Monday, October 3, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

More aides leave Bachmann presidential campaign (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:51 PM PDT

AP - More top aides to Republican Michele Bachmann are quitting her presidential campaign, raising questions about the viability of her White House bid.

No sign of Christie in early voting states (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:09 PM PDT

AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would face the challenge of launching a campaign for president from a standing start if the Republican under pressure to run enters the 2012 race.

For Obama, finding one clear foil may take a while (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Arlington, Va. No one may welcome a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama than Barack Obama. The longer it takes for Republicans to rally around a nominee, the more the election remains a referendum on Obama and jobs, and not what the White House and his campaign eagerly want: a clear choice between Obama and another candidate who holds starkly different views about how to improve the economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Maybe even more than the Republicans, President Barack Obama is looking forward to the GOP picking a candidate to challenge him.

Perry bet big on tax grants to subprime lenders (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry reacts after taking a bite of chili during a campaign stop a the Chili Festival Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - As Texas governor, Rick Perry spent tens of millions in taxpayer money to lure some of the nation's leading mortgage companies to expand their business in his state, calling it a national model for creating jobs. But the plan backfired.

Obama: People aren't better off than 4 years ago (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:57 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. From left are, the president Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama said Monday that Americans aren't better off than they were four years ago as the struggling economy and high unemployment have taken a toll.

White House: Perry's hunting camp name 'offensive' (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:21 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The White House says the name of a hunting camp once leased by Texas Gov. Rick Perry's family is "clearly offensive." But press secretary Jay Carney says Perry evidently thinks so, too, and he passed up a chance to criticize the GOP presidential hopeful over the racial slur.

Nevada's turn; spotlight turns here this month (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 24, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, and his wife, Mary Kaye, talk to the media during a campaign stop at the Reno Rodeo in Reno, Nev. While Iowa and New Hampshire get the bulk of their attention, Republican presidential candidates are starting to step up their activity in the state that votes next in the string of nominating contests and whose caucuses could scramble the GOP race. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford, File)AP - Nevada is preparing for its Cinderella moment.

Durbin urges customers to flee BofA (Politico)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:26 PM PDT

Politico - “Bank of America customers, vote with your feet,” the Senate majority whip says in a floor speech.

W.H. aides debated Solyndra visit (Politico)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Politico - They discussed implications of Obama's 2010 visit.

US warns of retaliation following cleric's killing (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:15 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration says the killing of a U.S.-born cleric in Yemen has raised the risk of anti-American violence worldwide.

Int'l court OKs Ivory Coast violence probe (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT

AP - The International Criminal Court on Monday authorized an investigation into violence that left some 3,000 people dead after Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election last year.

Obama's jobs bill falls to pieces in Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama's job-creation package effectively fell to pieces on Monday as a top Republican lawmaker said the House of Representatives will only pass portions of the $447 billion measure.

Solyndracracy (The Weekly Standard)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:52 PM PDT

The Weekly Standard - In happier times, the firm had been celebrated as a harbinger of the future. The political connections it enjoyed were the fruit not only of well-placed contributions but of a self-imposed ideological mission: It was going to deliver cheap energy in amazing ways. Top executives had dismissed accounting irregularities. The normal rules, it was said, did not apply.

Cantor: Obama’s jobs bill ‘dead’ on arrival on House floor (Daily Caller)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:07 PM PDT

Daily Caller - House Republican Leader Eric Cantor rebuffed President Obama's calls for Congress to quickly pass his American Jobs Act and said the GOP-controlled House would only take up parts of the president's plan

Obama speaks, shareholders weep (Daily Caller)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Banks should accept a lower profit so their customers won’t have to pay for debit cards, President Barack Obama told an ABC reporter today, when asked about Bank of America’s decision to charge its customers $5 per month for use of its debit cards.

Van Jones to liberals: We put too much hope in Obama (The Ticket)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:58 PM PDT

The Ticket - A message to the tea party: Van Jones has been watching you. And he's impressed. Jones, who spent a brief stint at the White House working on energy issues in 2009, said he has studied the tea party since his departure from the Obama administration and wants to build a nationwide network of liberal activists [...]

Fading Bachmann Needed a Jolt, Got Raw Meat Instead (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:10 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., just can't catch a break. She did great when the tea party darling won the Iowa Straw Poll in mid-August. On the same day, Gov. Rick Perry declared his intention to run for president. Since then, the Los Angeles Times reports Bachmann has tanked in the polls to even finish below nonrunner Sarah Palin. Her campaign stops have been nonexistent and she may be low on campaign cash.
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