Monday, February 6, 2012

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:51 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally in Grand Junction, Colo., Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.

FACT CHECK: Gingrich overstates his Fla. results (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:05 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Golden, Colo., Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney.

Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 01:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters in Tampa, Fla. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?

Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:12 AM PST

President Barack Obama is applauded by first lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm."

Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 08:57 AM PST

AP - Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses.

Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 01:13 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich listens to a question during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.

Critics worry Senate ad will revive Asian-bashing (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:36 PM PST

FILE - In this July 13, 2010 file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra debates in Rochester, Mich. A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, for U.S. Senate candidate Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against Asian-Americans.

Obama: Negative ads will have role in 2012 race (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:36 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the lead-up to November's presidential election.

Ethics panel punts on Buchanan (Politico)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:58 AM PST

Politico - There won't be a special investigative subcommittee to look into allegations against the congressman.

Fleming skinned by The Onion (Politico)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:57 AM PST

Politico - The Republican links to a faux story about Planned Parenthood opening an "$8 Billion Abortionplex."

Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:12 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 1992, file photo President George H.W. Bush looks at his watch during the 1992 presidential campaign debate with other candidates, Independent Ross Perot, top, and Democrat Bill Clinton, not shown, at the University of Richmond, Va. The most telling moment in a three-way debate between Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot in 1992, wasn't conveyed in words. It was Bush's glance at his watch. The president already was battling perceptions that he was out of touch and out of ideas in a time of economic distress. When the TV cameras caught him stealing a glance at his watch, it reinforced the impression that Bush wasn't up for the job. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history.

Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:50 AM PST

FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran's inner workings.

AP Analysis: Border Patrol OT up as arrests drop (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 08:40 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2011, file photo Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, tours the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol agent Steve Venditouli in the Coronado National Forest near Nogales, Ariz. Most illegal border crossers are apprehended along the 2,000-mile long Mexican border in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Since the 2006 budget year, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has spent more than $1.4 billion on what is described as “administrative uncontrollable overtime,” according to the data provided by the Border Patrol. In practical terms, agents average two hours a day in overtime. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - Border Patrol agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years, an Associated Press analysis of agency records finds.

Dutch hopes grow for 125-mile speedskating race (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:43 AM PST

Skaters enjoy a ride on frozen Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday Feb. 6, 2012. While sports events across Europe fall victim to the deep freeze, the Dutch are welcoming the drop in temperatures, hoping that the revered 'Eleven Cities' speed skating race can be staged later this month for the first time in 15 years. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - Sports events across Europe are falling victim to the continent's deep freeze, but the Dutch are ecstatic, hoping that the revered "Eleven Cities" speedskating race can be staged later this month for the first time in 15 years.

U.S. closes embassy in Syria, vows further pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:37 PM PST

Reuters - The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday and President Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down, even as world powers remained divided over how to end the crisis.

Analysis: Romney win leaves rivals few options (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 06:20 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Mitt Romney's big win in Nevada four days after his breakthrough victory in Florida spells big trouble for his remaining rivals. Simply put: Is there any way to stop Romney now?

Sarah Palin Writes About Her Son in Newsweek -- and Heads Explode (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:36 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | After tweeting angrily about how Newsweek had run an article about "dumb" critics of Barack Obama by Andrew Sullivan, a "Trig Truther," Sarah Palin has published her own piece in the same magazine about her special-needs son.
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