Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

White House hinting compromise on birth control (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:06 PM PST

AP - Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.

Abortion, birth control grab political spotlight (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:26 PM PST

Karen Handel speaks during an interview in Atlanta Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Handel announced earlier her resignation as vice president for public policy for Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama embraces 'super PAC' (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Falls Church, Va. Reversing an earlier stand, President Barack Obama is now encouraging donors to give generously to the kind of political fundraising groups he has assailed as a 'threat to democracy.' Obama's re-election campaign says he has little choice if he is to compete with the big-money conservative groups that have proven highly successful with attack ads in the Republican primaries. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - In a reversal, President Barack Obama is embracing the big-money fundraising groups he assailed as a "threat to democracy" on the grounds they let money corrode elections. His shift is a pragmatic move to win re-election, and a concession that his team had no choice but to catch up and go along with today's supercharged rules.

Romney battles Santorum, Paul in GOP caucuses (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:50 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Loveland, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination.

Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:52 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Loveland, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set aside his focus on the economy in recent days and shifted to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday.

Kerrey declines Senate bid, Nebraska Dems scramble (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:16 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2008 file photo, former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey speaks during a healthcare debate in Lincoln, Neb. The former one-term Nebraska governor and two-term U.S. senator said Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 that he won't seek the Democratic nomination for Nebraska Senate seat he formerly held to replace U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey on Tuesday rejected a comeback run for Senate, dashing Democrats' hopes of holding a coveted Nebraska seat and leaving the party to scramble for a race all but guaranteed to go Republicans' way.

Messy caucuses in Nevada, Iowa raise questions (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:10 PM PST

AP - After back-to-back fiascos in Nevada and Iowa, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon.

Colo. caucuses allow a view of support out West (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 11:58 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at The Cable Center in Denver, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Colorado's caucuses offer the Republican candidates for president a glimpse of their support in the Mountain West.

Limbaugh: 'Eastwood got scammed' (Politico)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:48 PM PST

Politico - "I think he got roped into doing something he thought was patriotic," he says of the Super Bowl ad.

House GOP plans 'Pelosi provision' (Politico)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST

Politico - The plan would strengthen rules that govern lawmakers’ participation in initial public offerings.

GOP gets Minn. focus now, uphill fall fight awaits (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 11:32 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with Boy Scouts at a campaign rally in Loveland, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - In presidential politics, Minnesota is as close to a Democratic fortress as states come.

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

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:33 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.

Obama refuses to pick sides in Super Bowl (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 02:14 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama isn't picking sides this Super Bowl Sunday.

Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110 (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:53 AM PST

In this Feb. 19, 2010 photo released by the British Ministry of Defense, MOD, shows Florence Green, left, on her 109th birthday being presented with a birthday cake by LAC Hannah Shaw on behalf of the RAF at her home in King's Lynn, east England. Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sac Chris Hill/MoD, HO) NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.AP - Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.

Syria raises specter of proxy conflict for U.S., Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:09 PM PST

Reuters - As the Obama administration weighs worst-case scenarios for Syria, one stands out: a civil war that develops into a proxy battle between Arabs and the West on one side, and Russia and Iran on the other.

Obama Wants to Avoid an Iranian Military Conflict; Good Luck with That (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 10:06 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama said Sunday it would be risky to attack Iran. Ya think? He wasn't concerned about Iranian military capabilities, and really shouldn't be. They are no match for anything the U.S. Navy would throw at them or anything our allies already have positioned in the region. He's more concerned about the impact it would have on the price of oil.

"ShePAC" rallies for conservative Republican women (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:23 PM PST

Reuters - An adviser to Sarah Palin, a Tea Party leader and a Republican politician are starting a super PAC to endorse conservative women running for office and gather women's support for the Republican nominee in the presidential election.
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