Monday, November 28, 2011

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Woman alleges long affair with Cain (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:58 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2011 file photo Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain stops to address the media as he arrives for a meeting with developer Donald Trump, in New York. During rollicking campaign performance Cain thundered, 'The sleeping giant called 'we the people' has awakened' evoking an old-fashioned church revival, complete with audience cries of 'Amen'. Whether it's selling his book or his presidential aspirations, this is Cain at his best â€AP - A Georgia businesswoman said Monday she and Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair, an allegation the Republican presidential hopeful denied as strongly as earlier accusations of sexual harassment.

Gingrich: I'm not perfect, yet better than Romney (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during the Republican presidential debate in Washington. Newt Gingrich landed editorial endorsement of NH Union Leader Sunday Nov. 27, 2011, 45 days before GOP primary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich acknowledged Monday that he isn't the perfect candidate but contends he's "a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney and a lot more electable than anybody else."

Romney campaign hits back after Dem 'flip' charges (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011, file photo Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, greets a young supporter during a town hall event in Peterborough, N.H. Romney enjoys solid leads in New Hampshire polls and remains at the front of the pack nationally. A poll released last week showed him with 42 percent support among likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire. Gingrich followed with 15 percent in the WMUR-University of New Hampshire Granite State poll. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)AP - Mitt Romney's policy shifts moved to the center of the presidential campaign Monday as the former Massachusetts governor fought back aggressively after Democrats' mockery of his changed positions on a dozen issues including abortion, guns and immigration.

Texas asks court to stop redistricting plan (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:35 AM PST

AP - The Supreme Court has been asked to stop a federal court from implementing a state redistricting map in Texas that could increase minority representation in the state Legislature.

Democratic Rep. Barney Frank announces retirement (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:39 PM PST

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., walks down the steps of Newton City Hall in Newton, Mass., Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, after announcing he will not seek reelection in 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, a gay pioneer in Congress and a Massachusetts liberal whose name as well and fingerprints are on last year's sweeping bill regulating Wall Street, announced plans Monday to retire at the end of his current term, his 16th in Congress.

DNC ad targets Romney over flip-flops (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:27 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011, file photo Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, greets a young supporter during a town hall event in Peterborough, N.H. Romney enjoys solid leads in New Hampshire polls and remains at the front of the pack nationally. A poll released last week showed him with 42 percent support among likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire. Gingrich followed with 15 percent in the WMUR-University of New Hampshire Granite State poll. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)AP - Democrats are using humor to try to undermine Republican Mitt Romney, pushing a movie trailer-style ad that portrays his candidacy as "the story of two men trapped in one body."

Gingrich endorsed by former SC lieutenant gov (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:38 AM PST

AP - A former South Carolina lieutenant governor who once likened the state's poor to stray animals has endorsed Newt Gingrich's bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

DNC buy heaviest in D.C. market (Politico)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PST

Politico - The Democratic National Committee’s TV ads targeting Mitt Romney are playing most heavily in the Washington, D.C., market, according to a source tracking media buys.

DOJ aides talk immigration in Ala. (Politico)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:46 AM PST

Politico - The officials say they're concerned the toughest-in-the-nation crackdown runs afoul of federal rights.

Marine: Fears of end to gay ban prove unfounded (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:56 PM PST

In this photo taken July 29, 2011, Marine Corp Commandant Gen. James Amos speaks with reporters the at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. Since the lifting two months ago of a longstanding U.S. ban on gays serving openly in the military, Amos said U.S. Marines across the globe have adapted smoothly and embraced the change. “I'm very pleased with how it has gone,” he said in an Associated Press interview during a week-long trip that included four days in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Marine Gen. James F. Amos, the face of opposition in the military to lifting the ban on gays serving openly, now acknowledges his concern has proven unfounded that repeal would undermine the war effort. In fact, he says, Marines have embraced the change.

Cain says he's strong contender for GOP nomination (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:57 AM PST

AP - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says he has "nothing but optimism" about his prospects for the party's nomination despite Newt Gingrich's recent rise in the polls and Mitt Romney's continued strength.

UN climate expert: Durban conference ‘make or break for humanity’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:21 AM PST

Daily Caller - Attendees at a United Nations meeting in Durban, South Africa began this year's round of climate change negotiations on Monday, and global-warming evangelists say the stakes are high.

Administration unveils new rules for tribal lands (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:45 PM PST

AP - Ahead of a meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and hundreds of Native American leaders, the administration unveiled new rules for tribal lands that officials say will expedite home building and energy development.

Was Dominique Strauss-Kahn framed? (The Week)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST

The Week - An exhaustive new report suggests that the disgraced former IMF boss was the victim of a setup designed to kill his political future

Brownback apologizes to high school student for ‘over-reaction’ to ‘he sucked’ tweet (Daily Caller)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:53 PM PST

Daily Caller - Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback apologized Monday for the "over-reaction" of his staff to a tweet written by a high school student.

Political do-ers: Top ten political hairstyles [SLIDESHOW] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:37 AM PST

Daily Caller - The Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate of 1960 awakened Americans to the power of a good political hairdo (and a bad five-o'clock shadow). Those who listened to the debate on the radio thought Nixon performed better. But Kennedy's suave good looks and smooth coiffure won over the TV watchers.

SC gov had her chef make birthday cakes for staff (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:32 PM PST

AP - South Carolina's top Democrat says Republican Gov. Nikki Haley is letting her staff eat cake in lean times — on the taxpayer's dime.

Supporters Market to Beg Palin to Join the 2012 Freak Show (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:08 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Apparently some Republicans aren't done being embarrassed by lackluster candidates and fear the prospect of a Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich GOP nomination. According to the Daily Caller, Sarah Palin supporters are issuing a rallying cry to the party's "tease-in-chief" to change her mind about a 2012 run for the presidency and they're running an ad campaign in Iowa to plead their case. The former Ms. Wasilla beauty pageant winner announced in October that despite her love affair with the spotlight, she will not be seeking the GOP nomination in 2012.
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