Thursday, September 29, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

GOP starting line inches toward New Year's Day (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2008 file photo, voters line up at a polling station to vote in Florida's presidential primary in Coral Gables, Fla. A Florida commission is expected to announce Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, that its presidential primary will be held Jan. 31, according to Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, though GOP officials from other states are lobbying Florida to reconsider. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)AP - So much for pushing back the start of primary season.

Hullabaloo over five-fingered Tester in attack ad (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:56 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana isn't happy about a Republican attack advertisement portraying him with all five fingers on his left hand — even though he lost three fingers in a childhood accident with a meat saw.

GOP presidential debate in Arizona set for Dec. 1 (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:48 PM PDT

AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says a Republican presidential debate has been scheduled in the state for Dec. 1.

GOP's Bachmann puts negative spin on Arab Spring (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks to the media after a roundtable discussion with business leaders in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Republican Michele Bachmann is blaming President Barack Obama's stand on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks for the uprisings against autocratic governments across the Arab world.

Huntsman moving campaign to New Hampshire (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)AP - Jon Huntsman is moving his presidential campaign headquarters from Florida to New Hampshire, a sign that his struggling bid for the Republican nomination probably couldn't survive a poor showing in the nation's first primary contest.

First lady a not-so-secret 2012 campaign weapon (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:21 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama, wearing a hat and sunglasses, center, stands in line at a Target Department store in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, after doing some shopping. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - She's mingled barefoot among Aspen's elite, stirred a Vermont utility executive to tears and bucked up disenchanted New Yorkers.

Gingrich calls for changes in taxes, health care (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:30 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting with employees at the Principal Financial Group, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes and buy health care and would allow young people to opt out of the Social Security system. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes, buy health care and contribute to the Social Security system.

Presidential contenders boosted by super PACs (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island, Mich. Think of super PACs as shadow cash machines for presidential candidates. They're going to be big this year. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - Think of super PACs as shadow cash machines for presidential candidates. They're going to be big this year.

Bachmann on the Arab Spring: Not so positive (Politico)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Politico - Apparently praising the Arab Spring is not a given among the GOP presidential contenders.

Now it's really all about NH (Politico)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Politico - Zeleny scoops:

Shrinking Texas school payrolls add to unemployed (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The $4 billion in cuts to Texas public schools this summer could be politically sensitive for Perry, who has based his campaign for president largely on Texas’ record of job growth during his 11 years as governor. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool, File)AP - The $4 billion in cuts to Texas public schools this summer might be starting to hit Gov. Rick Perry where it hurts most — his record on creating jobs.

Perry says he'd stop drug trafficking, violence (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2011, photo, Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Republican Leadership Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich. He calls his rivals “heartless” and defends moderate parts of his immigration record with ethnically charged language. But Perry’s strategy may endear the Texas governor to Hispanics even as it angers others the presidential candidate must woo to win. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is defending his policy of allowing tuition assistance for illegal immigrants at state colleges and universities, saying the lack of a cohesive federal immigration policy forced his hand.

Clinton condemns 'unjustified' attack on envoy (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:21 PM PDT

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is condemning an attack on the top U.S. envoy to Syria as "wholly unjustified."

Tainted African ruler may get UN prize in his name (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:25 AM PDT

File - In this July 1, 2011 file photo, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, center, stands for the playing of the African Union anthem at the closing session of the 17th African Union Summit, at Sipopo Conference Center, outside Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. In preparation for the summit, the tiny central African nation spent nearly $800 million building the luxury Sipopo resort to host African heads of state. Western diplomats say that the charm offensive worked, and on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, the United Nations' cultural arm may be forced to create a prize named after Obiang, a man whose regime is accused of gross human rights violations. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)AP - The African heads of state who converged on the capital of Equatorial Guinea this summer are used to life's finer things — yet even they were impressed.

Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:32 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows a Texas kangaroo rat. The Obama administration is taking steps to extend federal protections to hundreds of animals and plants across the country, including the Texas kangaroo rat, compelled by a pair of recent legal settlements that targeted species mired in bureaucratic limbo even as they inch toward potential extinction. (AP Photo/Texas Parks And Wildlife Department, File)AP - The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark — from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat.

Chris Christie: Would Americans elect a fat president? (The Week)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:23 AM PDT

The Week - In our image-obsessed times, many think that the New Jersey governor's heft could work against him should he decide to run. Others say it could be an asset

Golden Girls: Tina Fey, Eva Longoria tie for highest paid TV actress (Daily Caller)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Tina Fey — the comedian who famously impersonated former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential election cycle — and Eva Longoria — the "Desperate Housewives" bombshell — make more money than any other females in television.

Biden says GOP threatens cops, firefighters (Daily Caller)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:27 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Republican opposition to the Obama administration’s spending plan threatens the lives of cops and firefighters, Vice President Joe Biden alleged today as he touted the White House’s new $447 billion jobs bill.

Michael Moore: At First Tea Party was 'Reasonable,' but 'Different Animal Now' (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:12 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | There may be no single person on the planet whom conservatives loathe more than documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, the Academy Award-winning director of "Fahrenheit 911." His positions on issues scream liberal and left-winger to the average conservative and his attacks on institutions that those on the political right hold dear (the Bush administration, privatized health care, capitalism) have made him a target of their ire and scorn. But in a recent interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, Moore said that conservatives might be surprised that despite his reputation and his movies he agrees with them on some issues and thought that the tea party movement started off as a well-meaning grass roots political groundswell.

Stephen Hanks Apologizes; Let's Hope Bristol Palin Accepts (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:22 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Following American politics requires various forum members everywhere to have been on both ends of a battle, at least once, similar to the one in a West Hollywood bar on Friday, Sept. 23, between Bristol Palin and one Stephen Hanks, an avid Sarah Palin opponent. While probably everyone on Earth has had their ridiculous moments, Stephen now realizes (as do hundreds of thousands of readers/viewers of the encounter) he also had his that night. He admits so in a message to Bristol Palin, as shared on theblaze.com and -- but only after -- an unrepentant Hanks stated he'd do it again. His original attack was a specious, ad hominem insult assault on her mother by a man obviously under the influence at the time.
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