Monday, December 26, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

GOP campaign for Iowa caucus enters final week (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:50 PM PST

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a Hy-Vee store in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo. The former House speaker has moved to the top in recent polling in Ohio, just as Republican presidential candidates prepare for the Jan. 3 caucuses in Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - An Iowa caucus campaign that has cycled through several Republican presidential front-runners entered its final week Monday, as unpredictable as the day conservatives began competing to emerge as Mitt Romney's chief rival.

Outside groups air barrage of ads in Mass. race (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 12:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. is interviewed by The Associated Press interview at his office in Boston. Watch the political advertising and Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts, either “sides with extreme left” protesters or has a history of being too cozy with Wall Street. Or Republican freshman Sen. Scott Brown, whom she hopes to defeat next year, is portrayed as an enemy of the environment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)AP - Watch the political advertising and Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts, either "sides with extreme left" protesters or has a history of being too cozy with Wall Street. Or Republican freshman Sen. Scott Brown, whom she hopes to defeat next year, is portrayed as an enemy of the environment.

In swing Ohio, Gingrich gaining the "not-Romneys" (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:47 AM PST

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a Hy-Vee store in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo. The former House speaker has moved to the top in recent polling in Ohio, just as Republican presidential candidates prepare for the Jan. 3 caucuses in Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - For "Anybody but Romney" Republicans in a key conservative region of Ohio, Newt Gingrich has been picking up support as an alternative to the former Massachusetts governor.

Presidential race in Iowa quieter than in the past (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:38 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., signs an autograph during a campaign stop at at Tangleberries in Centerville, Iowa, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - It's been a different presidential race in Iowa this year — quieter.

Wives in ads, kids on the bus as GOP voting nears (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:33 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann eat burritos at Dos Amigos Burritos while campaigning in Concord, N.H. Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - Mitt Romney's wife gushes about his silly side and devotion to their five sons and 16 grandchildren. Rick Santorum's college-age daughter opines online about missing the campus coffee shop and chats with friends about their Friday night plans. Jon Huntsman's daughters generate much-needed buzz for him with a joint Twitter account and online videos, including at least one that went viral.

Woman killed who threatened King (Politico)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:42 AM PST

Politico - She was incensed about Peter King’s hearings on American Muslims and sent him a pig’s foot.

I am (almost) the greatest -- just ask me (Politico)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST

Politico - Opinion: The last thing Obama should be focused on is where he stands in the presidential pantheon.

FBI computer won't be ready for use until May 2012 (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:43 AM PST

AP - A Justice Department audit has found that the launch of FBI's long-delayed computer upgrade has been pushed back to the middle of 2012.

Sadrists call for new elections in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:46 AM PST

File - In this June 5, 2004 file photo, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, left, steps from an office building in Najaf, Iraq. The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday Dec.26 2011 for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elections in another move that could escalate the country's growing sectarian crisis. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elections in another move that could escalate the country's growing sectarian crisis.

Sample New Year's Resolutions, from Sarah Palin to Barack Obama (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:36 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Yahoo! News asked readers and contributors to write New Year's resolutions for some U.S. politicians. Below are one reader's recommendations.

Will Vladimir Putin be pushed out? (The Week)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:16 AM PST

The Week - Could the biggest anti-Putin demonstrations yet signal the end of the Russian strongman's domination of his country's politics?

Perry running ads in Iowa calling for part-time Congress [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:06 PM PST

Daily Caller - One week ahead of the caucuses, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is buying airtime in Iowa to pump some much needed excitement into his campaign by promoting the idea that being a member of Congress should be a part-time gig.

For 2012, TSA expands to train stations, ferry docks, subways (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 12:33 PM PST

Daily Caller - The Transportation Security Administration had quite a year of free publicity in 2011, including headline-grabbing news of agents groping grandmas, fondling supermodels, joking about passengers' "junk" while virtually disrobing them and pilfering possessions from luggage.
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