defense (AP)- September 16, 2008 AP - In a bid to portray Russia as the aggressor in last month's war, Georgia has released recordings of what it says are two intercepted cell phone calls purporting to show that Moscow invaded before Georgia's offensive against South Ossetia.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_r... |