Sunday, June 5, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama: Japan, Europe and fuel pose economic risks (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:14 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn before he departs the White House for a trip to Toledo, Ohio, June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama is pointing to problems in Japan and Europe as challenges for the U.S. economy, placing some blame on events abroad for a domestic recovery that is showing signs of slowing down.

Huntsman mapping out 2012 strategy (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:19 PM PDT

With his wife Mary Kaye at his side possible 2012 presidential hopeful, former Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., of Utah shakes hands during a cultural festival at Heritage Park, Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Berlin, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Toeing the 2012 line, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman sounded like a full-fledged White House candidate Saturday set to join the field this month as he mapped out a campaign strategy that bypasses early-voting Iowa to focus on New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.

Mitch McConnell: The GOP's Deal Maker (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:05 PM PDT

In this image released by NBC, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appears on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, Sunday, May 29, 2011. On the program, McConnell said he supports the controversial plan by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to transform Medicare into a voucher-like system in which future beneficiaries â€Time.com - The budget battle won't end without Mitch McConnell's O.K. And after months on the sideline, the wily Republican is back at the table

Mitt Romney's Mormon religion: Is it a political problem? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 01:27 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney â€" the presumed front-runner in the Republican contest to select a presidential challenger â€" is a well-known figure in American politics.

Parties maneuvering on debt and Medicare (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in front of a Jeep Wrangler at Chrysler Group's Toledo Assembly complex in Toledo, Ohio. As Obama pushes his economic agenda, his re-election chances bank on more than job growth. They also depend on how well he can remind people that he inherited a recession and that compared with the early days of 2009, the country is in a better place. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - The threat of a first-ever default by the federal government is pushing President Barack Obama and Republicans toward a sweeping agreement to cut government spending and increase the Treasury's borrowing authority. Yet a perennial partisan struggle over Medicare drives them apart.

Palin: I didn't `mess up' Paul Revere history (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 03:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2011, file photo former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holding a booklet depicting Paul Revere, speaks briefly with the media as she tours Boston's North End neighborhood. On Fox News Sunday Palin insisted Sunday, June 5, 2011 in Washington that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous Massachusetts ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists. At right is Palin's daughter Piper. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Sarah Palin insisted Sunday that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists.

Gates says US support troops should go home first (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:28 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, centre, thanks troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Walton in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Gates is beginning two days of farewell visits to remote U.S. troop bases in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, pool)AP - A soon-to-begin U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should leave combat power intact as long as possible to press an anti-Taliban offensive, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. He said support troops should go first.

No bells for Revere (Politico)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Politico - Sarah Palin, instead of course-correcting her version of Paul Revere's ride from last week, doubles down with Chris Wallace: "Part of Paul Revere’s ride — and it wasn’t just one ride — he was a courier, he was a messenger. Part of his ride was to warn the British that we’re already there. That, hey, you’re not going to succeed. You’re not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our own well-armed persons, individual, private militia that we have. He did warn the British. ...

Filmmaker rescues Palin from 'vile' (Politico)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:47 AM PDT

Politico - "The Undefeated," a glowing film about Palin, is mocked by the New York Post.

White House adviser minimizes bad jobs report (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT

AP - A top White House economic adviser says the upward tilt over the past six months in new jobs is a better indicator of the nation's employment picture than a gloomy report Friday that warned of slow growth ahead.

Public vs. private: Long an issue for John Edwards (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:56 AM PDT

Former presidential candidate John Edwards is seen with his daughter Cate following a court appearance in Winston-Salem, N.C., Friday, June 3, 2011. A grand jury indicted the two-time presidential candidate on Friday, accusing him of trying to protect his political ambitions by soliciting and secretly spending more than $925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby from the public. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - The legal case against two-time presidential candidate John Edwards focuses on where to draw the line between the public and private in a politician's life, a divide he riskily straddled throughout his entire career and family life.

Top UK academics form new university (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 08:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2009 file photo, British biologist and author Professor Richard Dawkins is seen in London. A group of prominent British academics said Sunday, June 5, 2011, they are starting a private university in London to rival the country's elite institutions in Oxford and Cambridge. The New College of the Humanities will be led by AC Grayling, a renowned philosophy professor, and the faculty will include Dawkins. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, file)AP - A group of prominent British academics said Sunday they are starting a private liberal arts university in London to rival the country's elite institutions in Oxford and Cambridge.

Quote Roundup: Democrats on Immigration Reform (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:38 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - With the 2012 campaign season slowly getting into gear, Democrats must work hard to energize their voting blocks. Among faithful -- albeit somewhat disillusioned -- voters are Hispanics. Thus far, the Obama administration has been vague on immigration reform.

BLACK HOUSE DISTRICTS WORK TO REPUBLICANS' ADVANTAGE (Cynthia Tucker)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- I won't procrastinate; I'll get the most difficult part of this column over right now: I was wrong. I was shortsighted, naive and narrow-minded to endorse the concept of drawing congressional districts to take racial demographics into account.

Brigitte Nielsen speaks out about affair with Schwarzenegger (Daily Caller)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:52 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger really is the new Tiger Woods.

Alec Baldwin: I didn’t call Mitt Romney a Ken doll (Daily Caller)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Daily Caller - "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, who formally joined Twitter a little more than a week ago, clarified in a Saturday Huffington Post column that he never compared GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney to a Barbie.

Palin keeps America guessing about presidential bid (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:57 PM PDT

Sarah Palin (C) speaks with the press outside the Liberty Bell Center during her AFP - Sarah Palin has kept Americans guessing for months about her 2012 presidential aspirations, and she did so again Sunday, saying there was a 50-50 chance of her throwing her hat in the ring.

How Sarah Palin Got it Right About Paul Revere 'Warning the British' (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:38 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin stepped out of Paul Revere's home in Boston and appeared to get her history wrong. The Internet then exploded in ridicule and astonishment at the ditz from Alaska once again uttering nonsense.
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