Friday, September 30, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Romney, Perry to reach deeper into early states (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 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 - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is following his long-planned, tested and methodical strategy to secure the Republican presidential nomination, while his chief rival, Rick Perry, is challenging the experienced campaigner on the fly.

Florida sets presidential primary for Jan. 31 (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:27 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 - Florida decided Friday to hold its Republican presidential primary on Jan. 31, snubbing a party rule against fast-track delegate-selection for 2012 and triggering angry responses from traditional early voting states which will now likely rejigger their calendars to stay ahead.

Calif. Dems seek waivers after embezzlement scheme (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 2008 file photo provided by the California Democratic Council shows Kinde Durkee at a California Democratic Council Leadership Training session in Ventura, Calif. Democratic candidates whose campaign accounts may have been looted by their former treasurer, Durkee, are going before California’s political watchdog agency in Sacramento to seek a reprieve from some of the state’s campaign finance laws. (AP Photo/California Democratic Council, Henry Vandermeir, File)AP - Attorneys for Democratic candidates and committees trying to recover from an alleged embezzlement scheme appealed Friday to California's political watchdog agency to relax financial reporting rules temporarily and waive some contribution limits.

Christie soon to make decision on White House run (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:22 PM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Perspectives on Leadership Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.,Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Gov. Christie warned Tuesday that America's promise is being menaced from within, as a troubled U.S. economy, shaky leadership and political gridlock diminish the nation's ability to solve its problems. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is reconsidering his decision to stay out of the race for the White House in 2012 and is expected to make a decision soon, according to several people close to the governor with knowledge of his thinking.

GOP activists walking — not running — to Romney (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:21 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a town meeting at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Republicans aren’t hot on Romney’s presidential bid, but the former Massachusetts governor isn’t sweating it. Those same voters say they’d back him, eventually. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - Listen to Republican voters and you're likely to hear a reluctance to embrace Mitt Romney's White House bid. At least at first.

Ron Paul: US-born al-Qaida cleric 'assassinated' (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:34 AM PDT

AP - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is condemning the Obama administration for killing an American born al-Qaida operative without a trial.

Angling to be VP: GOPers run — without campaigning (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2011 file photo, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez speaks in Santa Fe, N.M. More than a year out from Election Day, all sorts of Republicans, including Martinez, are making a point of keeping themselves in the national spotlight, stoking speculation that they're positioning themselves as potential running mates for the eventual GOP presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)AP - They're writing books. They're making speeches. They're fawning over the big dogs.

Military chaplains can perform same-sex marriages (Politico)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Politico - DoD will allow the practice on military bases in states where such ceremonies are allowed.

Christie to return rail tunnel cash (Politico)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Politico - New Jersey will return $95 million spent by the Transportation department on a canceled project.

Obama: Laws restricting vote access 'big mistake' (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:40 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says that some new state voter ID laws make it harder for groups like seniors to vote, and he says that's a big mistake.

US: military chaplains may perform same-sex unions (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:08 AM PDT

U.S. Navy Counselor 1st Class Luz Bautista, 30, who is four-months pregnant, holds a photo of her fiancee U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandra Schwartz, 24, in Iraq, where she served as an Arabic translator for Navy Seals, at their home in San Diego, California September 21, 2011. The AP - The Pentagon has decided that military chaplains may perform same-sex unions, whether on or off a military installation.

Gay pride march banned in Serbia (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:43 AM PDT

AP - Serbian authorities have banned a gay pride march and an anti-gay protest planned in the nation's capital this weekend to avoid violence.

Fearful Liberals Circling the Obamacare Wagons (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:11 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to the Heritage Foundation, the National Federation of Independent Business outmaneuvered the Obama administration by filing a petition with the United States Supreme Court "appealing the 11th Circuit's Obamacare decision" before they did. Now, once again leading from behind, the man with what CBS dubbed as the "remarkable poker face" has been effectively forced to play what even some liberals acknowledge is a losing hand.

Assassinating Awlaki: Obama Can Kill Anyone He Wants To (The Nation)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:32 AM PDT

The Nation - The Nation --  Now we know what embattled Yemeni President Saleh meant when he cryptically told reporters from the Washington Post and Time yesterday: “We are fighting the al-Qaeda organization in Abyan [in Yemen] in coordination with the Americans and Saudis.” The defiant Saleh, who’s long promoted himself as an asset in America’s seemingly nonstop Long War on Terrorism (LWT), apparently knows what he’s talking about. Hours later, Yemen’s military announced that a missile strike had killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the bombastic, American-born Islamist who’s been linked to Al Qaeda and to recent terrorist attempts against the United States.

Bachmann: ‘China has blinded United States satellites’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Minnesota Rep. and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann talked foreign policy Friday during an interview on the Laura Ingraham Show. Specifically, she zeroed in on China, saying the country has attacked American satellites with lasers.

Obama upside down in Connecticut, would run tight race with Romney (Daily Caller)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Daily Caller - President Barack Obama is upside down in the traditionally blue state of Connecticut, according poll results published Friday that Public Policy Polling called “Arguably our most shockingly bad for Obama state level poll of the year” on Twitter.

The Chronicles of 'Palin the Undecided' Stretch into October (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:11 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | What is Sarah Palin worried about? Why can't she simply commit to a "yes" or "no" and be done with it? It is commonly known that there are only a few remaining weeks for her to decide on whether or not she will actually run for the presidency in 2012. It is also commonly known that polls are showing a majority of the Republican electorate that is hopeful that she does not enter the race at all. And yet, just last evening on Fox Business Network, she eliminated the "possibility" of an announcement by September's end, which had been a definite "possibility" in mid-August.

Why Racism Will Be Key Issue for Liberal Media in 2012 Election (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:11 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When President Obama won the election in 2008, many news sources stated that Dr. Martin Luther King's dream had come true. Statements like "Racism is Dead" were shown across TVs all across the country. The liberal side of the media has tried to ram statements of racism in the Tea Party. As a former political consultant, I have a strong feeling that the media's play of the race card is only going to get stronger in the next year.
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