Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP News in Brief (AP)
• Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at the 2011 CPAC (ContributorNetwork)
• What Do the Results of the 2011 CPAC Presidential Straw Poll Tell Us? (ContributorNetwork)
• Ron Paul First, Mitt Romney Second in CPAC Straw Poll (ContributorNetwork)
• First lady says laughter is key to togetherness (AP)
• Obama budget to cut deficit by $1.1 trillion (Reuters)
• Republicans Pledged More Open, Transparent Governance, so Where's the Transparency? (ContributorNetwork)
• Israel gears up to go electric (AFP)
• Ron Paul Expelled from Young Americans for Freedom Advisory Board (ContributorNetwork)
• Did President Bush Help Spark the Egyptian Freedom Revolution? (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama struggles to balance budget cuts, spending (AFP)
• Obama official says new budget won't be pain-free (AP)
• That brief time out from heated discourse? No more (AP)
• Nevada Sen. Ensign seeks to revive career (AP)
• Obama’s Valentine’s Day budget: No roses or bon-bons for the GOP (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Possible Running Mates for Sarah Palin in 2012 Presidential Election (ContributorNetwork)
• Iraq's Maliki hails 'peaceful change' in Egypt: US (AFP)
• Boehner sees wide-open field for GOP in 2012 (AP)
• Boehner says facts show Obama a Christian, citizen (AP)
• Obama seeks $1.1 trillion in deficit cuts, 'tough choices' (AFP)

AP News in Brief (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 05:05 PM PST AP - Egypt's military rulers dissolve parliament, suspend constitution, promise elections

Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at the 2011 CPAC (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:34 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The traditional Presidential straw poll was taken at the 2011 CPAC meeting and the winner was Congressman from Texas, Ron Paul. Paul, of rather odd views for a Republican, won due to the organization skills of his supporters at CPAC.

What Do the Results of the 2011 CPAC Presidential Straw Poll Tell Us? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:34 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | There will be many polls unleashed before the 2012 Presidential campaign kicks into high gear, but this one is telling because it surveys conservatives, and conservatives are expected to play a big role in who will expected to unseat Barack Obama as President.

Ron Paul First, Mitt Romney Second in CPAC Straw Poll (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:34 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Ron Paul came in first as the most viable Republican presidential candidate in the CPAC straw poll, released today. Some news analysts thought there was gamesmanship involved.

First lady says laughter is key to togetherness (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:30 PM PST AP - Here's Michelle Obama's advice for couples this Valentine's Day: laugh with your partner.

Obama budget to cut deficit by $1.1 trillion (Reuters) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:28 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's 2012 budget plan would slash the deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years, officials said on Sunday, but Republicans were unimpressed and vowed to push for deeper cuts in spending.

Republicans Pledged More Open, Transparent Governance, so Where's the Transparency? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Back in December, after Republicans had pulled off a number of victories to ensure a large majority in the House of Representatives and just before the lame duck surge of the 111th Congress, GOP House members issued a "Pledge To America." In it, they pledged, among other things, to repeal and replace health care, limit federal spending, provide tax breaks for small businesses and honor traditional marriage. Tired of what they called Democratic "back-room deals," they also pledged to "make government more transparent in its actions, careful in its stewardship, and honest in its dealings." In giving the benefit of the doubt, they may have been careful and honest in the few short weeks they've been in control of the House, but Republicans have been anything but transparent in their actions.

Israel gears up to go electric (AFP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 01:51 PM PST AFP - These heralds of a new age are remarkably quiet. No drums, no trumpets, just the whirr of a robot changing batteries and an electric car silently gliding around the Better Place test track.

Ron Paul Expelled from Young Americans for Freedom Advisory Board (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 01:41 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative/libertarian group that William F. Buckley helped to found in 1960, has expelled Congressman Ron Paul from its board of advisers. The reasons for the expulsion were blunted worded.

Did President Bush Help Spark the Egyptian Freedom Revolution? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 01:41 PM PST ContributorNetwork - An obscure program that trained election monitors initiated by President George W. Bush is being touted as one of the sparks that ignited that Egyptian uprising that eventually toppled President Hosni Mubarak.

Obama struggles to balance budget cuts, spending (AFP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama unveils his fiscal 2012 budget Monday, an election year plan forged from conflicting needs to cut spending and stoke the economic recovery.

Obama official says new budget won't be pain-free (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:38 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will send Congress on Monday a $3 trillion-plus budget for 2012 that promises $1.1 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by freezing many domestic programs for five years, trimming military spending and limiting tax deductions for the wealthy.

That brief time out from heated discourse? No more (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:25 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama? Weak, a socialist and a liar. Liberals? Monsters and a cancer. Former Vice President Dick Cheney? Called a war criminal, "murdering scum" and a draft dodger — by people in his own party.

Nevada Sen. Ensign seeks to revive career (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:13 PM PST AP - His conservative reputation wounded by the true-life soap opera of an extramarital affair and a betrayed best friend, Nevada Sen. John Ensign is trying to revive his political career and emerge victorious in a contest few think he can win.

Obama’s Valentine’s Day budget: No roses or bon-bons for the GOP (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:04 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - It’s only by coincidence that President Obama’s federal budget for FY 2012 arrives on congressional desks on Valentine’s Day â€" a weighty tome far heavier than a box of chocolates.

Possible Running Mates for Sarah Palin in 2012 Presidential Election (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 11:42 AM PST ContributorNetwork - The race for the 2012 Republican nomination for President is becoming more concrete.

Iraq's Maliki hails 'peaceful change' in Egypt: US (AFP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 11:35 AM PST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hailed Egypt's "peaceful transition" from authoritarian rule, the White House said after he spoke with US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday.

Boehner sees wide-open field for GOP in 2012 (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 11:14 AM PST AP - House Speaker John Boehner says he doesn't see a front-runner so far in the large field of potential GOP candidates for the White House in 2012.

Boehner says facts show Obama a Christian, citizen (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST AP - House Speaker John Boehner says Americans have a right to think what they want to think, even when they're wrong about President Barack Obama's citizenship and his religion.

Obama seeks $1.1 trillion in deficit cuts, 'tough choices' (AFP) Posted: 13 Feb 2011 10:36 AM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's fiscal 2012 budget aims to cut the massive federal deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years, White House budget chief Jack Lew said Sunday, warning of "tough choices" ahead.

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