Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Cain struggles to contain allegations fallout (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. Herman Cain denies he's changed his story as he struggles to contain the fallout from sexual harassment allegations from the 1990s when he led the National Restaurant Association. The Republican presidential contender's explanations raise new questions about his ability to manage a political crisis, even as he's been rising in the polls. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain denied on Tuesday that he's changing his story as he struggles to contain the fallout from sexual harassment allegations that could threaten his recently surging campaign.

Nonpartisan group has Plan B for picking president (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, a lone voter casts her ballot at the Su Nueva Launderia on the southwest side of Chicago. Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country’s two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group is gathering millions of petition signatures — and dollars — to offer people a Plan B. Americans Elect, which grew out of a failed 2008 effort to provide a nonpartisan alternative in the presidential race, aims to secure a slot on the November ballot in all 50 states for a to-be-determined candidate who would be nominated in the nation’s first online convention next summer. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country's two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group is gathering millions of petition signatures — and dollars — to offer people a Plan B.

Perry launches NH ad campaign (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:08 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry gestures to the audience after speaking at the Republican Presidential Forum on Manufacturing, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, in Pella, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Republican presidential contender Rick Perry is launching his first television ads in New Hampshire this week.

GOP group minus leaders Romney, Cain talk economy (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:06 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the Johnson County GOP Fall BBQ at Clear Creek-Amana High School, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Tiffin, Iowa. Iowa's presidential caucuses are any Republican candidate's to win. Just two months before the GOP nomination voting begins, Iowa Republicans aren't surging toward former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney even though he's essentially been running for president since losing here in 2008. And, this time, none of his opponents has emerged as the consensus candidate of conservatives — and, thus, Romney's chief challenger — the way Mike Huckabee did four years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - One by one, five Republican candidates for president took the stage Tuesday in the state that holds the first presidential contest to pitch themselves as the strongest to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama on voters' top issue: jobs.

Cain manages crisis with denial, humor, song (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:09 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain holds up a muffin that has his catch-phrase 9-9-9 tax plan printed on it, before speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - It's one of the starkest tests of viability for any presidential candidate: crisis management, the ability to step past an explosive charge and re-direct the news. Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, a relative newcomer to national politics, had trouble passing Monday during a whirlwind of speeches and interviews in the shadow of sexual harassment allegations.

Huntsman calls for investigation of oil 'monopoly' (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman dons a hard hat while visiting the University of New Hampshire's power plant during a visit to the school in Durham, N.H., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman says federal officials must investigate what he calls a monopoly of the oil industry.

Huntsman: Break up oil 'monopoly' (Politico)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Politico - He calls for a level playing field for competing fuels: “We cannot simply drill our way to energy security."

Feds OK 4 million foreclosure reviews (Politico)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Politico - Homeowners who have suffered financial harm due to a foreclosure error may receive compensation.

Cain faces questions about campaign financing (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:55 PM PDT

AP - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has asked a lawyer to investigate possible improper financial arrangements between a charity and his campaign.

Official has regrets in gun-smuggling controversy (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 04:06 PM PDT

AP - In the latest development in the controversy over an Obama administration gun-smuggling investigation, the head of the Justice Department's criminal division said Monday he regrets not alerting the department's leadership to problems in a similar gun-smuggling probe under the Bush administration.

Turkey to host meeting on Afghan security, economy (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 09:41 AM PDT

AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday appealed to Pakistan for help in the investigation of the assassination of an Afghan peace envoy, and said efforts to talk directly to the Taliban are futile as long as the insurgents show no desire to negotiate in good faith.

First lady in La. urges more green peas, exercise (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:21 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama sings and dances to exercises with staff, parents and children as she visits the Royal Castle Child Development Center, as part of her 'Lets Move!' initiative in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - First lady Michelle Obama led peppy toddlers at a New Orleans daycare center in calisthenics and read them a book about a mouse that eats green peas, bidding to get America's children eating better and exercising more.

Heart Attack Iraq: Lessons From an Antiwar Movement (The Nation)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:37 PM PDT

The Nation - The Nation -- On October 21, when President Obama announced that all American troops would be withdrawing from Iraq, I learned that I needed surgery on a blocked carotid artery, and soon. Ten years earlier, between the 9/11 attacks and the US invasion of Iraq, I was having quintuple bypass surgery. The Cedars-Sinai doctors even delayed the operation in case Los Angeles was struck that day.

Reid: GOP ‘poor folks’ and ‘puppets’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:33 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid labeled Senate Republicans “poor folks” and “puppets” who are being led by “their leader,” Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, in opposition to a tax increase on millionaires to pay for the Democrats’ stimulus package.

Senate Democrats propose to amend the Constitution to keep corporate money out of campaigns (Daily Caller)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Daily Caller - In an effort to keep corporate money out of politics, Senate Democrats have proposed a constitutional amendment that would grant Congress the power to regulate the "raising and spending of money for federal political campaigns" and "allow states to regulate such spending at their level."

How Tea Party Indecision Is Boosting Mitt Romney (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - How lucky has Mitt Romney's presidential run been so far? Even conservatives scrambling to find an alternative to the Massachusetts governor are inadvertently boosting his bid for the Republican nomination.
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