Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/696 Elections en-us Sat, 10 May 2008 01:39:17 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/696 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement ap/20080510/obama_endorsement AP Sat, 10 May 2008 01:39:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t101204_450x296_us_usa_politics_edwards.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_VRFud_6sF2DLiYqb8tZ5w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) faces supporters at his North Carolina and Indiana primary election night rally in Raleigh, North Carolina May 6, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t101204_450x296_us_usa_politics_edwards.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_VRFud_6sF2DLiYqb8tZ5w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) faces supporters at his North Carolina and Indiana primary election night rally in Raleigh, North Carolina May 6, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/hillary_democrats ap/20080509/hillary_democrats AP Fri, 09 May 2008 23:39:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/hillary_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.d77f829603bf415f837e6f1f0c8aacc0.clinton_2008_orgw108.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=zHOa6_ClrPMuKQOFPYqYqw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, right, receives a vote promise from Cherie Pearl, left, the grandmother of cancer patient Carlie Shafer, center, as other patients look on, at the OHSU hospital in Portland, Ore., Friday May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the racially tinged Democratic race drawing to an awkward close, Barack Obama and John McCain face the challenge of winning over "Hillary Democrats" — the white, working-class voters who favored the former first lady over Obama's historic candidacy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/hillary_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.d77f829603bf415f837e6f1f0c8aacc0.clinton_2008_orgw108.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=zHOa6_ClrPMuKQOFPYqYqw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, right, receives a vote promise from Cherie Pearl, left, the grandmother of cancer patient Carlie Shafer, center, as other patients look on, at the OHSU hospital in Portland, Ore., Friday May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/democrats ap/20080509/democrats AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:32:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.d548aeb85c5849319fbb314279bb0de1.obama_2008_orjh110.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=l6E0_104CRInBNP.JM5E6w--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, shakes hands with supporters in Beaverton, Ore., Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Campaigning a few miles from each other Friday, Barack Obama trained his eye on November and the GOP, while Hillary Rodham Clinton battled for her political life, trying to hang on a bit longer in hopes of denying him the Democratic presidential nomination.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.d548aeb85c5849319fbb314279bb0de1.obama_2008_orjh110.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=l6E0_104CRInBNP.JM5E6w--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, shakes hands with supporters in Beaverton, Ore., Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sc/campaigning_scientists ap/20080509/campaigning_scientists AP Fri, 09 May 2008 22:11:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sc/campaigning_scientists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.023b6e5a4ebb4c80a19368e6c523ce17.campaigning_scientists_dchg101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=muUh8SlZOosA6NSW8TKpvA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Paul Bunje a Californian who earned his doctorate studying snail evolution is photographed, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Washington. On Saturday he heads back to school to learn a trickier task: How to get elected to public office. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0" /></a>AP - Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task — getting elected to public office.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sc/campaigning_scientists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.023b6e5a4ebb4c80a19368e6c523ce17.campaigning_scientists_dchg101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=muUh8SlZOosA6NSW8TKpvA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Paul Bunje a Californian who earned his doctorate studying snail evolution is photographed, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Washington. On Saturday he heads back to school to learn a trickier task: How to get elected to public office. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080509/pl_politico/14784 politico/20080509/14784 Politico Fri, 09 May 2008 17:48:00 GMT Politico - It's fun to think about, but there are so many obstacles, and Ted Kennedy isn't buying, he said on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital With Al Hunt," which airs this weekend. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_bush_vote ap/20080509/mccain_bush_vote AP Fri, 09 May 2008 20:34:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_bush_vote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.fe51c9cb44bf4e1ab1e13b9b95fd5ce6.mccain_2008_scjc107.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=E9C4fJsTSnercISVgZwp3w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, smiles during a news conference with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican John McCain on Friday disputed blogger Arianna Huffington's contention that she heard him say he voted against President Bush in 2000.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_bush_vote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.fe51c9cb44bf4e1ab1e13b9b95fd5ce6.mccain_2008_scjc107.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=E9C4fJsTSnercISVgZwp3w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, smiles during a news conference with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_pressing_on ap/20080509/clinton_pressing_on AP Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_pressing_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.e263246cac2d4b13876cce5c420997ba.clinton_2008_wvjh102.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=PlX3n0TYp63E1v2Qd2Xx2w--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D- N.Y., campaigns at the West Virginia State Capitol on Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Jon C. Hancock)" border="0" /></a>AP - Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_pressing_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.e263246cac2d4b13876cce5c420997ba.clinton_2008_wvjh102.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=PlX3n0TYp63E1v2Qd2Xx2w--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D- N.Y., campaigns at the West Virginia State Capitol on Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Jon C. Hancock)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_game ap/20080509/obama_game AP Fri, 09 May 2008 08:27:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_game"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.3ef8072fa83147d8b9761020a4943e79.obama_2008_dccd106.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=UdL_gJAMsQhZmJGZVYvZmA--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles during an interview taping with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, left, on 'The Situation Room' in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Perhaps Barack Obama's competitive juices need new outlets now that he has expanded his lead over Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_game"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.3ef8072fa83147d8b9761020a4943e79.obama_2008_dccd106.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=UdL_gJAMsQhZmJGZVYvZmA--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles during an interview taping with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, left, on 'The Situation Room' in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mccain ap/20080509/obama_mccain AP Fri, 09 May 2008 05:18:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mccain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.174720dd0827477cbcf3acf555b1d9c9.obama_2008_dcmc101.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=QXBCfryemy376Bb8BlJ0VA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a reception celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mccain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.174720dd0827477cbcf3acf555b1d9c9.obama_2008_dcmc101.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=QXBCfryemy376Bb8BlJ0VA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a reception celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/political_play_of_the_day ap/20080509/political_play_of_the_day AP Fri, 09 May 2008 23:08:31 GMT AP - Barack Obama got a boost from a major-college basketball coach in Oregon on Friday, but it's the coach who may need help come November. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080509/ap_ca/on_deadline_obama ap_campaignplus/20080509/on_deadline_obama AP Fri, 09 May 2008 22:08:21 GMT AP - Getting out is hard to do for any presidential candidate, doubly so when the name is Clinton. Hillary or Bill, graceful exits are not the Clinton style. Lose an election or an issue and they tend to dig in deeper. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/adga8qsyojl0 bloomberg/20080509/adga8qsyojl0 Bloomberg Fri, 09 May 2008 20:23:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/adga8qsyojl0"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080417/capt.cps.mxy27.170408171442.photo00.photo.default-512x456.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=eBxAwLfQ5SZuAJDow0ppqg--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Democratic Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama shake hands after a debate in Philadelphia on April 16. Clinton and Obama have set off on dueling five-day dashes through Pennsylvania, courting wavering Democrats ahead of a crucial presidential primary next week.(AFP/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't likely to pick rival Hillary Clinton as a running mate, according to one of his most prominent supporters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/adga8qsyojl0"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080417/capt.cps.mxy27.170408171442.photo00.photo.default-512x456.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=eBxAwLfQ5SZuAJDow0ppqg--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama shake hands after a debate in Philadelphia on April 16. Clinton and Obama have set off on dueling five-day dashes through Pennsylvania, courting wavering Democrats ahead of a crucial presidential primary next week.(AFP/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc nm/20080509/usa_politics_mccain_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 20:21:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t134945_450x347_us_usa_politics_mccain.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=7hwVMj.aOBl1j9u4Oz.UPQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A television frame grab shows Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his mother Roberta McCain, 96, in a new television ad, entitled 'Johnny's Mom,' that was released by the campaign on May 8, 2008. The new ad, where McCain and his mother discuss his childhood, will air this Sunday on Mother's Day on networks including ABC Family, A and E, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Oxygen and TLC. (John McCain 2008/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Did U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain vote for President George W. Bush in 2000?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t134945_450x347_us_usa_politics_mccain.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=7hwVMj.aOBl1j9u4Oz.UPQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="A television frame grab shows Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his mother Roberta McCain, 96, in a new television ad, entitled 'Johnny's Mom,' that was released by the campaign on May 8, 2008. The new ad, where McCain and his mother discuss his childhood, will air this Sunday on Mother's Day on networks including ABC Family, A and E, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Oxygen and TLC. (John McCain 2008/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvoteobama afp/20080509/usvoteobama AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 19:37:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvoteobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc72.100508001109.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=plJTnJwkyHhBxDgLxdOVxA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Animation containing 14 content items.(AFP iactiv)" border="0" /></a>AFP - With the Democratic presidential nomination tantalizingly within his grasp, Barack Obama has begun to burnish his image as his party's standard-bearer in the quest to wrest the White House back from the Republicans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvoteobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc72.100508001109.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=plJTnJwkyHhBxDgLxdOVxA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Animation containing 14 content items.(AFP iactiv)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_adwatch ap/20080509/clinton_adwatch AP Fri, 09 May 2008 19:15:57 GMT AP - TITLE: "Hillary for President" http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/2008_race_rundown ap/20080509/2008_race_rundown AP Fri, 09 May 2008 17:20:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/2008_race_rundown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c9650e8d75604a518b43d1f4e438cf7b.mccain_2008_njmd103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3D8MU8GGFM_GXwsdhujf1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, center, points to a reporter during a news conference while on a campaign stop at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J., Friday, May 9. 2008. With McCain are former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Obama wins endorsements from 5 superdelegates and government employees union ... Lieberman: McCain's bearings are just fine ... Even when it's just for fun, Obama parries media and plays to win ... McCain disputes blogger report that he voted against Bush ... Clinton vows to keep running, calls on Obama to debate her again</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/2008_race_rundown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c9650e8d75604a518b43d1f4e438cf7b.mccain_2008_njmd103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3D8MU8GGFM_GXwsdhujf1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, center, points to a reporter during a news conference while on a campaign stop at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J., Friday, May 9. 2008. With McCain are former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/amjmt7olwig0 bloomberg/20080509/amjmt7olwig0 Bloomberg Fri, 09 May 2008 16:29:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/amjmt7olwig0"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.75d8c53f48a94ae5989741c307869a58.obama_2008_dcjh107.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=yxmA4LInHa3zxxAt3yapxQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses while speaking at the 60th Anniversary of Israeli Independence celebration in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't likely to pick rival Hillary Clinton as a running mate, according to one of his most prominent supporters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/amjmt7olwig0"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.75d8c53f48a94ae5989741c307869a58.obama_2008_dcjh107.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=yxmA4LInHa3zxxAt3yapxQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses while speaking at the 60th Anniversary of Israeli Independence celebration in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080509/ap_ca/on_the2008_trail ap_campaignplus/20080509/on_the2008_trail AP Fri, 09 May 2008 14:51:20 GMT AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton is counting on a victory in West Virginia, and it's her husband's job to run up the score. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_edwards_dc nm/20080509/usa_politics_edwards_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 14:12:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_edwards_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t130552_450x301_us_usa_politics_edwards.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Cq4.ZPNNfkRlu3aGnghddw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards stand onstage at a Martin Luther King Day rally in South Carolina, January 21, 2008. Edwards on Friday declined to make an endorsement in the Democratic presidential battle, but said Obama could unite the party and win in November. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards on Friday declined to make an endorsement in the Democratic presidential battle, but said Barack Obama could unite the party and win in November.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_edwards_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t130552_450x301_us_usa_politics_edwards.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Cq4.ZPNNfkRlu3aGnghddw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards stand onstage at a Martin Luther King Day rally in South Carolina, January 21, 2008. Edwards on Friday declined to make an endorsement in the Democratic presidential battle, but said Obama could unite the party and win in November. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp ap/20080509/campaign_rdp AP Fri, 09 May 2008 12:51:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.a3d1bbac76d848238a22b752ea76c980.clinton_2008_superdelegates_dcpm101.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=2twguvu91lOWFxBuEomWQA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., leaves the Democratic National Committee headquarters after her meeting with superdelegates Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama's sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost Friday as two more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering White House bid.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.a3d1bbac76d848238a22b752ea76c980.clinton_2008_superdelegates_dcpm101.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=2twguvu91lOWFxBuEomWQA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., leaves the Democratic National Committee headquarters after her meeting with superdelegates Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)