Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney? (AP) AP - Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:33:05 GMT FACT CHECK: Gingrich overstates his Fla. results (AP) AP - After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:45 GMT Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely (AP) AP - Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:48:25 GMT Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge (AP) AP - Sensing a possible threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized rival 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. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:59:31 GMT Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics (AP) AP - President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm." Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:12:07 GMT Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory (AP) AP - Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:57:50 GMT Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists (AP) AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:13:48 GMT Critics worry Senate ad will revive Asian-bashing (AP) AP - Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against Asian-Americans. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:56 GMT Mitt attacks Obama on contraception (Politico) Politico - The GOP hopeful charges the president with trying to curtail religious freedom. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:30:12 GMT Egypt relations at 'tenuous' moment (Politico) Politico - U.S. officials amplify warnings that Egypt is risking hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:36:43 GMT RSS Feed Reader Increase Search Engine Traffic