Friday, November 25, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Biden's 2012 targets: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:38 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2011 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden walks on stage past an Ohio state flag before speaking at an AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic, at Coney Island in Cincinnati. A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)AP - A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Vice President Joe Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself.

Republican field crowded and likely to remain so (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. and Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., participate in a Veterans Day Parade in Columbia, S.C. They are barely blips in presidential polls and their campaign cash is scarce. Some are running on empty, fueled mainly by the exposure that comes with the blizzard of televised debates in this election cycle and interviews they eagerly grant to skeptical reporters. (AP Photo/Andy Dunaway, File)AP - They are barely blips in presidential polls and their campaign cash is scarce. Some are running on empty, fueled mainly by the exposure that comes with the blizzard of televised debates in this election cycle and interviews they eagerly grant to skeptical reporters.

Gun issue represents tough politics for Obama (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:55 AM PST

AP - They are fuzzy about some issues but the Republican presidential candidates leave little doubt about where they stand on gun rights.

A rogue convention? (Politico)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:30 AM PST

Politico - Opinion: Party rules may lead GOPers on a wild nomination ride that won’t end until Tampa.

Under Perry, Texas gets plenty of federal money (Politico)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:26 AM PST

Politico - Perry rails against the health care law and federal stimulus — but Texas has taken money from both.

US to stop providing Russia data on Europe forces (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:35 AM PST

AP - The United States said Tuesday it will stop providing data to Russia on non-nuclear military forces in Europe, a sign the Obama administration is growing frustrated at the pace of arms control negotiations with Moscow.

Dutch terrorism suspect fights extradition to US (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:46 AM PST

AP - A lawyer for a Dutch man wanted by the U.S. on suspicion of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan and for allegedly aiding al-Qaida said Friday he has appealed to the Netherlands' Supreme Court to prevent his client's extradition.

Companies give GOP, regulators, different messages (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:13 AM PST

In this photo taken June 16, 2009, Anthony Earley Jr., then-chairman and CEO of DTE Energy, speaks at the National Summit in Detroit, Mich. Large and small utility companies have told Republican-led congressional committees what the party wants to hear: dire predictions of plant closings and layoffs if the Obama administration succeeds with plans to further curb air and water pollution. 'Without the right policy, we could be headed for disaster,' Early told a committee on April 16. Earley is now chairman and CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - Large and small companies have told Republican-led congressional committees what the party wants to hear: dire predictions of plant closings and layoffs if the Obama administration succeeds with plans to further curb air and water pollution.

The 'increasingly intolerable' glut of GOP debates: 4 consequences (The Week)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PST

The Week - Republicans have already squared off nearly a dozen times — and they're only halfway through the debate season

Facebook mum on whether anticipated smartphone violates net neutrality (Daily Caller)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:26 PM PST

Daily Caller - Days after the FCC's so-called "net neutrality" regulations took effect, Black Friday shoppers pepper-sprayed human obstacles in order to fill out their Christmas lists, which for at least some probably included this year's tablets and smartphones. A Facebook smartphone, since at this point it is only a rumor, was not on among those items.

Military advocates decry ‘illegal’ early terminations of 157 Air Force majors (Daily Caller)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:24 PM PST

Daily Caller - The Chapman University of Military Law and its associated AMVETS Legal Clinic are blowing the whistle on what they say is an injustice set to be perpetrated on 157 Air Force majors on the last day of November.

Penn. man acknowledges harassing Palin lawyers (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:11 PM PST

AP - Court documents say a Pennsylvania man has acknowledged making harassing phone calls to Sarah Palin's lawyers after his son made a similar admission.

Left-wing organizing kingpin: Tea partiers out-organized Occupy Wall Street (Daily Caller)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:56 PM PST

Daily Caller - In an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) founder and Service Employees International Union organizer Wade Rathke acknowledged that the tea party movement has been more effective than Occupy Wall Street in influencing American politics.
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