Sunday, December 4, 2011

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GOP rivals hope to court Cain supporters (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 12:05 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a town hall style event in the Staten Island borough of New York Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Gingrich praised GOP presidential rival Herman Cain for bringing optimism and big ideas to the 2012 campaign on Saturday. Polls show that Gingrich's candidacy has surged in recent weeks, with many showing him topping the Republican field. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - A day after Herman Cain shuttered his Republican candidacy for president, struggling GOP hopefuls looked to pick up the fallen candidate's tea party following and upset a primary dynamic that has pushed Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich to the forefront.

Obama defends American faith amid GOP critique (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 04:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser event in New York. 'Sometimes the pundits and the newspapers and the TV commentators love to talk about how America is slipping and America is in decline,' Obama said. 'That's not what you feel when you're in Asia. They're looking to us for leadership. They know that America is great not just because we're powerful, but also because we have a set of values that the world admires,' he said about his recent trip to Asia, highlighting the United States' role as the strongest and most influential nation on earth. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - Republican Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of considering America "just another nation." To other GOP politicians running for the White House, Obama has apologized for the United States and is presiding over the nation's decline.

McCain: Hispanic vote 'up for grabs' (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 12:08 PM PST

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, as he leaves a Republican policy meeting. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the potentially powerful Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential election remains "up for grabs" because neither President Barack Obama nor Republicans have convinced these voters that they are on their side.

GOP chairman unsure what role Cain may play (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 06:59 AM PST

AP - The Republican Party chairman says Herman Cain provided an important voice in the presidential race, but candidates "come and go" during every primary and the field inevitably narrows.

Bachmann: Former Cain backers moving her way (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:38 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., expresses appreciation as she puts on a gift from a supporter during the book-signing event for her book 'Core of Conviction' Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Aiken, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)AP - GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann says many people who had supported Herman Cain in the race are getting behind her candidacy.

Cain suspends campaign shifting GOP race (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 04:06 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain announces he is suspending his campaign as his wife Gloria, left, looks on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Atlanta. 'I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distractions and the continued hurt caused on me and my family,' Cain told several hundred supporters gathered at what was to have been the opening of his national campaign headquarters. (AP Photo/David Tulis)AP - A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.

Gingrich leads in Iowa poll (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 06:20 PM PST

AP - Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in a poll of Republican voters in Iowa, followed by Ron Paul and Mitt Romney.

Adviser says Cain may endorse Newt (Politico)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:15 AM PST

Politico - Cain will make his decision this month.

Iran says it shot down U.S. spy plane (Politico)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 07:23 AM PST

Politico - Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency says the unmanned spy plane violated Iranian airspace.

Obama urges public help pushing payroll tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 09:07 PM PST

President Barack Obama listens while touring a building under construction in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, part of his Better Building Initiative to promote energy efficient buildings. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he's asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the cut in place.

Panetta reaps fruity reward for bin Laden takedown (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:08 PM PST

AP - It was just a tiny sip.

Pivotal week for Europe's leaders and fate of euro (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST

AP - Europe's sovereign-debt crisis, which has dragged on for more than two years, is entering a pivotal week, as leaders across the continent converge to prevent a collapse of the euro and a financial panic from spreading.

Obama says Pakistan troop deaths "regrettable" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 12:17 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Sunday called Pakistan's president to offer condolences over a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops and provoked a crisis in relations between the two countries.

Donald Trump's Debate Will Be a Farce (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 02:46 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | With Herman Cain's candidacy for the presidency "suspended," the remaining Republican hopefuls are scrambling to win big in the upcoming New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses. They appear not to have learned the lesson of Cain's situation, however: publicly doing stupid things kills campaigns. Several of them have foolishly agreed to participate in a so-called debate hosted by NewsMax, which the network website says will feature Donald Trump.

Institute of Wold Politics founder John Lenczowski answers (Daily Caller)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:53 AM PST

Daily Caller - "There has been a serious lack of study and analysis of the different branches of Islam and a failure to understand the agenda of Muslim Brotherhood front organizations in this country."

As human-embryo stem cell research fades into obsolescence, political fallout crystallizes (Daily Caller)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 09:55 AM PST

Daily Caller - The Democrats’ decade-long strategy of hyping embryo stem cell research crashed into a hard fact on Nov.15. That’s when Geron Corp., the world’s leading embryo research company, announced it was closing down its much-touted stem cell program, despite the guarantee of more government aid from Democratic-affiliated sources.
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