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• 2012 Republican hopefuls pan Obama's budget plan (AP)
• Why Candidate Trump Is Leading the Polls (The Daily Beast)
• Ex-Pa. Sen. Santorum steps up 2012 White House bid (AP)
• Wisconsin, Arizona Neck-And-Neck as Most Chaotic States in America (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama: Most people confident he was born in Hawaii (AP)
• Jury convicts Mass. man in Obama-church fire case (AP)
• Rick Santorum Enters Crowded GOP Field for President (ContributorNetwork)
• Allies say Libya campaign on until Gaddafi goes (Reuters)
• Obama visits his hometown to restart money chase (AP)
• Obama urges Democrats help him "finish the job" (Reuters)
• APNewsbreak: Worker first to ID gas line blast (AP)
• Budget vote shows challenge for Boehner, Obama (Reuters)
• Congress Must Provide Funding to Complete Heavy Lift Launcher by 2016 (ContributorNetwork)
• US senators unveil resolution against Libya conflict (AFP)
• Moderate Dems stand with Obama on health care (AP)
• Recount clock to begin ticking in Wisconsin court race (Reuters)
• US, Britain, France vow to push ahead in Libya (AP)

2012 Republican hopefuls pan Obama's budget plan (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:27 PM PDT AP - Republicans considering a White House run in 2012 assailed President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction proposal and cast him as a tax-raising liberal who's failing to pull the nation back from the brink of financial catastrophe.

Why Candidate Trump Is Leading the Polls (The Daily Beast) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 08:59 PM PDT The Daily Beast - It’s not just that weird birther thing. Matt Latimer examines why The Donald, in his unlikely bid for the GOP presidential nomination, touches a chord with the electorate.

Ex-Pa. Sen. Santorum steps up 2012 White House bid (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:45 AM PDT AP - Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is setting up a fundraising committee that allows him to take the first steps toward a 2012 presidential campaign.

Wisconsin, Arizona Neck-And-Neck as Most Chaotic States in America (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | For most of 2011, Wisconsin has been the most crazy state in the U.S. With Wisconsin now facing a controversial Supreme Court election recount, to go along with its union disputes, the state has made the biggest political headlines of the year. While states like Alaska, South Carolina, Florida and New York regularly have outlandish scandals and figures, Wisconsin has emerged as the new top site for craziness. However, Arizona won't give up that title without a fight, thanks to Sen. Jon Kyl.

Obama: Most people confident he was born in Hawaii (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says Republicans who are sowing doubts about whether he is American-born may gain politically in the short term by playing to their constituencies but will have trouble when the general election rolls around.

Jury convicts Mass. man in Obama-church fire case (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - A federal jury on Thursday convicted a 26-year-old white man of burning down a predominantly black church in Springfield in the hours after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, a crime prosecutors say was fueled by racist anger.

Rick Santorum Enters Crowded GOP Field for President (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:23 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has decided to form an exploratory committee to see if he has enough financial moxie to run for president in 2012.

Allies say Libya campaign on until Gaddafi goes (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - Leaders of Britain, France and the United States vowed on Friday to keep up their military campaign in Libya until Muammar Gaddafi leaves power, and rebels said his forces pounded the city of Misrata with missiles.

Obama visits his hometown to restart money chase (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:26 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 presidential campaign will be about how to solve the country's fiscal challenges without doing harm to "the America we believe in."

Obama urges Democrats help him "finish the job" (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:22 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Democrats on Thursday to help him "finish the job" at the first events of his 2012 re-election bid, appealing for higher taxes on the wealthy and a rejection of Republican budget policies.

APNewsbreak: Worker first to ID gas line blast (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT AP - An off-duty company mechanic helped battle a deadly, gas-fueled inferno outside San Francisco by responding on his own before Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials recognized one of their pipelines had exploded, federal documents show.

Budget vote shows challenge for Boehner, Obama (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - The Congress on Thursday approved a budget deal to avert a government shutdown, but mass defections in both parties highlighted the difficult fights ahead on spending and debt reduction.

Congress Must Provide Funding to Complete Heavy Lift Launcher by 2016 (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:22 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The wrangle between NASA and the Obama administration on the one hand and Congress on the other over building a heavy lift launcher reached a new phase with a provision in the new continuing resolution concerning its capabilities.

US senators unveil resolution against Libya conflict (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:22 PM PDT AFP - US military strikes on Libya are "not in the vital interests of the United States" and further action should require congressional approval, under a symbolic senate resolution unveiled Thursday.

Moderate Dems stand with Obama on health care (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:22 PM PDT AP - Tough re-election campaigns looming, a handful of moderate Senate Democrats voted on Thursday to keep the money flowing to President Barack Obama's health care law despite increasing public opposition to the year-old overhaul.

Recount clock to begin ticking in Wisconsin court race (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - Officials in Wisconsin's largest county said on Thursday they would meet the deadline for finishing their review of the local vote in last week's state Supreme Court race, an election widely seen as a referendum on Republican efforts to curb public sector unions.

US, Britain, France vow to push ahead in Libya (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:06 PM PDT AP - The United States, Britain and France are pledging to keep up the military campaign in Libya until leader Moammar Gadhafi leaves, a display of unity despite European complaints about the low-profile U.S. role.

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