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• Trump for president? You're out, he tells himself (AP)
• Rep. Bachmann: Always rising, never compromising (AP)
• Obama working to rebuild grassroots army (AP)
• US Rep. Ryan: Gingrich misunderstood Medicare plan (AP)
• Rep. Berg announces North Dakota US Senate bid (AP)
• Obama oil plan aims to hush rancor in Congress (Reuters)
• Can Male Circumcision Be Banned in San Francisco? (ContributorNetwork)
• Blago judge: Obama unaware of any seat swap bid (AP)
• Obama raises campaign cash close to home (AP)
• Court leaves lockout in place until hearing (AFP)
• GOP Will Need a Mirror-Image Candidate to Best Obama in 2012 (ContributorNetwork)
• Critics say Obama abandons science in forest rules (AP)
• Todd Palin: The Model Political Spouse (The Daily Beast)
• Republican rift widens over Medicare cuts (Reuters)
• Romney phone bank raises $10.25M in a single day (AP)
• Obama tell Memphis students their success inspires (AP)
• Obama assets valued at $1.8M to nearly $12 million (AP)
• Budget deal costs $3 billion more in short term (Reuters)
• Jon Huntsman scores key endorsement in South Carolina (Daily Caller)

Trump for president? You're out, he tells himself (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT AP - Donald Trump to self: You're fired.

Rep. Bachmann: Always rising, never compromising (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 12:38 AM PDT AP - Michele Bachmann was a self-styled "education researcher" making a run for a Minnesota school board seat in 1999 when the question came up at a candidate forum: If elected, would she serve all four years?

Obama working to rebuild grassroots army (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is barely a month old, but Camille Gervasio and other volunteers nationwide already are hard at work.

US Rep. Ryan: Gingrich misunderstood Medicare plan (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan said Monday that Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich does not fully understand a GOP proposal to turn Medicare into a voucher system, dismissing criticism from the former House speaker that the plan would be a radical change.

Rep. Berg announces North Dakota US Senate bid (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:03 PM PDT AP - North Dakota U.S. Rep. Rick Berg says he's running for the U.S. Senate.

Obama oil plan aims to hush rancor in Congress (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's new plan to expand oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska is an attempt to deflate Republican criticism that he's not doing enough to expand drilling and appeal to voters as they struggle with high energy cost.

Can Male Circumcision Be Banned in San Francisco? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - On Wednesday, the San Francisco Elections Commission will hold its monthly Elections Committee Meeting.

Blago judge: Obama unaware of any seat swap bid (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - There's no evidence Barack Obama knew that Rod Blagojevich may have sought to trade an appointment to the president-elect's vacated U.S. Senate seat for a Cabinet post or other top administration job, the judge at the ousted Illinois governor's retrial said Monday.

Obama raises campaign cash close to home (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama doesn't have to venture far from home to add to his re-election war chest.

Court leaves lockout in place until hearing (AFP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:44 PM PDT AFP - NFL owners won a key victory in their legal fight with players on Monday when the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to allow the lockout of players to continue indefinitely.

GOP Will Need a Mirror-Image Candidate to Best Obama in 2012 (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:10 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | With former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's weekend announcement that he will not run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, political analysts across the country and deep within the farthest corners of the Internet are all asking the same question: Can the GOP put forth a challenger that will survive the uphill battle against an incumbent president with a billion dollars in his campaign fund?

Critics say Obama abandons science in forest rules (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration's proposed new rules for protecting clean water and wildlife on the United States' nearly 200 million acres of national forests goes against the president's pledge to let science be the guide, conservation groups and two former Clinton administration officials said Monday.

Todd Palin: The Model Political Spouse (The Daily Beast) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT The Daily Beast - Friends and family say Todd Palin can handle another campaign with his wife, Sarah Palin, but they don’t think he would be very happy. Zef Chafets reports from their home in Wasilla.

Republican rift widens over Medicare cuts (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:22 PM PDT Reuters - A Republican rift over the government health program for older Americans widened on Monday as Congressman Paul Ryan hit back at criticism of his Medicare overhaul plan from within his own party.

Romney phone bank raises $10.25M in a single day (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT AP - Mitt Romney wants his money to show his might.

Obama tell Memphis students their success inspires (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:03 PM PDT AP - Offering a lift to a flood beleaguered city, President Barack Obama hailed the transformation of a once struggling but venerable Memphis high school Monday, telling its graduates, "You inspire me, that's why I'm here."

Obama assets valued at $1.8M to nearly $12 million (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 01:51 PM PDT AP - The White House says the assets held by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are valued between $1.8 million and nearly $12 million.

Budget deal costs $3 billion more in short term (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - A hard-won budget deal that was touted as the biggest domestic spending cut in U.S. history when it passed Congress last month will actually cause the government to spend $3.2 billion more in the short term, according to a new estimate released on Monday.

Jon Huntsman scores key endorsement in South Carolina (Daily Caller) Posted: 16 May 2011 01:42 PM PDT Daily Caller - Potential 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman scored a key endorsement in the early-voting state of South Carolina Monday. Mike Campbell, the son of former governor and political heavyweight Carroll Campbell, has announced his support for the former ambassador to China.

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