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• For Romney, 2012 strategy runs through NH, Nevada (AP)
• Obama says time 'running short' on budget talks (AFP)
• AP sources: Obama set to launch re-election bid (AP)
• House Republicans Continue to Waste Money and Time (ContributorNetwork)
• Haley Barbour's wife says White House run "horrifies me" (Reuters)
• Obama: Shift from imported oil, new jobs will come (AP)
• Rubio raises profile on federal debt, Gadhafi (AP)
• Obama calls killings in Afghanistan outrageous (Reuters)
• Obama likely to announce re-election bid next week (Reuters)
• Obama urges lawmakers to avoid government shutdown (Reuters)
• White House says Obama talks budget with lawmakers (AP)
• Iowa Republican Party warms to Rand Paul message (AP)
• How a Government Shutdown Would Affect the Military (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama pushes for oil use reduction, clean fuel technology (Reuters)
• LA aims to whitewash graffiti writers going legit (AP)

For Romney, 2012 strategy runs through NH, Nevada (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT AP - In his first presidential run in 2008, Mitt Romney sought back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire to propel him to the GOP nomination. He won neither, the two-state sprint failed and so did his candidacy.

Obama says time 'running short' on budget talks (AFP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:59 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama told top congressional leaders Saturday that budget negotiators are "running short on time" to avoid a government shutdown.

AP sources: Obama set to launch re-election bid (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:27 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is about to make one of Washington's worst kept secrets official: He wants a second term.

House Republicans Continue to Waste Money and Time (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the anti-constitutional H.R. 1255 on Friday (otherwise known as the Government Shutdown Prevention Act) by a vote of 221-202. This bill, in some parallel universe, makes the House spending bill passed in February "law" if the Senate doesn't act by April 6 (before the looming shutdown on April 8). That spending bill is loaded with cuts for the rest of Fiscal Year 2011 to the tune of $60-plus billion, but in the "real world" has no authority unless it's passed by the Senate and signed by the president.

Haley Barbour's wife says White House run "horrifies me" (Reuters) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:02 PM PDT Reuters - The wife of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a possible contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, said in an interview that a bid for the presidency by her husband "horrifies me."

Obama: Shift from imported oil, new jobs will come (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says shifting the U.S. away from imported oil and toward cleaner forms of energy will add momentum to a trend that has led to 1.8 million new jobs in the past 13 months.

Rubio raises profile on federal debt, Gadhafi (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:41 PM PDT AP - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a breakout star of the 2010 election and a tea party favorite, kept a low profile early on in the Senate. That's begun to change.

Obama calls killings in Afghanistan outrageous (Reuters) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday described as "outrageous" the killings in Afghanistan triggered after the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist Christian preacher in the United States.

Obama likely to announce re-election bid next week (Reuters) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama is likely to announce plans next week to run for re-election and file campaign papers with the Federal Election Commission as early as Monday, a Democratic official said Saturday.

Obama urges lawmakers to avoid government shutdown (Reuters) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama told Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress on Saturday that time was running short to agree on a budget deal and urged both sides to avoid a government shutdown.

White House says Obama talks budget with lawmakers (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:14 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama pressed the House and Senate leaders Saturday to agree to a budget in time to avert what he says would be an economically harmful government shutdown, but restated his opposition to certain spending cuts and other provisions insisted upon by Republicans.

Iowa Republican Party warms to Rand Paul message (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:35 PM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was hailed Saturday in Iowa as an emerging party player for his government-shrinking, deficit-cutting message — nearly four years after his father championed similar themes but was excluded from a Republican presidential forum in Des Moines because of his poor showing in the polls.

How a Government Shutdown Would Affect the Military (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:33 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - April 8 is coming upon us fast, and for those of you who don't know what this date means, it is the day that the last funding bill that was passed by the government will expire. It is the sixth bill of its kind to be passed because Congress just can't seem to agree on a 2011 budget. And even though the shutdown of the government on April 8, if in fact another temporary funding bill or the yearly budget isn't passed by then, won't affect many people, it will affect our military.

Obama pushes for oil use reduction, clean fuel technology (Reuters) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday curbing foreign oil dependence and investments in clean fuel technology are the main tenets of his plan to meet long-term energy needs and in turn strengthen the domestic economy.

LA aims to whitewash graffiti writers going legit (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:43 PM PDT AP - Not so long ago, Cristian Gheorghiu roamed the streets of Los Angeles at all hours, black marker in his pocket, hunting for walls and street signs where he could scrawl his graffiti moniker, "Smear."

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