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feed text Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney? (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:11:27 GMT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally in Grand Junction, Colo., Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.



text FACT CHECK: Gingrich overstates his Fla. results (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:45 GMT

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Golden, Colo., Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney.



text Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:48:25 GMT

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters in Tampa, Fla. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?



text Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:12:07 GMT

President Barack Obama is applauded by first lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm."



text Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:57:50 GMT
AP - Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses.
text Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:13:48 GMT

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich listens to a question during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.



text Critics worry Senate ad will revive Asian-bashing (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:56 GMT

FILE - In this July 13, 2010 file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra debates in Rochester, Mich. A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, for U.S. Senate candidate Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against Asian-Americans.



text Obama: Negative ads will have role in 2012 race (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:25 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the lead-up to November's presidential election.
text Egypt relations at 'tenuous' moment (Politico)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:36:43 GMT
Politico - U.S. officials amplify warnings that Egypt is risking hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid.
text Delegate race is long slog (Politico)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:19:20 GMT
Politico - The focus is now turning to smaller contests in February - where 187 delegates are at stake.
text Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:12:46 GMT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 1992, file photo President George H.W. Bush looks at his watch during the 1992 presidential campaign debate with other candidates, Independent Ross Perot, top, and Democrat Bill Clinton, not shown, at the University of Richmond, Va. The most telling moment in a three-way debate between Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot in 1992, wasn't conveyed in words. It was Bush's glance at his watch. The president already was battling perceptions that he was out of touch and out of ideas in a time of economic distress. When the TV cameras caught him stealing a glance at his watch, it reinforced the impression that Bush wasn't up for the job. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history.



text Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:50:10 GMT

FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran's inner workings.



text AP Analysis: Border Patrol OT up as arrests drop (AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:40:23 GMT

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2011, file photo Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, tours the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol agent Steve Venditouli in the Coronado National Forest near Nogales, Ariz. Most illegal border crossers are apprehended along the 2,000-mile long Mexican border in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Since the 2006 budget year, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has spent more than $1.4 billion on what is described as “administrative uncontrollable overtime,” according to the data provided by the Border Patrol. In practical terms, agents average two hours a day in overtime. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - Border Patrol agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years, an Associated Press analysis of agency records finds.



text Norway mass killer demands medal at court hearing (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:25 GMT

Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people on July 22, 2011, arrives for a detention hearing at a court in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About 100 survivors and relatives of the victims of the July 22 massacre attended the hearing in Oslo's district court - expected to decide to keep Breivik in jail until his trial begins in April. (AP Photo/Lise Aserud, Scanpix Norway) NORWAY OUTAP - The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway's worst peacetime massacre told a court Monday that he deserves a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free.



text Would Third-Party Run Be Best Bet for Ron Paul? (ContributorNetwork)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:56:54 GMT
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I have said before the most logical step for Ron Paul in this year's presidential campaign would be to run as an independent. Earlier in the campaign, there were some who would have burnt me at the stake for even suggesting such a thought. The general consensus from Paul supporters is there is no way he wouldn't get the GOP nomination to run against Obama.
text Analysis: Romney win leaves rivals few options (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:20:46 GMT

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Mitt Romney's big win in Nevada four days after his breakthrough victory in Florida spells big trouble for his remaining rivals. Simply put: Is there any way to stop Romney now?



text After Florida win, Romney campaign confident of Hispanic support (Daily Caller)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:28:42 GMT
Daily Caller - Mitt Romney won the Florida primary Tuesday by a commanding 14-point margin, thanks in no small part to the Hispanic community.
text Democrats slam Romney in preview of possible November race (Daily Caller)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:23:22 GMT
Daily Caller - Democrats dumped on Gov. Mitt Romney Tuesday night, saying he won the Florida GOP primary only because of expensive negative ads, that the GOP turnout was low, and that Romney is both "extreme" and "out of touch."
text Sarah Palin Writes About Her Son in Newsweek -- and Heads Explode (ContributorNetwork)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:26:29 GMT
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | After tweeting angrily about how Newsweek had run an article about "dumb" critics of Barack Obama by Andrew Sullivan, a "Trig Truther," Sarah Palin has published her own piece in the same magazine about her special-needs son.
text Poll shows age, ideology divide NV GOP priorities (AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:42:27 GMT
AP - Preliminary results of an entrance poll shows Nevadans participating in today's caucuses were focused on the economy and which candidate could best defeat Obama. The deeply conservative electorate included the largest share of tea party backers and the highest number of Mormons of any state to cast ballots thus far in the nomination contest.