Friday, March 2, 2012

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Ohio emerging as microcosm of GOP race (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:07 PM PST

AP - This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way.

Santorum: Limbaugh 'entertainer,' comment 'absurd' (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:37 PM PST

AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says radio host Rush Limbaugh was "being absurd" when he suggested a college student record sex tapes and share them in exchange for contraception.

In Ga., Gingrich helped build conservative base (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:02 PM PST

AP - It wasn't so long ago that the Republican Party in Georgia was just an afterthought, and Democrats were in firm control of all the levers of state government. Back then, Newt Gingrich and other die-hard GOP stalwarts ventured across the state with the far-fetched message that Republicans could reverse the tide.

Obama warns both Iran and Israel, 'I don't bluff' (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:02 PM PST

Palestinian boys play with snow on a street in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)AP - President Barack Obama delivered his most explicit threat yet that the United States will attack Iran if that's what it takes to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb. At the same time, he warned Israelis they would only make a bad situation worse if they moved pre-emptively against Iranian nuclear facilities.

FACT CHECK: You can't have it all, sorry (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:06 PM PST

AP - Is there any impulse greater in politics than to promise people the sun and the moon?

Extend or end it? GOP voters torn over best route (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 07:38 AM PST

AP - To hear some weary rank-and-file Republicans tell it, the increasingly bitter fight for the party's presidential nomination can't end quickly enough.

Obama calls student in contraception debate (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:41 AM PST

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has called a Georgetown law student whose stand on contraception coverage prompted Rush Limbaugh to deride her as a "slut" on his radio talk show.

Snowe exits in frustration with Senate gridlock (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:38 AM PST

AP - Maine Republican Olympia Snowe says the Senate spends too much time in political battle and not enough on solving problems, and more than a few of her colleagues agree.

GOP tries to revive highway bill (Politico)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:22 PM PST

Politico - Leadership plans a "special" conference meeting.

Obama calls student dissed by Rush (Politico)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:24 AM PST

Politico - Fluke says he wanted to make sure she was ok.

Santorum knocks govt over schools but takes money (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:04 AM PST

AP - As he presses for the conservative votes he needs to overtake GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum is hammering away at the role state and federal governments play in running schools.

SPIN METER: GOP candidates hype crossover appeal (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:03 AM PST

AP - The top two contenders for the Republican presidential nomination are accusing each other of benefiting from the support of crossover Democratic voters in states that allow anyone to participate in a party primary.

Official: 2 more US troops killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:46 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd L) boards Marine One after a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland to meet with wounded troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)AP - A U.S. official says two more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks following protests over the burning of the Quran.

Serbia pleased with its EU candidacy (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:35 AM PST

AP - Serbia's candidacy for European Union membership shows the Balkan country is on "the right track" after years of wars and isolation, President Boris Tadic said Friday.

Obama joins in assailing Limbaugh slur of student (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:24 PM PST

AP - Stepping into an emerging culture clash over women, President Barack Obama made a supportive phone call Friday to a law student who testified before Congress about the need for birth control coverage, only to be called a "slut" by Rush Limbaugh.

Limbaugh's Recent Slur Reveals Hypocrisy Among the Political Talking Heads (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:41 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Rush Limbaugh is receiving widespread criticism in regards to a comment he made on his radio show in which he called a Georgetown grad student a slut. Sandra Fluke shares the prevailing opinion that medical coverage should cover contraceptives no matter what religious institution backs it. (Apparently, in this 21st century, women still have to subject their bodies to the ideals of patriarchal religion.)

Colo. Gov. calls Lt. Gov. ‘sex star’ at elementary school [AUDIO] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:14 PM PST

Daily Caller - Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper introduced his lieutenant governor, Joe Garcia, as a “sex star” at an elementary school literacy event and quickly amended his remark, saying he meant to call him a sex “symbol.”

Philadelphia man jams cellphones on public transportation [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:57 PM PST

Daily Caller - Frustrated by noise pollution during his morning bus ride, a Philadelphia man decided to use a cellphone jammer to block other commuters' calls as he made his way to work during the past several weeks.

'Game Change' Overreaches by Suggesting Palin Ignorant of History (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:49 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | One of the most curious suggestions made by the upcoming HBO film, "Game Change," is its depiction of Sarah Palin of being an ignoramus where it came to geography and history. According to the Los Angeles Times, it takes extreme lengths to do so.
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