Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Cain plows ahead but says yet again: reassessing (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:49 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks during his first stop of an Ohio bus tour at the Cincinnati Marriott North in West Chester, Ohio, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Cain claimed Wednesday that he has experienced a 'groundswell of positive support' from backers who are ignoring the most recent charge of a 13-year extramarital affair. (AP Photo/The Enquirer, Tony Jones) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDITAP - His campaign's survival in question, Herman Cain plowed ahead Wednesday in an effort to move past a woman's allegation that they had a longtime affair. But he acknowledged the toll was rising and said he would decide by next week whether to drop out of the Republican race.

Gingrich trails in organizing in early-voting Iowa (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:32 PM PST

AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich leads the 2012 pack in buzz but trails his rivals in just about every other category in Iowa.

Perry's struggles overshadow a good day in NH (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 01:54 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, gestures after addressing the New Hampshire legislature during a campaign stop at the Statehouse in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - At least Wednesday was a good day for Rick Perry.

FACT CHECK: GOP field flubs, big and small (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich waits to begin an interview with FOX News after speaking to supporters at Tommy's Ham House, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Greenville , S.C. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)AP - Newt Gingrich didn't know when he would take office if he wins the presidency. Rick Perry got the voting age and the date of Election Day wrong. Herman Cain didn't realize the president does not sign amendments to the Constitution.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Records shielded by candidates (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:48 AM PST

FILE - This Jan. 3, 2007, file photo shows outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his wife, Ann, as he takes the 'lone walk' out of the Statehouse in Boston. A former aide who supervised the archiving of records from Romney’s stint as governor says Romney’s State House office was almost completely off-limits when officials transferred documents in late 2006 to the Massachusetts state archives. Romney said recently he authorized the purging of emails and other electronic records because of concerns that the files might contain confidential information. The former aide, John O’Keefe, said that only public schedules and a limited amount of other paper documents from Romney’s executive office went to the archives. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - In the final weeks of Mitt Romney's term as Massachusetts governor, a small team of aides combed through statehouse filing cabinets. They filled more than 630 cartons with papers destined for the state archives as the primary documentary legacy of his administration. One floor, though, was almost completely off limits to them: Romney's inner sanctum, his third-floor office.

Romney knocks Gingrich as 'lifelong politician' (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:47 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Medley, Fla. While others focus on Iowa's caucuses or the early primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Romney is set to spend the day in the state welcoming endorsements from three top Cuban-American Republicans, attending several fundraisers and visiting the port in Tampa to discuss trade policy. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Mitt Romney aggressively criticized rival Newt Gingrich on Tuesday, calling the former House speaker a "lifelong politician" and questioning Gingrich's ability to fix the country's struggling economy.

Obama: 'Massive blow' if GOP blocks payroll tax (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:20 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Blending governing with re-election politics, President Barack Obama roused a cheering northeast Pennsylvania crowd Wednesday as he warned of a "massive blow to the economy" if Republicans block a payroll tax extension because of his insistence on a millionaires' tax.

Paul video torches Gingrich (Politico)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

Politico - It's a lengthy, scathing video documenting Newt's ideological deviations and ties to the influence trade.

NLRB approves union election rule (Politico)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 01:49 PM PST

Politico - The decision angers Republicans, who say it will restrict employers from lobbying the agency.

Gov't aircraft operations often lack FAA oversight (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:09 PM PST

FILE - This 2009 file handout photo, provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the wreckage of a helicopter which crashed during a rescue mission in the mountains near Santa Fe, N M. Nonmilitary government agencies operate more aircraft than the world's largest airline but little arms-length safety oversight — a situation that troubles federal accident investigators. (AP Photo/NTSB, File)AP - Nonmilitary government agencies own or lease thousands of aircraft, but they are often on their own when it comes to safety oversight of their operations — a situation that accident investigators say has contributed to air crashes and deaths.

Central banks act as euro zone crisis rages (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:15 AM PST

(L to R) European Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado, Italy's Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mario Monti and Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Eurogroup chairman, Jean-Claude Juncker attend a Eurogroup meeting at the European Union council headquarters in Brussels, November 29, 2011. REUTERS/Yves HermanReuters - The world's major central banks acted jointly on Wednesday to provide cheaper dollar funding to European banks facing a credit crunch as the euro zone's debt crisis drove EU ministers to urge more IMF help to avert financial disaster.

GOP: Offsetting cuts must cover payroll tax relief (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:47 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, following a closed-door meeting. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Republican congressional leaders stressed a willingness Wednesday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut due to expire Dec. 31, setting up a year-end clash with Democrats over how to pay for a provision at the heart of President Barack Obama's jobs program.

Peace in Palestine: Is Reconciliation Between Hamas and Fatah Just Around the Corner? (The Nation)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:45 PM PST

The Nation - The Nation -- Everyone wants democracy in the Middle East except when it comes to Palestine, divided since 2007 between Fatah (nominally in charge in the West Bank), and Hamas (designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and many other countries, in charge of Gaza). The Arab Awakening and changing political alignments brought Egypt into the act last May, when it pressed Hamas and Fatah to reconcile.

Former Newt aide says staffers who quit campaign were shortsighted (Daily Caller)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 01:59 PM PST

Daily Caller - Newt Gingrich’s former spokesman, who resigned with other staffers en masse from Gingrich’s presidential campaign this summer, admits the former House speaker was probably right all along about how to run the campaign.

TheDC Video Vault: A classic Christopher Hitchens rhetorical beatdown (Daily Caller)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:56 AM PST

Daily Caller - Christopher Hitchens, whether you love him or hate him, is one of the finest rhetoricians of our age.

Palin for President Group Running Ads in Iowa Means She's Back In? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:42 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Thought Sarah Palin wasn't in the quest for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012? Technically, you would be correct. However, a pro-Palin online organization called Conservatives4Palin has bought $6,500 worth of airtime in Iowa, according to CNN, home of the first-in-the-nation caucus, literally begging the former Alaska governor to enter the race.

Recent Events Prove Sarah Palin Isn’t Quite Done Yet (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:14 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - Sarah Palin is still making headlines, nearly two months after ABC News reported she would not run for president. The group known as Conservatives4Palin.com bought an ad in Iowa valued at $6,500 urging her to reconsider her decision. The move comes a month away from the Iowa caucuses of Jan. 3.
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