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Yahoo! News: Elections

For Romney, 2012 strategy runs through NH, Nevada (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Mitt Romney, left, speaks with members of the media after touring a neighborhood hit hard by foreclosures with Kathy, second from left, and Dave Tyler and their daughter Allie, Friday, April 1, 2011, in Las Vegas. The Tyler's home value decreased by more than $200,000 since 2008. Romney's visit to economically suffering Nevada is an important round in what advisers predict could be a protracted fight to be the GOP's 2012 presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)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

US President Barack Obama, pictured on April 1, told top congressional leaders Saturday that budget negotiators are 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

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during his visit to a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Md., Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)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

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during his visit to a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Md., Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)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

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2011, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talks to reporters outside the U.S. Southern Command in Miami after meeting with the Commander, Gen. Douglas Fraser. Rubio, 39, a breakout star of the 2010 election and a favorite of the tea party, has taken on Senate leaders over Libya and voiced concerns over the national debt in a high-profile editorial. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)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

President Barack Obama smiles during an event to promote clean energy vehicles, Friday, April 1, 2011, at a UPS facility in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)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

In this photo taken on Monday, March 28, 2011, artist Cristian Gheorghiu is seen behind a 'Smear' character painted on a window frame at his East Hollywood garage studio in Los Angeles. Gheorghiu, known by his nickname of 'Smear,' faces an injunction that could bar him from profiting from art bearing his telltale graffiti 'tag.' But Gheorghiu's lawyer says the city attorney's lawsuit is a thinly-veiled attempt around the First Amendment right to free expression. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)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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