2011年4月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Trump plays down Romney's business credentials (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 07:49 AM PDT

Donald Trump attends the South Florida Tea Party's third annual tax day rally Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton, Fla. Sounding increasingly like a candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly told a raucous tea party crowd Saturday he has the qualities needed in the White House and the conservative ideals necessary to seal the Republican nomination should he decide to run. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post, Gary Coronado) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO SALESAP - Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump says he's a better businessman than a leading GOP hopeful in 2012, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Is Donald Trump a Viable Candidate for the GOP Presidential Nomination in 2012? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:14 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | As we head toward summer, potential candidates are already jockeying for position in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Weakened America a 'laughingstock,' Trump laments (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump, pictured on April 16, who is flirting with a White House run, lamented Sunday that the United States had become a AFP - Billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who is flirting with a White House run, lamented Sunday that the United States had become a "laughingstock" too timid to wield its power assertively on the world stage.

Credible vote to make Nigeria stronger: US ambassador (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Nigerians queue to vote at a polling station on April 16, at Jos' Bukuru area amid burnt-out houses, the result of a series of ethnic clashes between the majority Christian and minority Muslim residents in Nigeria's Central Belt during presidential elections.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)AFP - A credible vote will allow Nigeria to play an important role in the region as well as the world, the US ambassador here said Sunday, after presidential elections in Africa's most populous nation.

'Romneycare' Could Be Mitt Romney's 2012 Winning Political Asset (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - Many conservatives have been targeting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, singling him out among potential Republican candidates as one contender who cannot be chosen by the GOP as their presidential nominee because he had proposed a socialist program much akin to the health care reform supported and signed into law by President Barack Obama in early 2010.

Jonathan on course to win Nigerian presidential vote (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (R) standing beside his wife, Patience, speaks after casting his vote in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, on April 16. Jonathan has taken a wide lead in elections in Africa's most populous nation, results showed Sunday, putting him on a possible course for a first-round victory.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was on course to win the country's elections on Monday, as official results showed him with a huge lead, but sporadic riots broke out in the north over rigging fears.

Nigeria's Jonathan sure of victory in election (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 03:57 PM PDT

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan casts his ballot in his home village of Otuoke, Bayelsa state April 16, 2011. Nigerians voted in masses on Saturday in what they hope will be their first credible presidential election for decades and could set an example across Africa. REUTERS/Joseph PenneyReuters - President Goodluck Jonathan secured election victory on Sunday as votes were tallied from around Nigeria, fuelling anger in the mainly-Muslim strongholds of rival Muhammadu Buhari.

Long ideological war underpins US budget battle (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 02:46 PM PDT

The Marine One helicopter with US President Barack Obama prepares to land on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 15. Talk in Washington about fiscal targets and deficit reduction has masked a fierce and decades-old ideological clash about taxing the rich that looks set to continue into the 2012 presidential election.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Talk in Washington about fiscal targets and deficit reduction has masked a fierce and decades-old ideological clash about taxing the rich that looks set to continue into the 2012 presidential election.

2012 presidential candidates `friend' social media (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty speaks during a Tea Party rally Saturday, April 16, 2011, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Republican Tim Pawlenty, 'T-Paw' to his supporters, has increasingly tied himself to the new crop of grass-roots activists in the 2012 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Republican Tim Pawlenty disclosed his 2012 presidential aspirations on Facebook. Rival Mitt Romney did it with a tweet. President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election bid with a digital video emailed to the 13 million online backers who helped power his historic campaign in 2008.

Geithner confident Congress will raise debt limit (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:50 PM PDT

US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner , pictured at an event in Washington last week, has expressed confidence Sunday that feuding US political parties will reach an agreement to lift the country's debt limit before its is forced to default.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Republican leaders have privately assured the Obama administration that Congress will raise the government's borrowing limit in time to prevent an unprecedented default on the nation's debt.

Geithner hints at second term at Treasury (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, pictured on April 5, hinted Sunday that he would be willing to stay on in his post should President Barack Obama win a second term in 2012.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski)AFP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hinted Sunday that he would be willing to stay on in his post should President Barack Obama win a second term in 2012.

Geithner: Congress Has to Raise Debt Limit (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:15 AM PDT

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Sarah Palin in Wisconsin: 'Mr. President, Game On!' (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:15 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Republican presidential race had been in a kind of torpor, with the snooze inducing semi-announcements of Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty. Then, on a chilly afternoon in Madison, Wis., a certain Mama Grizzly reared on her hind legs and roared.

Congress will raise debt limit: Geithner (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Congressional Republicans have assured President Barack Obama that they would not hold the economy hostage over raising the debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday.

Taxing the Rich Resonates with Voters (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 09:29 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Quoting the AP, Yahoo! News outlined President Barack Obama's $4 trillion deficit reduction plan. It was a heady mix of deep spending cuts and tax hikes. Unlike the tax increases of presidencies past, Obama intends to reach deeper into the wallets of the wealthy. An electorate that has been hard hit by the recession -- and is still continuing to feel its effects -- rejoiced at the notion that taxing the rich could be the answer to America's fiscal malaise.

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