Yahoo! News: ElectionsElectionsMcCain, Obama seek reform amid US financial turmoil (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - John McCain called for an end to the "casino culture on Wall Street" and Barack Obama demanded protection for ordinary citizens on Wednesday as financial markets stumbled again on news of a government bailout of a giant U.S. insurer.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/pl_nm/... Candidates scramble to shift economic message (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - With economic anxiety rising, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama scrambled Wednesday to adjust their messages to connect more directly with financially struggling voters.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... GOP group compares Obama to Buchanan (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - A Republican group launched a new effort Wednesday to turn Jewish voters away from Barack Obama, an ad campaign that compares the Democratic presidential candidate to Pat Buchanan but offers scant evidence of their similarities.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... Palin defends McCain over comment (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Wednesday that Democrats were out of bounds for criticizing John McCain when he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... Obama supporters say get tougher, more passionate (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Worried Democrats want Barack Obama to get tougher, show more passion. Why is he so calm, supporters ask, so close to an election that looks so tight. "Just keep steady," Obama tells the nervous Nellies. "I'm skinny but I'm tough. I'm from Chicago,"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... Top Clinton fundraiser backs McCain over Obama (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - A top Hillary Rodham Clinton fundraiser threw her support behind Republican John McCain on Wednesday, saying he will lead the country in a centrist fashion and accusing the Democrats of becoming too extreme.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... Sarah Palin defends McCain's 'verbiage' on economy (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said in a television interview on Wednesday that John McCain had been unfairly criticized for his "verbiage" on the state of the US economy.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/pl_af... Clinton avoids Palin, focuses criticism on McCain (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is avoiding a public face-off with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the new female star of the campaign, while still raising money and votes for the Democrat who wrested the presidential nomination from her.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... Obama won't repeal 'don't ask' on his own (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Democrat Barack Obama said if elected president he would not try to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on his own.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_... |