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Would Third-Party Run Be Best Bet for Ron Paul?
(ContributorNetwork) |
| February 7, 2012 |
| 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. |
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'Halftime in America' ad creates political debate
(AP) |
| February 7, 2012 |
 AP - People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country's most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts. |
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Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney?
(AP) |
| February 7, 2012 |
 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. |
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U.S. closes embassy in Syria, vows further pressure
(Reuters) |
| February 6, 2012 |
| Reuters - The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday and President Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down, even as world powers remained divided over how to end the crisis. |
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Critics worry Senate ad will revive Asian-bashing
(AP) |
| February 6, 2012 |
 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. |
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Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney
(AP) |
| February 6, 2012 |
 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. |
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US oil prices fall below $97
(AP) |
| February 6, 2012 |
| AP - U.S. oil prices fell below $97 per barrel Monday as growing supplies offset moves by President Barack Obama and other Western leaders to make it tougher for Iran to sell crude. Here's how energy contracts traded. |
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FACT CHECK: Gingrich overstates his Fla. results
(AP) |
| February 6, 2012 |
 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. |
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AP - The nation's ruling party has chosen a woman as its candidate for president, a test for a society where women could not vote until 1953 and where a culture of machismo still runs strong.
Reuters - Nearly 1 million U.S. homeowners have won permanent reductions on mortgage payments since the Obama administration launched its foreclosure prevention program in 2009, the U.S. Treasury said on Monday, only a fraction of the total it aimed to reach.