Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

In GOP race, Romney, Perry, Paul are the money men (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:23 PM PDT

In this photo taken Saturday Sept. 24, 2011 Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney share the podium before his address to the Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island, Mich. Ann is the unassuming, not-so-secret weapon in Mitt political arsenal. At this GOP conference she spoke briefly, prompting the crowd to tap their glasses and call for a toast. The Romney campaign says there will be an enhanced role for her beginning the next month, with additional public appearances, media interviews and a willingness to discuss health problems and her family's rags-to-riches story. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Only three Republican presidential candidates are worth any money — campaign money, that is. Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Ron Paul have banked millions. But the other GOP candidates are struggling or broke, putting their candidacies in question four months before the first nominating contests take place.

Obama to Congress: Return my jobs bill, passed (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama shakes hands as he is introduced at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Capping a campaign trip for his economic plan and his re-election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to keep pressure on Congress to consider his nearly $450 billion jobs bill, saying it had been two weeks since he sent the bill to Capitol Hill "and now I want it back."

Axelrod: Obama faces 'titanic struggle' (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:18 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he walks from Air Force One upon arriving at Buckley Air Force Base in Denver, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)AP - President Barack Obama's chief political adviser on Tuesday conceded that a dark cloud looms over the American economy and Obama's political future, describing the president's road to a second term in the White House as "a titanic struggle."

Obama grapples with memories of 2008 hope, change (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama shakes hands as he is introduced at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Remember when Barack Obama first ran for president and people were really into him?

Missouri may keep its early primary (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:35 PM PDT

AP - Missouri appears ready to stick with its early presidential primary next year, a move that could inject more confusion into the 2012 election calendar by prompting other states to elbow to the front of the campaign line.

Rising Cain (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 11:34 AM PDT

Politico - Herman Cain's surprise win at Florida's Presidency 5 conference breathes new life into his 2012 bid.

Report: Iran to send ships near U.S. (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Politico - Iran plans to send military ships near the Atlantic coast but offers no timeline or details.

Obama campaign wades into Ohio elections law fight (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2011, file photo, Mellissa Brown, right, a volunteer for Organizing for America, shows Barbara Ferret, center, of Westerville, Ohio, where to sign a petition, in a ballot repeal effort by opponents of the Ohio's new elections law, in Columbus, Ohio. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is helping activists in the battleground state of Ohio challenge an election law that would shorten the time for early voting, which helped Obama in his first run for the White House. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)AP - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is helping activists in the battleground state of Ohio challenge an election law that would shorten the time for early voting, which helped Obama in his first run for the White House.

US and Ukraine sign deal to remove uranium (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:41 PM PDT

AP - The United States and Ukraine signed a deal Monday to remove the former Soviet country's stockpile of weapons-grade uranium by early next year.

Italian lawyer says Knox is no 'femme fatale' (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Amanda Knox, center, arrives at the Perugia court, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Italian lawyers have described Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her British roommate, as a 'she-devil' and a 'witch' in an appeals court while calling her alleged victim a 'beautiful girl in the prime of her life'. The court also saw gruesome photos of the semi-naked, bloodied body of Meredith Kercher on Monday as two lawyers made closing arguments at the appeals trial of Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her co-defendant and former boyfriend. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - A defense lawyer told an Italian court Tuesday that Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her roommate, isn't a manipulating, sex-obsessed "femme fatale" as her accusers charge, but is rather like Jessica Rabbit — just drawn that way.

US tells court bin Laden photos must stay secret (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:16 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is arguing that public disclosure of graphic photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed in May by U.S. commandos would damage national security and lead to attacks on American property and personnel.

Analysis: Democrats hit reset on health care (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2011, file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, with Majority Whip Dick Durbin D-Ill., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., partially obscured at right, speaks to media at the Capitol in Washington after the Senate voted down a budget plan from the Republican-majority House, that called for turning Medicare into a voucher-like program for future beneficiaries. Democrats are hitting the reset button on health care for next year’s elections. Weary of getting pounded over the new health overhaul law, President Barack Obama and his party are changing the subject to Medicare. Obama signaled last week he’s on board with the shift. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Weary of getting pounded over the new health care law, Democrats are hitting the reset button for next year's elections.

Obama goes in search of Hispanic voters (Daily Caller)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Daily Caller - President Barack Obama took his stump speech to a heavily Hispanic audience in Denver, Colorado, where he touted his proposed stimulus bill and lambasted GOP legislators for opposing the bill.

NC governor recommends suspending democracy to focus on jobs (Daily Caller)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Daily Caller - As a way to solve the national debt crisis, North Carolina Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue recommends suspending Congressional elections for the next couple of years.

Should Chris Christie Run for President? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:50 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | With the golden boy (Rick Perry) of Texas nearly down for the count after dismal showings at each of his three debate appearances and Sarah Palin still flirting but refusing to get her groove on and yesterday's news, Michele Bachmann, serving up gaffes like a hostess who made too many crab puffs, and the rest of the field unelectable in a general election against lackluster Barack Obama, Republicans seem eager to serve up the next great hope: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Gov. Chris Christie Just Another Sarah Palin (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:58 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Los Angeles Times reports New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is making the rounds to three states. He was in Missouri today to raise money for Ann Wagner's run for Congress. Politico reports he raised about $100,000 for her campaign. Christie then will stop in California to make a speech at the Perspectives on Leadership Forum in the Ronald Reagan Library. His final stop will be in Louisiana before he heads home to New Jersey.
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