Friday, February 17, 2012

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Romney says he turned around Olympics - Did he? (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:50 PM PST

AP - Over and over, Mitt Romney takes credit for turning around the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City after a bribery scandal and says the success of the games is one big reason he should be president.

Romney says Santorum isn't a fiscal conservative (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:28 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Cuyahoga County Lincoln Day Dinner in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Rick Santorum isn't a fiscal conservative, directly attacking his rival for the first time in more than a week.

Santorum surges but scrutiny intensifies (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:39 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during Michigan Faith & Freedom Coalition rally in Shelby Township, Mich., Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Rick Santorum stole a key endorsement from chief rival Mitt Romney on Friday as polls in Ohio and elsewhere suggest the former Pennsylvania senator has seized the momentum in the rollercoaster Republican presidential contest.

Congress sends payroll tax cut bill to Obama (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:19 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is seen during a news conference to talk about an accord on the payroll tax cut negotiations, Thursday, Feb., 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Congress has passed legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship.

GOP official: Party considering changes in debates (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST

AP - Republican Party leaders are troubled by how debates have been staged for the party's presidential contenders and are discussing having the party take over control of the events for the 2016 election cycle, a senior member of the Republican National Committee said Friday.

Obama promotes steps to boost US trade (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:26 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at a production facility of a Boeing plant in Everett, Wash., Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday called for more steps to help U.S. companies compete overseas, standing in front of an enormous Boeing Dreamliner to summon a bright future for American manufacturing and exports.

Obama raises $29 million for campaign, Democrats (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:48 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast for fundraising. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama pulled in $29.1 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party in January, raising his total for this election cycle to about $250 million.

Analysis: A quiet surrender for the GOP this time (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, talks about an accord on the payroll tax cut negotiations, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - A united House Republican leadership surrendered crisply and cleanly on legislation to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, skipping most if not all of the self-defeating drama that accompanied their far noisier retreat on the same issue late last year.

Rush rips media for 'aspirin' tiff (Politico)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:09 PM PST

Politico - The radio host condemned the press for trying to turn Santorum a “creep” by association.

Reports: Man planned Capitol attack (Politico)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:48 AM PST

Politico - A Moroccan man suspected of plotting a suicide attack at the Capitol is arrested near the building.

Anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List backs Santorum (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:04 AM PST

AP - The anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List plans to endorse Rick Santorum for president.

Ohio AG DeWine switches from Romney to Santorum (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:34 PM PST

AP - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine switched his endorsement from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum on Friday in a defection he said was driven by his belief the former Pennsylvania senator can win the Republican presidential race.

US lacks a champion in the new Egypt (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 file photo, Mohammed Morsi speaks at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt. The leader of Egypt's largest Islamist party says U.S. threats to cut aid over a spat about nonprofit groups operating in the country are out of line and could imperil the peace deal with Israel. Mohammed Morsi, the leader of the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, Freedom and Justice Party, said the hundreds of millions of dollars Egypt gets every year from the U.S. are part of its commitment to the 1979 peace deal with Israel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid, File)AP - The U.S. is losing old friends and can't win new ones in the new Egypt.

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Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:07 AM PST

AP - Dutch govt: 2nd son of Queen Beatrix in Austrian hospital after avalanche, life at risk.

Opposition strikes at 'Obamacare' on birth control (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:39 PM PST

Republican Rep. Carlos Bilbao is shown with his copy of the Affordable Care Act in his office at the Idaho Legislature in Boise, Idaho on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Bilbao has introduced legislation that would exempt Idaho insurers from a federal requirement they provide birth control for women. (AP Photo/Jessie L. Bonner)AP - Republican state lawmakers are opening another front in the war against President Obama's health care overhaul.

Is Romney Too Negative -- or Not Positive Enough? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:46 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Whether Mitt Romney is too negative depends on whom one asks. His opponents suggest that he is way too negative. Mitt Romney would be pleased to disagree, noting how useful negative advertising has been for him so far.

Whitney Houston will be remembered at ‘going home service’ Saturday (Daily Caller)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:28 PM PST

Daily Caller - Whitney Houston's life and career will be celebrated Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. — the very place where her rare talent was discovered when she sang in the choir as a teenager.

Scott Brown has solid lead against Dem challenger Elizabeth Warren (Daily Caller)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:12 AM PST

Daily Caller - Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, one of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents up for re-election this year, is leading his chief Democratic challenger by an impressive 9-point margin.

Why Sarah Palin wants a brokered convention: 3 theories (The Week)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:07 AM PST

The Week - SEE MORE: Is Sarah Palin still a threat to Obama?

How About a Jeb Bush/Sarah Palin Ticket? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 03:44 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin was on Eric Bolling's "Follow the Money" show recently. According to Mediaite, she had a couple of interesting things to say about a brokered convention and her possible political future.
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