Friday, October 7, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Perry backer: Romney in a 'cult,' not a Christian (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Rick Perry of Texas gestures during a speech at the Values Voter Summit on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The pastor who introduced Texas Gov. Rick Perry at a conservative gathering Friday said rival presidential candidate Mitt Romney is not a Christian and is in a cult because he is a Mormon.

Split in cultural conservatives could help Romney (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:58 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Rick Perry of Texas gestures during a speech at the Values Voter Summit on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - So far, cultural conservatives aren't rallying behind any one Republican presidential candidate. And if they split among contenders like Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum, it could benefit the White House hopeful who troubles rather than excites them — Mitt Romney.

Romney: century of American dominance ahead (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets volunteers who work aboard the USS Yorktown as he makes a stop to speak to supporters on the floating maritime museum, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 at Patriots Point in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/The Post And Courier, Grace Beahm)AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday the next president would face complex foreign policy decisions but offered few details on his plan for one of the nation's most protracted international entanglements — the decade-old Afghanistan war.

Obama, channeling Truman, casts Congress as foil (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 1948, file photo, President Harry S. Truman holds up an election day edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune, which, based on early results, mistakenly announced 'Dewey Defeats Truman.' 'If Congress does something, then I can't run against a do-nothing Congress,' President Barack Obama said Oct. 6, 2011, at a White House news conference. 'If Congress does nothing, then it's not a matter of me running against them. I think the American people will run them out of town.' Obama's message is straight out of the playbook of Truman, who overcame a midterm drubbing by Republicans and assailed a 'do-nothing' Congress from the back of a campaign train to win another term in 1948. The comeback was epitomized by a jubilant Truman hoisting a copy of the paper. (AP Photo/Byron Rollins)AP - Give `em hell, Barry?

Fortunes down, Bachmann looks to evangelical vote (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks during a Faith and Family Council news conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Bachmann surged into the Republican presidential race by preaching tea party fiscal conservatism. Now, as she struggles to remain relevant, the Minnesota congresswoman is trying to rally the evangelical voters who have powered most of her political career. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Michele Bachmann surged into the Republican presidential race by preaching tea party fiscal conservatism. Now, as she struggles to remain relevant, the Minnesota congresswoman is trying to rally the evangelical voters who have powered most of her political career.

Wall Street protesters disgusted with both parties (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Linda Wiener, right, of Vancouver, Wash., helps carry a large 'We the Corporations' canvas through Pennsylvania Avenue, part of Occupy DC activities in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Although their main concern is Wall Street practices and economic inequality, some demonstrators in New York and across the U.S. say politicians from both major parties are to blame for policies they say protect corporate America at the expense of the country's middle class.

Ohio's congressional map turns Democrats into foes (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:18 AM PDT

AP - Ohio's new congressional district map has thrust Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich, two veteran Democratic politicians who call themselves friends, into an awkward primary faceoff that both sides expect to be hard-fought. Already, the veneer of collegiality is beginning to fade.

Iowa GOP tentatively sets caucuses for Jan. 3 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:30 AM PDT

AP - Iowa Republicans have tentatively decided to hold the state's leadoff presidential caucuses on Jan. 3 and Democrats will follow suit, party leaders said Friday.

Sunday talk show tip sheet (Politico)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:14 PM PDT

Politico - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel appears on "Meet the Press" to discuss his tenure and 2012.  

Perry backer: Romney not a Christian (Politico)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Politico - Texas evangelical leader Robert Jeffress, the megachurch pastor who introduced Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit, said this afternoon he does not believe Mitt Romney is a Christian.

Romney, Perry try to recruit Christie, Palin fans (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters during a lunch stop at Seminole Wind Restaurant Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)AP - Rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are furiously scurrying to recruit heartbroken holdouts who had hoped GOP celebrities Chris Christie or Sarah Palin would join the Republican presidential contest.

Congress set for votes on trade bills next week (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT

AP - Congress is set to approve free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama next week.

Debt collectors with govt contracts paid penalties (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:12 AM PDT

AP - Two private debt collection companies that work for the Education Department paid more than $4 million combined in civil penalties in the past year after another federal agency accused them of using abusive language with consumers, making illegal threats and committing other violations of the law.

Arab Spring activists observing Poland's election (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:13 AM PDT

Democracy activists from Libya Lamia Abusedra, right, and Muhammad Abunnaja, left, talk to reporters following their meeting with Foreign Ministry top officials in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. The group of fifteen activists from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya are in Poland to observe and learn from Sunday's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - A group of Arab Spring activists observing Polish parliamentary elections are championing the spirit of civil society, and say such ballots back home will be milestones in turning hard-won freedoms into lasting democracy.

Arizona sheriffs blast gun-smuggling operation (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever speaks as, from left, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher, LaPaz County Sheriff Don Lowrey, Greenlee County Sheriff Steve Tucker and Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan listen during a press conference in front of the Arizona Peace Officers memorial Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 in Phoenix to discuss 'Operation Fast and Furious'. The gathering was to announce that Ten Arizona Sheriffs demand a Special Counsel to Investigate Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice for their roles in “Operation Fast & Furious”. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons sold to suspected straw purchasers for Mexican drug gangs.

Mitt Romney's alarmist foreign policy: Bush redux? (The Week)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:12 AM PDT

The Week - The GOP presidential frontrunner offers a major policy address full of straw men, rhetorical relics, and shameless dishonesty

Iowa caucuses tentatively set for January 3; New Hampshire primary likely bumped to December (Daily Caller)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Iowa has tentatively set a caucus date of January 3, setting the scene for a potential conflict with New Hampshire, which will either be forced to hold its primary with less of a buffer before other states or push it as far back as December to maintain its primary status.

Perry pushes pro-Christian message at Values Voter Summit (Daily Caller)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:24 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Speaking at the 2011 Values Voter Summit, Texas Governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry threw red meat to the conservative crowd, touting his pro-life, pro-Christian positions, but his message fizzled with some attendees.

Occupy Wall Street: Liberal Conspiracy, a Left Tea Party, or Nazis? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:55 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Occupy Wall Street movement saw its 21st day of occupations, demonstrations, and protests on Friday, October 7. With it and its spread to other major U. S. cities came more news coverage and the question: What exactly is Occupy Wall Street?

Sarah Palin Decision Opens Door for Romney, Bachmann (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:55 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Sarah Palin decided not to run for president, ending months of speculation as to her political future. ABC News posted a letter Palin wrote Oct. 5 in which she said that she will not seek the GOP nomination. The former governor of Alaska also stated she will help the cause of conservatives and independents who are running for office.
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