Saturday, March 3, 2012

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 03:18 PM PST

AP - Radio host Rush Limbaugh has apologized to a Georgetown University law student for calling her insulting names. He had come under intense criticism from womens' groups, politicians from both political parties and some of the advertisers on his talk show.

Santorum pushes social agenda, stokes GOP fear (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 02:55 PM PST

AP - Rick Santorum sees an America in need of more than economic recovery.

Disorganization marring Rick Santorum's campaign (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:45 AM PST

AP - Almost as soon as Rick Santorum's advisers outlined a new strategy for staying on message after he lost to Mitt Romney in Michigan, it was abandoned, a victim of the disorganization that's marked his campaign and raised questions about his ability to compete against Romney over the long haul.

Obama recasts birth control debate on own terms (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:09 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young voters, groups essential to his re-election hopes.

GOP rivals vie for delegates in Washington contest (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 01:15 PM PST

AP - Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and their Republican presidential rivals vied for delegates Saturday in Washington state caucuses, a quiet prelude to 10 Super Tuesday contests next week in all regions of the country.

Gingrich, Santorum battle for Bible Belt voters (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:07 AM PST

AP - The GOP presidential candidates are fighting to win over conservative voters in the Bible Belt as the race takes on a more prominent Southern focus.

Justice Dept wants trial on Florida voting changes (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:32 AM PST

AP - The Justice Department is opposing changes in Florida voting procedures and says it wants a trial in the dispute, a move that could impact the state's August primary elections.

Obama: Fuel-efficient cars an answer to gas prices (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 02:05 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama talks at a conservation event at the Department of Interior in Washington, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing(UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - President Barack Obama says higher auto mileage standards set under his administration and better cars built by a resurgent U.S. auto industry will save money at the gas pump over the long term, a counterpoint to Republican criticism of his energy policy.

Top Cantor aide quits (Politico)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:29 AM PST

Politico - Brad Dayspring abruptly tells colleagues he is leaving the Virginia Republican’s office.

Biden's Apple dilemma: Jobs (Politico)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 04:06 AM PST

Politico - He's been praising the innovator for "thinking different" but leaving out the big move to China.

Leaders' trickling support for GOP candidates (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:21 AM PST

AP - After two months of voting, none of the Republican candidates for president is getting much support from the GOP leaders who could play an important role in determining the party's nominee for president.

Gang behind 50-state ballot push awaits candidates (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:06 AM PST

AP - They stand to gain from public fury over partisan gridlock in Washington. They're already assured a presidential ballot line in 17 states and are well on their way in 18 more. They have support from prominent people across the political spectrum.

IRS battling conservatives over tax-exempt status (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:55 PM PST

AP - The Internal Revenue Service is embroiled in battles with tea party and other conservative groups who claim the government is purposely frustrating their attempts to gain tax-exempt status.

U.N. aviation body says emissions proposal by year-end (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:12 PM PST

Reuters - The head of the United Nations body that oversees civil aviation said on Friday that his agency still plans to have a proposal on measures to address emissions from aviation by the end of 2012, even as critics push for faster change.

Santorum blasts Romney on healthcare ahead of Ohio vote (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:16 PM PST

Reuters - Republican Rick Santorum lashed out at chief rival Mitt Romney on Saturday as "uniquely unqualified" to challenge President Barack Obama in November's election and urged Ohio voters to join him in rejecting the party's old-boy establishment.

10 things you need to know today: March 3, 2012 (The Week)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:30 AM PST

The Week - Obama talks tough on Iran, Major League Baseball changes its rules, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion1. U.S. SOLDIERS MAY BE PUNISHED FOR KORAN BURNINGMilitary officials have concluded that five American soldiers were involved in the inadvertent "incineration of a pile of Korans" last week in Afghanistan — an incident that sparked violent protests in which dozens of people died. Officials say the soldiers will be reprimanded, perhaps with a loss of rank, but probably not named publicly. "What they did was careless, but there was no ill will," one official said. [Washington Post]

Sandra Fluke is Owed an Apology -- and so is Sarah Palin (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:15 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama was so touched by the travails of Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student derided as a "slut" by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, that he called her personally on the phone to offer comfort and encouragement, according to the Washington Post.

Rick Santorum, Snobs and the College Conundrum (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:11 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college -- what a snob," said presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a Michigan Tea Party forum on Saturday.
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