2011年3月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Big GOP donors taking time to get into 2012 race (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 06:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2010, file photo Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty , left, gives former Massachusetts. Gov. Mitt Romney a pat on the back at a conservative Freedom Foundation of Minnesota event in Bloomington, Minn. Less than a year before the lead-off primaries and caucuses, many of the Republican Party's biggest fundraisers aren't aligned with any one. All-but-certain candidates Romney and Pawlenty have lined up pieces of their fundraising teams; others are moving more slowly. And none is eager to start spending cash. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig,File)AP - The potential White House candidates need cash.

Michele Bachmann makes an embarrassing flub in NH (The Ticket)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 06:44 AM PDT

The Ticket - Tea party favorite Michele Bachmann appears increasingly serious about running for president in 2012, but she might want to bone up on her U.S. history before she launches a formal campaign. As Scott Conroy reports at Real Clear Politics, Bachmann made a pretty big Revolutionary War gaffe while speaking at a GOP event in New [...]

Ahead of expected 2012 run, Mitch Daniels defends his proposed ‘truce’ on social issues (The Ticket)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:31 AM PDT

The Ticket - Mitch Daniels continues to be cagey about whether he'll run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. But in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, the Indiana governor defended what has become a controversial plank of his potential bid: a proposed "truce" on social issues in favor of focusing on more pressing issues, [...]

Arab League Votes for Libya No-Fly Zone While Obama Continues to Dither (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:28 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Arab League, in an emergency meeting in Cairo, has voted to ask the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. Thus official support from the region has been expressed for Western military intervention.

Wisconsin Democrats say down but not out in union fight (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:54 PM PDT

Reuters - Scott Walker, Wisconsin's newly elected Republican governor, won his battle last week to get the curbs he backed on public-sector unions approved by the state legislature and signed into law.

Top Senate Democrat urges tapping oil reserve (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama should tap the country's strategic oil reserve to combat rising fuel prices, a top Senate Democrat said on Sunday.

Lawmakers confident on short-term budget deal (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Reuters - Senior lawmakers in both parties said on Sunday that Congress will pass a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown this week, but warned there are still big obstacles to long-term deals on the budget and debt.

Giffords' friends make her a presence in Congress (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 9, 2011, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., in his Capitol Hill office in Washington talks about helping his colleague, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., after she was critically wounded by a gunman in January. At nearly every hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Smith, the panel's top Democrat, carves out a few precious minutes from his time-limited turn quizzing military officials to ask a question on behalf of Giffords. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' chair sits empty as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head, yet three friends are ensuring she still has a presence in Congress.

Japan firms shut plants, quake to deal blow to economy (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PDT

Televisions are scattered in a street in Hiachinohe, Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 13, 2011. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Japanese automakers, electronics firms and oil refiners shut key factories after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeast coast, underscoring the challenge facing the government as it rushes to limit the economic blow.

Oman sultan to cede some powers after protests (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Oman's ruler has decided to cede some legislative powers to a partially elected council, the state news agency reported on Sunday, in an apparent effort to quell protests in the Gulf Arab sultanate.

Obama calls for agreement on gun reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:39 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama waded into the politically treacherous gun control debate on Sunday, calling for reform of rules to prevent attacks like the one that wounded an Arizona congresswoman two months ago.

Violent Threats Against Wisconsin Republicans Increase (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:29 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Elected officials in Wisconsin need our prayers. With the Tucson tragedy still fresh in the minds of Americans, at least 18 Republican lawmakers have received death threats since voting for Gov. Scott Walker's modified budget repair bill -- and the number is climbing.

Let's Talk About Bullies, President Obama (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:28 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | If President Barack Obama wants to waste the sparse resources of the federal government in a conference about school bullying, so be it. He's the president, an office that comes with privileges of setting the national agenda.

Millions face worsening crisis in quake-hit Japan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 07:16 AM PDT

A man salvages possessions from the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonReuters - Japan faces a growing humanitarian crisis on a scale not seen since World War Two after its devastating earthquake and tsunami left millions of people without water, electricity, homes or heat.

Benin votes for president in twice-delayed poll (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:31 AM PST

Supporters of incumbent President Boni Yayi march through the streets to rally support for the president. Benin voted in presidential polls Sunday after chaotic preparations led to two earlier postponements, and some claimed scores remained off the voter list despite a last-minute rush to register them.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Benin voted in presidential polls Sunday after chaotic preparations twice postponed the election, and some claimed scores remained off the voter list despite a last-minute rush to register them.

On high-profile issues, Obama keeps a low profile (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:57 PM PST

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel vehicles, drive back from the front line at a desert road between Agela and Ras Lanouf towns, eastern Libya, on Saturday March 12, 2011. An emergency European Union summit on Libya brought a no-fly zone no closer, but leaders embraced a new Libyan opposition group as a viable partner after cutting all contact with strongman Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Call it an above-the-fray strategy.

Wis. labor protesters say next fight at the polls (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:48 PM PST

Protesters march outside the state Capitol Saturday, March 12, 2011, in Madison, Wis. While Gov. Scott Walker has already signed a contentious collective bargaining bill into law, demonstrators insist the fight is not over. For some, the focus has shifted from trying to stop passage of the bill to generating momentum for recall efforts against Republicans. Others are simply venting their frustration over the law taking away most of public workers' collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Clogging the Wisconsin Capitol grounds and screaming angry chants, tens of thousands of undaunted pro-labor protesters descended on Madison again Saturday and vowed to focus on future elections now that contentious cuts to public worker union rights have become law.

Obama, journalists ham it up at dressy dinner (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:43 PM PST

AP - Searching for laughs — and finding them — president Barack Obama spared few targets Saturday night, from Democratic allies to Republican antagonists to the journalists who cover him.

What to Do About the GOP's Planned Parenthood Dissidents (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 08:05 PM PST

The Daily Beast - Antiabortion activists are upset with seven House Republicans who voted to continue funding Planned Parenthood, but any attempt to challenge them in primaries could backfire for the GOP, writes Eleanor Clift.

Florida's Racist New Law (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 05:38 PM PST

The Daily Beast - A new Florida rule stops felons from voting long after they've served their time. Is it tough-on-crime posturing—or a way to keep Obama from winning the state in 2012?

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