Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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Allies urge Romney to get tough as Gingrich rises (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to supporters and volunteers during a rally in Manchester, N.H. For three decades, the Republican who won South Carolina's presidential primary has also won the GOP nomination. That strong record helps explain why Newt Gingrich is working more aggressively than any of his competitors to organize activists and volunteers ahead of the Jan. 21 primary. His chief rival, Mitt Romney, is approaching South Carolina tentatively. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP - Mitt Romney's above-the-fray campaign style kept him atop the Republican presidential field for months, but it's raising concerns among his supporters now that Newt Gingrich has surged to challenge him.

Obama sets campaign theme: Middle class at stake (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:52 PM PST

President Obama gestures while speaking about the economy, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at Osawatomie High School in Osawatomie, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Declaring the American middle class in jeopardy, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a populist economic vision that will drive his re-election bid, insisting the United States must reclaim its standing as a country in which everyone can prosper if provided "a fair shot and a fair share."

Long Washington record starting to haunt Gingrich (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:17 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a news conference in New York, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Newt Gingrich's long political record and Washington ties are coming back to haunt him four weeks before Iowa's leadoff Republican presidential caucuses.

Romney will skip debate hosted by Donald Trump (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:02 PM PST

AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he will not participate in a debate being hosted this month by real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump.

Perry called top donors from work phones (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 08:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2011, file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announces his run for presidency during the conservative activists' Red State Gathering in Charleston, S.C. Perry used official channels to reach out to some of his biggest donors in the months leading up to his White House run. An Associated Press review of phone logs and public schedules shows Perry also met with a businessman who would later back an independent group supportive of his campaign. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney, File)AP - Time and again, Texas Gov. Rick Perry picked up his office phone in the months before he would announce his bid for the presidency. He dialed wealthy friends who were his big fundraisers and state officials who owed him for their jobs.

Romney to sit for Sunday show interview (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:54 AM PST

AP - Mitt Romney will be interviewed Dec. 18 on Fox News Sunday, the first time the Republican presidential hopeful has appeared on a Sunday talk show since March 2010.

Massachusetts opens long-hidden Romney archives (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:28 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to supporters and volunteers during a rally Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Massachusetts will make available to the public hundreds of boxes of documents from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's term as governor that have long been locked away, the state said Tuesday. The same agency that is opening the files said it would not pursue an inquiry into the purge of electronic records at the end of Romney's term.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Securing US border impossible (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:50 AM PST

FILE - In this April 19, 2011, file photo, a member of the National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. National Guard members along the Texas-Mexico border assist Border Patrol by surveying the terrain from the tower. All major Republican presidential candidates have promised to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Many support a fence stretching nearly 2,000 miles to do so. But a border that is sealed to all illegal immigrants and drugs is a promise none of them could keep. (AP Photo/Delcia Lopez, File)AP - Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have promised to complete a nearly 1,950-mile fence. Michele Bachmann wants a double fence. Ron Paul pledges to secure the nation's southern border by any means necessary, and Rick Perry says he can secure it without a fence — and do so within a year of taking office as president.

FAA chief quits after DWI charge (Politico)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:22 PM PST

Politico - In his statement, Babbitt says he is “grateful” to have worked at FAA for two and a half years.

Romney turns down The Donald (Politico)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST

Politico - Mitt Romney just told Fox News's Neil Cavuto that he won't be taking part in the Donald Trump-moderated NewsMax debate.

For GOP's Gingrich: Big declarations — and hurdles (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, waves after meeting with Donald Trump, and talking to the media in New York, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Surging in opinion polls, a confident Newt Gingrich declared Monday he plans to challenge Barack Obama in every state next year, and he began running a gauzy TV ad — his first — to push toward the Republican nomination to take on the president. But, illustrating how far he has to go, Gingrich also found himself defending the state of his campaign and his own comments about poor children.

Romney says he supports payroll tax cut (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to supporters and volunteers during a rally in Manchester, N.H. For three decades, the Republican who won South Carolina's presidential primary has also won the GOP nomination. That strong record helps explain why Newt Gingrich is working more aggressively than any of his competitors to organize activists and volunteers ahead of the Jan. 21 primary. His chief rival, Mitt Romney, is approaching South Carolina tentatively. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday he supports the extension of payroll tax cuts, a proposal President Barack Obama is championing.

Feds to allow use of Medicare data to rate doctors (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 03:12 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2005, file photo, Marilyn Tavenner is seen at a news conference in Richmond, Va. Picking a specialist for a risky medical procedure could soon get easier. The government announces that Medicare will finally allow its extensive claims database to be used by employers, consumer groups and insurance companies to produce reports on local doctors and hospitals. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)AP - Picking a specialist for a delicate medical procedure like a heart bypass could get a lot easier in the not-too-distant future.

French lawmakers may punish prostitutes' clients (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:41 AM PST

AP - French lawmakers are expected to pass a symbolic resolution that would condemn prostitution as linked to human trafficking and violence before beginning debate on a tough proposed law that would punish clients.

Obama hits Republicans, Wall Street in populist speech (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid.

Bachmann Staffer Misuses Homeschool Email List (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:13 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It began with a funny email last month. I found something from a political campaign in my inbox รข€¦ but it was addressed to my husband instead of me.

Nanny state: Obama takes hardline liberal stance in Kansas (Daily Caller)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:15 PM PST

Daily Caller - President Barack Obama made a full-throated call on Tuesday for voters to give progressives more control over the economy, wrapping himself in the image of former President Teddy Roosevelt.

Fox faces FCC in Supreme Court indecency fight (Daily Caller)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

Daily Caller - The network TV home of Glee and Family Guy, will square off against the Federal Communications Commission in a Supreme Court battle over decency standards in January. Fox, which touts its shows as “So brash, so bold, so Fox,” is expected to argue that FCC-imposed fines for indecency are unconstitutional.

Rand Paul, Marco Rubio Clash Over Foreign Policy (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:09 PM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Rand Paul and Marco Rubio may be two most prominent Tea Party freshmen in the Senate but their foreign policy views are an ocean apart—and things are starting to get testy.

The Tea Party Movement's Inevitable Slide Has Begun (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:46 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Just a few months ago, it felt like whenever I watched the news there would be a story about the growing Tea Party, and how it would become a dominant, longtime force in politics. However, those days seem to be over, as Main Street America's brief love affair with the movement appears to have ended. In fact, a new Pew Research poll reveals that only 20 percent of people agree with the Tea Party, while 27 percent disagree.
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