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• Romney draws heat for outsider claims (AP)
• House speaker says Fla. primary likely Jan. 31 (AP)
• Obama says he can't fix immigration on his own (AP)
• Gingrich Inc. wounded by presidential bid (AP)
• Perry immigration strategy may help woo Hispanics (AP)
• Bachmann delivers evangelical message at Liberty U (AP)
• Noncandidates are keeping presidential buzz alive (AP)
• Romney brushes off flip-flopper criticism (AP)
• EU crisis hampers Obama at home (Politico)
• Pols want FTC probe of Facebook (Politico)
• Christie again says he isn't running for president (AP)
• Cain says he's more than the 'flavor of the month' (AP)
• US hits 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders with sanctions (AP)
• Knox changed under the spotlight (AP)
• Sharpton: Obama critics backed Clinton in 2008 (AP)
• 2012 GOP race: Will Florida cause 'total chaos'? (The Week)
• Perry walks back ‘heartless’ line during GOP debate: ‘It was inappropriate’ (Daily Caller)
• Health secretary backs Obama: Jobs bill will create almost 2 million jobs (Daily Caller)
• Sarah Palin: Being president could ‘shackle’ me (The Ticket)
• Cutting Federal Spending Equals Cutting Our Own Throats (ContributorNetwork)

Romney draws heat for outsider claims (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - Mitt Romney is casting himself as a one-term governor who simply sampled politics in Massachusetts before escaping back to the business world.

House speaker says Fla. primary likely Jan. 31 (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:23 PM PDT AP - Florida is poised to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 31, a move that likely would mean an earlier start to the GOP nominating contests than what the national Republican Party had planned.

Obama says he can't fix immigration on his own (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:09 PM PDT AP - Facing weakening support among Hispanics, President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration Wednesday over what he called an inaccurate and damaging perception that he can fix the nation's flawed immigration system on his own.

Gingrich Inc. wounded by presidential bid (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:50 PM PDT AP - A floundering presidential bid has fractured what was once a rock star Republican image. Not long ago, Newt Gingrich sat atop a lucrative political empire, the sought-after intellectual guru of the GOP.

Perry immigration strategy may help woo Hispanics (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:19 PM PDT AP - Rick Perry is calling his Republican rivals heartless and using ethnically charged language to defend moderate parts of his immigration record. That strategy may endear the Texas governor to Hispanics and their allies even as it angers others the presidential candidate must woo to win the nomination for president.

Bachmann delivers evangelical message at Liberty U (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:38 AM PDT AP - Michele Bachmann has exhorted Christian students at Liberty University in Virginia to "not settle" for easy personal and political choices in life.

Noncandidates are keeping presidential buzz alive (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:09 PM PDT AP - Chris Christie isn't running for president but says he's listening to those who want him to. Donald Trump opted out of a bid for the Republican nomination but hasn't ruled out running as an independent. Rudy Giuliani's aides are courting New Hampshire activists. And Sarah Palin says she'll decide soon whether to join the field, even as she worries the White House might be "too shackling."

Romney brushes off flip-flopper criticism (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:18 PM PDT AP - Mitt Romney is brushing aside criticism he is a flip-flopper.

EU crisis hampers Obama at home (Politico) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:25 PM PDT Politico - Thanks to the global economy, the president's political fortunes may ride on Slovakia.

Pols want FTC probe of Facebook (Politico) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:48 PM PDT Politico - The request follows reports that Facebook has been collecting data from users who are logged out.

Christie again says he isn't running for president (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:57 AM PDT AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has reaffirmed to supporters that he isn't running for president, even as a speech he delivered at the Ronald Regan Presidential Library was likely to stoke fresh speculation about his White House ambitions.

Cain says he's more than the 'flavor of the month' (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:32 AM PDT AP - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain acknowledges he may be the "flavor of the month," but promises that voters will find that there's "more to that flavor than meets the eye."

US hits 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders with sanctions (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:44 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration designated two members of the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba as terrorists on Wednesday. The action bans Americans from doing business with the men and blocks any assets they have in the United States.

Knox changed under the spotlight (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:39 AM PDT AP - Two years ago, as she waited to know whether she'd be found guilty of murdering her British roommate, Amanda Knox was so confident she thought she'd be flying home to Seattle within hours.

Sharpton: Obama critics backed Clinton in 2008 (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:12 PM PDT AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton said he will lead a march in Washington next month in support of President Barack Obama's jobs plan — and he dismissed blacks who criticize Obama over high black unemployment as having backed Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008.

2012 GOP race: Will Florida cause 'total chaos'? (The Week) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:41 AM PDT The Week - The Sunshine State wants to hold its primary in January — which could set off a chain reaction of calendar changes in other early-voting states

Perry walks back ‘heartless’ line during GOP debate: ‘It was inappropriate’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:55 PM PDT Daily Caller - Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry backed away Wednesday from his comment in the Fox News debate in Orlando, Fla., last week that sent conservatives reeling. When defending his in-state tuition breaks for children of illegal immigrants, Perry said those who opposed it "did not have a heart."

Health secretary backs Obama: Jobs bill will create almost 2 million jobs (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:35 PM PDT Daily Caller - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius backed a chief Moody’s economist in a speech before a U.S. Commerce Department conference Wednesday, saying that President Barack Obama’s jobs bill will “create almost 2 million badly needed jobs.”

Sarah Palin: Being president could ‘shackle’ me (The Ticket) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:04 PM PDT The Ticket - Sarah Palin certainly didn't sound interested in running for president last night. "Is a title worth it-- does a title shackle a person?" the former Alaska governor asked during a discussion of her 2012 plans with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. "Someone like me, who's maverick--you know I do 'go rogue' and I call it [...]

Cutting Federal Spending Equals Cutting Our Own Throats (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:32 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | We've all heard the slogan: "Cut spending." It's on signs at any tea party gathering, and it's the heart of the Republican congressional plan, "cut, cap and balance." As this line of thinking goes, like a household or small business facing hard economic times, the nation should cut expenses, and "make it do or do without," a phrase that goes back to the Great Depression and World War II.

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