Sunday, October 23, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Bachmann brushes off idea she's given up on NH (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:46 AM PDT

AP - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is brushing off the idea that her campaign is all but giving up on winning the New Hampshire primary.

Hispanic voters: Stick with Obama or go with GOP? (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo audience members listen to President Barack Obama speak about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas. A year before the 2012 presidential election, Hispanic voters face a choice: continue to support Obama despite being disproportionately hurt by the economic downturn or turn to Republicans at a time when many GOP presidential hopefuls have taken a hard line on immigration. Obama kicks off a three-day West coast trip on Monday in Las Vegas.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A year before the 2012 presidential election, Hispanic voters are facing a choice. They can continue to support President Barack Obama despite being hurt disproportionately by the economic downturn or turn to Republicans at a time when many GOP presidential hopefuls have taken a hard line on immigration.

GOP candidates would cut federal judges' power (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidat and former Rep. Newt Gingrich speaks at the American Principles Project Palmetto Freedom Forum in Columbia, S.C. Most Republican presidential candidates want to wipe away lifetime tenure for federal judges, cut the budgets of courts that displease them or allow Congress to override Supreme Court rulings on constitutional issues. Gingrich, who has been the most outspoken critic of the courts, say he would summon judges before Congress to explain their decisions and consider impeaching judges over their rulings. (AP Photo/ Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Most of the Republican presidential candidates want to wipe away lifetime tenure for federal judges, cut the budgets of courts that displease them or allow Congress to override Supreme Court rulings on constitutional issues.

Paul wants to phase out federal student loans (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:15 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition presidential candidate forum, in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. A half-dozen GOP contenders flocked to Iowa on Saturday, barely 10 weeks before the state's Jan. 3 caucuses. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Republican presidential contender Ron Paul said Sunday he wants to end federal student loans, calling it a failed program that has put students $1 trillion in debt when there are no jobs and when the quality of education has deteriorated.

GOP primary now a contest of character (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 05:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, talk during a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Romney and Perry now are using tough new language online and on the campaign trail to undermine each other's credibility and values. The amped-up rhetoric signals a more aggressive phase in the race and sets the tone in the ten weeks left before the 2012 nominating contest begins in Iowa in early January. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)AP - The Republican presidential race has become a no-holds-barred contest over character.

La. Gov. Bobby Jindal wins re-election easily (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 09:28 PM PDT

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal thanks supporters during his re-election victory party at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)AP - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday easily coasted to a second term, winning in a landslide election after failing to attract any well-known or deep-pocketed opposition.

Conservative Romney alternatives vie for Iowa edge (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 11:38 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, greets an unidentified hunter before a hunting outing near Merrill, Iowa, Saturday Oct. 22, 2011. About a half-dozen Republican candidates and about 1,000 evangelical activists plan to attend Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines Saturday, as the Republican presidential campaign continues its search for a more conservative alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)AP - Evangelical activists, Iowa's most potent conservative voting bloc, are sharply divided barely 10 weeks away from the state's leadoff presidential caucuses, and are weighing a number of GOP hopefuls competing hard to emerge as the more conservative alternative to early front-runner Mitt Romney.

President Bachmann would lead nation in prayer (Politico)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Politico - From POLITICO's Reid Epstein, who's on the scene in Iowa:

Ron Paul: End U.S. student loans (Politico)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Politico - He calls it a failed program and blames government intervention in the economy for rising tuition.

Deal for new search for US war dead in North Korea (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 07:16 AM PDT

AP - The Pentagon says it has agreed with North Korea to resume — after a six-year break — the search for remains of U.S. servicemen unaccounted for from the Korean War.

Exit poll: Bulgaria candidates face run off (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:53 AM PDT

AP - Bulgaria's presidential election will go to a runoff because none of the candidates garnered more than 50 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll.

Obama welcomes post-Gaddafi era in Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama welcomed the declaration of liberation by Libya's new leaders Sunday and urged the transition government to respect human rights and work toward democracy after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
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