Saturday, January 21, 2012

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

SC GOP voters focused on economy, beating Obama (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:14 PM PST

Alfred Zadig Jr. casts his ballot at the Hazel V. Parker Playground polling place in Charleston, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, on South Carolina's Republican primary election day. (AP Photo/Rainier EhrhardtAP - South Carolina voters in Saturday's Republican presidential primary were focused on the economy and looking for a candidate who could defeat President Barack Obama in this fall's election, preliminary results from an exit poll of voters showed.

SC verdict: Romney, Gingrich face off in primary (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:05 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Tommy's Country Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Greenville, S.C., on South Carolina's Republican primary election day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich collided Saturday in the South Carolina primary, the first Southern testing ground in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and historically a harbinger of the final outcome.

Iowa GOP now says Santorum won caucuses (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:29 AM PST

AP - Offering no explanation, the Iowa Republican Party has declared Rick Santorum as winner of the Iowa caucuses, days after saying incomplete vote results precluded it from doing just that.

Small SC wildly succeeded at making voice heard (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:19 AM PST

Mary Michaelis, left, prepares to vote in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary as her granddaughter Reese Ward, 3, looks over a neighboring voting booth in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan., 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - South Carolina Republicans established their presidential primary more than three decades ago as way to raise the state's national political profile. They succeeded wildly.

GOP race offers scattershot list of angels, demons (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:25 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate former, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at Tommy’s Country Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Greenville, S.C., on South Carolina's Republican primary election day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - In the short time since Mitt Romney tried unsuccessfully to leave the rest of the GOP field behind in New Hampshire, the presidential race has served up a scattershot cast of angels and demons as the candidates try to strike a chord with different slices of the electorate.

Romney preparing for the long haul in 2012 race (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:22 AM PST

People hold on to Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as he steps over a table during a campaign stop at Tommy’s Country Ham House, where former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also scheduled an appearance, on South Carolina's primary election day in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Preparing for the long haul, Mitt Romney said Saturday's South Carolina presidential contest "could be real close" and he agreed to two more debates with his rivals ahead of the Florida primary.

Gingrich, Romney Ham house standoff fizzles (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, displays an autographed sign during a campaign stop at Tommy’s Country Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Greenville, S.C., on South Carolina's Republican primary election day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - So just where was the beef?

Romney stance on DREAM Act is magnified in Florida (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST

In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 Ana Rodriguez gestures as she talks about the reasons she will not vote for Mitt Romney in North Bay Village, Fla. Ana Rodriguez, a Miami-based graphic designer who received political asylum and will become a U.S. citizen this year, Romney’s comments are precisely what motivated her to vote — against him. “Because of what I went through,” Rodriguez said, “I want more people (elected) who are interested in supporting immigrants and want a more equal and fair system of immigration.” (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Mitt Romney's promise to veto a measure that would create a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants threatens to turn off some Hispanic voters, whose support could be critical in a general election match-up against President Barack Obama.

Meet the super super PAC (Politico)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:33 AM PST

Politico - Meet the next big thing in U.S. politics: the super super PAC.

6 S.C. counties to watch (Politico)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:24 AM PST

Politico - Some regions will matter more than others in today's GOP primary.

Santorum already eyeing next stop: Florida (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:25 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and his wife Karen, stand with cadets from The Citadel, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at the Patriots Dinner in Charleston, S.C. Santorum was presented with the Nathan Hale Patriots award. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - With the race here seemingly between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, Republican rival Rick Santorum is bracing for a setback and looking ahead to the next contest: Florida.

Election ahead, Sarkozy rethinks Afghan role (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:52 PM PST

France's President Nicola Sarkozy, center, gestures a he talks to workers as at a factory of the Groupe SEB, a leading worldwide manufacturer of small domestic appliances and cookware in Pont-Eveque, central France, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - An unpopular leader entangled in an unpopular war that he once staunchly defended, President Nicolas Sarkozy is suddenly considering a pullout of French troops from Afghanistan as another kind of campaign approaches: For his own re-election.

Obama signals State of Union a campaign rallying call (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:27 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama, offering a glimpse of next week's State of the Union address, made clear on Saturday that he will deliver a starkly partisan election-year call for a "return to American values" of economic fairness.

Full Disclosure of Romney's Faith and Finances Is a Must (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:45 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | At Thursday's Republican debate in South Carolina, the pressure got turned up a notch on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. Given how removed his financial situation is from that of most Americans, this seems a reasonable request.

Larry Kudlow: ‘Newt Gingrich is not a free-market capitalist’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST

Daily Caller - On his Saturday radio show on WABC in New York City, host of CNBC's “The Kudlow Report” Larry Kudlow voiced his displeasure with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich attacking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s association with Bain Capital.

Former HBGary CEO fired from latest job for obsessive pursuit of Anonymous (Daily Caller)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST

Daily Caller - Aaron Barr, a cyber security analyst for federal contractor Sayers and Associates, was recently fired from his latest job for "spending too much time" on his pursuit of Anonymous.

Chuck Norris Endorsed Newt Gingrich -- and Gingrich was Elected, Maybe (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:42 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Forget about endorsements of unimportant people like Texas Gov. Rick Perry or former Gov. Sarah Palin. The real endorsement that will put Newt Gingrich over the top is none other than that of action hero Chuck Norris.

Will the Fury of a Woman Scorned Sink Gingrich's Presidential Chances? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:46 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | With a brilliant debate performance, a semi endorsement from Sarah Palin and a real one from Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich is surging in the polls in South Carolina, ahead according to Rasmussen.
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