Sunday, January 22, 2012

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


Romney to release taxes, Gingrich ready for Obama (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laughs while speaking during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Newt Gingrich worked to capitalize Sunday on his upset victory in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, while Mitt Romney moved quickly to cut his losses before the next contest with a promise to release his income tax returns within 48 hours.


GOP race turns to new terrain in Florida (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:09 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, greets supporters at a campaign rally in Coral Springs, Fla. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell)AP - Now it's Florida's turn.


Romney pressing reset after SC loss (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:02 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at his South Carolina primary election night reception at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won the Republican primary Saturday night. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Mitt Romney is pressing reset.


Boehner: State of Union speech may be `pathetic' (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:42 AM PST

AP - House Speaker John Boehner doesn't sound like he's going to have a fun time listening to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Gingrich pushes for campaign cash (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:17 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laughs while speaking during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Fresh off a resounding victory, Newt Gingrich faces a formidable financial challenge as he storms into Florida — raising money.


Facing long odds and steep climb, Santorum digs in (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:04 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, talks with supporters at a campaign rally in Coral Springs, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell)AP - Newt Gingrich has the momentum. Mitt Romney has the money.


Analysis: Gingrich wins means grueling GOP fight (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 05:00 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich prepares to walk off stage with his granddaughter Maggie Cushman, after Gingrich spoke during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C.  Gingrich won the South Carolina primary. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has taken a giant step toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months.


Extraordinary Gingrich comeback also vindication (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich prepares to walk off stage with his granddaughter Maggie Cushman, after Gingrich spoke during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C.  Gingrich won the South Carolina primary. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - To say Newt Gingrich capped an extraordinary comeback with a South Carolina victory doesn't quite capture what happened.


Giffords will resign from Congress (Politico)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST

Politico - She will focus on her recovery, which has been under way for more than a year since the Tucson shooting.

Newt blows GOP race wide open (Politico)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:18 AM PST

Politico - Results reveal Mitt’s weakness, Newt’s potential.

A look at key moments in the SC primary (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:58 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich reacts during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally,  Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Callista Gingrich looks on at right. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Some notable moments from Saturday's South Carolina presidential primary:


Paul says his campaign's momentum will continue (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:05 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas waves to supporters during his South Carolina presidential primary election night rally in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan., 21, 2012. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich won the Republican primary Saturday night.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Brushing off his poor last place finish in the South Carolina primary Saturday, Republican Ron Paul promised supporters the momentum around his libertarian-leaning campaign would continue.


France's Hollande bids to lock in campaign lead (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:35 AM PST

French socialist party candidate for the 2012 French presidential election Francois Hollande gestures during a debate on the topic 'France, reasons for hope', as part of Hollande's campaign visit, Thursday Jan. 19, 2012, in Nantes, western France. (AP Photo/David Vincent)AP - The Socialist candidate for France's presidency attempted to consolidate his front-runner status on Sunday with a pledge to pull French troops out of Afghanistan and to combat international financial speculators that he blamed for much of the country's problems.


Obama is Surely Celebrating the Republican Presidential Campaign (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:02 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In Colorado in 2010, one would have thought with the way public sentiment was dramatically shifting that the state would have seen a Republican governor. It was the Republicans' election to lose. And lose it they did. After the viability of Republican candidate, Dan Maes, faltered, well-known conservative, Tom Tancredo, jumped the Republican ship for the American Constitution Party and started picking off conservative votes and endorsements. Meanwhile, Democrat John Hickenlooper sat back, vowed to run a positive campaign, reached out to conservatives and won the seat.

Oprah confident Obama will win re-election (Daily Caller)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:50 PM PST

Daily Caller - JAIPUR, India — Oprah Winfrey says she is confident that President Barack Obama will win another four-year term in this year’s U.S. election.

Santorum pitches himself in Florida by highlighting tough stance on Iran (Daily Caller)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:43 PM PST

Daily Caller - CORAL SPRINGS, FL. — Rick Santorum told a Florida crowd on Sunday that if Iran doesn’t dismantle its nuclear program, a Santorum administration would do the job for them.

Black leaders to SC gov: You're a minority, too (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2011 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks in Charleston, S.C. Civil rights leaders in South Carolina are taking a new tactic to fight the governor's support of law requiring voters to show identification at the poll. 'Your governor, a woman of color, could not vote before ’65,” Rev. Jesse Jackson recently said to a crowd at a historically black college, referencing the 1965 Civil Rights Act. 'She got the right to vote with the rest of us.' (AP Photo/Alice Keeney, File)AP - Civil rights leaders bothered by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's stance on issues like requiring voters to show their IDs at the polls are reminding the governor that she is a minority, too.


Rep. Clyburn: Gingrich ‘appealing’ to racist ‘element’ of GOP [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST

Daily Caller - The assistant Democratic leader, South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn, accused former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of “appealing” to the racist tea party “element” of the Republican Party in his campaign. Gingrich won the South Carolina Republican presidential primary on Saturday.

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