Monday, October 24, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Sin City fumes over Obama's anti-tourism rant (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:37 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has a Sin City problem that won't go away.

Romney formally becomes candidate in NH (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, right, watches as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney fills out his candidacy papers to be on the New Hampshire ballot in the nation's earliest presidential primary, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Mitt Romney became a candidate Monday for the New Hampshire Republican primary.

Demise of Obama long-term care plan leaves gap (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2011, file photo, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration’s decision to pull the plug on a financially flawed long-term care insurance plan is likely to worsen a dilemma most middle-class families are totally unprepared for. 'Despite our best analytical efforts, I do not see a viable path forward for CLASS implementation at this time,' Sebelius told congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - It's the one major health expense for which nearly all Americans are uninsured. The dilemma of paying for long-term care is likely to worsen now that the Obama administration pulled the plug on a program seen as a first step.

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

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform 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, where he will rally support for his jobs agenda in Congress in a state with the nation’s highest unemployment rate of 13.4 percent. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - A year before the 2012 presidential election, Hispanic voters are facing a choice.

Republicans plot early strategy to win back Ind. (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:20 AM PDT

AP - Indiana Republicans took their first presidential loss in 40 years when Barack Obama carried the longtime GOP state. They're not about to let it happen again.

Perry beefs up struggling campaign (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry, 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 - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is beefing up his team with presidential campaign veterans, readying TV ads in Iowa and making a policy pitch to conservatives by backing the flat tax in an aggressive effort to revive his struggling campaign.

Schools brace for more budget cuts (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Student Jayvin Mercado, 9, keeps an eye on his science experiment at Lincoln Middle School Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Lancaster, Pa. Financial woes have forced school districts to shed thousands of teaching jobs, adopt a four-day school week and cut electives such as art. And the budget situation probably won’t improve any time soon for school districts that rely heavily on state and local tax dollars. But what might happen in a best-case financial scenario that assumes strong economic growth next year? (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Educators are bracing for a tough reality: As difficult as budget cuts have been on schools, more tough times are likely ahead.

Obama heads west to talk jobs (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:47 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is heading west Monday morning to pitch his American Jobs Act in Las Vegas and speak at campaign events there and in California.

Podesta to step down as CAP president (Politico)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Politico - The center's founder will remain chairman and will serve Hillary Clinton as a day-a-week volunteer.

Team Bachmann: Pay no attention to those statements (Politico)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Politico - In the wake of a blistering press release from the five Michele Bachmann staffers who walked out of her New Hampshire campaign last week - comments that blamed her national operation - her campaign manager is pushing back with a statement saying that it wasn't real.

Panetta: US at 'turning point,' to refocus on Asia (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:32 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta speaks to service members at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in Fussa, west of Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Panetta arrived in Japan Monday on the second leg of a weeklong Asia tour. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - The winding down of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan marks a pivot point for the U.S. military, which must now focus on looming threats such as the rising military might of China, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday.

Costly Iraq war may mark shift in US approach (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:50 AM PDT

Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, left, shakes hands with his U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta during their bilateral meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. Panetta will join 10 ASEAN defense ministers in a meeting beginning in Bali on Monday. Indonesia is Panetta’s first stop during his first official Asian tour, which will also include Japan and South Korea. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)AP - In the final days of the U.S. war in Iraq, the outlook for America's military entanglements is markedly different from the confusing, convulsive first days.

US pays $380 million to end Oklahoma tribe's suit (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 11:16 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is paying $380 million to settle a lawsuit brought by an Oklahoma tribe over mismanagement of its trust assets.

APNewsBreak: Eurozone leveraging bailout fund (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 11:27 AM PDT

AP - A document obtained by The Associated Press shows eurozone governments are considering two forms of leveraging to boost their euro440 billion bailout fund's capacity.

Obama under pressure to lay out China strategy (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:26 PM PDT

The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington during Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit, January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Hyungwon KangReuters - U.S. lawmakers critical of China's trade policies will use a hearing on Tuesday to press the White House to lay out plans to confront Beijing, even as Republicans resist a bill to punish the world's second-largest economy for its currency policies.

From Tripoli to Tehran (The Weekly Standard)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:47 PM PDT

The Weekly Standard - Killing Muammar Qaddafi wasn't easy. What President Obama said would take days wound up taking eight months.

Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain to spar in ‘Lincoln-Douglas’ debate (The Ticket)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:14 PM PDT

The Ticket - There are at least 15 Republican presidential primary debates between now and next spring, but for Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain, that's still not enough. As National Review's Robert Costa reports, Gingrich and Cain will face off next month in a tea party debate in Texas modeled after the historic Lincoln-Douglas debates. In 1858, Abraham [...]

Occupy Wall Street may speak to the jobless–but do they have time to participate? (The Lookout)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:54 AM PDT

The Lookout - Occupy Wall Street actions continue in cities across the United States--in New York, protesters last week invited parents to bring their children to a sleepover in Zuccotti Park, while in Washington, D.C. demonstrators released balloons in Union Station to disrupt a gala dinner. The largely liberal uprising has even garnered the attention of the tea party--which [...]
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