Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Paul wins conservatives' straw poll (AP)
• Ron Paul favorite in one Republican pre-contest (AFP)
• Obama welcomes commitments from Egypt's army (AP)
• Emanuel vows to tackle Chicago corruption as mayor (AP)
• The Media Attempt to Give Obama Credit for Egypt (ContributorNetwork)
• Ron Paul wins conservative poll, Romney second (Reuters)
• Tim Pawlenty Hits Obama Foreign Policy at 2011 CPAC Meeting (ContributorNetwork)
• Ann Coulter: Obama will win if Chris Christie doesn’t run for president (Daily Caller)
• Palin Hires Former Bob Dole Campaigner, Readies for Possible Run (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama wields scalpel to budget, avoiding much pain (AP)
• Bolton slams Obama on Egypt, sets himself apart from other possible 2012 candidates with focus foreign policy (Daily Caller)
• Can 2012 GOP hopefuls deliver on big promises? (AP)
• Egypt Begins Uneasy Junta Government; Democracy the Goal (ContributorNetwork)
• Hamas rejects Palestinian Authority call for election (Reuters)
• Obama likens budget to family pocketbook choices (AP)
• Obama makes sales pitch for his 2012 budget (Reuters)
• Dale Peterson ain’t going anywhere, America! (Daily Caller)
• Palestinian Authority to hold election: official (Reuters)
• Republicans take a $100 billion whack at Obama budget (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Merkel will need opposition votes for euro fund deal (Reuters)

Paul wins conservatives' straw poll (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:48 PM PST AP - Texas congressman Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference for the second straight year Saturday and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished second.

Ron Paul favorite in one Republican pre-contest (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:42 PM PST AFP - For the second year running, Texas congressman Ron Paul came out on top among conservative Republicans in a "straw poll" contest to gauge popularity ahead of the 2012 presidential race.

Obama welcomes commitments from Egypt's army (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:13 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama welcomed commitments Saturday from Egypt's new military rulers to eventually hand power to an elected civilian government and abide by a peace treaty with Israel.

Emanuel vows to tackle Chicago corruption as mayor (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:11 PM PST AP - Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Saturday that tackling Chicago's reputation for sweetheart deals and patronage head-on is first on his to-do list if he's elected to be the city's next mayor.

The Media Attempt to Give Obama Credit for Egypt (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 03:46 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | With the at least for now satisfactory resolution of the Egyptian uprising that has Hosni Mubarak out and a military junta in, there is some effort in the media to give President Barack Obama rather than the Egyptian people the credit.

Ron Paul wins conservative poll, Romney second (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 03:38 PM PST Reuters - Libertarian Republican Congressman Ron Paul won a presidential straw poll of conservatives on Saturday in a result that showed Republicans have far to go to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in 2012.

Tim Pawlenty Hits Obama Foreign Policy at 2011 CPAC Meeting (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 02:28 PM PST ContributorNetwork - While Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney oriented their speeches at the 2011 CPAC meeting toward domestic policy, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty launched an attack on President Barack Obama's foreign policy.

Ann Coulter: Obama will win if Chris Christie doesn’t run for president (Daily Caller) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 02:05 PM PST Daily Caller - President Obama will be re-elected in 2012 unless New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie runs for president, said conservative pundit Ann Coulter at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday.

Palin Hires Former Bob Dole Campaigner, Readies for Possible Run (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 01:56 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Sarah Palin is making news on the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and she didn't even attend. CNN announced late Feb. 11 that Palin hired former Bob Dole aide Michael Glassner as her chief of staff.

Obama wields scalpel to budget, avoiding much pain (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 01:39 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's budget submission on Monday will take a surgical approach to a deficit problem that his Republican rivals say warrants a meat ax.

Bolton slams Obama on Egypt, sets himself apart from other possible 2012 candidates with focus foreign policy (Daily Caller) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 01:26 PM PST Daily Caller - Former diplomat John Bolton distinguished himself from other prospective 2012 presidential candidates at this week's Conservative Political Action Conference by focusing almost entirely on foreign policy in a speech Saturday and slamming President Obama for his reaction to the crisis in Egypt.

Can 2012 GOP hopefuls deliver on big promises? (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:57 AM PST AP - Republicans who want to be the one to make Barack Obama a one-term president are promising big changes should the GOP win the White House in 2012.

Egypt Begins Uneasy Junta Government; Democracy the Goal (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST ContributorNetwork - Though the decision was belated, Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman electrified hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters by announcing Hosni Mubarak had stepped down from the Presidency. Tahrir Square, the focal point of demonstrations, saw Egyptian flags flying and crowds cheering when it was announced the Supreme Council of the Egyptian military would take over the nation's governance.

Hamas rejects Palestinian Authority call for election (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:10 AM PST Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for elections before September, but rival Islamist group Hamas quickly rejected the move, underscoring a crippling division among Palestinians.

Obama likens budget to family pocketbook choices (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 08:36 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he is making difficult cuts in the nation's budget to allow needed spending increases in education, technology and public works projects.

Obama makes sales pitch for his 2012 budget (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 07:49 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama made a sales pitch on Saturday for his forthcoming fiscal year 2012 budget, pledging that it would help the United States "live within our means while investing in our future."

Dale Peterson ain’t going anywhere, America! (Daily Caller) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 07:15 AM PST Daily Caller - Never before has an unsuccessful campaign for state agriculture commissioner yielded such a national treasure. Dale Peterson, best known for an infamous 2010 commercial in which he brandished a shotgun while asking for the Republican nomination and admonishing alleged sign-stealers, launched a write-in candidacy for the CPAC presidential straw poll Friday. It was unclear whether the straw-poll candidacy meant Peterson will actually run for president.

Palestinian Authority to hold election: official (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 06:24 AM PST Reuters - President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority will hold presidential and legislative elections before September, a senior Palestinian official said on Saturday.

Republicans take a $100 billion whack at Obama budget (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 06:14 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In a move that has “tea party” written all over it, Republicans in the House of Representative propose to cut spending for the rest of this fiscal year by what they claim is “the largest single discretionary spending reduction in the history of Congress.”

Merkel will need opposition votes for euro fund deal (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:53 AM PST Reuters - The German government may need a two-thirds majority in parliament to approve any deal on the new permanent rescue mechanism for the euro zone, meaning it will need opposition support for any compromise, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday.

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