Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Iowa caucuses: At last, opening night for GOP race (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:15 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, greets residents during a caucus day rally at the Temple for Performing Arts, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Republicans rendered the first verdict in the 2012 race for the White House on Tuesday in Iowa caucuses from Adel to Zearing, opening night for the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall.

Romney defends conservative credentials (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:27 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop in Clive, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Looking past Iowa, Mitt Romney defended his conservative credentials Tuesday as he anticipated escalated attacks in New Hampshire and beyond from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.

Gingrich plots an attack on Romney's record (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, campaigns at Elly's Coffee Tea and Coffee House in Muscatine, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - After weathering a full-on assault in Iowa, Newt Gingrich and his allies planned Tuesday to hit back hard at rival Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential campaign pushed east.

Santorum links black people, public aid programs (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:05 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a forum at Valley High School, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - The head of the National Urban League said Tuesday that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum tried to leverage a stereotype about black people and public assistance programs to gain an advantage in the Iowa caucuses.

George W. Bush barely mentioned in GOP campaign (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:32 AM PST

FILE-- In a Jan. 25, 2007 file photo President George W. Bush waves as he departs the White House in Washington for a trip to Missouri to speak on healthcare. The eight-year Bush presidency has merited no more than a fleeting reference in the current GOP contest for the presidential nomination, (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds/file)AP - A funny thing happened recently in the presidential campaign in Iowa: The last Republican president's name actually surfaced.

Obama appeals to Iowa Democrats on caucus night (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia arrive on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Washington. The first family was returning from their family vacation to Hawaii. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Inserting his voice into a big night for Republicans, President Barack Obama was appealing to Iowa Democrats during the first balloting in the GOP presidential campaign, seeking to counter months of withering criticism in the state that launched his presidential ambitions four years ago.

Perry encourages supporters to stick with him (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:42 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Facing a likely defeat in Tuesday's caucuses, Rick Perry encouraged supporters to keep the faith as his advisers cast the coming contest in South Carolina as the first real test of his presidential campaign.

GOP's Paul asks youth to make difference in Iowa (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:56 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks during a campaign stop at Valley High School, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Ron Paul is banking on a heavy youth turnout Tuesday in Iowa to lift his outsider bid to win the state's lead-off presidential caucuses.

Opinion: Newt's 'historic' campaigns (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:37 AM PST

Politico - Opinion: The GOP hopeful suffers from a hyperactive verbal imagination.

Anita Perry: Harder than I imagined (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:20 AM PST

Politico - The national scrutiny and media attention have been especially tough, she says.

Bachmann predicts surprise amid ominous Iowa signs (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:21 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks during a campaign stop at Valley High School, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Hunting for support in a caucus campaign with high stakes for her lagging presidential bid, Michele Bachmann hoped a late-hour trip Tuesday to her Iowa birthplace would help her stave off the last-place finish forecast by recent polls.

Santorum braces to move beyond Iowa (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:28 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to the media at a campaign stop at Valley High School, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told young voters, many set to cast their first votes Tuesday night, that they can ease the burden they will bear from the nation's debt by helping him to a strong finish in Iowa's caucuses.

US denounces Chavez cancer comment (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:53 PM PST

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, speaks with soldiers inside a military vehicle during a military parade to commemorate the end of the year and during which some military officials were promoted at Ft. Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. Chavez is questioning the rash of cancer cases among Latin American leaders and asking if somehow the U.S. might have a way to induce the illness. Chavez referred to the cancer diagnosis of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, and noted that he and the leaders of Brazil and Paraguay have also struggled with the illness recently. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - The Obama administration is denouncing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for questioning whether the U.S. might be behind a rash of cancer cases among Latin American leaders.

Jewish friend of late Pope John Paul II dies (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 02:45 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, March 23, 2000 file photo, Pope John Paul II greets World War II death camp survivor, and boyhood friend, Jerzy Kluger, during a visit to the Yad Vashem Memorial to the Holocaust in Jerusalem. Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of the late Pope John Paul II, has died in a clinic near Rome. Kluger's wife, Irene, told The Associated Press that her husband, who was 90, had died on Dec. 31 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for three years and was buried Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Isaac Harari/GPO/ File)AP - Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of the late Pope John Paul II and who lost much of his family to Nazi death camps, has died in a Rome clinic, his widow said Monday. He was 90.

Republican senator queries Obama on Iran sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:26 PM PST

Reuters - A Republican senator on Tuesday questioned President Barack Obama's commitment to new sanctions on Iran's central bank, noting the president had claimed the right to sidestep some of the requirements when he signed them into law last week.

Where is Jon Huntsman? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:24 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It's been frequently said that Jon Huntsman is the most electable GOP candidate. So where is he?

Ron Paul dominates Iowa Google searches (Daily Caller)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:25 PM PST

Daily Caller - Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul dominated Google searches in Iowa over the past month.

Ron Paul brags of helping Kelly Clarkson sell music (Daily Caller)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 PM PST

Daily Caller - DES MOINES, Iowa — If Texas Rep. Ron Paul doesn’t make it to the White House, there’s always the possibility of becoming a publicist for pop musician Kelly Clarkson.

Sarah Palin's Payback Against Michele Bachmann (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin, in an interview on Fox News, may have taken the wounded body of the Michele Bachmann campaign and shot it in the head. Considering Bachmann's standing in the polls going into Iowa, it can be seen as a mercy killing.

Pa. men accused in Palin case plan guilty pleas (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:24 PM PST

AP - Two Pennsylvania men accused of harassing Sarah Palin's lawyers in Alaska by phone plan to forgo trial and again plead guilty, this time without the benefit of a plea agreement.
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