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But the former Massachusetts governor won just a plurality of the Maine vote, suggesting he still has work to do to unite GOP voters behind his candidacy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006669964533/ 21006669964533 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:42:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll of conservative activists. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006669976263/ 21006669976263 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:12:37 GMT SANFORD, Maine -- Mitt Romney hoped to avoid a fourth straight election setback Saturday in the GOP presidential nomination race, but feisty Ron Paul could extend that losing streak with a victory in Maine's caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006669075720/ 21006669075720 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:10:58 GMT WASHINGTON -- Staggered by Rick Santorum's surge, Mitt Romney is trying to reset his presidential campaign by defining himself as a strict conservative. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006669065878/ 21006669065878 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:11:56 GMT BOSTON -- Mitt Romney faulted President Barack Obama's original push to require church-affiliated employers to pay for birth control as an "assault on religion," but as Massachusetts governor, Romney was largely silent about a state law that required virtually the same contraceptive coverage. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006669071612/ 21006669071612 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:13:28 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006669080871/ 21006669080871 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:08:56 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- Add another dance move to Michelle Obama's repertoire. This one has to do with a certain celebrity platypus. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006669053613/ 21006669053613 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:37:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006660944388/ 21006660944388 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:02:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year but that would drop to $575 billion in 2018 if the president gets his wish to raise taxes and if policymakers can live within tight restraints on the Pentagon and other Cabinet agency budgets, the White House said Friday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006662535686/ 21006662535686 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:03:08 GMT SAN DIEGO -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicts that five large states will put Democrats in striking distance of gaining control of the House after the November elections. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006662538855/ 21006662538855 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:51:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006657790285/ 21006657790285 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:44:48 GMT DALLAS -- In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from "Top Chef." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006659908817/ 21006659908817 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:43:48 GMT WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidate Rick Santorum implored conservatives Friday not to settle for Mitt Romney's more moderate record, and to instead insist on nominating an unapologetic conservative that "the party's excited about." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006659902864/ 21006659902864 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:56 GMT TULSA, Okla. -- Rick Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in "immoral debt" and to replace an administration he argues has "callousness toward life and family and faith." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006657785677/ 21006657785677 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:52:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- Three of the four GOP presidential candidates are addressing a major conservative gathering in Washington, giving them a high-profile stage to reshape their messages at a moment of uncertainty in the contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006657794132/ 21006657794132 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:36:24 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum is telling conservatives he's the only Republican presidential candidate who shares their values and implicitly attacking rival Mitt Romney as a moderate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006658778453/ 21006658778453 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:36:44 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is set to sign the last piece of legislation that former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sponsored and voted on. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006658060397/ 21006658060397 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:37:25 GMT DENVER -- The college student accused of "glitter bombing" Mitt Romney after the Colorado caucuses has been fired from his unpaid internship with state Senate Democrats. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006658064524/ 21006658064524 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:25 GMT WASHINGTON -- If Mitt Romney needs some good news in an otherwise lousy week, he might find it in an improbable place: the packed hallways of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653510542/ 21006653510542 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:31 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama told gay and lesbian supporters at a big-ticket fundraiser Thursday that there's more work to do to ensure fairness for all, but he said he "couldn't be prouder" of his track record for them. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653493167/ 21006653493167 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:20 GMT PHOENIX -- Ron Barber was always the behind-the-scenes man for his boss, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653504074/ 21006653504074 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:03:09 GMT SAN ANTONIO -- A federal judge who was vilified by Republican presidential hopefuls for banning prayer at a Texas high school graduation delivered a scathing and unusually personal response Thursday, saying those who used the case to further political goals "should be ashamed." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653538989/ 21006653538989 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:03:38 GMT NEW YORK -- Mitt Romney is in danger of losing his fourth straight state in Saturday's caucuses in Maine, where he and his allies have been all but absent from TV. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653541893/ 21006653541893 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:54:02 GMT DENVER -- The college student accused of "glitter bombing" Mitt Romney after the Colorado caucuses has been fired from his unpaid internship with state Senate Democrats. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653484259/ 21006653484259 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:59:07 GMT RICHMOND, Va. -- An Obama administration mandate that could force Catholic organizations to cover their employees' birth control costs tugs former Gov. Tim Kaine between his Roman Catholic faith and his Democratic White House ally. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653514713/ 21006653514713 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- Eager for Europe to contain its economic troubles, President Barack Obama praised Italian Premier Mario Monti on Thursday for his efforts to lead Italy out of its fiscal quagmire. The president said Monti has boosted confidence in Italy throughout Europe and in the marketplace. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653521316/ 21006653521316 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:04:08 GMT WASHINGTON -- The campaign finance system is so broken that legislative changes, including a constitutional amendment, are needed to rein in runaway, secret spending in elections, congressional Democrats said Thursday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006653544826/ 21006653544826 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:30 GMT WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce a more optimistic jobs forecast this month, based in part on the shaky premise that Congress will pass President Barack Obama's economic agenda. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006650223022/ 21006650223022 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:45:35 GMT CLEVELAND -- Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising money, guarding his home turf and trying to avoid nasty quarrels with the front-runner. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006649113511/ 21006649113511 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:44 GMT WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain says the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American "boots on the ground." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006649390479/ 21006649390479 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:23:35 GMT OKLAHOMA CITY -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is defending his use of spending earmarks in Congress, saying some were necessary for defense or health programs. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006651141526/ 21006651141526 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:09 GMT BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Joseph Kennedy III has moved to a different Boston suburb ahead of an expected congressional bid to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006649398977/ 21006649398977 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:58:30 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum has surged into second place in the race for delegates with wins in Republican presidential caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006644871017/ 21006644871017 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:27:29 GMT WASHINGTON -- A resurgent Rick Santorum won Republican presidential caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday night, a stunning sweep that raised fresh questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's ability to appeal to the ardent conservatives at the core of the party's political base. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006641084983/ 21006641084983 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:18:11 GMT MIAMI -- President Obama will be making a stop in South Florida later this month. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006643189112/ 21006643189112 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:01:32 GMT AUGUSTA, Maine -- Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are the undisputed favorites in Maine, the next state weighing in on the Republican presidential race. They're the only candidates who have made much of an effort here. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006644889291/ 21006644889291 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:57 GMT ATLANTA -- Mitt Romney still can't seem to win over the bulk of the conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006644903728/ 21006644903728 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:18 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum filed Wednesday to get on Indiana's primary ballot even though he has not been certified by local election officials. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006644851871/ 21006644851871 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:20 GMT CLEVELAND -- Newt Gingrich kept a stiff upper lip Wednesday after his poor showing in GOP presidential caucuses the night before, but issued dire warnings about Iran's potential nuclear capabilities. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006644876093/ 21006644876093 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:33 GMT ALLEN, Texas -- One day after Rick Santorum's startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contests ahead. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006644865359/ 21006644865359 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:02:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- A national group of Latino public officeholders is projecting that 12.2 million Hispanics will vote in the general election this November. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006644896087/ 21006644896087 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:38 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006639933893/ 21006639933893 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:27:11 GMT WASHINGTON -- A jubilant Rick Santorum is leveraging victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri to increase pressure on Mitt Romney, labeling him "a well-oiled weather vane" who often shifts his positions. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006640723154/ 21006640723154 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:31 GMT WASHINGTON -- Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney's turf. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006641613127/ 21006641613127 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:26:32 GMT DENVER -- Mitt Romney just can't shake his difficulty attracting conservatives. And that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race that each day exposes deep divisions within the party. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006640719271/ 21006640719271 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:10:55 GMT WASHINGTON -- A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota's Republican caucuses with ease Tuesday night, relegating GOP front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish that raised fresh questions about his ability to attract ardent conservatives at the core of the party's political base. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006637025528/ 21006637025528 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:16:51 GMT GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Republican Ron Paul said front-runner Mitt Romney's inability to brush back challenges in votes Tuesday "opens up the door" to him and others looking to deny the former Massachusetts governor the party's presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006637061160/ 21006637061160 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's campaign is asking top fundraisers to support a Democratic-leaning outside group that is backing the president's re-election bid, reversing Obama's opposition to "super" political action committees, which can spend unlimited amounts of cash to influence elections. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006632076534/ 21006632076534 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:25:22 GMT WASHINGTON -- With 14 percent of Minnesota's precincts reporting, former Sen. Rick Santorum is jumping to a lead, with 43 percent support, hoping to extinguish front-runner Mitt Romney's modest winning streak and launch a comeback of his own. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006636752255/ 21006636752255 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:22:20 GMT GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Presidential hopeful Ron Paul is appealing to Minnesota caucus voters to give him his first win in this year's GOP campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006636734058/ 21006636734058 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:03:54 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006636263479/ 21006636263479 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:05:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006636274277/ 21006636274277 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:06:25 GMT DAYTON, Ohio -- Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006636278522/ 21006636278522 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:42 GMT GOLDEN, Colo. -- Republican presidential challenger Rick Santorum is hoping that his weeks of criticism of GOP front-runner Mitt Romney will pay off Tuesday when Colorado and Minnesota hold nominating caucuses. Romney, in turn, is looking to continue his winning streak after back-to-back victories in Florida and Nevada last week. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006632080257/ 21006632080257 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:23:30 GMT CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is campaigning in Ohio in hopes of appealing to Republicans who will vote well ahead of the state's March 6 primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006632061090/ 21006632061090 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:10:40 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- Last-ditch negotiations to save the April 3 Texas primary appear dead and that means a federal court will likely draft the state's political maps and set a new primary date. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006636304065/ 21006636304065 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:03 GMT OMAHA, Neb. -- Former Sen. Bob Kerrey on Tuesday rejected a comeback run for Senate, dashing Democrats' hopes of holding a coveted Nebraska seat and leaving the party to scramble for a race all but guaranteed to go Republicans' way. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006636288344/ 21006636288344 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:29:41 GMT LOVELAND, Colo. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set aside his focus on the economy in recent days and shifted to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006633898145/ 21006633898145 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:25:30 GMT COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Republican Rick Santorum is planning some last-minute campaigning in each of the three states holding presidential contests Tuesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006632073091/ 21006632073091 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:24:54 GMT CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Presidential contender Mitt Romney is fighting to win over social conservatives in Tuesday's Republican caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006632069470/ 21006632069470 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:24:06 GMT GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Ron Paul has invested days of campaigning and money for television ads ahead of caucuses in Minnesota, where he's hoping he can eke out the first win of his Republican presidential campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006632064675/ 21006632064675 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:48 GMT SAN ANTONIO -- Texas is all but certain to have an even later say in choosing the Republican presidential nominee after what at first looked like a breakthrough deal in a bitter dispute over redistricting maps ended with wide rejection of the proposal. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006631990839/ 21006631990839 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:09:40 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006617938018/ 21006617938018 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:35 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Vice President Joe Biden is in Florida to talk about affordable higher education. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006622779540/ 21006622779540 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:41 GMT WASHINGTON -- You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006622204192/ 21006622204192 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:36:33 GMT GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Sensing a possible threat, Mitt Romney criticized Rick Santorum's time in the Senate as "not effective" because of his past support for spending on pork-barrel projects as he worked to fend off an unexpected challenge in the next states to vote. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006627459328/ 21006627459328 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:38:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- 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. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006627473955/ 21006627473955 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:03:58 GMT LANSING, Mich. -- 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. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006627623882/ 21006627623882 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:34:57 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana elections official said Monday that GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum still lacks the signatures needed to make it onto the state's May primary ballot. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006627449776/ 21006627449776 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:33:50 GMT DENVER -- 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. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006627443040/ 21006627443040 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:01:48 GMT WASHINGTON -- 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. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006622210811/ 21006622210811 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:38:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- 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. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006627468229/ 21006627468229 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:03:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the United States is working in "lockstep" with Israel to solve the brewing crisis over Iran's disputed nuclear program. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006622218053/ 21006622218053 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:40:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- 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. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006622804047/ 21006622804047 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:01:11 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Nevada Republicans have finally finished counting the votes in their Saturday presidential caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006622207197/ 21006622207197 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:35 GMT DENVER -- Note to Republican presidential contenders: Colorado's political terrain is as rocky as its mountains. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006619017559/ 21006619017559 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:11:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he deserves re-election, despite the nation's economic troubles. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006619026099/ 21006619026099 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:14 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Newt Gingrich is wooing NASCAR voters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006619021462/ 21006619021462 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:11:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006619029672/ 21006619029672 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:15:26 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- The First Fan has only one complaint about Sunday's Super Bowl: his favorite team isn't in it. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006619052630/ 21006619052630 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:13:54 GMT LANSING, Mich. -- The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is bringing charges of racial insensitivity. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006619043450/ 21006619043450 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:12:42 GMT BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Rick Santorum has lost four straight contests. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006619036222/ 21006619036222 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:16:54 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of presidential rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006610781499/ 21006610781499 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:14 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney jumped to a strong lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for a second straight campaign victory over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006610237435/ 21006610237435 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:10:44 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Newt Gingrich is struggling to regain his footing following a campaign in Nevada beset by glitches as the race for the Republican presidential nomination moves to the next phase. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006610384416/ 21006610384416 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:08:54 GMT MONTROSE, Colo. -- Republican Rick Santorum said Saturday he wants to "endanger" rival Newt Gingrich while presidential rival Ron Paul claimed "the American people are waking up," both campaigning outside Nevada as that state began its GOP caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006610373473/ 21006610373473 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:08:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has spent time with around 25 wealthy donors who paid $35,800 each to talk with him behind closed doors at a Washington hotel. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006610368519/ 21006610368519 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:57 GMT LAS VEGAS -- The debate coach who worked with Mitt Romney ahead of two well-received debate performances in Florida is no longer with the Republican's presidential campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006601619753/ 21006601619753 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:24:04 GMT RENO, Nev. -- Mitt Romney says he misspoke when he said he was not very concerned about poor people. In an interview Thursday with Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston, Romney said his comments were an accidental "misstatement" of a position that he's repeated throughout his presidential campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006600024411/ 21006600024411 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:57 GMT LAS VEGAS -- A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor to Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006601631784/ 21006601631784 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:50:45 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is fighting an Indiana election board's ruling that he does not have enough support to appear on the state ballot in the May 8 primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006601624533/ 21006601624533 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:53:54 GMT ELKO, Nev. -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul railed against the federal government's influence in the West on Thursday, saying states are in the best position to resolve conflicts over the management of wild horses and roads on public lands. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006601643462/ 21006601643462 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has spent time with around 25 wealthy donors who paid $35,800 each to talk with him behind closed doors at a Washington hotel. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006601637180/ 21006601637180 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:22 GMT ARLINGTON, Va. -- President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy is growing stronger and the economic recovery is speeding up. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006598442217/ 21006598442217 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:04 GMT LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Rick Santorum's campaign slogan could very well be one word: doomsday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006597420464/ 21006597420464 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:55 GMT ELKO, Nev. -- Republican Rep. Ron Paul railed against the federal government during campaign stops in Nevada on Thursday, saying states are in the best position to resolve conflicts over the management of wild horses and roads on public lands. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006599309579/ 21006599309579 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:01 GMT CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Don't mistake Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's invitations to the Republican presidential contenders as anything more than a hospitable gesture. The governor is staying out of the nomination fight despite his rising stature in the GOP -- or perhaps because of it. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006597426197/ 21006597426197 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:35:31 GMT LAS VEGAS -- With his trademark flair for spectacle, Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday on the famed Las Vegas strip -- just hours after Newt Gingrich's advisers were spreading the word that The Donald would be anointing him instead. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006592893172/ 21006592893172 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:37:28 GMT RENO, Nev. -- Mitt Romney says he misspoke when he said he was not very concerned about poor people. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006592904845/ 21006592904845 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:43:36 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, defeated in Florida by a wide margin, is challenging rules in the state that handed all 50 delegates to Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006592941657/ 21006592941657 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:53 GMT FALLON, Nev. -- Rick Santorum says his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, is home from the hospital after a bout with pneumonia. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006592901392/ 21006592901392 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:38:42 GMT BOSTON -- During the 2010 special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, then-candidate Scott Brown vowed to be the "41st" vote against President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006592912288/ 21006592912288 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:04:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- Voter turnout numbers are pointing to a potential enthusiasm deficit for Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006593067983/ 21006593067983 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:39:46 GMT TOPEKA, Kan. -- A local prosecutor is warning Kansas legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback to preserve records and electronic files about meetings at his official residence as "potentially relevant evidence" into a newspaper's complaints that the sessions violated the state's open meetings act. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006592918662/ 21006592918662 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:19 GMT RALEIGH, N.C. -- U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina announced Thursday he won't seek re-election in what's become another blow to conservative Democrats on Capitol Hill and the party's state congressional delegation. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006592897958/ 21006592897958 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:58:05 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Newt Gingrich says he believes "we should care about the very poor," unlike GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006590868535/ 21006590868535 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:14:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual GOP nominee battered before the fall election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006588809124/ 21006588809124 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:13:35 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Ron Paul is rolling the dice on Nevada and other caucus states like Minnesota, Kansas and Washington, hoping to keep his nontraditional presidential campaign alive by amassing Republican delegates rather than notching outright wins. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006588801558/ 21006588801558 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:12:30 GMT UPATED -- Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are campaigning in Nevada ahead of Saturday's statewide caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006588795055/ 21006588795055 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:10:31 GMT WASHINGTON -- During his presidential campaign in 2007, Republican candidate Mitt Romney promised that a trust overseeing his financial portfolio would shed any investments that conflicted with GOP positions toward Iran, China, stem cell research and other issues. But Romney's family trusts kept some of those stocks and repeatedly bought new investments in similar holdings as recently as 2010, when they were sold in advance of his latest White House campaign, a detailed review of Romney's financial records by The Associated Press shows. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006588783153/ 21006588783153 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:53:57 GMT EAGAN, Minn. -- Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the bare-knuckled nomination fight thus far has toughened him up for contests to come. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is regrouping after a significant loss and faces serious disadvantages in the next states to vote. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006583283740/ 21006583283740 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:53:03 GMT RENO, Nev. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Wednesday sought to put a positive spin on his defeat in Florida's primary as he looks to the Nevada caucuses to yet again reset the volatile GOP race. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584358316/ 21006584358316 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:02:08 GMT WOODLAND PARK, Colo. -- Sharpening his criticism, Rick Santorum on Wednesday laid into Mitt Romney's health care overhaul in Massachusetts and Newt Gingrich's shifting policy positions as he sought to deny either rival the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584412850/ 21006584412850 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:51:40 GMT NEW YORK -- The rapper K'Naan is upset that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney used his song "Wavin' Flag" during his Florida primary victory speech, and is seeking legal action as a result. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584350055/ 21006584350055 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:02:54 GMT EAGAN, Minn. -- Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney renewed his support Wednesday for automatic increases in the federal minimum wage to keep pace with inflation, a position sharply at odds with traditional GOP business allies, conservatives and the party's senior lawmakers. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584417419/ 21006584417419 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:03:40 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- The race for the GOP presidential nomination probably is far from over. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584422031/ 21006584422031 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:04:24 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Nevada Republicans had hoped this year would give the party a chance at a prominent role in picking the GOP presidential nominee after things didn't go so smoothly four years ago. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584426452/ 21006584426452 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:50:59 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Whether he wins or loses the Republican presidential nomination, Ron Paul is celebrating a milestone. He and his wife, Carol, have been married 55 years on Wednesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584345950/ 21006584345950 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:52:27 GMT WASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday voted to freeze the wages of federal workers for a third straight year and put members of Congress on record as opposing a boost in their $174,000 annual salaries. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584354796/ 21006584354796 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:56:05 GMT Newt Gingrich leads the competition for comebacks with two in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He'll need one more, and soon, if he's going to make good on his vow to remain a credible contender until the party convention next summer. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584376533/ 21006584376533 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:55:11 GMT OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Washington state Senate is set to take a crucial vote Wednesday on a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006584371154/ 21006584371154 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:50:58 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006578945832/ 21006578945832 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:17:02 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the bare-knuckled nomination fight thus far has toughened him up for contests to come. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is regrouping after a significant loss and faces serious disadvantages in the next states to vote. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006581262297/ 21006581262297 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:49:55 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Republicans Ron Paul and Rick Santorum ignored Florida's primary and campaigned out west Tuesday, turning their attention to delegate-rich caucus states and vowing to remain in the presidential contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006578939583/ 21006578939583 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:42:55 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The incumbent mayor of Fort Lauderdale won the city's mayoral race by a landslide. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006576377525/ 21006576377525 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:22:17 GMT EAGAN, Minn. -- Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, confident after his Florida primary victory, ended up inviting criticism Wednesday when he said he's "not concerned about the very poor" because they have an "ample safety net." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006581293781/ 21006581293781 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:52:12 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is getting Secret Service protection, according to two people with knowledge of the plans. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006578953220/ 21006578953220 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:45:33 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the bare-knuckled nomination fight thus far has toughened him up for contests to come. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is regrouping after a significant loss and faces serious disadvantages in the next states to vote. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006579993357/ 12006579993357 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:45:20 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says trading attacks with rival Newt Gingrich actually helps his campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006579992021/ 21006579992021 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:54:29 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- A victorious Mitt Romney is sounding like the presumptive Republican nominee after thrashing Newt Gingrich in Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006575726937/ 21006575726937 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:50:26 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney jumped to a commanding lead in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding powerfully from the previous week's defeat and reaching for a resounding victory over Newt Gingrich in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006575342624/ 21006575342624 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:19:15 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney jumped ahead in early returns Tuesday night as he reached for a resounding victory in the Florida primary, biggest test so far in a Republican presidential race with Newt Gingrich that grows steadily more negative with no quick end in sight. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006575155553/ 21006575155553 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:23:14 GMT MIAMI -- While polls gave Mitt Romney strong odds to win Florida's Republican primary, some voters said Tuesday they weren't all that enthusiastic about their ballot choices. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006575179440/ 21006575179440 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:06:43 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- Can Newt Gingrich come back a third time? http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574000373/ 21006574000373 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:05:12 GMT LONE TREE, Colo. -- Certain to lose in Florida, Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Ron Paul courted voters Tuesday in Western states that hold upcoming contests -- and made clear they're not bowing out. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006573991235/ 21006573991235 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:51:34 GMT MIAMI -- Time is ticking for voters who want their voices heard in Florida's presidential primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574629441/ 21006574629441 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:27:55 GMT WASHINGTON -- American Crossroads, the Republican "super" political committee that plans to play a major role in this year's presidential campaign, raised more than $51 million along with its nonprofit arm last year, The Associated Press has learned. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574487569/ 21006574487569 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:43:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republicans voting Tuesday in Florida's presidential primary expressed pain from their state's weak economy and housing foreclosure crisis and divisions over what to do about illegal immigration, according to early results from an exit poll of voters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574583949/ 21006574583949 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:05:54 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney insisted Tuesday that his crushing South Carolina loss came after rival Newt Gingrich spent more to run negative ads, and said that sharper attacks against the former speaker have propelled him ahead in Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006573995474/ 21006573995474 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:31 GMT LONE TREE, Colo. -- Aides to Rick Santorum say his campaign raised $4.2 million in January and has $1.1 million in the bank. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574281189/ 21006574281189 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has released the list of its top fundraisers, including 61 who each raised at least half a million dollars. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574276656/ 21006574276656 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:45:04 GMT PHILADELPHIA -- The daughter of GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum was hospitalized near his home in Virginia, not in Philadelphia, as originally reported. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574230423/ 21006574230423 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- The three federal judges who will decide whether the Texas Legislature's new Republican-friendly voting maps violate the Voting Rights Act expressed skepticism Tuesday about one of the state's core arguments. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006574272033/ 21006574272033 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:05:52 GMT MIAMI -- While polls gave Mitt Romney strong odds to win Florida's Republican primary, some voters said Tuesday they weren't all that enthusiastic about their choices on the ballot. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006571475240/ 21006571475240 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:33:45 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Fort Lauderdale residents are voicing their choice for mayor today. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006572722536/ 21006572722536 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:57:16 GMT MIAMI -- A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida constitutional amendment imposing new rules on how congressional districts are redrawn. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006572863686/ 21006572863686 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:13:47 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney oozed confidence and a defiant Newt Gingrich seemed to acknowledge his momentum had been checked, at least for now, as Florida Republicans voted Tuesday to decide who gets the state's 50 delegates, the biggest prize yet in the Republican presidential nomination contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006570802743/ 21006570802743 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:34:54 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney is starting primary day in Florida leading in statewide polls and already looking to the next round of nomination contests in the Republican presidential race. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006570569472/ 21006570569472 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:14:39 GMT ORLANDO Fla. -- Newt Gingrich says he expects the GOP presidential race to last about six more months -- unless chief rival Mitt Romney drops out. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006570807984/ 21006570807984 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:39:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- Fleshing out a year-old initiative, the Obama administration wants Congress to enact or expand tax breaks for small businesses and remove barriers to startups, seizing on some existing bipartisan proposals that could win support even in the polarized climate of an election year. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006571674571/ 21006571674571 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:55:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Newt Gingrich shouldn't be urging him to drop out of the primaries. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006571415222/ 21006571415222 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:55:03 GMT WASHINGTON -- Fresh off campaigning for Newt Gingrich in Florida, former candidate Herman Cain says he also would be comfortable supporting Mitt Romney if he's the one who wins the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006571410317/ 21006571410317 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:53:59 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott won't say who got his vote in Florida's presidential preference primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006571403995/ 21006571403995 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:16 GMT MIAMI -- A new Suffolk University Poll on the Florida primary has just been released. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006564613616/ 21006564613616 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:07 GMT MIAMI -- Cheered by new polls, Mitt Romney is all but predicting victory in Tuesday's Republican presidential primary. Newt Gingrich is looking past Florida to regroup, vowing he won't stay buried long. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006566898799/ 21006566898799 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:12:24 GMT POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Mitt Romney said Monday he has overcome his South Carolina setback and returned to Republican primary forefront by aggressively returning Newt Gingrich's fire and by presenting himself as a Washington outsider. Gingrich retorted that Romney is "pretending he's somebody he's not." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006561794479/ 21006561794479 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:26:05 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- To hear Newt Gingrich tell it, the dramatic conservative change he promises will begin even before he is sworn in as president in 2013. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006566916585/ 21006566916585 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:16:49 GMT COTTLEVILLE, Mo. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum denounced the "gutter politics" of his opponents Monday as he turned his campaign away from a potentially futile effort in Florida in hopes of regaining momentum in the Midwest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006567580914/ 21006567580914 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:56 GMT DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Make no mistake: Mitt Romney isn't taking his foot off the gas -- or off Newt Gingrich's neck. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006566903679/ 21006566903679 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:24:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has picked up a consolation prize from the South Carolina Republican presidential primary: two delegates. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006566908095/ 21006566908095 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:17:38 GMT LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Clarito Macalalad knows what it's like to support a family of four on a $12.08-an-hour wage. But the cook at a Disneyworld restaurant suspects that the Republican presidential candidates -- and Mitt Romney in particular -- don't have any idea of what America's working poor are going through. And, partly for that reason, Macalalad says he'll probably vote for President Barack Obama in the fall. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006565785815/ 21006565785815 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:49:54 GMT MIAMI -- Over the past week, Florida voters have learned a lot about the Republican candidates. Tomorrow, the republicans will go to the polls to pick their choice to run against Barack Obama in the fall. And who are the people who chose to be republicans? http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006565979449/ 21006565979449 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:14:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- The caffeinated, rapid-fire GOP presidential primary is about to ease into a slower pace and a more spread-out map, creating new challenges for Newt Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006565768620/ 21006565768620 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:16:36 GMT COTTLEVILLE, Mo. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is denouncing what he calls the "gutter politics" of his opponents as he turns his campaign focus from Florida to the Midwest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006565779648/ 21006565779648 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:51:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- Aiming tax increases at millionaires and companies that ship jobs abroad may help frame the fairness theme of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, but it's a plan that stands virtually no chance of passing Congress. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006563831315/ 21006563831315 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:35:17 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Voters in the City of Fort Lauderdale have three candidates to consider when casting their vote for the next mayor. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006550771770/ 21006550771770 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:13:47 GMT NAPLES, Fla. -- Mitt Romney's strength may be growing, but he won't secure the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, even if he scores a convincing victory in Florida's primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006561802710/ 21006561802710 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:14:54 GMT PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich's personal and political history is giving pause to even the most hardcore Republicans in Florida's largely conservative panhandle. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006561809472/ 21006561809472 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:07:30 GMT LUTZ, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been reaching out to evangelicals and tea party advocates as the Florida primary approaches, touting an endorsement from campaign dropout Herman Cain as well as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's recent accusation that the establishment was trying to "crucify" him. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006558525038/ 21006558525038 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:19:29 GMT HIALEAH, Fla. -- If Mitt Romney wins Tuesday's primary, a sliver of the GOP electorate in Florida may be one of the big reasons. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006556796976/ 21006556796976 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:49:17 GMT POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich slammed GOP rival Mitt Romney on Sunday for the steady stream of attacks he likened to "carpet-bombing," trying to cut into the resurgent front-runner's lead in Florida in the dwindling hours before Tuesday's pivotal presidential primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006557335752/ 21006557335752 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:06:37 GMT BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006558519761/ 21006558519761 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:08:23 GMT LUTZ, Fla. -- Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called Sunday for a commission to study the ethical issues relating to in vitro fertilization clinics, where infertile women receive treatment to get pregnant and large numbers of embryos are created. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006558530336/ 21006558530336 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:21:14 GMT MIAMI -- Newt Gingrich slammed GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney for "carpet-bombing" his record ahead of Tuesday's presidential primary in Florida, trying to cut into the resurgent front-runner's lead in the final 48 hours before the vote. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006556807444/ 21006556807444 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:20:13 GMT WINTER PARK, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich is presenting an increasingly contradictory picture to Florida voters, portraying himself as an anti-establishment outsider and a consummate Washington insider, often in the same speech. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006556801339/ 21006556801339 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:18:31 GMT LUTZ, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich is calling GOP president rival Mitt Romney a "pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase liberal." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006556791153/ 21006556791153 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:17:40 GMT PORTLAND, Ore. -- Determined not to lose another friendly district because of a sex scandal, Democrats and their allies have pumped more than $1 million into an Oregon special election race that has turned into a vicious exchange of attacks over the airwaves. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006556786090/ 21006556786090 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:32:54 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former presidential hopeful Herman Cain is backing Newt Gingrich's White House bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006550037483/ 21006550037483 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:08:17 GMT PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- On the weekend before the pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich vowed Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the national convention this summer even if he loses Tuesday's vote. Front-runner Mitt Romney poured on the criticism of his rival in television ads airing across the state. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006548809751/ 21006548809751 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:23:11 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum canceled his Sunday morning campaign events and planned to spend time with his hospitalized daughter. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006550699149/ 21006550699149 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:35:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you're in Romney territory. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006548255748/ 21006548255748 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:35:16 GMT SARASOTA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on the idea that he's best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Yet even some supporters seem to be struggling to buy that claim, an indication that efforts by chief rival Mitt Romney to undercut him may be working. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006548251679/ 21006548251679 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:33:28 GMT The two leading candidates in Florida's Republican primary, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, are staying focused on voters with events around the state this weekend. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006548240836/ 21006548240836 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:34:28 GMT WASHINGTON -- The pitch from the Republican presidential contenders to voters sounds a lot like the children's game of follow the leader. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006548246841/ 21006548246841 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:37:13 GMT COCOA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich's promise to colonize the moon isn't pie-in-the-sky in Florida. It illustrates an adage: All politics is local. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006548263357/ 21006548263357 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:36:37 GMT GORHAM, Maine -- Ron Paul said Saturday the Republican presidential race has "a ways to go" and he doesn't intend to get out or get behind another candidate anytime soon. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006548259792/ 21006548259792 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:13:53 GMT DORAL, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney urged conservatives to back off aggressive anti-immigration policies as the Republican presidential candidates vied for Hispanic votes Friday, a day marked by heightened tensions entering the final weekend before Florida's primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006539843396/ 21006539843396 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:42:52 GMT PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Rick Santorum is tired, trailing -- and going home. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006539657267/ 21006539657267 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:31:14 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006541387457/ 21006541387457 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:29:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Friday flatly denied a Washington Post report that he was deeply involved in the company that produced provocative, racially charged newsletters and that he signed off on articles. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006541378044/ 21006541378044 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:30:29 GMT CAMBRIDGE, Md. -- President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats for an election-year fight, urging them to work with Republicans if they show some willingness to put politics aside but telling the rank and file to call them out if they stand in the way. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006541382919/ 21006541382919 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:07:48 GMT DORAL, Fla. -- Florida Senator Marco Rubio on Friday laid out his arguments for broad immigration reform and urged those in his party to jettison the harsh rhetoric, challenging both conservatives and those on the left to make the issue a priority. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006539806851/ 21006539806851 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:33:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, raising money for his campaign among tribal leaders, said Friday he wants American Indians to be "full partners" in the economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006541398671/ 21006541398671 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:31:57 GMT PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has picked dates in April and June for the special elections to choose a replacement for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006541391757/ 21006541391757 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:33:55 GMT RALEIGH, N.C. -- Something unexpected happened on the way to North Carolina's vote on a gay marriage ban this May: Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue decided not to run for re-election, meaning more voters who oppose the ban could turn out at the polls. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006541403540/ 21006541403540 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:32:30 GMT CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Results of the Nevada Republican presidential caucus will be released through Twitter and Google, the first time the social network will play a central role in announcing the outcome of a political presidential contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006541395073/ 21006541395073 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:23:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has met with former President George H.W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the Oval Office. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006540980162/ 21006540980162 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:28:55 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican rival Newt Gingrich Thursday night in the final debate before next week's critical Florida primary, demanding an apology for an ad saying he harbors anti-immigrant sentiments and ridiculing the former House speaker's call to colonize the moon. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006535973598/ 21006535973598 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:03:45 GMT NEW YORK -- Forget the so-called liberal media. Right now Newt Gingrich's most ardent critics are conservative pundits and columnists, many of whom have launched aggressive campaigns to discredit him and trip up his run for the Republican nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006536542559/ 21006536542559 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:33:27 GMT DORAL, Fla. -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he hopes Republicans will take the lead in trying to resolve the legal status of illegal immigrants who go to college or join the military. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006537080791/ 21006537080791 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:53 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- More than a million Hispanic voters are the prize as Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich resume campaigning after a feisty, final debate before Florida's GOP primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006536573399/ 21006536573399 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:07:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is signaling he'll base part of his re-election campaign on an argument that Republicans are pushing discredited economic ideas. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006536563353/ 21006536563353 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:06:37 GMT ROMULUS, Mich. -- President Barack Obama will announce Friday a plan to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that don't control tuition costs and new competitions in higher education to encourage efficiency as part of an effort to contain soaring college costs. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006536559788/ 21006536559788 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:44:10 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The GOP presidential candidates say they'd involve a number of top Hispanic GOP office holders in their Cabinet -- and three say they're particularly impressed with Florida's Sen. Marco Rubio. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006532825097/ 21006532825097 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:41:41 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's White House bid tarnished his image enough that he's about as popular in his solidly Republican home state as President Barack Obama, a poll published Thursday shows. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006532810174/ 21006532810174 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:42:27 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A political action committee backing Newt Gingrich is opening up a new line of attack against Mitt Romney, questioning his connection to a company that paid a multimillion-dollar fine for Medicare fraud. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006532814713/ 21006532814713 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:41:00 GMT BOSTON -- The nation's oceans chief has turned down a request made first by U.S. Sen. John Kerry for a new assessment of the health of Gulf of Maine cod. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006532806010/ 21006532806010 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:23:27 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich cast Mitt Romney as the most anti-immigrant candidate of the four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in campaign debate Thursday night in Hispanic-heavy Florida. "That's simply inexcusable," the former Massachusetts governor shot back, heatedly denying the accusation. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006531260779/ 21006531260779 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:44:29 GMT MIAMI -- Another exclusive 7News-Suffolk University poll reveals which of the presidential candidates voters believe will be more likely to fix one of the country's largest problems. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006531746916/ 21006531746916 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:46:21 GMT GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006531398144/ 21006531398144 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:29:31 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- President Barack Obama's popularity among Florida voters appears on the upswing as Republican candidates fight it out for in hopes of a victory Tuesday that would propel them closer to their party's nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006527337129/ 21006527337129 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:26:31 GMT COCOA, Fla. -- A two-man fight for Florida is emerging ahead of the state's final Republican presidential debate, with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich pounding each other over personal and professional vulnerabilities. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006527319172/ 21006527319172 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:19:44 GMT LAS VEGAS -- President Barack Obama is announcing the sale of oil and gas drilling leases for nearly 38 million acres in the Gulf Coast and promoting the completion of a highway corridor for vehicles that run on liquefied natural gas, a response to critics who say his policies have stifled domestic energy production. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006528358471/ 21006528358471 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:54:59 GMT MIAMI -- An exclusive 7News/Suffolk University Poll has found out how GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich stack up against President Barack Obama in the race for the 2012 presidential election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006523169924/ 21006523169924 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:46:25 GMT MIAMI -- President Barack Obama plans to make an official visit to Miami on Feb. 23. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006530318540/ 21006530318540 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:51:25 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday that people should defend capitalism against anti-business overtones in the current political culture, quoting a theologian known for lamenting that he did not do enough as the Nazis attacked various groups in the 1930s and 1940s. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006530348522/ 21006530348522 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:27:39 GMT ATLANTA -- He's an ardent supporter of Israel. A megabillionaire casino mogul whose Las Vegas Sands Corp. is under federal investigation. And the self-proclaimed "richest Jew in the world." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006527325926/ 21006527325926 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:27:39 GMT COLONIA JUAREZ, Mexico -- Mitt Romney leaves out one tiny detail as he campaigns to win Florida's Hispanic vote: his Mexican heritage. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006530205973/ 21006530205973 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:27:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- A Hispanic-American U.S. senator from Florida who's considered a rising star in the Republican Party says too much is being made of the significance of immigration to his community. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006528407280/ 21006528407280 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:07:29 GMT MIAMI -- CNN en Espa±ol is joining the list of Spanish-language networks to co-host debates and forums with the GOP presidential candidates. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006527924912/ 21006527924912 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:46:23 GMT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- President Barack Obama, promoting his opportunity-for-all economic agenda in the state that helped him get elected, said Wednesday that "America is not about handouts" but people do expect their shot at success. Following up on his State of the Union address, he defended the government's role in ensuring fairness and rejected criticisms about class warfare. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006522758311/ 21006522758311 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:12:37 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney released two years of his federal tax returns under pressure from Newt Gingrich, who made his 2010 tax filings public ahead of his GOP rival. Romney, in turn, successfully pressed Gingrich to disclose contracts between his consulting firm and housing giant Freddie Mac. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006523995750/ 21006523995750 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:09:14 GMT COCOA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected president. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006523975455/ 21006523975455 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:44:19 GMT MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann swept aside doubts about her political future on Wednesday, declaring less than a month after ending her presidential bid that she will seek a fourth term in Congress. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519865964/ 21006519865964 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:11:20 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate promised Wednesday to press ahead this year with legislation drawn from his plans to require millionaires to pay at least 30 percent in taxes and curb tax preferences for companies that ship jobs overseas. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006523988022/ 21006523988022 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:08:12 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- On a day that combined two campaigns into one, President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Republicans to raise taxes on the rich as GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich swiped at him on the economy and criticized each other over immigration. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006523969272/ 21006523969272 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:50:38 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Senate budget committee on Wednesday approved a version of a South Florida prison privatization plan, but the measure is now breaking allegiances on both sides of the aisle. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006522783850/ 21006522783850 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:21:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden says he can't find "any fundamental difference" between Republican presidential rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, even though the two are fighting each other fiercely for the party's nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519371937/ 21006519371937 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:26:14 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama delivered an election-year broadside to Republicans: Game on. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519037413/ 21006519037413 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:20:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich says he never lobbied for Freddie Mac even though he was a consultant to the government-backed mortgage company's chief lobbyist. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519360533/ 21006519360533 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:28:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama embarks Wednesday on a three-day tour of politically crucial states in a post-State of the Union journey to sell his 2012 economic policy goals while pitching his presidency to a divided public. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519051620/ 21006519051620 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:01:11 GMT MIAMI -- Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum will be participating separately in a forum at the Univision TV network in Miami. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006518887120/ 21006518887120 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:30:38 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns provide more than an accounting of the Republican presidential candidate's remarkable personal wealth. The documents also give a rare glimpse into tithing to the Mormon church by one its most prominent members. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519063824/ 21006519063824 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:05:56 GMT LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney came to ground zero of the housing crisis Tuesday to assail rival Newt Gingrich over his ties to the government-backed mortgage companies that helped make it worse, a message Romney has been pushing since he landed in the state. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006518915671/ 21006518915671 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:20:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, having watched his Republican adversaries pound him for weeks, got his turn Tuesday, using his State of the Union speech to land the first major counterpunch of the still-forming 2012 election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519004661/ 21006519004661 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:19:27 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has resorted to "extremism" with stifling, anti-growth policies and sought to divide Americans, not unite them, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday in the formal Republican response to the president's State of the Union address. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006518996710/ 21006518996710 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:23:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- The chair between Reps. Jeff Flake and Raul Grijalva stood empty at last year's State of the Union address, reserved for their colleague, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. They could hardly have imagined that just one year later she would actually be able to join them one more time. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006519022643/ 21006519022643 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:07:07 GMT NAPLES, Fla. -- GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich began receiving payments from Freddie Mac in 1999 under a contract that paid his consulting business $25,000 a month to work with the mortgage giant's chief lobbyist, according to a second agreement released Tuesday night. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006518922767/ 21006518922767 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:08:28 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's tax returns tell the tale: Yes, he's rich -- really rich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006518930820/ 21006518930820 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:49:43 GMT WASHINGTON -- Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama called Tuesday night for a flurry of help for a hurting middle class and higher taxes on millionaires, delivering a State of the Union address packed with re-election themes. Restoring a fair shot for all, Obama said, is "the defining issue of our time." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006515938354/ 21006515938354 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:03:41 GMT NAPLES, Fla. -- Buoyed by strong crowds, Republican Newt Gingrich put a greater emphasis Tuesday on a possible matchup with President Barack Obama and spent less time drawing contrasts with GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006516022148/ 21006516022148 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:44:15 GMT WASHINGTON -- It was a wish list, not a to-do list. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006515905530/ 21006515905530 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:43:55 GMT WASHINGTON -- Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama called Tuesday night for a flurry of help for a hurting middle class and higher taxes on millionaires, delivering a State of the Union address filled with re-election themes. Restoring a fair shot for all, Obama said, is "the defining issue of our time." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006515543529/ 21006515543529 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:09:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- Officials say Pentagon budget cuts will end the Air Force's long-range surveillance drone known as the Global Hawk, but keep the Navy's version of the unmanned aircraft. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006515695338/ 21006515695338 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:08:30 GMT OKLAHOMA CITY -- A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food, despite conceding that he's unaware of any company using such a practice. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006515691061/ 21006515691061 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:31:06 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich's fight for Florida and the states beyond stayed at a high boil Tuesday as Romney released tax returns showing annual income topping $20 million -- including a now-closed Swiss bank account -- and Gingrich insisted his high-paid consulting work for a mortgage giant that contributed to the housing crisis didn't include lobbying. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006510066698/ 21006510066698 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:54:16 GMT WASHINGTON -- Addressing a divided nation amid a determined GOP campaign to take his job, President Barack Obama is preparing to issue a populist cry for economic fairness as he aims to corral the sympathies of middle-class voters 10 months before Election Day. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006510925641/ 21006510925641 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:56:43 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid about $3 million in federal income taxes in 2010, having earned more than seven times that from his investments. Those earnings, $21.7 million, put him among the wealthiest of American taxpayers. Romney's campaign said Tuesday he followed all tax laws. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006510940367/ 21006510940367 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:24:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich is keeping up the heated tone of his debate exchanges with Mitt Romney, calling his Republican presidential rival a "desperate guy" throwing wild punches. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006511104070/ 21006511104070 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:44:44 GMT WASHINGTON -- Advisers to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are acknowledging that he once had a Swiss bank account but that it was closed in 2010 as prepared to enter the race for the White House. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006511228454/ 21006511228454 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:47:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republicans are using President Barack Obama's State of the Union address as an opportunity to grab the offensive and blame him for the country's economic woes. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006513047178/ 21006513047178 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:23:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney spent years building a presidential candidacy based on corporate success, a squeaky clean image and an aura of electability that let him focus on President Barack Obama rather than his GOP rivals. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006511098484/ 21006511098484 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:30:01 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Unwilling to wait for an evening debate, Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich got a head start on the squabbling on Monday in a campaign turning more caustic by the day. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006507180156/ 21006507180156 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:50:08 GMT MIAMI -- He's young, telegenic and charismatic. He's Hispanic, Catholic and the son of Cuban immigrants. He's a tea party favorite, a GOP star and, many say, the future of the Republican Party. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506580892/ 21006506580892 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:48:44 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- The consulting firm he founded has released the contract Newt Gingrich had with the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506572426/ 21006506572426 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:56:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has criticized rival Newt Gingrich for earning more than $1.6 million in consulting fees from Freddie Mac even though he has as much as $500,000 invested in the U.S.-backed lender and its sister entity, Fannie Mae. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506618151/ 21006506618151 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:45:25 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has offered his condolences to the family of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died Sunday of lung cancer. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506552536/ 21006506552536 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:54:37 GMT TUCSON, Ariz. -- On a bittersweet day for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the outgoing congresswoman spent her final hours in Tucson as the city's U.S. representative, finishing the meeting she started on the morning she was shot and bidding farewell to constituents who supported her through a long recovery. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506607796/ 21006506607796 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:46:35 GMT WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, the son of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and a frequent critic of the Transportation Security Administration, was stopped by security at the Nashville airport Monday when a scanner set off an alarm and Paul declined to allow a security officer to subsequently pat him down. The White House said airport security acted appropriately. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506559555/ 21006506559555 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:58:58 GMT WASHINGTON -- The e-Duck Stamp would become a permanent part of federal law under legislation passed by the House Monday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506633823/ 21006506633823 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:53:06 GMT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A man suspected of shooting his ex-wife and killing her new husband, a distant cousin of former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, wrote her threatening letters from jail that prompted police to get an arrest warrant. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506598685/ 21006506598685 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:50:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- Vice President Xi Jinping who is expected to succeed Hu Jintao as the next president of China will visit the White House on Feb. 14. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006506585749/ 21006506585749 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:11:11 GMT AdWatch: Romney's 1st negative ad targets Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006505267155/ 21006505267155 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:44:45 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Four years after the GOP's rallying cry became "drill, baby, drill," environmental issues have barely registered a blip in this Republican presidential primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006501148539/ 21006501148539 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:38:10 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Now it's Florida's turn. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006497509033/ 21006497509033 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:52:50 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney has released his first negative ad of the campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006505157040/ 21006505157040 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:42:18 GMT WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his annual address to Congress, many goals he outlined in previous State of the Union speeches remain unfulfilled. From reforming immigration laws to meeting monthly with congressional leaders of both parties, the promises fell victim to congressional opposition or faded in face of other priorities as the unruly realities of governing set in. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006502213890/ 21006502213890 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:35:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will meet with Italy's prime minister next month to discuss the European financial crisis. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006502530043/ 21006502530043 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:39:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Abortion opponents are gathering in Washington for their annual rally and march to mark the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006502194096/ 21006502194096 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:35:17 GMT LADY LAKE, Fla. -- Republican Rick Santorum is telling Florida seniors that President Barack Obama's health overhaul is rationing care, adding long wait times and blocking Medicare patients from seeing their doctors. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006504331773/ 21006504331773 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:33 GMT NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama plans to "hang out" in a video chat room to answer questions about his State of the Union address, part of a White House effort to test new social networking tools and the latest evidence of the growing intersection of social media and politics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006502185367/ 21006502185367 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:42:52 GMT MIAMI -- The Republican presidential candidates have finally agreed to appear on the nation's largest Spanish-language television network. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006504377285/ 21006504377285 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:35:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- Here's a reality check for President Barack Obama's health overhaul: Three out of four uninsured Americans live in states that have yet to figure out how to deliver on its promise of affordable medical care. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006502175239/ 21006502175239 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:32:28 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Fresh off a big win in South Carolina, Republican Newt Gingrich found himself on defense Monday as the volatile GOP presidential contest shifted to Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006502154843/ 21006502154843 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:29:02 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- A suddenly scrambled Republican presidential contest shifts to Florida after Newt Gingrich stopped Mitt Romney's sprint to the GOP nomination with a convincing victory in South Carolina. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496374250/ 21006496374250 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:18:37 GMT PHOENIX -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' decision to step down from her congressional seat opens up a wide-open race to fill her spot in her southeastern Arizona district. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006497751756/ 21006497751756 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:39:09 GMT CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich has the momentum. Mitt Romney has the money. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006497514960/ 21006497514960 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:24:41 GMT WASHINGTON -- Fresh off a resounding victory, Newt Gingrich faces a formidable financial challenge as he storms into Florida -- raising money. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496348115/ 21006496348115 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:27:10 GMT WASHINGTON -- Stung by a South Carolina setback that capped a bad week, Mitt Romney said he would release his tax returns Tuesday in hopes of ending a campaign distraction while revived rival Newt Gingrich said he was the strongest Republican to go "toe to toe" with President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496363036/ 21006496363036 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:28:15 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum says he's under no pressure to quit the GOP presidential race so conservative voters can coalesce around Newt Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496369557/ 21006496369557 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:25:31 GMT ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Mitt Romney is pressing reset. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496353172/ 21006496353172 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:31:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago that shook the country. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496390554/ 21006496390554 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:26:16 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- To say Newt Gingrich capped an extraordinary comeback with a South Carolina victory doesn't quite capture what happened. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496357693/ 21006496357693 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:30:13 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has taken a giant step toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006496381344/ 21006496381344 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:24:50 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and abruptly scrambling the race for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006488789050/ 21006488789050 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:08:00 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich collided Saturday in the South Carolina primary, the first Southern testing ground in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and historically a harbinger of the final outcome. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006488328012/ 21006488328012 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:34:47 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Primary day at hand, fast-climbing Newt Gingrich told South Carolinians on Saturday that he was "the only practical conservative vote" able to stop front-runner Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race. Romney said the first-in-the-South contest "could be real close" as he prepared for an extended fight by consenting to candidate debates in next-voting Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006487768797/ 21006487768797 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:58:46 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are not ceding one inch of South Carolina as the unpredictable campaign for the South's first presidential primary concludes -- and certainly not Tommy's Ham House. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006484672680/ 21006484672680 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:32:37 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Offering no explanation, the Iowa Republican Party has declared Rick Santorum as winner of the Iowa caucuses, days after saying incomplete vote results precluded it from doing just that. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006488835784/ 21006488835784 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:33:21 GMT MIAMI -- Mitt Romney's promise to veto a measure that would create a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants threatens to turn off some Hispanic voters, whose support could be critical in a general election match-up against President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006488840118/ 21006488840118 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:03:42 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- With the race here seemingly between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, Republican rival Rick Santorum is bracing for a setback and looking ahead to the next contest: Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006484702254/ 21006484702254 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:08:26 GMT GILBERT, S.C. -- Working to fend off a surging Newt Gingrich in what's become an unexpectedly tight race in South Carolina, presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday he expects he will lose some state contests to Gingrich during a prolonged fight for the GOP nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006484730622/ 21006484730622 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:10:02 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Sixty-two counties are opening polls for early voting in the Republican presidential primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006485100283/ 21006485100283 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:48:20 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is already looking past the South Carolina primary Saturday with plans to make the most of a few states that could be more receptive to his libertarian, Internet-driven message. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006485330057/ 21006485330057 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:47:10 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- For Newt Gingrich it all comes down to South Carolina voters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006485323048/ 21006485323048 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:44:24 GMT WASHINGTON -- In the 11 days since Mitt Romney tried unsuccessfully to leave the rest of the GOP field behind in New Hampshire, the presidential race has served up a scattershot cast of angels and demons as the candidates try to strike a chord with different slices of the electorate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006485306420/ 21006485306420 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:43:00 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- South Carolina Republicans established their presidential primary more than three decades ago as way to raise the state's national political profile. They wildly succeeded. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006485298042/ 21006485298042 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:42:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- Vilified on the campaign trail by Republicans, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night with a State of the Union address designed to reframe the election-year debate on his terms, suggesting a stark contrast with his opponents on the economy and promising fairness and help for hurting families. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006485292441/ 21006485292441 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:45:48 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina is the land of Revolutionary War heroes and was the first state to secede from the union. But its suspicion of federal government intrusion is hardly part of its storied past. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480634895/ 21006480634895 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:47:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney may be the front-runner for the GOP nomination for president, but he has yet to win over most of the national party leaders whose help he will need to defeat President Barack Obama in November. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480645359/ 21006480645359 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:53:05 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Early voting in the Republican presidential primary is set to begin throughout Florida the same day South Carolina holds its primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006479238598/ 21006479238598 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:14:18 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- In what is organized labor's first major investment in the Republican presidential primary, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is spending almost $1 million in Florida on a television ad attacking Mitt Romney's business career. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480805888/ 21006480805888 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:13:39 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- On the eve of a Southern showdown, Mitt Romney conceded Friday he's in a tight race with Newt Gingrich for Saturday's South Carolina primary in a Republican campaign suddenly turned turbulent. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480801929/ 21006480801929 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:15:12 GMT CAYCE, S.C. -- For weeks, Renee Boling was sure she was going to vote for Mitt Romney in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary. But a series of events this week changed her mind, and seemingly the minds of many others across the state. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480811282/ 21006480811282 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:49:33 GMT NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Mitt Romney entered the final full day of campaigning in South Carolina's GOP primary contest Friday scrambling to fend off challenges from more conservative rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum and insisting he's the one that Republicans can trust to "post up well" against President Barack Obama in the fall. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480657390/ 21006480657390 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:16:08 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Comedian Stephen Colbert, who says he's running for president of "The United States of South Carolina," is urging voters in Saturday's presidential primary to cast their ballots for former Republican hopeful Herman Cain. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480816851/ 21006480816851 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:59:15 GMT MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont legislative leaders said Friday they won't rush to craft new bills reacting to a federal judge's decision that lawmakers overstepped their authority in trying to close the state's lone nuclear plant. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480715575/ 21006480715575 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:48:38 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney is no natural when it comes to "common man" politics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006480651842/ 21006480651842 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:26:21 GMT NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama took a brief and unexpected turn as an R&B vocalist at a New York fundraiser, crooning a bar from an Al Green classic and then joking he hadn't been ushered off-stage. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476558192/ 21006476558192 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:44:32 GMT NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Mitt Romney pronounced himself in a neck-and-neck race with Newt Gingrich on the eve of South Carolina's pivotal presidential primary and pressed his chief rival Friday to release more details about his ethical problems as House speaker. Gingrich's camp countered that Romney's campaign was "on a panic-attack" after losing ground in recent polls. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006479187237/ 21006479187237 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:28:29 GMT NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Front-runner Mitt Romney and his presidential pursuers enter the final full day of campaigning in a South Carolina GOP primary contest significantly altered from just 24 hours earlier. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006475130975/ 21006475130975 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:59:32 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The crush of campaign ad spending in South Carolina has swollen to more than $12 million so far, with candidates and independent groups paying top dollar to elbow for room in the state's crucial advertising marketplace. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476397210/ 21006476397210 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:58:48 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has a light agenda Friday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476392859/ 21006476392859 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:18:48 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's unemployment has dropped below 10 percent. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476872859/ 21006476872859 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:58:29 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich has cancelled a campaign appearance in South Carolina because of poor attendance. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476750953/ 21006476750953 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:58:05 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Thursday angrily denied that he asked his second wife for an "open marriage" that would allow him to have a mistress as she claims in an interview broadcast two days before the South Carolina primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476388529/ 21006476388529 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:56:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- South Carolina's Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party leader, says the South Carolina Republican primary is "clearly a two-man race" now between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476376594/ 21006476376594 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:54:09 GMT MADISON, Wis. -- You know you live in a state consumed by politics when a webcam showing bureaucrats silently shuffling around a nondescript room feeding papers into a scanner attracts tens of thousands of viewers. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006476364936/ 21006476364936 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:59:48 GMT NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The race for the Republican presidential nomination took a turn toward the South Carolina surreal Thursday as Rick Perry dropped out, Newt Gingrich faced stunning allegations from an ex-wife and Mitt Romney struggled to maintain a shaky front-runner's standing. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472798810/ 21006472798810 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:02:03 GMT NEW YORK -- From the Magic Kingdom to the Apollo Theater, President Barack Obama on Thursday made the case for American tourism and his own re-election bid, mingling his political and economic agendas as he tried to stay ahead of the Republicans chasing after his job. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472812345/ 21006472812345 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:30:29 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Republicans looking to challenge President Barack Obama say the president is wrong to cut military spending and charge that he's putting the United States at risk. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472262958/ 21006472262958 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:31:03 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Rick Santorum on Thursday pleaded with conservatives not to give up on his presidential hopes, urging them to resist calls to shift to rivals whom he mocked as "Tweedledum and Tweedledee." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472266314/ 21006472266314 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:22:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich paid $994,708 in federal taxes in 2010 on more than $3.1 million in income. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472217983/ 21006472217983 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:44:13 GMT LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- President Barack Obama planted his political flag in Florida on Thursday ahead of the state's Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, promising a fresh boost to the economy by making it easier for foreign tourists to travel to the U.S. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472345334/ 21006472345334 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:28:20 GMT BEAUFORT, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich angrily denied that he asked his second wife for an "open marriage" and denounced the moderator in Thursday night's Republican presidential debate for raising the issue in the leadoff question. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472250098/ 21006472250098 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:32:17 GMT CHICAGO -- One of President Barack Obama's senior political advisers says he's working his "last campaign" before going to lead a new University of Chicago political institute. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472273796/ 21006472273796 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:22:24 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- For months, the big question in the GOP presidential race has been whether Mitt Romney would falter if one rival could consolidate the anti-Romney feelings of many hard-core conservatives. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472214454/ 21006472214454 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:33:18 GMT WASHINGTON -- A U.S. defense official says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is giving fresh backing to the Marine Corps' version of the next-generation fighter jet, the F-35. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472279867/ 21006472279867 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:29:10 GMT NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich aren't electable because they've both supported policies too similar President Barack Obama's health care plan. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006472255030/ 21006472255030 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:40:31 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday, endorsed his old friend Newt Gingrich and returned home to Texas, where the failed White House candidate has three years left to serve as the chief executive. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006468003181/ 21006468003181 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:33:34 GMT BEAUFORT, S.C. -- In an up-and-down campaign day, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement Thursday from former rival Rick Perry but also faced explosive accusations from one of his former wives the he had asked her for permission to have an "open marriage" after she learned he was having an affair. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006470841443/ 21006470841443 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:15:00 GMT MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Buoyed by news he had edged rival Mitt Romney in Iowa's Republican caucuses, presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Thursday he remained conservatives' best option and urged them to resist calls to rally behind Newt Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006470730014/ 21006470730014 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:45:59 GMT EASLEY, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is drawing big, enthusiastic crowds and fending off new attacks from GOP front-runner Mitt Romney while reveling in a strong debate performance and a nod from tea party favorite Sarah Palin. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006468395987/ 21006468395987 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:57:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- Dredging up a past that Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate's ex-wife says Gingrich asked for an "open marriage" in which he could have both a wife and a mistress. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006468827169/ 21006468827169 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:52:56 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is pitching a plan for boosting tourism to the U.S. by speeding visa processing, choosing Walt Disney World near Orlando for the announcement just as Republicans prepare to blanket Florida ahead of the state's Jan. 31 presidential primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006468437614/ 21006468437614 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:29:32 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is unveiling a plan to boost tourism to the U.S. by making it easier for people in China, Brazil and elsewhere to come to this country, promoting visits to national parks, and adding business executives to a tourism advisory board. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006467937269/ 21006467937269 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:17:03 GMT The five Republicans seeking their party's nomination for president are preparing for the last televised debate before Saturday's South Carolina primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006467862384/ 21006467862384 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:17:39 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is rolling out his closing appeal for votes in Saturday's South Carolina primary with an ad that takes swipes at President Barack Obama's economic policies and makes tough-to-keep promises. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006467865999/ 21006467865999 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:16:38 GMT WASHINGTON -- The tax plan by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum would cut taxes for most Americans while swelling the federal budget deficit by $900 billion in a single year, according to an independent study. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006467859876/ 21006467859876 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:18:52 GMT EASLEY, S.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday he's still the best conservative alternative to Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, brushing aside new Iowa vote results showing Rick Santorum ahead of Romney in the state's GOP caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006467873224/ 21006467873224 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:19:34 GMT NEW YORK -- ABC News plans to air an interview with the second wife of Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich on "Nightline" just two days before the GOP's South Carolina primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006467877442/ 21006467877442 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:19:35 GMT MIAMI -- Property manager Nancy Leon knows all too well the effects of Florida's dismal economy. People can't pay their condominium association fees and fall behind on mortgages or rent. The condo property suffers. Then it has to cut costs, which makes the place less attractive for new residents. A vicious cycle. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463557521/ 21006463557521 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:17:25 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is launching his first television ad of his re-election campaign, defending his energy record and citing his work to toughen ethics rules. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463544528/ 21006463544528 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:13:55 GMT WINNSBORO, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney engaged in a harsh volley of attacks Wednesday, with Gingrich predicting an "unendingly dirty and dishonest" end to his rival's campaign and Romney mocking Gingrich's claim of helping to create millions of jobs. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463523590/ 21006463523590 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:14:57 GMT NEW YORK -- ABC News interviewed Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich's second wife -- with whom he's said he has no relationship -- and is likely to air the segment Thursday on "Nightline," an ABC News executive told The Associated Press. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463529783/ 21006463529783 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:13:17 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Mitt Romney's Republican rivals are intensifying their efforts to erode if not eliminate his standing as the man most likely to defeat President Barack Obama this fall, often stressing their own prospects over his in the final few days before South Carolina's potentially decisive weekend primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463519761/ 21006463519761 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:12:34 GMT WASHINGTON -- Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a "food stamp president" and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts -- a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463515491/ 21006463515491 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:21:15 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to travel to five states following next week's State of the Union address, courting voters who will be critical to his re-election campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463567519/ 21006463567519 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:18:04 GMT SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Mitt Romney tried doggedly Wednesday to sidestep the political furor he had started a day earlier by revealing he pays federal taxes at a rate of about 15 percent, less than millions of middle-income American families. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463548484/ 21006463548484 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:11:32 GMT VOORHEES, N.J. -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hit the road and the airwaves Wednesday to sell his proposed across-the-board 10 percent income tax cut to the people, both at home and around the country -- and perhaps, position himself for a 2016 presidential bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463509265/ 21006463509265 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:20:27 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and his rivals are "playing to their base" in attacking his foreign policy record. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463562717/ 21006463562717 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:09:12 GMT WASHINGTON -- In a politically explosive decision, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected plans for a massive oil pipeline through the heart of the United States, ruling there was not enough time for a fair review before a looming deadline forced on him by Republicans. His move did not kill the project but could again delay a tough choice for him until after the November elections. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463495269/ 21006463495269 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:18:54 GMT KINGSTON, N.Y. -- U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, an upstate New York Democrat in his 10th term, plans to announce that he won't seek re-election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006463553489/ 21006463553489 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:57:38 GMT BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. -- Mitt Romney has ex-POW John McCain vouching for him. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum highlights his time on the Senate Armed Services Committee. And former House Speaker Newt Gingrich frequently calls himself an "Army brat" who grew up on military bases. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006458385839/ 21006458385839 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:51:12 GMT UNDATED -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is hosting a pair of rallies at South Carolina colleges and another rally in suburban Columbia, S.C. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006459067295/ 21006459067295 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:27:31 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's promise to release his 2011 tax return in April follows the practice of leading presidential candidates that began after Watergate. If history is any lesson, questions and criticism will continue long afterward. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006459285184/ 21006459285184 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:44:48 GMT WASHINGTON -- Gov. Chris Christie is urging political ally Mitt Romney to immediately release his tax returns rather than waiting until April. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006459028815/ 21006459028815 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:28:49 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- Facing double-digit inflation in 1981, Congress created a commission to consider a role for gold in U.S. monetary policy. The 17-member panel rejected the idea of returning America to the gold standard -- except for two dissenting members. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006459292999/ 21006459292999 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:46:07 GMT AIKEN, S.C. -- Searching for traction, Rick Santorum is on the attack these days -- against everyone, it seems. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006459036723/ 21006459036723 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:47:19 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking a pause from partisan campaigning in South Carolina to pray for President Barack Obama's safety and wisdom. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006459043945/ 21006459043945 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:24:07 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday leveled a forceful new attack on Mitt Romney, calling the GOP front-runner's former private equity firm "exploitive." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006454944747/ 21006454944747 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:33:52 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Ron Paul is stepping off the presidential campaign trail to vote against raising the federal debt ceiling. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006455003241/ 21006455003241 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:22:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama campaign has requested advertising rates in a number of key states, a sign that it could be close to airing its first television commercials of the 2012 campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006454934342/ 21006454934342 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:26:24 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking a pause from partisan campaigning in South Carolina to pray for President Barack Obama's safety and wisdom. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006454958415/ 21006454958415 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:19:34 GMT AIKEN, S.C. -- Searching for traction, Rick Santorum is on the attack these days -- against everyone, it seems. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006454917497/ 21006454917497 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:23:30 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Florida crushed Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions four years ago. But this time, the GOP front-runner is working to ensure the state seals his nomination -- regardless of what happens in South Carolina's primary on Saturday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006454941061/ 21006454941061 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:22:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- The House Republican campaign chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, has been notified that he received a discounted mortgage from the former Countrywide Financial Corp. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006454937387/ 21006454937387 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:20:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is taking first lady Michelle Obama out for a night on the town to celebrate her 48th birthday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006454925156/ 21006454925156 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:26:20 GMT CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- President Barack Obama plans to accept the Democratic presidential nomination in the open air of Bank of America Stadium on the final day of his party's convention here next summer, repeating a page from his 2008 convention playbook. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006453158018/ 21006453158018 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:50:18 GMT MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly said in campaign debate Monday night he might release his income tax returns this spring. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006449701856/ 21006449701856 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:11:47 GMT WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says a Muslim-American seeking office in the U.S. would have to publicly renounce Islamic law to receive his backing. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006453430723/ 21006453430723 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:52:03 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says his administration has made "substantial progress" in embracing outside ideas on how to solidify the economic recovery. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006451512382/ 21006451512382 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:29:17 GMT FLORENCE, S.C. -- After weeks of stalling, Mitt Romney did an about-face on Tuesday and said he will release his tax returns in April and that they will show he pays close to 15 percent of his income in taxes. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006452455744/ 21006452455744 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:30:51 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- The number of Florida Republicans is up by more than 6 percent compared to the last presidential preference primary four years ago, and voter registration numbers released Tuesday show that the biggest gains were in counties where presidential candidate Mitt Romney did well in 2008. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006452465194/ 21006452465194 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:14:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he thinks his performance in debate against fellow Republicans shows he's best qualified to take on President Barack Obama in the fall. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006450569743/ 21006450569743 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:23:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- Forget kissing babies on the campaign trail. The millions of dollars' worth of political advertisements airing before the early primary elections are turning out to be money well spent: The ads have affected primary results more than other forms of campaigning, including personal appearances by candidates, stump speeches or town hall meetings, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006450620110/ 21006450620110 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:19:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has a long agenda Tuesday, including hosting King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006450594021/ 21006450594021 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:31:54 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- White House hopeful Ron Paul says he likes the idea of states deciding which federal laws they shouldn't have to follow because they deem them unconstitutional. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006451391497/ 21006451391497 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:10:32 GMT MIAMI -- South Florida U.S. Rep. David Rivera is pressing hard for GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006449823284/ 21006449823284 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:34:02 GMT MADISON, Wis. -- Supporters of an unprecedented effort to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office said they will turn in more than enough signatures Tuesday to force the Republican into a recall election barely a year into his first term. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006451044256/ 21006451044256 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:43:33 GMT MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly said Monday night he might release his income tax returns this spring. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006446781371/ 21006446781371 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:16:43 GMT MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- The Republican presidential contenders on Monday campaigned their way into the first of two debates before a pivotal weekend primary in South Carolina, with Mitt Romney savoring an endorsement from the latest dropout and his pursuers struggling to emerge as the race's principal conservative. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006446260311/ 21006446260311 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:15:59 GMT MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Days before the South Carolina primary, Jon Huntsman dropped out of the presidential race Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney for the party's nomination, becoming the latest Republican to call the GOP front-runner the strongest candidate to beat the Democratic incumbent. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006446255960/ 21006446255960 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:12:26 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican Rick Santorum complained bitterly Monday that a political action committee that supports presidential rival Mitt Romney is lying about his record. He called on Romney, the front-runner in the nomination race, to ask the group to edit or remove its advertisements from the air before Saturday's pivotal primary in South Carolina. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006446234689/ 21006446234689 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:45:24 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- Charles Gibson didn't have to wait long to cast his ballot for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006444992464/ 21006444992464 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:18:26 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama evoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s own words about public service Monday as Obama and his family celebrated the life of the late civil rights leader with a volunteer project. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006446270695/ 21006446270695 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:14:42 GMT MIAMI -- U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is headed to Haiti to review U.S.-backed efforts to help the Caribbean country rebuild two years after a devastating earthquake. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006442648296/ 21006442648296 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:01:20 GMT LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Republicans keep making the point that their top two goals this year are defeating President Barack Obama and defeating Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006444008015/ 21006444008015 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:13:39 GMT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Rick Santorum is running for president but his campaign speeches sometimes sound like he's working toward tenure. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006441561991/ 21006441561991 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:12:17 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been spending large amounts on airfare as a congressman, flying first class on dozens of taxpayer-funded flights to his home state. The practice conflicts with the image that Paul portrays as the only presidential candidate serious about cutting federal spending. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006441553733/ 21006441553733 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:39:41 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A splintered conservative vote in South Carolina could pave the way for Mitt Romney to win this week's pivotal primary, some rivals said Sunday, acknowledging an outcome that prominent state lawmakers suggested could end the nomination fight. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006436318125/ 21006436318125 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:42:34 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was greeted with a standing ovation when he was announced at a barbecue. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006436335480/ 21006436335480 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:43:56 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich is defending his aggressive attacks on GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, saying the tough questions about his record need to be raised during the Republican primaries. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006436343652/ 21006436343652 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:40:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006436323341/ 21006436323341 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:44:35 GMT SUMTER, S.C. -- The criticism of Mitt Romney is getting personal. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006436347597/ 21006436347597 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:43:17 GMT GREER, S.C. -- The prospect of a Mormon president appears to be less alien to South Carolina Republicans who are giving Mitt Romney a second look after his failed 2008 run. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006436339795/ 21006436339795 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:41:33 GMT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Republican Party is beefing up its minority outreach nationwide and preparing to put its rising Latino stars on the campaign trail amid concerns that tough immigration rhetoric in the presidential primary is taking on an increasingly anti-Hispanic tone. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006436329339/ 21006436329339 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:57:31 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- With a week left to halt Mitt Romney from sweeping to a third straight victory, his GOP rivals are struggling in South Carolina for a theme, momentum and most crucially, one strong challenger to consolidate conservatives' misgivings about the front-runner. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006427785156/ 21006427785156 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:56:46 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich faced tough questions Saturday about his past statements on race and class, making a rare appearance by a Republican primary candidate before a black church -- an audience unlikely to vote in South Carolina's Jan. 21 contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006427780619/ 21006427780619 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:59:45 GMT LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- The only trail where you might catch Ron Paul this weekend is the biking one here. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006427798544/ 21006427798544 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:58:07 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Rick Santorum's quest to emerge as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney received a boost Saturday from a group of evangelicals and others who voted to back his candidacy in a last-ditch effort to stop the front-runner's march to the nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006427788756/ 21006427788756 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:00:33 GMT SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- A group supporting Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says it will remove errors from a film it made about Mitt Romney's business experience -- if Romney helps them figure out what is inaccurate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006427803381/ 21006427803381 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:58:56 GMT PROSPERITY, S.C. -- Allen Koon had always picked his presidential candidates largely based on whether they shared his moral values and stances on issues such as abortion. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006427793685/ 21006427793685 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:01:13 GMT One of the Republican candidates in the 2008 race, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, is hosting this year's GOP candidates at a noon forum in Charleston, S.C. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006427807399/ 21006427807399 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:55:20 GMT MIAMI -- Before a crowd of exiles and immigrants, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Friday that the United States needs an immigration policy that is humane and gets the country to a point where "we no longer ever again have people hiding in the shadows." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006418412093/ 21006418412093 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:07:55 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry aimed his sharpest criticism at President Barack Obama rather than his GOP rivals as he campaigned Friday in coastal South Carolina, eight days ahead of the state's primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006420647530/ 21006420647530 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:08:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have spoken on the phone to discuss Syria, Iraq and Iran, and affirm their support for democracy and engagement at a fraught moment for the Middle East. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006420651990/ 21006420651990 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:23:48 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for greater power to shrink the federal government, and he would start by trying to merge six major trade and commerce agencies whose overlapping programs can be baffling to businesses, the White House said Friday. The Commerce Department would be among those that would cease to exist. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006416782881/ 21006416782881 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:18:58 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for greater power to shrink the federal government, and his first idea is merging six sprawling trade and commerce agencies whose overlapping programs can be baffling to businesses, a senior administration official told The Associated Press. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006415673874/ 21006415673874 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:21:09 GMT ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Stepping up his criticism of Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Friday that Romney is "bland and boring" and comes across too much like voters' bosses to capture the GOP nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006418206921/ 21006418206921 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:21:46 GMT ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Attacked as a corporate raider, Mitt Romney defended his record in a new television ad Friday that accuses Republican presidential rivals who criticized his time at the helm of a private equity firm of "embarrassing themselves by taking the Obama line." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006418210659/ 21006418210659 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:22:25 GMT BLUFFTON, S.C. -- South Carolina may be fertile ground for attacks on Mitt Romney's corporate takeover record. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006418214589/ 21006418214589 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:31:56 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Under pressure from some in his own party, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Thursday tempered his public attacks on front-runner Mitt Romney while defending his right to question the former Massachusetts governor's business record. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006416111654/ 21006416111654 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:21:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- Ben Bernanke presided over his first meeting as Federal Reserve chairman in March 2006 believing the nation's economy could pull off a "soft landing" from falling home prices. Three months later, Bernanke had begun to grasp that he and others had underestimated the risk housing posed to the economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006415689976/ 21006415689976 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:19:52 GMT MILWAUKEE -- The battle lines remain as stark as ever in Wisconsin as Democrats wind up their push to gather enough signatures to force Republican Gov. Scott Walker into a recall election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006415679253/ 21006415679253 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:40:54 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Striking a front-runner's tone, Mitt Romney focused his criticisms Thursday squarely on President Barack Obama as he sought to shore up support in politically powerful Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006411845413/ 21006411845413 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:11:23 GMT GREER, S.C. -- An array of Republicans and conservatives -- including some of Mitt Romney's sharpest critics -- rushed to the GOP presidential front-runner's defense Thursday to counter efforts to paint the former venture capitalist as a job-killer. Under fire, Romney rival Newt Gingrich backed off from directly attacking Romney's tenure at the helm of Bain Capital, but Rick Perry defended his approach. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412028339/ 21006412028339 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:20:21 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Rick Santorum faces a double-barreled challenge in South Carolina: stand up a strong campaign organization while effectively answering an expected onslaught of attacks on his fiscal record. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412082184/ 21006412082184 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:18:51 GMT WALTERBORO, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry refused Thursday to retreat from disparaging comments about rival Mitt Romney's business record, saying the GOP will be better off airing those concerns now than letting Democrats exploit the issue this fall. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412073168/ 21006412073168 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:17:33 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A 76-year-old great-grandfather who gives eye-glazing speeches on monetary policy, displays a crotchety streak and disappears from the Republican campaign trail for days at a time to rest is captivating young voters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412065348/ 21006412065348 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:16:11 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Under pressure from some in his own party, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich pulled back his public attacks on front-runner Mitt Romney -- at least for now. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412057191/ 21006412057191 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:10:43 GMT NEW YORK -- Stephen Colbert isn't running for president -- at least not yet. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412024355/ 21006412024355 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:16:42 GMT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence changed his online biography Thursday to fix a claim about a college economics degree and acknowledged that his campaign also had distributed fliers wrongly asserting that he attended business school at the University of Missouri. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412060250/ 21006412060250 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:20:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- To hear the White House tell it, President Barack Obama has scant interest in politics as Republicans battle each other for the right to challenge him. But in reality, Obama is increasingly involved in his re-election, staying in regular contact with his campaign staff, raising money and evaluating Republican debate performances. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006412085992/ 21006412085992 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:09:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama raked in more than $68 million combined for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party during the final three months of 2011, gearing up for a formidable challenge against his Republican opponent later this year. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006407339359/ 21006407339359 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:38:45 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former Gov. Mitt Romney is striking familiar themes of pledging to cut the deficit and abolish the health care law in a campaign stop in Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006409312580/ 21006409312580 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:38:09 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Young voters in the Republican presidential race are flocking to a 76-year-old great-grandfather who gives eye-glazing speeches on monetary policy and disappears from the campaign trail for days at a time to rest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006409308989/ 21006409308989 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:37:30 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Rick Santorum faces a double-barreled challenge in South Carolina: stand up a strong campaign organization while effectively answering an expected onslaught of attacks on his fiscal record. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006409305076/ 21006409305076 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:11:23 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is rolling into Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006406268397/ 21006406268397 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:52:24 GMT BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. -- Presidential candidate Rick Perry's criticism of Mitt Romney's business past had a boomerang effect Thursday, costing him the support of a prominent Republican in South Carolina. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006407954422/ 21006407954422 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:06:24 GMT LEXINGTON, S.C. -- At first glance, South Carolina seems like a place where attacks on Mitt Romney's experience at the helm of a venture capital firm that cut jobs would resonate in the GOP primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006407318481/ 21006407318481 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:51:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama is getting a presidential welcome to Twitter. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006407950260/ 21006407950260 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:07:34 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida presidential primary is on. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006407325411/ 21006407325411 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:09:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says questions he's raising about Mitt Romney's record as a venture capitalist are "not the centerpiece" of his campaign in South Carolina. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006407334525/ 21006407334525 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:08:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain says the Supreme Court ruling that led to formation of super PACs was "one of the worst decisions I have ever seen." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006407330185/ 21006407330185 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:54:31 GMT CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama scooped up hometown campaign cash Wednesday and promised supporters that change can still come if they work even harder this time around. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006402927199/ 21006402927199 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:59:47 GMT WASHINGTON -- Flanked by business executives, President Barack Obama urged employers Wednesday to create jobs in the U.S. rather than ship them overseas and offered to propose tax incentives to help them. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006402958765/ 21006402958765 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:57:16 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Mitt Romney swept into South Carolina on Wednesday in pursuit of a confirming victory in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, buoyed by a second straight electoral triumph, bulging campaign coffers and warm words from the state's pre-eminent practitioner of tea party politics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006402943644/ 21006402943644 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:58:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- What gives? Some of Mitt Romney's rivals are waging a fierce attack that you'd never think would come from the mouths of Republicans who claim Ronald Reagan as their hero. They're blasting the GOP front-runner for aggressive, wealth-creating business tactics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006402948636/ 21006402948636 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:00:29 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Jon Huntsman said Wednesday it's time for Republicans to stop attacking presidential front-runner Mitt Romney's role in a corporate-takeover firm, but he said there are plenty of government-related issues on which to criticize Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006402962972/ 21006402962972 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:58:48 GMT ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich's South Carolina strategy is pretty simple: Tear down Republican front-runner Mitt Romney with a populist pitch or go down trying. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006402952850/ 21006402952850 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:34:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he has "an uphill climb" to win South Carolina's presidential primary but is ready to defend himself from the "underbelly" of politics in a state known for bare-knuckled tactics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006401729948/ 21006401729948 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:56:45 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Mitt Romney swept into South Carolina on Wednesday in pursuit of a confirming victory in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, buoyed by a second straight electoral triumph, bulging campaign coffers and warm words from the state's pre-eminent practitioner of tea party politics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006397900537/ 21006397900537 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:58:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican Mitt Romney won most of the delegates in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, adding to his overall lead in the race for delegates to the party's national convention this summer. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006397913318/ 21006397913318 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:49:56 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney raised $24 million during the last three months of 2011. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006399299668/ 21006399299668 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:55:08 GMT PICKENS, S.C. -- Rick Perry is pouring on the down-home charm as he seeks a campaign revival in South Carolina, betting that geographic kinship will pay off now that GOP presidential race is finally shifting to his comfort zone. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006397890814/ 21006397890814 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:57:48 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Jon Huntsman may have clawed his way to a third-place finish in New Hampshire, but he must overcome major challenges to remain competitive in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006397906883/ 21006397906883 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:59:54 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Mitt Romney cruised to a solid victory in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, picking up steam from his first-place finish in the lead-off Iowa caucuses and firmly establishing himself as the man to beat for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006397919453/ 21006397919453 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:42:15 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott told lawmakers in his second State of the State address that Florida needs to continue to streamlining government, cutting corporate taxes and eliminating regulations in an effort to help existing businesses grow and to lure more here. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006397813568/ 21006397813568 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:30:40 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- For 60 years, New Hampshire has jealously guarded the right to hold the earliest presidential primary, fending off bigger states that claimed that the small New England state was too white to represent the nation's diverse population. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006392344059/ 21006392344059 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:21:05 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney, long expected to glide to a smooth victory in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary, bumped through a rough patch on voting day, trying to deflect his rivals' portrayal of him as a business vulture who enjoys laying off workers. When Romney reached out for a supporter's infant daughter at a polling place, someone in the crowd shouted, "Are you going to fire the baby?" http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006391926536/ 21006391926536 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:30:07 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday defended his "I like to fire people" remark against criticism from GOP rivals as he and his family faced a crush of reporters, supporters and detractors on New Hampshire's primary day. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006392340751/ 21006392340751 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:14:57 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- President Barack Obama has won New Hampshire's Democratic primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006394049763/ 21006394049763 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:22:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is defending the work of the Environmental Protection Agency, saying it performs a vital role protecting the environment and moving the country toward energy independence. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006392292210/ 21006392292210 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:14:48 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses and establishing himself as the man to beat for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006389008834/ 21006389008834 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:21:17 GMT FORT MILL, S.C. -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is likening front-runner Mitt Romney's former private equity firm to "vultures" that ruin workers' lives. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006392287745/ 21006392287745 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:08:54 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Ron Paul is counting on the "Live Free or Die" state of New Hampshire to propel his unorthodox campaign into the next round of presidential contests. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006390053439/ 21006390053439 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:09:29 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says if he can just chug out of the New Hampshire primary "with a head of steam," he can prove he's the Republican candidate able to defeat Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006390056980/ 21006390056980 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:07:02 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he anticipates finishing in the "top three or four" in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary and going on to confront front-runner Mitt Romney head-on in South Carolina. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006388962233/ 21006388962233 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:09:01 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is hoping to emerge as the leading conservative alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney after the wrap-up of voting in New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006388974126/ 21006388974126 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:10:16 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney is waiting to see whether months of campaigning will pay off in New Hampshire's GOP presidential primary, which his team has always said is a must-win contest for him. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006388981676/ 21006388981676 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:08:22 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman likes to express his excitement about running for president by exclaiming: "Gimme a break! It's the New Hampshire primary!" http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006388970276/ 21006388970276 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:08:51 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott will stress jobs, cooperation and improving education in is second State of the State address. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006389333167/ 21006389333167 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:47:18 GMT WASHINGTON -- Jack Lew is the model Washington insider -- a savvy and cool policy technocrat with roots in Congress and a long and impressive administration resume. He is as low key as Rahm Emanuel, one of his predecessors as White House chief of staff, was high octane. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006385963876/ 21006385963876 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:43:43 GMT NASHUA, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's Republican rivals accused him Monday of exaggerating his successes and coldly laying off thousands of workers while heading a profitable venture capital firm, an effort to turn the presidential front-runner's biggest asset into a liability. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006385942345/ 21006385942345 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:48:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- On the eve of the crucial New Hampshire primary, President Barack Obama is telling supporters that the Republicans vying for his job out on the campaign trail are no different from the ones opposing his policies on Capitol Hill. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006385968518/ 21006385968518 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:42:37 GMT WASHINGTON -- Dubbed "super PACs" and flush with millions of dollars, outside groups backing and attacking Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich include a hotel magnate, a casino mogul and former partners at Romney's private equity firm. They're all over the airwaves in the early voting states, at times spending as much as the Republican presidential candidates themselves. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006385935744/ 21006385935744 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:46:44 GMT SALEM, N.H. -- No group will shape Jon Huntsman's political future more than New Hampshire's independents. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006385960440/ 21006385960440 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:23:29 GMT WASHINGTON -- Two senior administration officials say the White House chief of staff, William Daley, is resigning. He's being replaced by Jacob Lew, the budget director. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006383300977/ 21006383300977 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:20:54 GMT NASHUA, N.H. -- Republican front-runner Mitt Romney stumbled down the homestretch of the New Hampshire primary on Monday, declaring, "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me" as his rivals intensified already fierce criticism. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006384365462/ 21006384365462 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:21:34 GMT WASHINGTON -- Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year's Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006381489460/ 21006381489460 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:22:14 GMT SALEM, N.H. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich demanded Monday that Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney tell the public more about how he operated as a venture capitalist, saying the GOP can't have a nominee who will be vulnerable to Obama campaign charges of corporate raiding. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006381493462/ 21006381493462 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:21:03 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The young girl asked Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum his biggest mistake in politics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006381486340/ 21006381486340 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:14:51 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Time is running short for Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals to derail him -- at least in New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006380729199/ 21006380729199 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:24:11 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is beginning the week by hosting the NBA world champion Dallas Mavericks at the White House. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006381505168/ 21006381505168 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:50:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Executing a classic Washington dodge, Newt Gingrich told Americans that Medicare and Medicaid could be kept solid merely by ending fraud in the system, a promise of gain without pain that ignores the aging population and other great forces pressing on the programs. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006376984557/ 21006376984557 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:46:34 GMT ROCHESTER, N.H. -- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday defended his time in private business and insisted he understands the country's tough economic times because he once feared losing his job. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006376959410/ 21006376959410 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:45:20 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The same forces that aligned for Republican Mitt Romney ahead of his narrow victory in Iowa are working in his favor ahead of South Carolina's pivotal presidential primary. But a lot can happen before the no-holds-barred primary in a state that for decades has picked the eventual Republican nominee. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006376952091/ 21006376952091 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:43:42 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals piled on the criticism Sunday, two days before New Hampshire's primary, with a combative Newt Gingrich leading the aggression by accusing the GOP front-runner of "pious baloney" and charging him with hiding behind inaccurate attack ads aired by allies. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006376942213/ 21006376942213 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:19:13 GMT SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Sunday that he's not giving up on the race for the Republican presidential nomination, comparing himself to the fighters who rode back into the Alamo knowing there would be no reinforcements coming. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006376795356/ 21006376795356 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:40:36 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman isn't apologizing for taking a job in the Obama administration. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006376923681/ 21006376923681 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:11:00 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- A combative Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of "pious baloney" Sunday and charged him with hiding behind inaccurate attack ads aired by allies in the increasingly rancorous race for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006375306010/ 21006375306010 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:11:27 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney is cruising in the Republican presidential contest, blessed by a half-dozen rivals who continue to attack each other and divide the anti-Romney vote rather than produce a single strong alternative. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006377108733/ 21006377108733 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:09:47 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- An independent political committee supportive of Newt Gingrich is planning to release a film critical of Mitt Romney's tenure at a private-equity firm, just days after a Las Vegas billionaire contributed $5 million to the group to bolster the former House speaker's White House run. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006377098754/ 21006377098754 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:12:29 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- The Republican presidential candidates are being challenged on gay rights. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006377114973/ 21006377114973 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:13:32 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidates are defending some contributions labor unions make but say they should have less power. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006377121270/ 21006377121270 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:25:13 GMT DERRY, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's biggest fear heading into Tuesday's New Hampshire primary is voter complacency, not Republican rivals Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum in a contest seen as his for the taking. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006367831389/ 21006367831389 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:13:12 GMT WASHINGTON -- Losing his Senate seat might have been the best thing that ever happened to Rick Santorum's bank account. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006363799229/ 21006363799229 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:13:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and the rest of Mitt Romney's pursuers still have time to stop his rise in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. But not much. And not all of them. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006368478989/ 21006368478989 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:11:36 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's rivals hoped to seize on back-to-back debates this weekend to knock the front-runner off stride and gain momentum heading into Tuesday's New Hampshire primary and upcoming contests later this month in the South. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006368469625/ 21006368469625 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:13:46 GMT NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman told northern New Hampshire voters Saturday that a campaign button worn by one of his supporters says it all: "Sane People for Huntsman." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006368482628/ 21006368482628 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:37:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is calling attention to companies that have brought jobs back to American soil, offering it up as another way of putting people back to work. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006363942672/ 21006363942672 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:45 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney is far ahead in New Hampshire, but the former Massachusetts governor and the other Republican presidential candidates are facing two debates that could help define the contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006363796559/ 21006363796559 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:16:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- Unemployment is higher than it's been going into any election year since World War II. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006368496585/ 21006368496585 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:15:03 GMT LOS ANGELES -- U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly, who has represented California's Ventura County for 25 years, said Saturday he won't seek re-election and will retire at the end of the current Congress. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006368490373/ 21006368490373 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:56:56 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's rivals are all but conceding defeat in next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, looking past a weekend debate doubleheader in the Granite State and focusing on South Carolina as their best chance to slow his march to the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360461678/ 21006360461678 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:35:51 GMT TILTON, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warned his supporters Friday not to rest just because polls show he has a commanding lead with those planning to vote in New Hampshire's primary next week. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360335137/ 21006360335137 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:58:22 GMT NEWPORT, N.H. -- Working to reboot his presidential bid, Newt Gingrich is on the defensive in New Hampshire, under fire for a remark on race and facing fresh questions about his work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360470232/ 21006360470232 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:59:30 GMT KEENE, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called Friday for immediate cuts to Social Security benefits, risking the wrath of older voters and countless others who balk at changes to the entitlement program. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360477036/ 21006360477036 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:34:17 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, who often speaks movingly of his adopted daughters while on the campaign trail, said Friday that Ron Paul's supporters were out of line in using the girls to argue that Huntsman is un-American. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360325770/ 21006360325770 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:35:14 GMT WASHINGTON -- In a sort of power lunch for the not-so-powerful, President Barack Obama broke bread Friday with four winners of a contest for people who give to his campaign in small amounts. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360331475/ 21006360331475 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:47:08 GMT WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama is a behind-the-scenes force in the White House whose opinions on policy and politics drew her into conflict with presidential advisers and who bristled at some of the demands and constraints of life as the president's wife, according to a detailed account of the first couple's relationship. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360402853/ 21006360402853 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:48:01 GMT LINCOLN, Neb. -- Former Nebraska governor and senator Bob Kerrey said Friday he's exploring a possible run for the U.S. Senate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360408120/ 21006360408120 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:37:04 GMT SALT LAKE CITY -- A third Utah Republican says he'll challenge U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch for this year's GOP nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006360342441/ 21006360342441 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:29:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration proposed a rule change Friday to reduce the time that illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from their American relatives while they try to gain legal status in the United States. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006357418564/ 21006357418564 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:21:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- An Obama administration official says the White House is proposing a 0.5 percent raise for civilian federal employees in its 2013 budget. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006357371274/ 21006357371274 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:18:30 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mobilizing against Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney as too timid and too moderate, the rest of the GOP field is exhorting Republicans to do themselves a favor and nominate a more conservative standard-bearer who has a better chance of holding up against President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006355551072/ 21006355551072 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:09:21 GMT NEWPORT, N.H. -- Newt Gingrich is on the defensive in New Hampshire, fielding questions about a remark on blacks and food stamps as well as his work for Freddie Mac. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006357296199/ 21006357296199 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:20:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- In a sort of power lunch for the not-so-powerful, President Barack Obama broke bread Friday with four winners of a contest for people who give to his campaign in small amounts. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006357364632/ 21006357364632 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:08:41 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, who often speaks movingly of his adopted daughters while on the campaign trail, said Friday that Ron Paul's supporters were out of line in using the girls to argue that he is un-American. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006357292185/ 21006357292185 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:10:52 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mobilizing against Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney as too timid and too moderate, the rest of the GOP field is exhorting Republicans to do themselves a favor and nominate a more conservative standard-bearer who has a better chance of holding up against President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006355505278/ 21006355505278 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:09:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he's confident GOP conservatives will "gradually coalesce" around a candidate who can deny the party's nomination to Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006355494479/ 21006355494479 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:07:56 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- Rick Perry did something in Iowa he's never done in three decades of public life: He lost. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006355487637/ 21006355487637 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:06:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351158343/ 21006351158343 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:48:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to visit the offices of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, just two days after defying Senate Republicans and appointing a new head to the watchdog agency. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351048240/ 21006351048240 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:04:15 GMT TILTON, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum faced skepticism about his support for gun rights and engaged in a hostile exchange over gay marriage Thursday, all the while emphasizing a conservative record that he acknowledges is imperfect. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351145552/ 21006351145552 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:44:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Prominent conservative leaders want their rank and file to quickly get behind a single presidential candidate, fearful that persistent splits will help Mitt Romney win the Republican nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351028547/ 21006351028547 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:42:39 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Army reservist who took the stage at a political event for Ron Paul and expressed his support for the Republican presidential candidate could face legal troubles, the military said Thursday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351015918/ 21006351015918 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:46:02 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is predicting that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will win her state's pivotal Southern primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351036221/ 21006351036221 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:43:58 GMT WASHINGTON -- D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. says he's resigning his post ahead of pleading guilty to stealing more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351023812/ 21006351023812 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:52:57 GMT NEWPORT, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman has won the endorsement of The Boston Globe, marking the second time Massachusetts' largest newspaper has snubbed its former governor, Mitt Romney, ahead of the New Hampshire primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351077713/ 21006351077713 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:05:07 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican Mitt Romney's tax plan would increase taxes on low-income families while cutting taxes for the middle-class and the rich, according to an independent study released Thursday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006351150733/ 21006351150733 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:17:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- With an eye on the upcoming South Carolina primary, Republican presidential candidates on Thursday assailed President Barack Obama for bypassing the Senate to name three new members to the National Labor Relations Board. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006349782225/ 21006349782225 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:13:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama vowed Thursday the United States will maintain the best-equipped military in history despite deep and looming defense budget cuts, but Pentagon leaders acknowledged the changes present additional risk. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006347603949/ 21006347603949 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:58:04 GMT BRETWOOD, N.H. -- After pocketing the endorsement of erstwhile rival John McCain, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seeking to lock down support in New Hampshire while preparing to woo voters in the conservative bellwether of South Carolina. His latest top rival, Rick Santorum, is facing renewed scrutiny of his record after a surprise showing in Iowa's caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006346068418/ 21006346068418 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:19:49 GMT MIAMI -- Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will headline the national conference of a Republican-led advocacy group seeking to reach out to Latino voters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006347638942/ 21006347638942 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:27:19 GMT WASHINGTON -- As they try to derail Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, his challengers face an urgent task: raising enough cash to compete. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006346963931/ 21006346963931 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:26:37 GMT ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Michele Bachmann's decision to end her presidential campaign leaves the Minnesota Republican with another big one: whether to seek a fourth term in the U.S. House or direct her newfound political celebrity elsewhere. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006346959744/ 21006346959744 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:33:44 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Relishing the momentum he's gained from Iowa, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is talking as if he's the Republican presidential standardbearer, focusing his campaign rhetoric on President Barack Obama rather than his GOP campaign rivals. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006347002481/ 21006347002481 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:32:49 GMT HAMPTON, N.H. -- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman continues to pitch himself as the underdog in the race for the GOP presidential nomination as he starts a busy day of campaigning in New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006346996955/ 21006346996955 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:25:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum nearly won Iowa's caucuses with a message of fiscal conservatism and a muscular foreign policy. But even conservatives view Santorum's claims skeptically in light of his 16 years in Congress. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006346954557/ 21006346954557 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:24:59 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman rallied campaign volunteers Wednesday by saying he can smell success in New Hampshire -- and by showing off his presidential campaign's first television ad. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006346949932/ 21006346949932 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:51:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Republicans' identity crisis is producing the most volatile presidential primary season in memory and threatening to dilute the conservative fervor that swept the party to huge wins in 2010. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342428113/ 21006342428113 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:52:18 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney on Wednesday accepted an endorsement from Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, as he pushed for an overwhelming victory in next week's New Hampshire primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342433869/ 21006342433869 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:59:00 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- An undeterred Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed Wednesday to press ahead with his White House bid as he headed home to map out a winning strategy following a fifth-place finish in the "quirky" Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342474023/ 21006342474023 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:02:04 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich touched down in New Hampshire on Wednesday and wasted no time launching a blistering attack on Mitt Romney in what is essentially the former Massachusetts governor's home turf. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342492433/ 21006342492433 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:38:45 GMT NEW YORK -- Republican Ron Paul blasted rival Newt Gingrich on foreign policy Wednesday, calling the former House speaker a "chicken hawk" for advocating U.S. overseas military conflicts even though he avoided service as a young man. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342352529/ 21006342352529 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:46:10 GMT ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday outlined what he hopes are the next steps to reviving New York state and moving out of his famous father's shadow. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342397024/ 21006342397024 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:42:30 GMT BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- Rick Santorum is counting on momentum -- and perhaps help from outside groups -- to carry him to victory in New Hampshire and beyond. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342375049/ 21006342375049 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:50:14 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- Democrats determined to keep Indiana from becoming the first state in more than a decade to enact right-to-work legislation stymied the beginning of the House session Wednesday and said they planned to stall work indefinitely. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342421432/ 21006342421432 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:58:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is rewriting its defense strategy to absorb hundreds of billions of dollars in defense budget cuts while scaling back the longstanding Pentagon goal of being ready to fight two wars simultaneously. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342468487/ 21006342468487 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:48:41 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Republican state legislator who is an outspoken advocate for gun rights was cited Wednesday for trying to bring a loaded handgun onto a flight. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006342412196/ 21006342412196 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:26:13 GMT SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A defiant President Barack Obama, tired of Senate Republicans stalling his nominee to lead a new consumer protection agency, put him in charge Wednesday over their opposition. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006340117396/ 21006340117396 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:15:03 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Narrow Iowa victory in hand, Mitt Romney was looking toward the next-up New Hampshire primary -- essentially on his home turf -- and shaper criticism from his Republican rivals, including chief challenger Rick Santorum. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006337170365/ 21006337170365 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:16:07 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Wednesday she's ending her bid for the Republicans presidential nomination after her last-place finish in Iowa's leadoff precinct caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006338976747/ 21006338976747 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:49:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- In a defiant display of executive power, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will buck GOP opposition and name Richard Cordray as the nation's chief consumer watchdog even though the Senate contends the move is inappropriate, senior administration officials told The Associated Press http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006338456132/ 21006338456132 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:13:31 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Vote by precious vote, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney battled improbably to a virtual draw in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses early Wednesday, the opening round in the race to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006338241180/ 21006338241180 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:10:39 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney is accepting an endorsement from Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006340023916/ 21006340023916 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:09:37 GMT PITTSFIELD, N.H. -- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says "nobody cares" about Sen. John McCain's decision to back rival Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential race. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006340017775/ 21006340017775 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:11:12 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Newt Gingrich, who finished a distant fourth in the Iowa caucuses, says the GOP presidential campaign is not like running for senior class president and isn't a game. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006340027272/ 21006340027272 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:14:00 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann canceled her campaign trip to South Carolina on Wednesday after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006338244028/ 21006338244028 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:12:15 GMT WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that he would head home "to determine whether there is a path forward" for his White House bid after he finished a distant fifth in the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006338233517/ 21006338233517 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:12:50 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he's looking forward to a long nomination race as he finished in a dead heat Tuesday with Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006338237022/ 21006338237022 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:21:35 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney waged a seesaw battle for supremacy in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses Tuesday night, the opening round of a campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006334689595/ 21006334689595 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:44:21 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul waged a tense, three-way struggle for supremacy in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses Tuesday night, opening the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006334466141/ 21006334466141 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:24:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won strong support Tuesday from Republicans seeking a candidate who can topple President Barack Obama in November's elections, according to an entrance poll of GOP voters attending Iowa's presidential caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006334709238/ 21006334709238 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:31:38 GMT WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul rode a current of youthful discontent to third place in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses Tuesday, promising to take his outsider bid for the GOP nomination into independent-minded New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006334749867/ 12006334749867 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:30:04 GMT WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Michele Bachmann's campaign manager says it's hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006334740493/ 21006334740493 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:33:38 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich vowed to fight on Tuesday night after a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses that he blamed on attack ads against him. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006334761872/ 21006334761872 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:54:55 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Iowa caucuses are beginning, the first nominating contest launching the presidential election cycle. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333809575/ 21006333809575 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:52:23 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- About a third of GOP caucus-goers say the top quality they seek in a candidate is the ability to defeat President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333794351/ 21006333794351 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:53:42 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- An entrance poll of early arriving caucus-goers in Iowa suggests that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Texas congressman Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are in the top tier of vote-getters in the Republican presidential contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333802250/ 21006333802250 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:18:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- Inserting his voice into a big night for Republicans, President Barack Obama was appealing to Iowa Democrats on the first balloting in the GOP presidential campaign, seeking to counter months of withering criticism in the state that launched his presidential ambitions four years ago. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006331788652/ 21006331788652 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:10:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will waste little time getting back in front of voters following a 10-day Hawaiian vacation spent largely out of the spotlight. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329582137/ 21006329582137 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:54:21 GMT PETERBOROUGH, N.H. -- Even before the results were in, Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman had a message for whoever won the Iowa caucus: "Welcome to New Hampshire. Nobody cares." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333806148/ 21006333806148 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:53:13 GMT URBANDALE, Iowa -- Republican Michele Bachmann is looking for presidential caucus support in the backyard of her childhood, imploring voters in her native Iowa to back her bid to, as she puts it, "reclaim our country." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333799339/ 21006333799339 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:55:37 GMT WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Facing a likely defeat in Tuesday's caucuses, Rick Perry said he would compete in South Carolina regardless how he finishes here and bought television time to back it up. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333813745/ 21006333813745 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:57:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- The head of the National Urban League said Tuesday that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum tried to leverage a stereotype about black people and public assistance programs to gain an advantage in the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333822552/ 21006333822552 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:56:28 GMT BURLINGTON, Iowa -- After weathering a full-on assault in Iowa, Newt Gingrich and his allies planned Tuesday to hit back hard at rival Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential campaign pushed east. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333818891/ 21006333818891 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:55:24 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republicans rendered the first verdict in the 2012 race for the White House on Tuesday in Iowa caucuses from Adel to Zearing, opening night for the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006333092487/ 21006333092487 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:04:51 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Throwing elbows to the end, Republican candidates jostled over their conservative credentials and appealed to Iowa residents who were casting the first votes of the 2012 presidential race on Tuesday for a strong send-off into the long campaign season ahead. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006331349155/ 21006331349155 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:27:18 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Since the 1840s, political activists in Iowa have gathered on dark winter nights to take care of party business. Only for the past 40 years has anyone outside the state taken notice of these Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006328603849/ 21006328603849 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:11:39 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- In the kickoff contest of the 2012 presidential race, Republican candidates argued right up to Tuesday's finish line in Iowa over which candidate the voters can trust and who they can count on to defeat President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329589941/ 21006329589941 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:10:43 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Looking past Iowa, Mitt Romney said Tuesday that he anticipated escalated attacks in New Hampshire and beyond from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, regardless of the outcome of the leadoff caucuses here. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006331384337/ 21006331384337 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:10:59 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney on Tuesday backpedaled a bit from his earlier prediction of a first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329585981/ 21006329585981 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:04:15 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told young voters, many set to cast their first votes Tuesday night, that they can ease the burden they will bear from the nation's debt by helping him to a strong finish in Iowa's caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006331345581/ 21006331345581 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:37:45 GMT URBANDALE, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann faces low expectations in Iowa's caucuses, where a poor showing could effectively doom her campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329026588/ 21006329026588 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:26:13 GMT PEMBROKE, N.H. -- Students at a New Hampshire charter school got a lesson in politics Tuesday from Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006330037385/ 21006330037385 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:36:54 GMT DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Briefly a GOP frontrunner, Newt Gingrich is hoping for a respectable showing in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses after being pounded by millions of dollars in attack ads. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329021444/ 21006329021444 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:36:00 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Ron Paul is hopeful that the more structured organization of Iowa supporters he has built in his second bid for the Republican nomination will turn out big in the state's leadoff presidential caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329016022/ 21006329016022 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:35:17 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rick Perry arrived in Iowa last August like the rock star of the Republican presidential race. He is trying to make his departure a more discreet affair. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329011735/ 21006329011735 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:33:46 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney is about to find out if his winning prediction will come true. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006329002673/ 21006329002673 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:32:46 GMT PERRY, Iowa -- A funny thing happened recently in the presidential campaign in Iowa: The last Republican president's name actually surfaced. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006328996625/ 21006328996625 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:29:42 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is courting young voters as he seeks to surprise his rivals with a strong showing in the state's leadoff precinct caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006328978292/ 21006328978292 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:31:13 GMT HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama will waste little time getting back in front of voters following a 10-day Hawaiian vacation spent largely out of the spotlight. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006328987332/ 21006328987332 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:54:56 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- The White House their goal, Republican presidential hopefuls raced across Iowa on Monday in final, full-day of frenzied appeals for support in precinct caucuses that open the 2012 campaign. "It is the race you make it," an upset-minded Rick Santorum told voters soon to pick a winner. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006323729676/ 21006323729676 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:39:52 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- For Republicans here, the ideal presidential candidate would blend Ron Paul's ideological passion with Mitt Romney's electability. Newt Gingrich's intelligence with Rick Perry's evangelical appeal. Add a dash of social conservatism from Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum -- and stir. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006323639256/ 21006323639256 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:45:54 GMT MARION, Iowa -- A confident Mitt Romney said Monday that he's going to win Iowa and become the Republican nominee for president. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006325115479/ 21006325115479 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:53:44 GMT POLK CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is dismissing Mitt Romney's business experience and says the nation is looking for inspirational leaders instead. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006325162462/ 21006325162462 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:46:38 GMT MASON CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Monday his path to the party's nomination was unclear without a strong performance in Iowa's leadoff caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006325119814/ 21006325119814 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:48:07 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, campaigning in Iowa's heavily conservative northwest corner the day before Tuesday's caucuses, urged conservatives to support one of their own who hasn't been part of the Washington and Wall Street establishments. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006325128743/ 21006325128743 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:48:58 GMT VALLEY JUNCTION, Iowa -- Michele Bachmann finally joined the Iowa television ad fray Monday, pushing her hometown connection and saying she stood up to President Barack Obama as other Republicans "were cutting deals" with the Democrat. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006325133870/ 21006325133870 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:52:32 GMT WASHINGTON -- Look no further than Iowa to understand the impact of a Supreme Court ruling that opened the floodgates to outside money in American politics -- and to get a glimpse of what's in store for the race between President Barack Obama and the eventual Republican nominee. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006325155222/ 21006325155222 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:58:46 GMT DAVENPORT, Iowa -- On the last full day of campaigning before Iowa's GOP caucuses, Mitt Romney is working to hold on to his narrow advantage as he faces a surging Rick Santorum, an unpredictable Ron Paul factor and the still-difficult task of winning over many undecided conservative voters in a state that spurned him four years ago. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006320152662/ 21006320152662 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:31:31 GMT WASINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she would put U.S. missiles on alert and consider blockading Iran to let that country know it should not develop nuclear weapons. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006320709135/ 21006320709135 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:08:37 GMT INDEPENDENCE, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich conceded defeat in Iowa on Monday, a day before caucus-goers weighed in. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006322371726/ 21006322371726 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:42:38 GMT NASHUA, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Monday that his intense focus on New Hampshire is paying off, though he's still being met by some blank looks. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006322935814/ 21006322935814 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:08:00 GMT HONOLULU -- With an eye on the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama is wrapping up a low-key Hawaiian vacation and planning to quickly get back in front of voters as he ratchets up his bid for re-election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006322368052/ 21006322368052 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:30:36 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- The attacks on Newt Gingrich have been as under-the-radar as they have been in-your-face. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006320703666/ 21006320703666 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:23:01 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- With time running short, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and other Republican presidential contenders argued Sunday that they could beat President Barack Obama as they worked to persuade undecided Iowa Republicans aching to win the White House to choose them over chief rival Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315618133/ 21006315618133 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:24:57 GMT MERRIMACK, N.H. -- The political world shifts 1,300 miles east later this week. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315629750/ 21006315629750 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:23:45 GMT MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich said Sunday he'd been "Romney-boated" in Iowa and suggested his GOP rival would buy the presidency if he could. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315622535/ 21006315622535 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:27:16 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann plan to make their next -- and possibly last -- stands in South Carolina instead of chasing the rest of the GOP presidential pack to New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315643696/ 21006315643696 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:28:15 GMT ATLANTIC, Iowa -- Mitt Romney is criticizing rival Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a career politician and defending his own conservative credentials. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315649515/ 21006315649515 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:29:06 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is telling the conservative activists who pushed his rise in the polls that they can send a message to the world about family and faith by giving him a solid showing in Iowa's leadoff caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315654693/ 21006315654693 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:29:45 GMT DERRY, N.H. -- Iowa may help winnow the field, but it will be New Hampshire that sends a clear message about which Republican presidential hopeful is the most electable, Jon Huntsman said Sunday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315658519/ 21006315658519 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:31:05 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Desperate for a late lift in Iowa, Republican Michele Bachmann is increasingly stressing a distinction in the presidential field: She's the only woman competing for the nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315666565/ 21006315666565 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:31:55 GMT LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- The last time Ron Paul's congressional district was redrawn, he ended up with NASA's Johnson Space Center as a new neighbor. A group of Houston businessmen soon invited their new congressman for a primer on the value of the space shuttle. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315671545/ 21006315671545 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:30:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican Rick Santorum says that if he's elected president, he would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities unless they were opened for international arms inspectors. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315662166/ 21006315662166 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:32:47 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Saturday that he would veto legislation that would allow certain illegal residents to become American citizens. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006315676785/ 21006315676785 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:17:23 GMT HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having "serious reservations" about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307664315/ 21006307664315 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:05:56 GMT CAMPTON, N.H. -- An increasingly confident Jon Huntsman said Saturday that the New Hampshire primary has become a two-man race between him and front-runner Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307595640/ 21006307595640 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:07:24 GMT LE MARS, Iowa -- Mitt Romney is the clear Republican front-runner in Iowa in the final days before the first voting in the 2012 presidential election. But that's where the clarity ends in this unpredictable nomination race. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307604491/ 21006307604491 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:11:29 GMT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- So much for Iowa Nice. It's more like Iowa Nasty. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307628976/ 21006307628976 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:10:19 GMT WASHINGTON -- Several Republican presidential hopefuls are saying the state of Virginia should put their names on its March 6 ballot for the GOP primary despite their failure to meet state requirements. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307621924/ 21006307621924 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:09:02 GMT URBANDALE, Iowa -- Eighteen protesters connected to the nationwide Occupy movement were arrested Saturday outside the presidential campaign headquarters of Republicans Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307614288/ 21006307614288 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:12:28 GMT COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich blasted the Justice Department for blocking a South Carolina voter identification law and suggested the Obama administration wants to "steal elections." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307634857/ 21006307634857 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:13:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum has never been shy about picking fights, even with fellow Republicans. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307643353/ 21006307643353 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:15:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- At this point four years ago, national polls taken in the run-up to presidential primaries said to prepare for a general election matchup between Republican Rudy Giuliani and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006307650540/ 21006307650540 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:56:30 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- The two leading Republican presidential candidates in Iowa left the stage to their rivals to make their final pitches to voters just three days before the state's Republican caucus. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006303219089/ 21006303219089 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:58:56 GMT HONOLULU -- Leaving behind a year of bruising legislative battles, President Barack Obama enters his fourth year in office having calculated that he no longer needs Congress to promote his agenda and may even benefit in his re-election campaign if lawmakers take little action in 2012. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006303233662/ 21006303233662 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:57:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- At this point four years ago, national polls taken in the run-up to presidential primaries said to get ready for a faceoff between Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton. And in 2004, Howard Dean was coasting to the Democratic nomination to face President George W. Bush. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006303222922/ 21006303222922 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:56:34 GMT MASON CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is endorsing English as the national language. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299259466/ 21006299259466 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:45:27 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- In the race for Iowa, Republican presidential candidates are shifting from persuading people to mobilizing them to attend Tuesday's caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299552727/ 21006299552727 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:24:06 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wept Friday as he recalled his late mother's end-of-life illnesses, a moment of poignancy in a notably negative Republican presidential Iowa caucus campaign with four unpredictable days yet to run. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299424667/ 21006299424667 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:47:21 GMT FORT DODGE, Iowa -- Encountering small crowds and fresh viability questions, Republican Michele Bachmann slogged into the final weekend of Iowa caucus campaigning Friday looking for any spark to her flagging bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299564168/ 21006299564168 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:46:30 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- One of Mitt Romney's sons has an answer for those who say his father should release his tax returns. He jokes that President Barack Obama should go first and release his birth certificate and other records. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299559081/ 21006299559081 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:42:21 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Don't expect Herman Cain to endorse any of the Republican presidential candidates before Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299534185/ 21006299534185 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:33:14 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is at or near the top of polls in Iowa, where he's drawing big crowds and has an enviable campaign organization. But with Iowa's caucuses on Tuesday, the Texas congressman plans to head home for the weekend, the latest evidence of an unconventional approach to winning the GOP nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299479449/ 21006299479449 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:35:26 GMT PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman on Friday urged New Hampshire voters to stand up to the status quo and reject Mitt Romney, while a group of his supporters prepared a new television ad calling Romney a chameleon willing to do anything to get elected. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299492620/ 21006299492620 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:04:48 GMT MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum pushed back Friday against criticism from a rival for his pursuit of funding for home-state projects during his tenure in Congress. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299308884/ 21006299308884 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:06:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- Melody Barnes is leaving as White House chief domestic policy adviser at a time when President Barack Obama's administration is getting little notice for its work on the home front to fix the struggling economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006299321232/ 21006299321232 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:12:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama ended one war and is winding down another, bringing home tens of thousands of U.S. troops. Now he wants them to pay him back -- with votes. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006296477149/ 21006296477149 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:14:41 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney, watching as Republicans flail for a not-Romney alternative, is looking with optimism at Iowa, the state that rejected him four years earlier but now appears at least open to the possibility that he could be the GOP presidential nominee. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006294328143/ 21006294328143 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:15:30 GMT NEVADA, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is limping toward Tuesday's Iowa presidential caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006294333096/ 21006294333096 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:26:14 GMT MASON CITY, Iowa -- Dressed in jeans, shirt sleeves rolled up, Mitt Romney reminisced before a noontime crowd about the long car trips his family took when he was a boy. "My dad made Ramblers, so we had one," the Republican presidential hopeful said. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006295117443/ 21006295117443 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:18:45 GMT MUSCATINE, Iowa -- A lot of things stand out about Rick Santorum's dogged bid for the Republican presidential nomination, many that buck conventional political wisdom and are the hallmarks of a campaign on a shoestring budget. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006294352529/ 21006294352529 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:56:35 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- With time running short, Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich battled Thursday to win over a pivotal crop of undecided conservative voters. Of all the candidates, only Mitt Romney seemed to largely escape attack as he worked to win a state that long seemed out of reach until this week. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006290979597/ 21006290979597 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:55:29 GMT CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- An optimistic, upbeat Mitt Romney on Thursday accelerated his push in Iowa in the days before the GOP presidential caucuses and defended the relatively little campaigning he has undertaken in the state. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006290972949/ 21006290972949 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:51:01 GMT LACONIA, N.H. -- The political world is spinning in Iowa this week. And Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman says he doesn't care. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006290946171/ 21006290946171 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:50:18 GMT COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- A swaggering Rick Perry parachuted into Iowa last summer at the top of the GOP presidential field with a job-creation message, an off-the-cuff speaking style and a fledgling campaign organization. He quickly nosedived. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006290941871/ 21006290941871 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:51:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- A Virginia attorney and tea party activist is seeking to have Newt Gingrich's name placed on the state's Super Tuesday primary ballot. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006290949675/ 21006290949675 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:10:22 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Vowing to press ahead through the Iowa caucuses, Republican Michele Bachmann dismissed the notion Thursday that her presidential campaign was in disarray -- even as she lost another staff member. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006288542292/ 21006288542292 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:41:02 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- At least $12.5 million and counting has blanketed the airwaves ahead of next Tuesday's Republican presidential caucuses, with hard-hitting commercials awash in ghoulish images and startling claims. Most are coming from a proliferation of new independent groups aligned with the candidates. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006289086294/ 21006289086294 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:11:54 GMT WASHINGTON -- Fifty-nine percent of Hispanics oppose President Barack Obama's increased deportations of illegal immigrants, according to a new poll showing a weak spot in their otherwise broad support for the president in next year's election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006288551489/ 21006288551489 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:09:13 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's GOP presidential contest remains deeply unsettled, if not downright strange, five days before the Jan. 3 caucus. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006286375335/ 21006286375335 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:05:43 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- All across Iowa next Tuesday, tens of thousands of Republican voters will travel through a chilly Midwestern night to the warmth of a local church or gymnasium for caucus meetings to select presidential candidates, the first voting in the 2012 election campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006286354389/ 21006286354389 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:10:57 GMT CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Feeling optimistic, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday was positive on TV with an upbeat, new ad but in person went negative against President Barack Obama. He also announced an aggressive schedule of campaign events for the days leading up to next week's caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006288545756/ 21006288545756 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:06:54 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Regardless of whether Mitt Romney wins the Iowa Republican caucus Tuesday, he has enjoyed a remarkably easy presidential race so far. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006286361480/ 21006286361480 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:04:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman is defending his refusal to compete in the leadoff Iowa Republican precinct caucuses, focusing instead on New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006286349077/ 21006286349077 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:08:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- Four-star general-turned-CIA director David Petraeus almost resigned as Afghanistan war commander over President Barack Obama's decision to quickly draw down surge forces, according to a new insider's look at Petraeus' 37-year Army career. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006286368214/ 21006286368214 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:02:06 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Two politically active pastors in Iowa's robust evangelical conservative movement said Wednesday that an effort has been under way to persuade either Rick Santorum or Michele Bachmann to consider quitting the Republican presidential race and endorsing the other to avoid splintering this influential voting bloc's influence in the state's caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006282012633/ 21006282012633 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:44:46 GMT LE MARS, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich has raked in roughly $9 million for the last three months of the year, far more than the former House speaker has been able to collect in any previous quarter, his presidential campaign said Wednesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006281908617/ 21006281908617 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:45:07 GMT NEWTON, Iowa -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul received a welcome befitting a man with a suddenly serious chance to win next week's Iowa Republican presidential caucuses as he arrived in the state Wednesday for a final burst of campaigning. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006281190790/ 21006281190790 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:51:15 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- One presidential campaign claims an impressive effort in Iowa this year: eight offices opened, 350,000 phone calls to potential supporters and 1,280 events to recruit and train volunteers. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006279067562/ 21006279067562 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:00:01 GMT OMAHA, Neb. -- Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson survived nearly two decades representing heavily Republican Nebraska by carving a path down the political center. But faced with navigating that road in an increasingly polarizing climate, Nelson is stepping away -- and swinging the door wide open for the GOP. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006277680126/ 21006277680126 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:59:02 GMT DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- So much for staying positive. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006277674232/ 21006277674232 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:03:37 GMT MASON CITY, Iowa -- Rick Santorum isn't going down without a fight. In fact, that fight might be lifting him up. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006277701798/ 21006277701798 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:02:50 GMT SAN ANTONIO -- Ron Paul wants to legalize pot and shut down the Federal Reserve. He thinks the federal government has no authority to outlaw abortion, no business bombing Iran to keep it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and no justification to print money unless it's backed up by gold bars. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006277697086/ 21006277697086 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:41:03 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is weighing an unprecedented diplomatic act -- whether to bar a friendly president from U.S. soil. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006273246377/ 21006273246377 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:40:12 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Projecting the confidence of a front-runner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept into Iowa on Tuesday ahead of next week's presidential caucuses, looked past his Republican rivals and accused President Barack Obama of "misguided policies and weak leadership" in the White House. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006273241271/ 21006273241271 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:58:54 GMT OSCEOLA, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday said he had strengthened his opposition to abortion and now opposes the procedure even in the case of rape, incest or when the woman's life would be at risk. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006273353462/ 21006273353462 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:03:03 GMT LINCOLN, Neb. -- Democrats on Tuesday lamented Sen. Ben Nelson's decision to retire rather than seek a third term in Nebraska, fearing the move sets up Republicans for an easy and crucial victory in their effort to reclaim control of the chamber next year. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006273378389/ 21006273378389 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:30:26 GMT HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama and his family spent a warm and sunny afternoon at one of the most popular snorkeling spots on the island of Oahu, where they released four green sea turtles into the water. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006273542667/ 21006273542667 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:31:21 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney carried himself Tuesday like a man with the party nomination in hand, even before the first votes have been cast, while a newly unearthed memo showed chief rival Newt Gingrich once offered glowing praise for what Romney did for health care in Massachusetts as governor. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006271748161/ 21006271748161 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:53:30 GMT HONOLULU -- A vacationing President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated a Harvard University professor and a former Treasury official under President George H.W. Bush -- a Democrat and a Republican -- to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006271521098/ 21006271521098 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:59:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- Watch the political advertising and Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts, either "sides with extreme left" protesters or has a history of being too cozy with Wall Street. Or Republican freshman Sen. Scott Brown, whom she hopes to defeat next year, is portrayed as an enemy of the environment. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006269039794/ 21006269039794 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:12:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- The head of the Republican Party says no negative vibes should be inferred from the GOP's inability, so far, to coalesce around a candidate to challenge President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006269113343/ 21006269113343 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:56:36 GMT LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- Republicans haven't cast a single vote but Mitt Romney is starting to sound like he's the party's presidential nominee. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006269739629/ 21006269739629 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:55:54 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich once praised the health care law enacted in Massachusetts by then-Gov. Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006269735431/ 21006269735431 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:54:41 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa caucus campaign that has cycled through several Republican presidential front-runners entered its final week Monday, as unpredictable as the day conservatives began competing to emerge as Mitt Romney's chief rival. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006264688191/ 21006264688191 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:05:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- Watch the political advertising and Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts, either "sides with extreme left" protesters or has a history of being too cozy with Wall Street. Or Republican freshman Sen. Scott Brown, whom she hopes to defeat next year, is portrayed as an enemy of the environment. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006264755085/ 21006264755085 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:12:24 GMT WEST CHESTER, Ohio -- For "Anybody but Romney" Republicans in a key conservative region of Ohio, Newt Gingrich has been picking up support as an alternative to the former Massachusetts governor. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006264794468/ 21006264794468 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:36:00 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republicans in search of their party's presidential nomination are returning to campaign mode after a brief Christmas respite, with Rick Santorum planning a hunting trip with conservatives in Iowa and Mitt Romney phoning supporters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006261336055/ 21006261336055 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:07:05 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's wife gushes about his silly side and devotion to their five sons and 16 grandchildren. Rick Santorum's college-age daughter opines online about missing the campus coffee shop and chats with friends about their Friday night plans. Jon Huntsman's daughters generate much-needed buzz for him with a joint Twitter account and online videos, including at least one that went viral. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006260082530/ 21006260082530 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:09:22 GMT HONOLULU -- The Obama administration is considering whether to allow Yemen's outgoing president into the United States for medical treatment, as fresh violence and political tensions flare in the strategically important Middle Eastern nation. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006260096254/ 21006260096254 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:01:53 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- It's been a different presidential race in Iowa this year -- quieter. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006256091356/ 21006256091356 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:28:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich failed to qualify for Virginia's Super Tuesday primary ballot, the latest setback for a candidate whose standing in polls has been slipping. Gingrich's campaign said he would pursue an aggressive write-in campaign, though state law prohibits write-ins on primary ballots. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006246533041/ 21006246533041 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:27:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have failed to qualify for Virginia's March 6 Republican primary, a setback in their bids for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006246527717/ 21006246527717 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:29:37 GMT COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Mitt Romney cruises down two-lane blacktops, past combines churning up clouds of dust harvesting corn, on his way to one more gathering, one more step on a long journey. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006246537785/ 21006246537785 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:31:57 GMT DeWITT, Iowa -- Rick Perry drew standing-room-only crowds. Michele Bachmann lost her voice. Rick Santorum made a duel pitch --for votes and cash. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006246551747/ 21006246551747 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:32:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- On Jan. 21, 1997, one of the most memorable days in congressional history, Newt Gingrich became the first House speaker to be reprimanded by his colleagues for ethical misconduct. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006246556096/ 21006246556096 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:24:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has signed legislation extending a payroll tax cut for two months. The action concludes an end-of-year drama that split Republicans and threatened a tax hike on 160 million Americans. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006236788580/ 21006236788580 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:50:44 GMT RICHMOND, Va. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul will be on Virginia's March 6 Republican presidential primary ballot, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry has failed to qualify. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006238744438/ 21006238744438 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:07:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic Party have set a combined fundraising goal of $60 million for the final three months of 2011, an amount that would help them surpass $200 million for 2011. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006238846078/ 21006238846078 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:04:54 GMT TILTON, N.H. -- It's an opening salvo of the presidential campaign, minus actual presidential nominees. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006238829412/ 21006238829412 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:10:10 GMT WASHINGTON -- In the Republican primary struggle to define the most reliably conservative presidential candidate, Mitt Romney has put his money where his mouth is. Over the past six years and two presidential campaigns, Romney has donated at least $260,000 from his family charity foundation to GOP causes and influential conservative groups that could deepen his ties within the party and establish his credibility on the right. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006238861082/ 21006238861082 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:58:52 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Justice Department on Friday rejected South Carolina's law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, saying it makes it harder for minorities to cast ballots. It was the first voter ID law to be refused by the federal agency in nearly 20 years. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006238793216/ 21006238793216 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:03:08 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee have returned more than $70,000 in contributions from former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine following the collapse of MF Global, Corzine's financial firm, officials said Friday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006238818822/ 21006238818822 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:05:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- Barely beating Santa's sleigh, Congress delivered a last-minute holiday tax-cut extension to 160 million American wage-earners on Friday, just when it looked like they and millions of unemployed workers were going to be left with coal in their stockings. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006236670478/ 21006236670478 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:07:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- Congress on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions, handing President Barack Obama a convincing victory for his jobs agenda. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006234886299/ 21006234886299 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:23:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will travel Friday afternoon to Hawaii for a delayed Christmas vacation. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006235343988/ 21006235343988 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:45:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden is criticizing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for favoring economic policies that Biden says would help some people succeed while leaving the majority of Americans behind. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006234390658/ 21006234390658 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:31:40 GMT TILTON, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the president and vice president are living in "fantasyland" if they think the economy is getting better. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006234670079/ 21006234670079 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:45:58 GMT MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- When his top aides walked out this spring and left his campaign in tatters, Newt Gingrich considered dropping out. But he says it was his wife, Callista, who persuaded him to soldier on. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006234395840/ 21006234395840 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:42:10 GMT WASHINGTON -- Capping a full retreat by House GOP leaders, Congress will convene Friday in hopes of approving a stopgap measure renewing payroll tax cuts for every worker and unemployment benefits for millions -- despite serious opposition among some tea party Republicans. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006233293015/ 21006233293015 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:46:46 GMT BETHLEHEM, N.H. -- Mitt Romney, seemingly happy with how the Republican presidential campaign is playing out, is not explaining or apologizing for TV attack ads paid for by his allies that have damaged his chief rival's political standing 12 days before the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006234400651/ 21006234400651 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:47:38 GMT BERLIN, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he appreciates getting a boost from a personal hero, former President George H.W. Bush. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006234405857/ 21006234405857 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:14:35 GMT WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers. The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20 a week tax increase Jan. 1. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006230247517/ 21006230247517 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:06:24 GMT WASHINGTON -- For all his problems with the economy, President Barack Obama is getting unexpected help from a Republican Party that seems incapable of capitalizing on its advantages. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006230198440/ 21006230198440 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:45:48 GMT MAQUOKETA, Iowa -- It's usually a low-key, even quiet affair. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006230434878/ 21006230434878 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:44:53 GMT BETHLEHEM, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday spurned chief rival Newt Gingrich's challenge for a one-on-one debate ahead of the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses but dismissed the notion -- suggested by the former House speaker -- that he's afraid to participate in such a face-off. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006230429370/ 21006230429370 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:18:47 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The Hamburg Inn in Iowa City has long been a popular stop for presidential candidates, but it probably won't be high on Rep. Michele Bachmann's list anymore. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006230272737/ 21006230272737 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:04:41 GMT RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former presidential candidate John Edwards says he has been diagnosed with a medical condition that would make it difficult for him to attend his approaching criminal trial over campaign finances and is asking for it to be delayed. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006230188153/ 21006230188153 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:46:44 GMT BERLIN, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he appreciates getting a boost from a personal hero, former President George H.W. Bush. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006230440491/ 21006230440491 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:56:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is welcoming a deal on extending a payroll tax cut and congratulating Congress for ending its "partisan stalemate." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006229056510/ 21006229056510 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:48:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is using Americans' money worries to pressure House Republicans to pass a short-term extension of payroll tax cuts. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006225772521/ 21006225772521 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:45:05 GMT CHICAGO -- As Americans watch yet another political drama play out on Capitol Hill -- this time over whether to extend the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits -- they have a question for Congress: Can't you all just get along? For once? http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006225030586/ 21006225030586 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:07:31 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Many lawmakers and other key players in Florida's process for drawing new congressional and legislative districts have adopted their own don't ask, don't tell policies. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006225165148/ 21006225165148 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:50:29 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top Republican on Thursday urged the GOP-led House to pass a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts and break an impasse that threatens 160 million workers with a 2 percentage point tax increase on Jan. 1. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006226502959/ 21006226502959 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:48:29 GMT ARLINGTON, Va. -- Newt Gingrich is frantically playing catch-up in the Republican presidential race, spending precious time trying to get on Virginia's primary ballot while his rivals campaign in crucial Iowa and New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006225050938/ 21006225050938 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:50:23 GMT KEENE, N.H. -- The stars may be aligning for Mitt Romney -- and at just the right time. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006225422376/ 21006225422376 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:52:20 GMT WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain says Congress' failure to reach agreement on legislation extending a payroll tax cut for working Americans "hurts the Republican Party." The GOP's 2008 presidential nominee says his party made a mistake in voting down the Senate-passed version of a bill that would have kept the current payroll tax relief intact for at least two more months. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006225434085/ 21006225434085 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:51:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- To hear Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich tell it, he and Democratic President Bill Clinton were political partners in the 1990s, lowering unemployment, balancing the federal budget and keeping the nation's economy in robust health. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006225426291/ 21006225426291 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:31:46 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney refused to be pinned down Wednesday on how Congress should break an impasse that threatens to raise taxes for 160 million workers -- the latest pressing policy debate the Republican presidential hopeful has sidestepped. Rival Newt Gingrich, in contrast, castigated Congress for "an absurd dereliction of duty." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006221350612/ 21006221350612 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:57:37 GMT ASHLAND, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says he would deport President Barack Obama's uncle, who police say was arrested in August for drunk driving near Boston and is an illegal immigrant. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006221505796/ 21006221505796 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:32:25 GMT WASHINGTON -- House and Senate leaders traded demands Wednesday but remained mired in a bitter holiday-season stalemate that is threatening 160 million workers with Jan. 1 tax increases and millions of the long-term unemployed with an end to their benefits. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006218114581/ 21006218114581 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:53:08 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Democratic leader of the Senate is urging Speaker John Boehner to bring the House back to Washington and approve the bipartisan Senate-approved bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006217518830/ 21006217518830 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:25:49 GMT WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders are renewing their call for the Democratic-led Senate to bargain with them and try to end the stalemate over extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006217714980/ 21006217714980 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:08:11 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman's campaign said Wednesday that jobs lost at a company managed by rival Mitt Romney counter his claims of being a job creator. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006219409179/ 21006219409179 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:08:30 GMT COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Mitt Romney cruises down two-lane blacktops, past combines churning up clouds of dust harvesting corn, on his way to one more gathering, one more step on a long journey. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006217251048/ 21006217251048 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:07:30 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is asking rival Mitt Romney to call off a group airing attack ads that have contributed to the former U.S. House speaker's slide in the leadoff caucus state. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006219405045/ 21006219405045 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:51:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- Stuck in a stalemate, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are slugging it out in Washington rather than reaching for a holiday season accord to prevent payroll taxes from going up on 160 million workers. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006216431794/ 21006216431794 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:07:51 GMT DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Iowa residents flipping their TV channels this season aren't finding a whole lot of Christmas cheer. A barrage of negative campaign ads is flooding the airwaves, with ghoulish images of Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi crowding Santa and doomsday music drowning out holiday song. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006217247177/ 21006217247177 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:07:19 GMT EXETER, N.H. -- Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, who has drawn little attention with his bid for the Republican nomination for president, is dropping his GOP campaign to run for the Libertarian Party nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006217243995/ 21006217243995 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:08:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- Congress lurched toward Grinch-like gridlock on Tuesday as the Republican-controlled House rejected a two-month extension of Social Security tax cuts that President Barack Obama said was "the only viable way" to prevent a drop in take-home pay for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212933382/ 21006212933382 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:48:55 GMT BEDFORD, N.H. -- Sharpening his message ahead of voting in Iowa and New Hampshire, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday attacked President Barack Obama as Newt Gingrich, his chief rival, accused Romney of running a "negative smear campaign" in the GOP primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212813523/ 21006212813523 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:28:18 GMT DAVENPORT, IA -- Iowa residents flipping their TV channels this season aren't finding a whole lot of Christmas cheer. A barrage of negative campaign ads is flooding the airwaves, with ghoulish images of Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi crowding Santa and doomsday music drowning out holiday song. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212689857/ 21006212689857 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:26:32 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Suddenly, Ron Paul is in contention to win the Iowa caucuses and do well in the New Hampshire primary two weeks before the first votes are cast, reflecting the fluidity of the Republican presidential race as well as the inability of the party's social conservative, tea party and establishment wings to coalesce behind a favored candidate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212679212/ 21006212679212 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:06:37 GMT BEDFORD, N.H. -- Sharpening his message ahead of voting in Iowa and New Hampshire, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of deepening the economic crisis and backing policies that will redistribute wealth instead of creating equal opportunity for people to do well. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212919791/ 21006212919791 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:45:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden is stressing an "urgent need" for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to meet with leaders of other political blocs in Iraq to help resolve potentially explosive sectarian differences emerging in the wake of the U.S. troop withdrawal. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212793310/ 21006212793310 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:46:29 GMT SAN FRANCISCO -- California's attorney general is suing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, demanding that the government-backed companies respond to questions in a state investigation. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212798943/ 21006212798943 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:30:38 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday agreed with a judge's proposal to fix the flawed ballot summary of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would repeal Florida's ban on financial aid to churches and other religious organizations. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006212703834/ 21006212703834 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:19:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says a bipartisan compromise reached by the Senate is the "only viable way" to prevent a tax increase on Jan. 1. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006210476152/ 21006210476152 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:44:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- The House Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama that would have extended a 2-percent payroll tax cut for two months and bought time for talks on a full-year renewal. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006210269385/ 21006210269385 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:34:42 GMT JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are observing the end of the war in Iraq in solemn military tradition, marking the official return of the U.S. Forces-Iraq flag to home soil. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006209848213/ 21006209848213 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:25:30 GMT BEDFORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama is pushing to make the United States more like Europe. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006209793036/ 21006209793036 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:35:29 GMT Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is meeting with supporters in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, before visiting Ottumwa, Oskaloosa and Knoxville later in the day. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006208772997/ 21006208772997 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:33:55 GMT WASHINGTON -- Conventional wisdom, supported by polls, maintains that Mitt Romney would be a tougher opponent than Newt Gingrich against President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006208763567/ 21006208763567 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:33:11 GMT DAVENPORT, Iowa -- As he works to rev up his conservative base in Iowa with just two weeks to go until the state's caucuses, Newt Gingrich is launching a full-throated assault on a reliable GOP target: judges. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006208759114/ 21006208759114 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:34:52 GMT NEW YORK -- A young Iowa man's plea for marriage rights for his lesbian parents drew 18.3 million views to become the most-watched political video of the year, according to YouTube's ranking of viral political videos. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006208769214/ 21006208769214 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:36:15 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- College football analyst Craig James, who starred as a tailback at Southern Methodist University and with the New England Patriots in the 1980s, left ESPN on Monday and entered the Republican race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Texas. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006208777568/ 21006208777568 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:51:06 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is stepping in for Herman Cain in headlining a Palm Beach County event. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006208146630/ 21006208146630 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:05:17 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled House intends to wait until Tuesday to reject a Senate measure providing a two-month extension of Social Security payroll tax cuts due to expire on Dec. 31. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006204991745/ 21006204991745 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:29:49 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says rival Newt Gingrich's idea to send Capitol Police or U.S. marshals to bring judges before lawmakers to explain their decisions is neither practical nor constitutional. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006204058921/ 21006204058921 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:29:05 GMT DAVENPORT, Iowa -- More than $1 million in negative advertising -- much of it bankrolled by Mitt Romney's allies -- has eroded Newt Gingrich's standing in Iowa and thrown the Republican presidential race here wide open two weeks before the first votes. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006204054523/ 21006204054523 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:31:20 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Taking seriously an apparent threat from a notorious collective of computer hackers, the Iowa Republican Party is boosting the security of the electronic systems it will use in two weeks to count the first votes of the 2012 presidential campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006204068085/ 21006204068085 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:32:46 GMT MANCHESTER, Iowa -- Seeking a late surge, Texas Gov. Rick Perry sought Monday to tar GOP presidential rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney for supporting the $700 billion Wall Street bailout and said the billions loaned to banks and other financial institutions at the height of the 2008 financial crisis amounted to "the single biggest act of theft in American history." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006204076673/ 21006204076673 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:33:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are urging President Barack Obama not to make recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006204081376/ 21006204081376 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:34:14 GMT JUNEAU, Alaska -- Sarah Palin says it's not too late for someone to jump into the Republican presidential race. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006204085433/ 21006204085433 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:46:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- The House intends to vote down a bipartisan two-month extension of the payroll tax cut that has cleared the Senate and is backed by President Barack Obama, and request immediate negotiations on a full-year renewal, Speaker John Boehner said Monday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006200918148/ 21006200918148 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:03:41 GMT WASHINGTON -- The House and Senate barreled toward a collision Monday over some of the chief ingredients of President Barack Obama's recipe for reviving the economy, with tax increases and jobless benefit cuts awaiting millions of Americans on New Year's Day if the dispute is not resolved. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006201742113/ 21006201742113 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:20:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- Congress is facing yet another down-to-the wire showdown as House Republicans shun a bipartisan payroll tax cut bill approved by the Senate and prepare to write a package to please rank-and-file GOP lawmakers clamoring for a more conservative version. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006200403973/ 21006200403973 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:05:21 GMT MANCHESTER, Iowa -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling the Wall Street bailout "the single biggest act of theft in American history. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006201752150/ 21006201752150 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:04:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican president hopeful Newt Gingrich doubled down on his criticism of federal judges and the Supreme Court as chief rival Mitt Romney defended his record against likely Democratic attacks. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006199947669/ 21006199947669 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:05:14 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa -- With two weeks remaining before Iowa kicks off the 2012 campaign with its first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, the state Republican Party is taking steps to secure its electronic vote collection system after receiving a mysterious threat to its computers. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006199951480/ 21006199951480 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:57:15 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says it remains committed to stability on the Korean peninsula and is closely monitoring developments there following the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il and the apparent transfer of power to his son. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006200623542/ 21006200623542 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:01:22 GMT WASHINGTON -- Congressional investigators said Monday that four House members received VIP discounted loans from the former Countrywide Financial Corp., the lender whose subprime mortgages was largely responsible for the nation's foreclosure crisis. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006199928211/ 21006199928211 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:31:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican president hopeful Newt Gingrich doubled down on his criticism of federal judges and the Supreme Court on Sunday as chief rival Mitt Romney defended his record against likely Democratic attacks. With close to two weeks before GOP voters start choosing their nominee, Gingrich is courting the conservative primary voters he will need to win in Iowa and sustain his campaign against Romney, whose superior organization and pile of cash has him seeming ever more confident as he looks ahead to the general election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006194350069/ 21006194350069 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:35:08 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney is defending his years making millions in private business and says he'll handle attacks from Democrats who are trying to paint him as wealthy and out-of-touch. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006194370813/ 21006194370813 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:34:04 GMT ATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich continues to level harsh attacks on the judicial branch, saying as president he would consider dispatching U.S. marshals to force judges to appear before Congress to explain controversial decisions. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006194364477/ 21006194364477 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:33:05 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Just a year ago, tea party activists came roaring out of the congressional elections eager to shape the looming race for the White House. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006194358593/ 21006194358593 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:37:37 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, forcing a reluctant President Barack Obama to make an election-year choice between unions and environmentalists over whether to build an oil pipeline through the heart of the country. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006183225784/ 21006183225784 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:59:58 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich tried to quiet unrelenting campaign criticism that he acknowledged had taken a toll as Mitt Romney stepped up insider attacks Saturday in hopes of regaining front-runner status with the first presidential vote little more than two weeks away. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006186959850/ 21006186959850 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:00:59 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Mitt Romney is mocking Newt Gingrich's long record in Washington and says conservative tea party voters eventually will reject the former House speaker who's Romney chief presidential rival. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006186965915/ 21006186965915 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:03:01 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican Jon Huntsman's presidential fortunes may have little to do with his party's conservatives. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006186978166/ 21006186978166 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:04:00 GMT URBANDALE, Iowa -- In a presidential campaign marked by sharp rises and falls, Republican Rick Santorum has experienced neither. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006186984085/ 21006186984085 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:02:11 GMT WASHINGTON -- In mid-1970 an unusual job application landed in the stack of resumes at West Georgia College. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006186973144/ 21006186973144 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:45:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is welcoming home troops who served in Iraq, offering up their service as a lesson of the nation's character. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006182554650/ 21006182554650 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:48:18 GMT MIAMI -- A conservative Hispanic political group is teaming up with the Republican Party of Florida to sponsor a presidential primary debate on Jan. 26. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006182569822/ 21006182569822 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:46:49 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- As their rivals look for support among Iowa caucusgoers, Mitt Romney focused on early voting South Carolina and Newt Gingrich stayed close to home in Washington with a little more than two weeks before this state starts the winnowing of the Republicans' presidential hopefuls. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006182560932/ 21006182560932 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:48:58 GMT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived in Tripoli, making history as the first Pentagon chief to ever set foot on Libyan soil. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006182573887/ 21006182573887 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:47:36 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican Jon Huntsman's presidential fortunes may have little to do with his party's conservatives. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006182565664/ 21006182565664 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:50:52 GMT URBANDALE, Iowa -- In a presidential campaign marked by sharp rises and falls, Republican Rick Santorum has experienced neither. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006182585283/ 21006182585283 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:41:15 GMT WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders agreed on compromise legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an oil pipeline that promises thousands of jobs. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006178207556/ 21006178207556 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:55:18 GMT WASHINGTON -- Just two weekends remain before the Iowa caucuses and Newt Gingrich, the Republican leading in the presidential race there, is spending this one about 1,000 miles away in Washington. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006178651880/ 21006178651880 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:01:08 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Challenging Newt Gingrich's claim to South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney charged into the state Friday with a key endorsement from the tea party-aligned governor, a packed campaign schedule and plans to start airing TV ads in the early primary state. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006178686864/ 21006178686864 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:56:16 GMT ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann said she did not want "to trash anyone" on Friday and then called her leading rivals ideologically unfit to win the nomination as she began a bus tour she hopes will yield a caucus comeback. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006178657629/ 21006178657629 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:52:30 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- Retired Lt. Gen. Ric Sanchez, the sole major Democratic candidate in the race to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, said Friday he is dropping out of the Texas race because of "pressing personal challenges" and a lack of funds. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006178635045/ 21006178635045 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:46:43 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will speak at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism in Washington on Friday afternoon. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006173920384/ 21006173920384 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:47:47 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidates are plunging into the final weekend of campaigning before the holidays, with Newt Gingrich looking to maintain his lead while Mitt Romney and other rivals work to tear him down. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006173926769/ 21006173926769 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:44:33 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is endorsing Mitt Romney for president. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006173907350/ 21006173907350 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:12:17 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidates Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann are trading barbs over Iran, with the Texas congressman saying the U.S. has no legitimate claim to block Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon and Bachmann calling his position wildly dangerous. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006173713789/ 12006173713789 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:44:07 GMT WASHINGTON -- White House spokesmen Thursday blasted a new bipartisan plan to overhaul Medicare, saying it would undermine the health care program for seniors and disabled people, leaving it to "wither on the vine." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006172824744/ 12006172824744 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:49:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- Entering 2012, President Barack Obama's re-election prospects are essentially a 50-50 proposition, with a majority saying the president deserves to be voted out of office despite concerns about the Republican alternatives, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006173939961/ 21006173939961 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:57:05 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Likening himself to Ronald Reagan, Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich insisted in campaign debate Thursday night he can defeat President Barack Obama in 2012, adding it was laughable for his rivals to challenge his conservative credentials. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006170022510/ 21006170022510 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:27:26 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republicans yielded on policy affecting communist Cuba and Democrats gave way on new energy standards for light bulbs to seal an agreement Thursday evening on a massive $1 trillion-plus year-end spending package in time avert a possible government shutdown this weekend. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006170204632/ 21006170204632 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:28:30 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Rick Perry says he wants to be the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006170211046/ 21006170211046 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:20:38 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich is promoting his plan to abolish left-leaning courts, and Rick Perry wants to do away with lifetime appointments for judges. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006170163899/ 21006170163899 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:16:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidates have claimed that the Obama administration is cleansing government files of references to radical Islam, an assertion so juicy that politicians keep repeating it -- even though it's a wild exaggeration. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006165460655/ 21006165460655 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:17:54 GMT COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Every now and then, Rick Perry seems to stop campaigning for president. That's when he talks about the men and women who have served in uniform -- including himself. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006165467454/ 21006165467454 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:16:03 GMT SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich's new TV ad chides his presidential opponents for going negative. Mitt Romney is trying to cast Gingrich as an unreliable leader. It's a preview of likely lines of criticism in Thursday's GOP debate, the last before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006165456396/ 21006165456396 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:19:07 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has little choice but to rely on momentum to carry him to victory in the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006165474766/ 21006165474766 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:18:29 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Only a few weeks before the first Republican presidential contest, some Iowans are on the attack like never before. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006165470993/ 21006165470993 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:17:18 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney is starting to open up. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006165463838/ 21006165463838 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:55:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- Over and over, the Iraq war is over. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006161370496/ 21006161370496 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:51:43 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa -- His attacks growing ever more personal, Mitt Romney on Wednesday questioned chief rival Newt Gingrich's temperament, spending habits and allegiance to both the GOP and the middle class while hecklers confronted Gingrich in the lead-off caucus state. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006161350334/ 21006161350334 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:52:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry isn't the only one to have an "oops" moment in the Republican presidential contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006161357190/ 21006161357190 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:56:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- With the Iowa caucus nearing and Newt Gingrich surging, Mitt Romney's campaign strategies appear to be flagging in the Republican presidential race. He's starting to adjust. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006161378347/ 21006161378347 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:57:29 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Protesters drowned out Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich during a campaign event at the University of Iowa. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006161384989/ 21006161384989 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:58:37 GMT EXETER, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is set to appear on the "Late Show" with David Letterman next week. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006161391730/ 21006161391730 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:35:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is marking the end of the Iraq war with a tribute to the troops who fought and died in a conflict he opposed from the start. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006157293653/ 21006157293653 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:03:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's State of the Union address is set for Jan. 24. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006157462630/ 21006157462630 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:21:09 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney is forced to defend his opposition to same-sex marriage. Newt Gingrich endorses a pledge to be faithful to his wife. Rick Perry runs an ad noting he's against gays serving openly in the military, and abortion may take center stage Wednesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006156846943/ 21006156846943 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:19:44 GMT ATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich is pledging to stay relentlessly positive in his quest for the White House. Except when he's not. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006156838414/ 21006156838414 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:22:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney says his business background makes him a better presidential candidate than Newt Gingrich, who has spent decades in Washington. But the argument is not moving Republicans his way, underscoring Romney's challenge in finding a way to stem Gingrich's rise three weeks before the Iowa caucus, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006156855381/ 21006156855381 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:23:51 GMT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is hosting four fundraisers across New York City while his main rivals campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006156863190/ 21006156863190 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:20:29 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday ordered $1 billion in midyear cuts to California's budget that will result in pain for students who rely on school buses to get to class, mothers who depend on child care subsidies to keep working and support programs for the developmentally disabled. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006156842973/ 21006156842973 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:21:54 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican political figure and tea-party favorite Christine O'Donnell says she's backing Mitt Romney's presidential bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006156851454/ 21006156851454 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:24:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has delivered a formal request to Iran for the return of a U.S. surveillance drone captured by Iranian armed forces, but said it is not hopeful that Iran will comply. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006148227349/ 21006148227349 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:05:12 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top campaign advisers say they are uncertain about which Republican challenger will emerge next year but are predicting a long GOP primary contest that they say will produce a weaker opponent in 2012. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006148471218/ 21006148471218 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:32:54 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republicans claimed enough support to muscle legislation through the House on Tuesday that would continue a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers, a vote that would shift the battleground to a staunchly opposed Senate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006149717428/ 21006149717428 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:38:24 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's surprise rise has disrupted rival Mitt Romney's carefully laid plan to lower expectations in Iowa, where Romney fought aggressively in 2008 but ended up losing. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006148310468/ 21006148310468 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:51:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- Imploring supporters to stick with him, President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that his re-election is "not a slam dunk" -- despite his administration's achievements -- because of understandable public skepticism over the economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006149826429/ 21006149826429 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:50:04 GMT ATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich is urging supporters and staff to refrain from attacks on his Republican presidential rivals. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006149820424/ 21006149820424 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:37:17 GMT NEW YORK -- Maybe Rick Perry should have worn a different jacket. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006148303799/ 21006148303799 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:35:24 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- There were no time limits, formal rules or reporters asking questions. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006148292464/ 21006148292464 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:34:01 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney says Iraqi leaders have progressed toward a stable society, but he's worried about the failure of Washington and Baghdad to negotiate a "stay-behind" U.S. force there. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006148284152/ 21006148284152 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:34:40 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- There were no time limits, formal rules or reporters asking questions. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006143608012/ 21006143608012 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:36:00 GMT COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Unionized teachers and retirees, local government officials, and veterans are among public workers running for office in an effort by Ohio Democrats to take control of the state House after a successful fall campaign to repeal a collective bargaining overhaul championed by Gov. John Kasich and fellow Republicans. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006143616059/ 21006143616059 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:38:14 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Trading accusations of greed, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich challenged each other Monday to return millions made in private business as the race for the GOP presidential nomination turned increasingly acerbic and personal at the start of a three-week sprint to the Iowa caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006143629429/ 21006143629429 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:37:11 GMT WASHINGTON -- The tax plan by GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich would provide big tax breaks to the rich and blow a huge hole in the federal budget deficit, according to an independent study released Monday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006143623177/ 21006143623177 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:40:41 GMT ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Each of Iowa's 99 counties is likely to hear from Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann by the end of December. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006143644128/ 21006143644128 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:16:37 GMT NEW YORK -- Maybe Rick Perry should have worn a different jacket. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006143499792/ 21006143499792 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:14:22 GMT WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to El Salvador, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House which accused them of playing politics with the nation's interests. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006143486272/ 21006143486272 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:00:44 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- When Mitt Romney sat down next to a patron wearing a Vietnam veteran's cap, Romney wanted to ask him about his military service. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006142684482/ 21006142684482 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:50:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama heralded the end of the divisive Iraq war Monday, and warned Iraq's neighbors that the United States would remain a major player in the region even as it brings its troops home. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006140825059/ 21006140825059 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:00:22 GMT WASHINGTON -- When Michele Bachmann accused Newt Gingrich in the latest Republican debate of once supporting a cap-and-trade program to curb global warming, he huffily denied it and told her she should get her facts straight. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006138362253/ 21006138362253 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:26:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic about President Barack Obama's political prospects in 2012. They cite his tougher, more populist tone and what they view as a chaotic primary fight among Republicans. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006139236580/ 21006139236580 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:32:59 GMT MANCHESTER, N. H. -- Mitt Romney on Monday dismissed his offer to make a $10,000 bet with Rick Perry as merely "an outrageous number to answer an outrageous charge" -- namely, Perry's claim that Romney made changes to parts of his book. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006139277984/ 21006139277984 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:21:37 GMT WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama is now a world record holder. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006139569760/ 21006139569760 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:23:36 GMT AMES, Iowa -- Seen just four months ago as conservatives' potential savior, Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is fighting for his life in Iowa. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006139221651/ 21006139221651 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:22:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke has gone further than ever to explain its policies to the public. It's ready to go further still. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006139212936/ 21006139212936 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:52:13 GMT HUDSON, N.H. -- Democrats and Republicans alike are accusing Mitt Romney of being out of touch after he said during Saturday's debate that he would make a $10,000 bet with Rick Perry even as millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet in a troubled economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006135073324/ 21006135073324 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:53:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- A Republican-leaning group will begin airing a major advertisement this week critical of the Obama administration's investment into a now-defunct solar-energy company, The Associated Press has learned. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006135078213/ 21006135078213 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:54:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich's trailing rivals derided the leading presidential contenders on Sunday as insufficiently conservative, each trying to find a second wind in the race to become the Republican nominee with time running out before voting begins. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006135085363/ 21006135085363 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:54:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- Jon Huntsman skipped the latest presidential debate and is near the bottom in many polls, but says he can surprise his GOP rivals in New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006135089761/ 21006135089761 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:55:38 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is lumping together his two leading rivals, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, and saying their records are too much like President Barack Obama's on big issues like health care, climate change and Wall Street bailouts. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006135093848/ 21006135093848 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:56:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich is trying to preserve his rapid rise in the GOP presidential race by defending his most controversial stands without appearing to be the thin-skinned hothead his critics often describe. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006135100511/ 21006135100511 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:57:42 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Saturday defended his statement that the Palestinians are an "invented" people, brushing aside criticism that he had unnecessarily made the Mideast peace process more difficult. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006135106233/ 21006135106233 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:20:11 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, newly minted Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney in campaign debate Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts governor, "The only reason you didn't become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006133441150/ 21006133441150 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:57:32 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich has leapfrogged Mitt Romney to become the GOP front-runner and prime target of his rivals at their latest presidential debate less than a month before the leadoff vote to determine President Barack Obama's challenger. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006126465260/ 21006126465260 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:59:00 GMT GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Long before he discovered Friedrich Hayek and other free-market economists, Ron Paul got a lesson in sound money from his oldest brother, Bill. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006126474017/ 21006126474017 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:00:20 GMT NEW YORK -- From late-night comedy shows to cable news interviews, free media exposure has proved influential in defining the Republican presidential candidates and setting the dynamics of the primary race, especially for lower-tier hopefuls lacking cash for TV ads. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006126482033/ 21006126482033 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:01:32 GMT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney dived into his campaign's full-scale critique of rival Newt Gingrich on Friday, standing by top supporters who described the former House speaker as self-serving and mocking some of his ideas about science and technology. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006126489271/ 21006126489271 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:29:38 GMT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign hit back at GOP rival Mitt Romney on Friday, saying criticism by the former Massachusetts governor's campaign seemed desperate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118017818/ 21006118017818 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:36:18 GMT DES MOINES -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday there are eight Supreme Court justices, not nine, and couldn't remember Justice Sonia Sotomayor's name in an editorial board meeting with The Des Moines Register newspaper. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118057870/ 21006118057870 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:32:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- Setting a new bar for the nation's economy, President Barack Obama said the unemployment rate could fall to 8 percent before he faces re-election next November. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118035642/ 21006118035642 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:28:37 GMT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney dived into his campaign's full-scale critique of rival Newt Gingrich on Friday, standing by top supporters who described the former House speaker as self-serving and mocking some of his ideas about science and technology. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118011773/ 21006118011773 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:44:27 GMT WASHINGTON -- A contempt of court citation against the prosecutors who tried the late Sen. Ted Stevens has been upheld on appeal. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118106777/ 21006118106777 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:43:12 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich's rapid rise in presidential polls has left veteran Republicans scratching their heads, and not just because he vaulted from far back to lead Mitt Romney in several key states. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118099252/ 21006118099252 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:34:32 GMT WASHINGTON -- Business mogul Donald Trump said Friday he might scrub a presidential debate that so far has drawn only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118047215/ 21006118047215 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:47:35 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has issued a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act aimed at streamlining the classification of threatened plants or animals. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006117765527/ 21006117765527 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:05:41 GMT AMES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney may have some help in Iowa: Ron Paul. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006113914183/ 21006113914183 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:33:18 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is telling a Jewish cable channel that Palestinians are an "invented" people and that they are really Arabs who chose not to live elsewhere. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006118039831/ 21006118039831 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:21:55 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican Mitt Romney opened a broad and newly abrasive assault on rival Newt Gingrich on Thursday, dispatching surrogates and staff to cast him as unworthy of the GOP nomination and unfit to be president. Romney's allies also readied a blistering new ad in Iowa that says Gingrich has spent "30 years in Washington flip-flopping on issues." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006107891545/ 12006107891545 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:45:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is warning lawmakers to finish work on a payroll tax cut extension or they won't be going home for Christmas. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006112715345/ 12006112715345 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:54:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- Business mogul Donald Trump is questioning Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann's loyalty after she repeatedly sought his advice but then chose to skip a debate he is hosting. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006114209015/ 21006114209015 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:50:47 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats determined to look tough on Iran and avoid any election-year challenges to their pro-Israel bona fides are rebuffing Obama administration pleas to ease proposed sanctions on Iran's Central Bank. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006112744786/ 12006112744786 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:13:10 GMT OKATIE, S.C. -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is correcting himself after saying the US is at war in Iran instead of Iraq. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006109279078/ 21006109279078 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:08:55 GMT AMES, Iowa -- Allies of Mitt Romney are going up on the air with a blistering 60-second TV ad in Iowa that assails Newt Gingrich on a host of fronts culminating in what it calls "30 years in Washington flip-flopping on issues." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006109253577/ 21006109253577 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:11:41 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- At a private gathering of pastors in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a contrite Newt Gingrich pitched his story of personal redemption Thursday. Along South Carolina's coast, Texas Gov. Rick Perry referenced Scripture as he worked to pump life into his floundering White House bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006109270127/ 21006109270127 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:14:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- Jon Huntsman says the leading Republican presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, are feeding a deficit of trust in politics. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006109285363/ 21006109285363 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:09:29 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican Mitt Romney opened a broad and newly abrasive assault on rival Newt Gingrich on Thursday, dispatching surrogates and staff to cast him as unworthy of the GOP nomination and unfit to be president. Romney's allies also readied a blistering new ad in Iowa that says Gingrich has spent "30 years in Washington flip-flopping on issues." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006109256993/ 21006109256993 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:10:12 GMT PHOENIX -- Arizona's two U.S. senators said Thursday they are concerned about reports of a large number of sex-crime investigations being botched by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three-year period ending in 2007. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006109261212/ 21006109261212 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:46:07 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his health secretary's decision to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006106236731/ 21006106236731 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:53:01 GMT WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee accuses the Justice Department of giving inconsistent statements about what he calls a reckless and dangerous law enforcement program. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006105558160/ 21006105558160 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:03:14 GMT WASHINGTON -- Jon Corzine will tell a House committee that he doesn't know the location of client money that went missing when MF Global failed, and that he inherited a company that was on a failing course. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006105259430/ 21006105259430 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:32:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked President Barack Obama's choice to head the new consumer protection agency that was designed to help curtail the excesses and abuses that led to the financial meltdown. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006105796551/ 21006105796551 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:22:37 GMT NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. -- Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are in Florida to discuss college affordability during a visit to a Jacksonville-area high school. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006105015717/ 21006105015717 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:11:40 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Many Americans have memories of the 2000 recount in Florida that settled the presidential election and wouldn't want to go through that experience again. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006104230054/ 21006104230054 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:11:07 GMT Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is conducting a morning forum with business leaders in Greenville, S.C. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006104946737/ 21006104946737 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:22:18 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will meet with House Democratic leaders in the Oval Office on Thursday morning. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006105013861/ 21006105013861 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:20:27 GMT NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. -- Vice President Joe Biden is at a naval station in North Florida welcoming about 350 sailors home from a 7-month deployment in Iraq. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006105002799/ 21006105002799 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:09:50 GMT BOSTON -- Mitt Romney has a not-so-secret weapon against Newt Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006104939097/ 21006104939097 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:18:41 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney is aggressively attacking rival Newt Gingrich as the former House speaker rises in the polls. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006104992122/ 21006104992122 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:11:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's stunning surge toward the top of the Republican presidential field has unnerved some Republicans in Congress who remember too well the tumult of nearly two decades ago. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006104951359/ 21006104951359 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:50:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- In diplomatically polite terms, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper remained at odds Wednesday over a proposed oil pipeline from Canada through the United States, with Obama showing no interest in speeding up a project that the Canadian leader sees as vital to his nation's economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006100500534/ 21006100500534 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:45:22 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls took turns lambasting President Barack Obama's policy toward Israel on Wednesday, accusing him of being timid in the face of Iran's attempt to build nuclear weapons and allowing a dangerous distance to develop between the U.S. and its long-time ally in the Middle East. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006100472234/ 21006100472234 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:51:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is meeting with a small number of donors at a fundraiser to benefit his re-election bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006100506925/ 21006100506925 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:43:47 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Inviting contrasts with thrice-married religious convert Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney cast himself as a man of consistency in religion and matrimony Wednesday as he and other GOP candidates went after the latest front-runner in a strikingly aggressive new phase of the Republican campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006100462758/ 21006100462758 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:44:33 GMT NEW YORK -- Rick Perry isn't going down without a fight. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006100467339/ 21006100467339 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:42:03 GMT RICHMOND, Va. -- Two Virginia governors clashed in their first debate of the 2012 U.S. Senate race over showing respect for President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006100452379/ 21006100452379 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:20:40 GMT PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- Mitt Romney is ramping up his presidential campaign in a big way -- just as Newt Gingrich emerges as a serious threat for the Republican nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006096364016/ 21006096364016 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:20:02 GMT JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich grinned as he pledged to dog President Barack Obama at every turn and from coast to coast next year if he's the Republican nominee. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006096360234/ 21006096360234 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:19:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is launching a new project aimed at simplifying credit cards agreements to make them easier to understand. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006096354678/ 21006096354678 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:22:04 GMT NEW YORK -- Political consultant Dick Morris recently disclosed on Fox News Channel that some of the Republican presidential candidates that he talks about on the air have paid for advertisements in a newsletter he sends out to subscribers. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006096372444/ 21006096372444 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:55:48 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney responded Tuesday to complaints that is shielding himself from media scrutiny, agreeing to more in-depth interviews and holding his third modest press availability in four days. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006096934847/ 21006096934847 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:21:20 GMT Nearly all the Republicans running for the party's presidential nomination are in Washington to speak at a forum sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006096368054/ 21006096368054 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:26:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich's long political record and Washington ties are coming back to haunt him four weeks before Iowa's leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006091719984/ 21006091719984 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:28:31 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's above-the-fray campaign style kept him atop the Republican presidential field for months, but it's raising concerns among his supporters now that Newt Gingrich has surged to challenge him. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006091731165/ 21006091731165 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:30:04 GMT WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts will make available to the public hundreds of boxes of documents from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's term as governor that have long been locked away, the state said Tuesday. The same agency that is opening the files said it would not pursue an inquiry into the purge of electronic records at the end of Romney's term. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006091740416/ 21006091740416 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:35:07 GMT Rep. Michele Bachmann said Tuesday she still thinks she has a good chance of winning the Iowa Republican caucuses, saying presidential campaign rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney "have significant flaws." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006091770737/ 21006091770737 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:36:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents are clashing over U.S. policy toward Israel as each side jockeys for support from Jewish voters, who could be critical in the 2012 election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006091778344/ 21006091778344 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:50:45 GMT PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he will not participate in a debate being hosted this month by real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006090424535/ 21006090424535 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:11:16 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will begin considering how countries treat gay and lesbian citizens when making decisions about allocating foreign aid, an official familiar with the decision says. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006088387629/ 21006088387629 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:06:23 GMT OSAWATOMIE, Kan. -- Declaring the American middle class in jeopardy, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a populist economic vision that will drive his re-election bid, insisting the United States must reclaim its standing as a country in which everyone can prosper if provided "a fair shot and a fair share." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006089438312/ 12006089438312 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:49:18 GMT NEW YORK -- Surging in opinion polls, a confident Newt Gingrich declared Monday he plans to challenge Barack Obama in every state next year, and he began running a gauzy TV ad -- his first -- to push toward the Republican nomination to take on the president. But, illustrating how far he has to go, Gingrich also found himself defending the state of his campaign and his own comments about poor children. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006086815834/ 21006086815834 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:09:58 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott cannot subpoena records from the American Civil Liberties Union and question ACLU officials. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006089819829/ 21006089819829 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:56:07 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents are clashing over U.S. policy toward Israel as each side jockeys for support from Jewish voters, who could be critical in the 2012 election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006087576720/ 21006087576720 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:47:35 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dan Quayle is endorsing Mitt Romney for president, Republican officials told The Associated Press Monday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006087885511/ 21006087885511 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:05:25 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is channeling President Theodore Roosevelt, embracing a mantle of economic fairness for the nation's middle class Tuesday that draws parallels to the progressive reformer's calls for a "square deal" for regular Americans more than a century ago. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006086552565/ 12006086552565 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:59:02 GMT UNDATED -- Michele Bachmann said Tuesday she still thinks she has a good chance of winning the Iowa Republican caucuses, saying presidential campaign rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney "have significant flaws." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006087594255/ 21006087594255 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:15:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday he supports the extension of payroll tax cuts, a proposal President Barack Obama is championing. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006087335916/ 12006087335916 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:57:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- Time and again, Texas Gov. Rick Perry picked up his office phone in the months before he would announce his bid for the presidency. He dialed wealthy friends who were his big fundraisers and state officials who owed him for their jobs. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006087586085/ 21006087586085 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:10:38 GMT WASHINGTON -- Price gouging on prescription drugs that are in short supply would become a federal crime under legislation about to be introduced. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006086583890/ 12006086583890 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:50:38 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown filed a ballot initiative on Monday asking California voters to increase taxes on themselves to generate more money for schools and public safety. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006083583888/ 21006083583888 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:51:15 GMT MEDFORD, N.J. -- The town's married mayor, accused on a website two months ago of having sex with a prostitute at a California hotel, resigned Monday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006083587597/ 21006083587597 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:49:35 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents are clashing over U.S. policy toward Israel as each side jockeys for support from Jewish voters, who could be critical in the 2012 election. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006082137535/ 21006082137535 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:50:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dan Quayle is endorsing Mitt Romney for president. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006082144261/ 21006082144261 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:46:29 GMT WASHINGTON -- Sure, he's out of the GOP presidential race, but The Donald isn't content to sit on the sidelines. Donald Trump wants a say in who gets the nomination, so he's hosting a presidential debate, holding out the prospect of his endorsement and threatening an independent run. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006082118974/ 21006082118974 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:48:23 GMT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Curtis Coleman, the founder of a food safety company and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate last year, says he's considering a run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Arkansas in 2014. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006082130332/ 21006082130332 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:22:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama pressured Republicans in Congress on Monday to extend a payroll tax cut, saying the economic recovery is "still fragile" and middle class families need the money. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006080896675/ 21006080896675 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:12:14 GMT WASHINGTON -- A day after Herman Cain shuttered his Republican candidacy for president, struggling GOP hopefuls looked to pick up the fallen candidate's tea party following and upset a primary dynamic that has pushed Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich to the forefront. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006077953485/ 21006077953485 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:54:27 GMT NEW YORK -- Republican Newt Gingrich praised Donald Trump as a "true American icon" Monday, and said he had persuaded the celebrity real estate mogul to mentor a group of children from New York City's poorest schools. Trump said he was impressed by the former House speaker's strong showing in the GOP presidential contest, but said he would refrain from endorsing a candidate until after he hosts a televised debate in Iowa a week before that state's caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006079646735/ 21006079646735 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:03:54 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of considering America "just another nation." To other GOP politicians running for the White House, Obama has apologized for the United States and is presiding over the nation's decline. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006078623433/ 21006078623433 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:17:44 GMT NEW YORK -- Sen. Marco Rubio has a book deal. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006079066447/ 21006079066447 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:44:38 GMT NEWBERRY, S.C. -- For three decades, the Republican who won South Carolina's presidential primary has also won the GOP nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006078507870/ 21006078507870 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:43:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- Real estate giant Donald Trump says former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney "doesn't get the traction" he needs to nail down the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006078502213/ 21006078502213 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:23:43 GMT WASHINGTON -- TITLE: "Is The America We Love A Thing Of the Past? Newt Says No." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006080902358/ 21006080902358 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:04:38 GMT ATLANTA -- A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006064227883/ 21006064227883 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:45:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of considering America "just another nation." To other GOP politicians running for the White House, Obama has apologized for the United States and is presiding over the nation's decline. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006073470532/ 21006073470532 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:44:17 GMT WASHINGTON -- GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann says many people who had supported Herman Cain in the race are getting behind her candidacy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006073465773/ 21006073465773 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:43:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the potentially powerful Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential election remains "up for grabs" because neither President Barack Obama nor Republicans have convinced these voters that they are on their side. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006073462510/ 21006073462510 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:58:32 GMT ATLANTA -- Does he stay or does he go? http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006062031276/ 21006062031276 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:05:21 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The once-bursting 2012 Republican presidential field is narrowing to a two-man race, and GOP voters have one month before casting the first votes to winnow it to one. Barring a dramatic new turn, their chief options will be the steady but often bland demeanor of Mitt Romney and the idea-a-minute bombast of Newt Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006066032182/ 21006066032182 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:08:08 GMT NEW YORK -- Newt Gingrich is praising GOP presidential rival Herman Cain for bringing optimism and big ideas to the 2012 campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006066048884/ 21006066048884 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:16:32 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he's asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the cut in place. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006062499296/ 21006062499296 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:09:30 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling on President Barack Obama's attorney general to resign because of the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling major arms trafficking networks on the Southwest border. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006062457026/ 21006062457026 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:15:15 GMT NEW YORK -- As potential voters in New Hampshire and Iowa scan the Internet, they probably are seeing ads for Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama alongside deals for shoes and holiday gifts. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006062491547/ 21006062491547 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:17:10 GMT ON THE ROAD TO ESTHERVILLE, Iowa -- The cornfields edging two-lane Iowa Highway 9 fade to a sunbaked blur as Rep. Michele Bachmann's blue-and-white campaign coach rolls on, bound for a "town hall" meeting with voters in the basement of a public library 25 minutes down the road. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006062503039/ 21006062503039 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:11:35 GMT WASHINGTON -- Finally, a flicker of economic hope for President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats, even if it's a faint one. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006058149542/ 21006058149542 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:16:59 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Back from the political dead, Newt Gingrich has momentum on his side just a month before the first voting in the GOP nomination fight. But he has never fully rebuilt his organization after almost his entire team quit in June. And his fundraising is questionable at best. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006058181931/ 21006058181931 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:14:58 GMT WASHINGTON -- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is planning to have a town hall meeting in New Hampshire next weekend while his rivals participate in a debate in Iowa that ABC is to televise nationally. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006058169855/ 21006058169855 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:15:44 GMT NEW YORK -- Real estate mogul Donald Trump will moderate a Republican presidential debate in Iowa a week before the state holds the first in the nation caucuses. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006058174493/ 21006058174493 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:12:30 GMT WASHINGTON -- In a potent political pairing, President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton evoked a more prosperous time in America Friday as they jointly pushed a green jobs program that Obama said harkens back to the Clinton administration when "we were firing on all cylinders." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006054915030/ 21006054915030 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:13:26 GMT WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday to discuss economic issues. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006054920633/ 21006054920633 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:11:44 GMT MIAMI -- Senior Obama administration officials are meeting with South Florida Hispanic leaders in an effort to boost outreach to the nation's Latino community. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006052390428/ 21006052390428 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:21:05 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C.-- Set to meet with his wife for the first time since a woman came forward claiming she had a 13-year extramarital affair with him, Herman Cain is preparing for one last campaign stop before he decides whether to press forward with his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006053166559/ 21006053166559 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:21:48 GMT NEW YORK -- The crush of presidential campaign ads is here. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006053170847/ 21006053170847 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:11:24 GMT WASHINGTON -- A congressional panel has subpoenaed former Sen. Jon Corzine to testify next week about his role leading MF Global, a brokerage firm that collapsed this fall after a disastrous bet on European debt. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006053828447/ 21006053828447 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:41:03 GMT WASHINGTON -- There's little doubt President Barack Obama has won high esteem among Native Americans by breaking through a logjam of inaction on issues that matter to them. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006053286356/ 21006053286356 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:52:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama set an ambitious goal Thursday for significantly increasing access to life-saving AIDS drugs for people in the U.S. and around the world, as he announced a renewed American commitment to ending a pandemic that has killed 30 million people. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006044356589/ 21006044356589 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:43:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- The new National Christmas Tree is settling into its new digs just south of the White House. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006049703092/ 21006049703092 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:17:09 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is pushing back after rival Newt Gingrich called her "factually challenged." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006048102987/ 21006048102987 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:17:27 GMT WASHINGTON -- Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil, and detain some indefinitely. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006048824764/ 21006048824764 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:18:52 GMT ATLANTA -- Herman Cain is still campaigning for president. But by most measures, his White House bid is all but over. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006048833242/ 21006048833242 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:20:41 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, who is a fervent basketball fan, will get his NBA fix next month but his campaign will have to postpone the Obama Classic fundraiser that was to feature more than two dozen professional basketball stars. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006048844171/ 21006048844171 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:19:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Senate has blocked a Democratic plan to tax the rich to pay for President Barack Obama's plan to renew -- and make more generous -- a payroll tax cut due to expire at the end of the month. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006048838689/ 21006048838689 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:55:05 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- He's plotting an aggressive campaign schedule across several states, but Herman Cain has begun to outline a possible exit strategy from the race for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006044370585/ 21006044370585 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:55:49 GMT COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Shifting his Iowa campaign into a more aggressive final phase, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is launching his first TV ads in the state with a spot in which he declares, "I've learned something about how it is that economies grow." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006044374967/ 21006044374967 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:54:14 GMT GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich didn't know when he would take office if he wins the presidency. Rick Perry got the voting age and the date of Election Day wrong. Herman Cain didn't realize the president does not sign amendments to the Constitution. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006044365437/ 21006044365437 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:09:00 GMT HOUSTON -- Mitt Romney is set to chat behind closed doors with former President George W. Bush. But Romney's campaign says no endorsement is eminent. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006046254025/ 21006046254025 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:53:45 GMT GLENVIEW, Ill. -- An Illinois woman who claims Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain groped her when she went to him for help finding a job has been served with eviction papers. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006044362598/ 21006044362598 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:57:29 GMT MADISON, Wis. -- The toughest opponent Tommy Thompson may have to overcome in next year's U.S. Senate race is Tommy Thompson himself. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006044384960/ 21006044384960 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:51:03 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann is bringing her presidential campaign to Florida. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006043266346/ 21006043266346 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:03:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- One trip, two money pitches. President Barack Obama wants more money in the pockets of U.S. workers -- and in his campaign treasury. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006035778552/ 21006035778552 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:39:44 GMT ATLANTA -- The woman who says she had a long-running extramarital affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is a single mother and Atlanta-area businesswoman who has faced repeated financial trouble and once lost a lawsuit accusing her of spreading damaging lies about an ex-business partner. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006039958435/ 21006039958435 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:41:15 GMT DAYTON, Ohio -- His campaign's survival in question, Herman Cain plowed ahead Wednesday in an effort to move past a woman's allegation that they had a longtime affair. But he acknowledged the toll was rising and said he would decide by next week whether to drop out of the Republican race. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006039967544/ 21006039967544 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:42:08 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich leads the 2012 pack in buzz but trails his rivals in just about every other category in Iowa. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006039972886/ 21006039972886 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:43:11 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- At least Wednesday was a good day for Rick Perry. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006039979148/ 21006039979148 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:43:56 GMT CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann says she'll fight any effort to extend the payroll tax cut on the verge of expiring. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006039983615/ 21006039983615 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:31:12 GMT WEST CHESTER, Ohio -- His campaign rocked anew, a feisty Herman Cain claimed a "groundswell of positive support" from backers on Wednesday and accused critics of trying to derail his White House bid as he worked to stem the fallout from allegations of a 13-year extramarital affair. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006036307225/ 21006036307225 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:04:35 GMT ATLANTA -- Herman Cain says he must gauge the response of supporters before deciding whether his presidential candidacy can survive another allegation of inappropriate sexual behavior. He's likely to hear from backers and doubters alike over the next few days. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006035787564/ 21006035787564 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:01:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- An Atlanta businesswoman who has asserted she had a longstanding affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain stood by her story Wednesday despite his denials, saying she was not proud to admit it. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006035771389/ 21006035771389 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:09:19 GMT WASHINGTON -- In the final weeks of Mitt Romney's term as Massachusetts governor, a small team of aides combed through statehouse filing cabinets. They filled more than 630 cartons with papers destined for the state archives as the primary documentary legacy of his administration. One floor, though, was almost completely off limits to them: Romney's inner sanctum, his third-floor office. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006035815984/ 21006035815984 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:49:23 GMT TAMPA, Fla. -- If there's any Republican presidential candidate who can afford to spend precious time and money focusing on winning in Florida, it's the one who campaigned in the state Tuesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006031376375/ 21006031376375 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:49:46 GMT ATLANTA -- Herman Cain told aides Tuesday he is assessing whether the latest allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior against him "create too much of a cloud" for his Republican presidential candidacy to go forward. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006028138639/ 21006028138639 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:46:37 GMT DERRY, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Rick Perry denied Tuesday that his campaign was in the middle of a major staff shakeup. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006031359775/ 21006031359775 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:48:25 GMT MIAMI -- Mitt Romney aggressively criticized rival Newt Gingrich on Tuesday, calling the former House speaker a "lifelong politician" and questioning Gingrich's ability to fix the country's struggling economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006031370564/ 21006031370564 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:50:17 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- You might say Rick Perry courted the youth, but not the whole youth, in a campaign appearance at a New Hampshire college. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006031381775/ 21006031381775 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:51:22 GMT DENVER -- A group planning to nominate an independent presidential candidate online has won a spot on Colorado's 2012 ballot. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006031388260/ 21006031388260 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:52:05 GMT AMHERST, N.H. -- Republican candidates for president are tying themselves in knots over immigration. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006031392591/ 21006031392591 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:29:49 GMT MIAMI -- If there's any Republican presidential candidate who can afford to spend precious time and money focusing on winning in Florida, it's the one campaigning in the state Tuesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006026218876/ 12006026218876 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:59:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- With an eye on recruiting volunteers, President Barack Obama is launching the first TV ads of his re-election campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006027476352/ 21006027476352 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:54:32 GMT ATLANTA -- Herman Cain pressed ahead with his presidential campaign Tuesday, a day after an Atlanta businesswoman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair with the Republican. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006027807262/ 21006027807262 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:51:38 GMT AMHERST, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Rick Perry is working to convince voters he's tough on immigration. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006028149888/ 21006028149888 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:05:45 GMT ATLANTA -- Republican candidate Herman Cain declared "Here we go again" as he faced the latest crisis in his presidential campaign: an accusation of a 13-year extramarital affair with an Atlanta businesswoman. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006026074589/ 21006026074589 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:13:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama meets with the prime minister of the Netherlands this afternoon in the Oval Office. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006026841979/ 21006026841979 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:04:09 GMT MIAMI -- If there's any Republican presidential candidate who can afford to spend precious time and money focusing on winning in Florida, it's the one campaigning in the state Tuesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006026064947/ 21006026064947 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:17:44 GMT WASHINGTON -- Nonmilitary government agencies operate more aircraft than the world's largest airline but are subject to little federal safety oversight -- a situation accident investigators say has contributed to air crashes and deaths. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006026146465/ 12006026146465 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:39:26 GMT WASHINGTON -- In an explosive allegation, a Georgia woman said Monday she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair that lasted nearly until the former businessman announced his candidacy for the White House several months ago. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006021596696/ 21006021596696 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:46:32 GMT PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Sen. Bob Casey unveiled legislation Monday that he said would close a loophole that may have allowed a woman accused of locking mentally disabled people in a squalid basement and cashing their government assistance checks to evade capture for years. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006021999219/ 21006021999219 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:43:42 GMT MIAMI -- An exclusive 7News/Suffolk University poll reveals Mitt Romney emerging as the new leader of the Republican presidential candidates in New Hampshire. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006012982265/ 21006012982265 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:49:19 GMT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney confronted double-barreled allegations Monday that he has flip-flopped on key issues, the first time the 2012 presidential campaign has focused squarely on what many see as the Republican contender's biggest political liability. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006021295999/ 21006021295999 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:19:21 GMT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich acknowledged Monday that he isn't the perfect candidate but contends he's "a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney and a lot more electable than anybody else." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006022556176/ 21006022556176 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:40:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Senate has voted to expand the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include the National Guard despite the opposition of the current chairman and service chiefs. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006022683357/ 21006022683357 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:05:28 GMT EXETER, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman has released a plan to break up the nation's biggest banks. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006021392895/ 21006021392895 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:41:23 GMT NEWTON, Mass. -- Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, a gay pioneer in Congress and a Massachusetts liberal whose name as well and fingerprints are on last year's sweeping bill regulating Wall Street, announced plans Monday to retire at the end of his current term, his 16th in Congress. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006021248361/ 21006021248361 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:25:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is hosting European Union leaders for a summit Monday that is likely to focus on the European debt crisis. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006018270954/ 21006018270954 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:35:20 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the United States stands ready "to do our part" to help Europe solve its debt crisis, even as the White House rules out U.S. taxpayers as contributors. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006020492073/ 21006020492073 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:32:46 GMT WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama considers the death of 24 Pakistani troops in a cross-border fight involving NATO forces a tragedy and says the administration is determined to look into the circumstances of the air strikes. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006020476695/ 21006020476695 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:32:09 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A former South Carolina lieutenant governor who once likened the state's poor to stray animals has endorsed Newt Gingrich's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006020472986/ 21006020472986 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:31:29 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- White House hopeful Michele Bachmann is questioning GOP presidential rival Newt Gingrich's consistency on the issues as she tries to reclaim tea party support in South Carolina. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006020468963/ 21006020468963 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:02:58 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says he has "nothing but optimism" about his prospects for the party's nomination despite Newt Gingrich's recent rise in the polls and Mitt Romney's continued strength. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006018497838/ 21006018497838 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:21:19 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich looked to turn an endorsement from New Hampshire's largest newspaper into momentum elsewhere, heading to South Carolina for a three-day campaign swing with tea party members. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006018247915/ 21006018247915 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:22:21 GMT WASHINGTON -- Democrats are using humor to try to undermine Republican Mitt Romney, pushing a movie trailer-style ad that portrays his candidacy as a "the story of two men trapped in one body." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006018254132/ 21006018254132 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:47:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- It's become a symbol of sorts for the federal government's budget dysfunction: Unless Congress acts before Jan. 1, doctors will again face steep Medicare cuts that threaten to undermine health care for millions of seniors and disabled people. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12006017682661/ 12006017682661 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:18:59 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich landed the endorsement of New Hampshire's largest newspaper on Sunday while rival Mitt Romney earned a dismissive wave, potentially resetting the race in the state with the first-in-the-nation primary. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006013913937/ 21006013913937 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:21:17 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- At Mitt Romney's New Hampshire headquarters, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie played a time-worn shtick for the cameras, picking up a telephone alongside volunteers who were dialing undecided voters on behalf of the candidate they support. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006013927784/ 21006013927784 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:20:21 GMT MADISON, Wis. -- Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker may not face a recall vote until next summer, but he's already campaigning to keep his job in the face of a major challenge by organized labor and the Democratic Party. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006013922129/ 21006013922129 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:20:18 GMT WASHINGTON -- A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Vice President Joe Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006005281880/ 21006005281880 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:19:33 GMT TALLADEGA, Ala. -- He's a mathematician, a minister, a former radio talk show host and pizza magnate. But most of all, Herman Cain is a salesman. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21006005277383/ 21006005277383 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:46:53 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- They are barely blips in presidential polls and their campaign cash is scarce. Some are running on empty, fueled mainly by the exposure that comes with the blizzard of televised debates in this election cycle and interviews they eagerly grant to skeptical reporters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005996801341/ 21005996801341 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:46:20 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is defending his campaign's first television advertisement as fair game, despite criticism that it takes President Barack Obama's remarks out of context. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005996798079/ 21005996798079 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:03:28 GMT WASHINGTON -- They are fuzzy about some issues but the Republican presidential candidates leave little doubt about where they stand on gun rights. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005992580826/ 21005992580826 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:01:24 GMT WASHINGTON -- A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Vice President Joe Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005993288486/ 21005993288486 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:04:12 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- They are barely blips in presidential polls and their campaign cash is scarce. Some are running on empty, fueled mainly by the exposure that comes with the blizzard of televised debates in this election cycle and interviews they eagerly grant to skeptical reporters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005992585264/ 21005992585264 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:02:59 GMT WACO, Ga. -- A west Georgia business owner has been deluged with calls and emails after posting signs on his company's trucks that say he's not hiring anyone until President Barack Obama leaves office. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005992577935/ 21005992577935 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:55:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. service members stationed abroad to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and praise their military service. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005984975245/ 21005984975245 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:06:16 GMT WASHINGTON -- They are fuzzy about some issues but the Republican presidential candidates leave little doubt about where they stand on gun rights. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005983957669/ 21005983957669 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:07:05 GMT ST. PAUL, Minn. -- GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night," her spokeswoman said late Wednesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005983962571/ 21005983962571 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:08:49 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Whether they like it or not, Republican presidential candidates are joining New Hampshire's intensifying gay marriage debate. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005983972939/ 21005983972939 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:07:46 GMT ATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich has charged into the fray over illegal immigration, risking conservative ire just as his Republican presidential campaign -- once declared all but dead -- has vaulted into front-runner status. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005983966656/ 21005983966656 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:07:40 GMT PHOENIX -- Arizona is taking on immigration once again. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12005983966094/ 12005983966094 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:10:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- Liberty and Peace are getting a reprieve this year. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005975340654/ 21005975340654 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:10:52 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls warned in near unanimity against deep cuts in the nation's defense budget Tuesday night, assailing President Barack Obama in campaign debate but disagreeing over the extent of reductions the Pentagon should absorb to reduce deficits and repair the frail U.S. economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005975345297/ 21005975345297 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:29:55 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is defending his campaign's first television advertisement as fair game, despite criticism that it takes President Barack Obama's remarks out of context. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/12005976899562/ 12005976899562 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:11:54 GMT WASHINGTON -- Michele Bachmann did not intend to be taken literally when she told the Republican presidential debate Tuesday that civil-liberties activists have taken over the interrogation of terrorists from the CIA. But even as a rhetorical point, it didn't hold water. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005975351490/ 21005975351490 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:13:21 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The South Carolina Supreme Court by a 3-2 vote refused to block the first-in-the-South presidential primary, turning back challenges by counties that the state lacked the authority to hold it. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005979680163/ 21005979680163 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:12:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was set to announce Wednesday the endorsement of South Dakota Sen. John Thune, a rising star in the Republican Party who had weighed a White House bid of his own before deciding to stay in the Senate and move up in his party's leadership. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005975356510/ 21005975356510 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:09:55 GMT ST. PAUL, Minn. -- GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann lashed out Wednesday at NBC for not apologizing or taking immediate disciplinary action for an off-color song played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005979659518/ 21005979659518 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:13:32 GMT NEW YORK -- NBC's Jimmy Fallon says he's sorry for the snarky welcome his "Late Night" band gave to Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005975361214/ 21005975361214 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:55:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- Congress' failed deficit-cutting supercommittee has faded away, but a stack of expensive economic problems facing lawmakers has not. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005969494061/ 21005969494061 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:00:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman says the United States has achieved important goals in Afghanistan and that it's time to bring home most of the military forces to focus on rebuilding the American economy. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005970963334/ 21005970963334 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:09:02 GMT WASHINGTON -- Being a conventional Republican has never been Newt Gingrich's style, and he clearly doesn't see it as the way to beat Mitt Romney in the presidential nominating contest. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005979654272/ 21005979654272 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:37:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- With new trouble appearing in the Middle East and the Pentagon facing possible budget cuts, the Republican White House contenders are debating for the second time in as many weeks how they would do better than President Barack Obama in protecting and extending America's national security. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005970822911/ 21005970822911 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:35:43 GMT NEW YORK -- Jimmy Fallon's house band the Roots didn't have a warm welcome for Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann when she appeared on the NBC show early Tuesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005970814363/ 21005970814363 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:38:45 GMT SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Utah's immigration enforcement law, arguing that it usurps federal authority and could potentially lead to the harassment and detention of American citizens and authorized visitors. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005970832589/ 21005970832589 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:33:31 GMT NEW YORK -- Keeping the crowded Republican presidential debates fair, lively and topical can seem like the equivalent of juggling while walking a tightrope. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005970801163/ 21005970801163 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:04:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- Targeting Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail, President Barack Obama is heading to New Hampshire, a political battleground, to begin a year-end push to extend payroll tax cuts. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005966665354/ 21005966665354 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:05:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama turned the White House into a country music hall on Monday, inviting an array of country stars for a concert that gave voice "to the emotions of everyday life." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005966670614/ 21005966670614 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:05:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that America runs the risk of going the route of Greece, saying it's time to "pick up a mirror and look into it." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005966675386/ 21005966675386 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:19:22 GMT WASHINGTON -- Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government debt that stands at a staggering $15 trillion, unable to overcome deep and enduring political divisions over taxes and spending. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005961356296/ 21005961356296 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:13:55 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he will veto any effort to get rid of automatic spending cuts that would take effect in 2013 if Congress can't find other ways of trimming government deficits. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005961323579/ 21005961323579 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:04:33 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is turning President Barack Obama's own words against him in the Republican hopeful's TV first ad of his 2012 White House bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005960547345/ 21005960547345 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:06:36 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Monday proposed allowing younger workers still decades away from retirement to bypass Social Security and instead choose private investment accounts that would be subject to stock market gyrations. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005962359696/ 21005962359696 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:08:45 GMT CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has decided after all to sit for a videotaped interview with New Hampshire's largest newspaper. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005962372593/ 21005962372593 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:07:48 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- President Barack Obama will visit a changed New Hampshire on Tuesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005962366848/ 21005962366848 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:05:11 GMT WASHINGTON -- Three former top military officials slammed the Republican presidential field ahead of Tuesday night's GOP debate on foreign policy. The Democratic-leaning former officials said the entire Republican field has been all over the map but focused on GOP front-runner Mitt Romney. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005962351117/ 21005962351117 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:25:34 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's close attention to the Asia-Pacific region signaled both a turn toward a part of the world experiencing solid growth and one away from Europe's dark economic woes, at least temporarily. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005957433483/ 21005957433483 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:02:35 GMT DETROIT -- A Michigan congressman said Monday that allegations of sexual abuse made against him by his 63-year-old second cousin are the result of the man's mental illness and other relatives' attempts to extort money from him. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005962335575/ 21005962335575 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:57:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is turning the White House into a country music hall, inviting an array of country stars to perform in the East Room. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005962302528/ 21005962302528 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:26:34 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to sign a bill into law Monday that represents a rare patch of common ground for Democrats and Republicans -- helping veterans find work. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005957439454/ 21005957439454 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:29:09 GMT ATLANTA -- Republican Herman Cain served on the board of a Midwest utility company that paid $10.5 million to settle claims it failed to protect the retirement savings of its employees and paid another $26.5 million over claims it manipulated gas prices, potentially embarrassing episodes for a candidate running for president on his business experience. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005957454990/ 21005957454990 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:29:52 GMT NASHUA, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's Republican presidential campaign collected some high-profile endorsements over the weekend, contributing to a growing sense of inevitability surrounding the former Massachusetts governor's White House bid. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005957459212/ 21005957459212 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:30:53 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is set to introduce a "growth and innovation" plan that would offer younger workers an alternative to Social Security. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005957465343/ 21005957465343 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:55:36 GMT WASHINGTON -- A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to meet its assignment of saving taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005952213656/ 21005952213656 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:46:49 GMT ANAMOSA, Iowa -- The race for the Republican presidential nomination is deeply unsettled with an anything-can-happen feel six weeks before Iowans start the state-by-state process of choosing a GOP challenger for President Barack Obama. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005952160958/ 21005952160958 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:43:20 GMT NASHUA, N.H. -- Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is calling on President Obama to block looming military cuts. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005952140068/ 21005952140068 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:35:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain suggested Friday that the Taliban were playing a role in Libya's new government. The comment initially was seen as another foreign policy misstep from the Republican presidential candidate, but aides later pointed to a one-time Libyan rebel leader who fought in Afghanistan to back up Cain's claims. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005944895064/ 21005944895064 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:33:23 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Rick Perry is sitting comfortably on a plush sofa in a hotel far from the strip that put the sin in "Sin City." http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005944880380/ 21005944880380 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:35:01 GMT ANAMOSA, Iowa -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul is emerging as a significant factor in the Republican presidential race, especially in Iowa. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005944890176/ 21005944890176 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:36:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich calls it giving advice. Most people would call it cashing in on his prominent name. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005944901146/ 21005944901146 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:34:07 GMT UNITED NATIONS -- Bashing the United Nations seldom fails as an applause line for Republican presidential candidates. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005944884796/ 21005944884796 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:32:14 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Most of the Republican presidential candidates, with the notable exception of Mitt Romney, set their sights on early-voting Iowa for a discussion on the role of religious faith in public life, along with hot-button social issues such as marriage and abortion. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005944873422/ 21005944873422 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:33:40 GMT NEW YORK -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says the women who have accused him of making unwanted sexual advances are all lying. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005941282035/ 21005941282035 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:34:22 GMT BALI, Indonesia -- An assertive President Barack Obama got much of what he wanted during his Asia-Pacific trip because the results didn't depend on negotiating with the world. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005941286221/ 21005941286221 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:57:05 GMT NEW YORK -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry assailed President Barack Obama anew Friday -- this time on an arms-trafficking probe and jobs -- as part of a recent push by the Texas governor to shift the focus from his GOP rivals and his struggling campaign to the Democratic incumbent. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936382548/ 21005936382548 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:03:49 GMT WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain suggested Friday that the Taliban were playing a role in Libya's new government, adding another foreign policy misstep to his stumbling presidential campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936422957/ 21005936422957 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:01:36 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Friday declined to back a deficit-cutting plan offered by some GOP lawmakers that includes increased tax revenue while comparing the supercommittee process created to help balance the federal budget to a deal with the devil. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936409612/ 21005936409612 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:58:32 GMT ANAMOSA, Iowa -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul is emerging as a significant factor in the Republican presidential race, especially in Iowa. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936391248/ 21005936391248 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:05:53 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich calls it giving advice. Most people would call it cashing in on his prominent name. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936435366/ 21005936435366 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:59:57 GMT NEW YORK -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says "all of these women are lying" about unwanted sexual advances. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936399794/ 21005936399794 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:06:39 GMT AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas' attorney general sharply criticized a federal court Friday over its proposed maps for state House and Senate districts in the 2012 election, saying the judges overstepped their bounds. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936439967/ 21005936439967 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:02:45 GMT BOSTON -- Security officials have removed several protesters after they disrupted a Harvard University appearance by Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005936416553/ 21005936416553 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:20:25 GMT WASHINGTON -- The House has rejected a proposal to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget, seen by many as the only way to force lawmakers to hold the fiscal line and reverse the flow of federal red ink. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005934002513/ 21005934002513 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:24:10 GMT WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain on Thursday became the first Republican presidential candidate to receive Secret Service protection. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005930785021/ 21005930785021 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:53:38 GMT NEW YORK -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry says President Barack Obama and his administration are responsible for policies that have endangered agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005934561880/ 21005934561880 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:36:33 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott says he's convinced the landmark federal health care law will not prevail at the U.S. Supreme Court. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005932299344/ 21005932299344 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:50:12 GMT WASHINGTON -- The GOP's image as a rigidly anti-tax party is softening. Spurred by federal debt worries in Congress, the shift conceivably could reshape the Republican Party's brand ahead of the 2012 elections, forcing tough decisions by its presidential candidates. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005931661212/ 21005931661212 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:59:26 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich knows that he is going to be more closely scrutinized now that he's rising in the polls and told a crowd Thursday that he welcomes the questions. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005927756694/ 21005927756694 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:01:03 GMT WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain on Thursday became the first Republican presidential candidate to receive Secret Service protection. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005927766320/ 21005927766320 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:05:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- Congress voted Thursday to kill funds for President Barack Obama's signature high-speed rail program, but the initiative may have some life in it still. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005927794240/ 21005927794240 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:58:39 GMT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Despite jeers and the threat of a lawsuit from public workers, Rhode Island lawmakers on Thursday night approved one of the most far-reaching overhauls to a public pension system in the nation. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005927751932/ 21005927751932 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:04:29 GMT MADISON, Wis. -- A spokeswoman for the coalition working to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says the group has collected 50,000 signatures in 48 hours. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005927786919/ 21005927786919 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:03:57 GMT WASHINGTON -- A weekend government shutdown that neither party wanted was averted when Congress approved a compromise spending bill Thursday, as leaders overcame major defections by Republicans angry over what they considered excessive spending. To the dismay of liberals, the measure also blocks Obama administration plans to impose stricter nutrition standards on school lunches. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005927783740/ 21005927783740 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:35:37 GMT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said on a campaign stop in Florida on Wednesday that Republicans took back control of the House in 2008 -- when that really happened in 2010. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005919333794/ 21005919333794 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:11:50 GMT WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich is schlepping some supersized luggage along as his Republican presidential campaign takes off: He's got trunkloads of personal and political baggage. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005923511042/ 21005923511042 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:12:51 GMT NEW YORK -- The Republican Party and the tea party seemed to be a natural political pairing. But what may have seemed like another politically beneficial alliance -- Democrats and Occupy Wall Street -- hasn't happened. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005923517131/ 21005923517131 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:26:56 GMT NASHUA, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain returned to New Hampshire on Thursday for the first time in about a month, but couldn't spare time for the state's largest newspaper. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005925761654/ 21005925761654 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:27:40 GMT WASHINGTON -- The top aide to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is using his office as "an opposition research arm" of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005925766020/ 21005925766020 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:26:10 GMT WASHINGTON -- With a special deficit-reduction supercommittee floundering, the top Republican in Congress warned Thursday that he won't permit savings from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to pay for President Barack Obama's jobs spending agenda. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005925397027/ 21005925397027 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:11:12 GMT NASHUA, N.H. -- Rick Perry is done telling jokes. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005923507227/ 21005923507227 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:55:34 GMT MIAMI -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez will lead a conference in Miami looking at new ways to reach out to conservative Hispanic voters. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005924133498/ 21005924133498 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:26:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- Taking responsibility for a debacle that has embarrassed the Obama administration, Energy Secretary Steven Chu says he made the final decisions on a half-billion-dollar loan to a California solar company that later went bankrupt. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005923956948/ 21005923956948 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:40:19 GMT HIALEAH, Fla. -- Current Hialeah mayor Carlos Hernandez beat longtime politician Raul Martinez in the race to become Hialeah's mayor. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005911081958/ 21005911081958 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:36:31 GMT EXETER, N.H. -- President Obama is scheduled to visit New Hampshire next week to promote his stalled jobs plan. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005918979149/ 21005918979149 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:34:53 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California faces $2 billion in automatic spending cuts at the first of the year that will reduce funding for public schools, higher education and a range of state services, according to a nonpartisan fiscal analysis released Wednesday. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005918969352/ 21005918969352 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:33:46 GMT URBANDALE, Iowa -- Rising in polls and receiving greater scrutiny, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich found himself on the defensive Wednesday over huge payments he received over the past decade from the mortgage giant Freddie Mac. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005918962659/ 21005918962659 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:37:44 GMT WASHINGTON -- Debating opponents. Negotiating compromises. Raising money. The demands of Congress are great for anyone, much less someone recovering from a gunshot to the head like Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005918986443/ 21005918986443 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:38:57 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- White House hopeful Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama for saying the United States had grown "a little bit lazy" in trying to attract business to the U.S. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005918993728/ 21005918993728 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:39:51 GMT EXETER, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman is getting a boost in New Hampshire from outside supporters who are paying for television ads to begin airing Tuesday that promote his two terms as Utah governor and service as U.S. ambassador to China. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005918999117/ 21005918999117 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:48:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Service Employees International Union endorsed President Barack Obama's re-election bid on Wednesday, saying it would deploy its formidable political machine earlier and on a wider scale than it did four years ago. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005916890390/ 21005916890390 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:07:37 GMT ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- President Barack Obama's spokesman is suggesting the president believes it's up to New York and other municipalities to decide how much force to use in dealing with Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005914845710/ 21005914845710 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:49:08 GMT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- People attending a Rick Perry presidential campaign event Wednesday were asked to prove they are American citizens. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005916894811/ 21005916894811 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:12:51 GMT WASHINGTON -- Only 10 months after a gunman put a bullet through Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' brain, specialists unconnected with her care say she almost certainly will continue to improve. No one can predict how much or how fast. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005910557192/ 21005910557192 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:35:05 GMT WASHINGTON -- An examination of Republican Herman Cain's comments and proposals raises questions about his grasp of issues he would face if elected president. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005910690551/ 21005910690551 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:38:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- A Democratic-led Senate panel is pushing ahead with a sweeping defense bill over White House objections to provisions on how it should handle terror suspects. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005910708953/ 21005910708953 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:15:37 GMT EXETER, N.H. -- President Obama is scheduled to visit New Hampshire next week to promote his stalled jobs plan. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005910573779/ 21005910573779 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:39:50 GMT TUCSON, Ariz. -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is speaking to her southern Arizona constituents, telling them in a recorded message that she's anxious to get back to work and she misses her home. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005910719030/ 21005910719030 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:21:53 GMT DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Republican presidential Herman Cain sought to project a clear sense of national security and foreign policy while campaigning in Iowa Tuesday, a day after botching his answer to a question about his support for the U.S. role in Libya. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005908091384/ 21005908091384 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:16:15 GMT ST. LOUIS -- Congress is set to strip funding for key provisions of a sweeping antitrust rule the Obama administration proposed for meat companies. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005910577580/ 21005910577580 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:08:50 GMT HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama is turning from economic to security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region as he makes a long-delayed visit to Australia. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005906213062/ 21005906213062 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:11:25 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- White House hopeful Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama for saying the United States had grown "a little bit lazy" in trying to attract business to the U.S. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005908028539/ 21005908028539 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:16:31 GMT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott says he supports a proposal to shrink Florida's hurricane insurance backup fund, although that would raise consumers' premiums. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005908059132/ 21005908059132 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:10:28 GMT WASHINGTON -- As Herman Cain struggles to stabilize his campaign, the Republican presidential candidate is rolling out his wife to defend him -- and help stop the flood of female voters fleeing from him. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005906222881/ 21005906222881 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:09:49 GMT EXETER, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman is getting a boost in New Hampshire from outside supporters who are paying for television ads to begin airing Tuesday that promote his two terms as Utah governor and service as U.S. ambassador to China. http://www.wsvn.com/rss/read/news/articles/politics/21005906218941/ 21005906218941