2011年5月13日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Tea party godfather Ron Paul running for president (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2011 file photo, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks in Greenville, S.C. Campaign aides say Ron Paul will run for president for a third time. Aides said Paul will announce those plans on Friday while in New Hampshire. He formed a campaign exploratory committee last month. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro, File)AP - Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on Capitol Hill as "Dr. No" for his enthusiasm for bashing runaway spending and government overreach.

Mike Huckabee will announce 2012 decision Saturday (The Ticket)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:16 AM PDT

The Ticket - After months of speculation, Mike Huckabee will announce on his Fox News show tomorrow whether or not he will seek the 2012 GOP nomination. The former Arkansas governor said on his radio show this morning that he plans to make a "major announcement" on his Fox News show, "Huckabee," which airs Saturday night. "I hope [...]

The Fast Fix: The Mormon primary (The Fast Fix)

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:49 AM PDT

The Fast Fix - Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are both eying a 2012 presidential bid, and both are Mormons. Is America ready for a Mormon presidential candidate? ---- Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. Follow The Fix on Twitter @thefix or [...]

Career Politicians Say Freshmen Congressmen Don't Understand Debt Ceiling (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Career politicians only understand one thing: They must keep government money flowing so they can keep doling out meaningless cash windfalls to those who helped them get elected.

AP Interview: Gingrich says he's more mature (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich delivers an economic speech to the 51st Washington Conference with Laffer Associates, Friday, May 13, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Friday he's more mature than he was in his days as a fiery House speaker and Georgia congressman and has learned to watch what he says.

Stephen Colbert appears in Washington to file his super PAC with the FEC (Daily Caller)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Daily Caller - A couple hundred people stood around holding cameras as comedian Stephen Colbert dropped into Washington and filed papers for his Super PAC. It was the most excitement the Federal Election Commission and its office may ever see.

Tea Party Express denounces NY-26’s self-identified Tea Party candidate, Jack Davis (Daily Caller)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:08 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Tea Party Express issued a harsh statement Friday denouncing Jack Davis, the congressional candidate in the New York special election who is running on the ‘Tea Party’ ballot line.

AP-GfK Poll: Republicans shrug at GOP's 2012 field (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 12, 2011 file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. The more Republicans get to know their potential presidential candidates, the less happy they are with their choices. Some 45 percent in an AP-GfK poll say they're dissatisfied with the GOP candidates who have declared or are thought to be serious about running, up from 33 percent just two months ago. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - The more Republicans get to know their potential White House candidates, the less happy they are with their choices.

Jon Huntsman: The Would Be Republican Presidential Candidate Democrats Most Fear (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Jon Huntsman is a pro-civil-union Mormon who just spent nearly two years working for Obama. Could he really be the answer to the GOP's presidential-candidate problem?

Huckabee to announce 2012 plans on show (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:38 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 24, 2011 file photo shows former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Washington. Huckabee's decision on whether to move toward another run for president -- which he'll announce on his television show Saturday night, May 14, 2011 -- may come down to whether he's willing to cut back those revenue streams to put his political career first again. His top advisers say he hasn't told them what he'll do, which makes them think he's probably going to stick with the money, rather than go for the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Mike Huckabee always had an eye for business opportunities. As governor of Arkansas, he churned out books on topics ranging from youth violence to weight loss to supplement his official salary. As a Republican presidential candidate, he ducked off the campaign trail in 2008 at the height of the race to do paid speeches, including one in the Cayman Islands.

As US debt ceiling looms, Geithner prods Congress (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Three days before the US public debt hits its legal limit, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, seen here on May 3, urged lawmakers to lift the ceiling to ensure confidence remains in the world's largest economy.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - Three days before the US public debt hits its legal limit, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged lawmakers to lift the ceiling to ensure confidence remains in the world's largest economy.

Sources: ND US Rep. Berg to announce for US Senate (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:16 PM PDT

AP - North Dakota U.S. Rep. Rick Berg plans to begin a campaign for the U.S. Senate next week.

NW has too much dam power, plans wind power halt (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:58 PM PDT

AP - The manager of most of the electricity in the Pacific Northwest is running such a surplus of power from hydroelectric dams that it put wind farms on notice Friday they may be shut down as early as this weekend.

Finances look worse for Medicare, Social Security (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2011 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner leaves Blair House in Washington, following a meeting on deficit reduction. The bad economy has shortened the life of the trust funds that support Social Security and Medicare, the nation's two biggest benefit programs, the government reported Friday. The annual checkup said the Medicare hospital insurance fund will now be exhausted in 2024, five years earlier than last year's estimate. The new report says that the Social Security trust fund will be exhausted in 2036, one year earlier than before. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The bad economy is worsening the already-shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Congress to shore up the massive benefit programs, the government said Friday.

Illinois House Approves Major Education Overhaul Bill (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:31 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Illinois House of Representatives has passed a major education reform bill in an overwhelming and near-unanimous 112-1 vote. The bill is now heading to the desk of Gov. Pat Quinn, who will have the chance to either veto the bill or sign it into state law.

Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin to retire (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT

U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) speaks at a news conference Friday, May 13, 2011, in Milwaukee. Kohl said he has decided not to run for re-election after serving in the U.S. Senate since 1989. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Sen. Herb Kohl's announcement Friday that he won't seek a fifth term put Democrats on the defensive in Wisconsin, a state that swung heavily Republican in 2010 and will be an important part of President Barack Obama's re-election effort.

Sen. Scott Brown on the defensive in Massachusetts (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:14 PM PDT

AP - Popular Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown appears rattled for the first time since grabbing the late Democrat Edward Kennedy's seat 16 months ago.

Huckabee running for president? Maybe not (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speaks during the third session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 3, 2008. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Republican Mike Huckabee says he will have a "very important announcement" on Saturday, feeding speculation that he has decided not to seek his party's U.S. presidential nomination in 2012.

Convictions in the Abramoff corruption probe (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:49 PM PDT

AP - Lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and others caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:

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