RICK ROLLS
Republican
presidential contender Rick Santorum, fresh off a stunning sweep of
three states' nominating contests, scrambled in Texas on Wednesday
to round up support and money he needs to take on rival Mitt Romney.
A day after winning contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado, Santorum sought to build on his momentum, addressing Texas pastors, Tea Party movement activists and donors.
Santorum, a former senator and staunch social conservative, became the first Republican White House hopeful to win four of the state-by-state contests to pick a nominee to oppose Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.
His sweep on Tuesday raised new questions about the presumed front-runner Romney, who holds strong organizational and financial advantages but has yet to prove he can win over conservative Republicans who see him as too moderate.
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WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS CONTRACEPTIVE RULES AS CRITICISMS MOUNT The Obama administration is willing to work with Catholic universities, hospitals and other church-affiliated employers to implement a new policy that requires health insurers to offer birth control coverage, a top adviser to the president's re-election campaign said on Tuesday. David Axelrod, a senior campaign adviser to President Barack Obama, said the administration had heard the Church's concerns and never intended to "abridge anyone's religious freedom." But he gave no sign that the administration would reverse course under intensifying pressure from Church leaders and political heat from Republican presidential candidates. White House spokesman Jay Carney also sought to diffuse criticism from Church leaders, telling reporters later on Tuesday that the administration would work with religious organizations "to see if the implementation of the policy can be done in a way that allays some of those concerns." ---Click here to read more--- |
COURT STRIKES DOWN CALIFORNIA'S GAY MARRIAGE BAN A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down California's voter-mandated ban on gay marriages, but stopped short of finding that other states or the federal government were required to recognize same-sex marriage. The decision sets the stage for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on gay marriage as soon as next year, and could add fuel to the issue in the presidential campaign. In a 2-1 vote, a panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said California's 2008 law, popularly known as Proposition 8, violated the 14th Amendment's equal-protection clause by stigmatizing a minority group without legitimate reason. Tuesday's decision is likely just a way station en route to the Supreme Court, although Proposition 8's backers could first ask an expanded 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit to re-hear the case. The two judges behind the ruling sidestepped the broader issue of whether there was a constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry. ---Click here to read more--- |
POLL: ROMNEY'S LEAD DROPS DESPITE WINS. RON PAUL MOVES INTO 2ND
(Reuters)
- Despite his strong showing in early state contests in the race for
the Republican U.S. presidential nomination, Mitt Romney's support
nationwide has dipped slightly during the past month, according to a
Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
Romney was backed by 29 percent of Republican voters in the telephone poll conducted February 2-6, down from 30 percent in a survey in early January, although the change was within the poll's margin of error.
The results suggest Romney - despite his vast advantages in organization, fundraising and momentum after victories in New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada - still has many doubters among Republicans nationwide.
"He still hasn't really convinced all the Republicans across the country that he's the guy to get behind," said Chris Jackson, research director for Ipsos public affairs.
The former Massachusetts governor's three rivals in the race to oppose Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 U.S. election were in a virtual tie for second, the poll showed. The gaps between the three were within the poll's margin of error.
Support for Ron Paul, a U.S. congressman from Texas, grew by 5 percentage points to 21 percent. That moved him into second place and ahead of former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support slipped to 19 percent from 20 percent.
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THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION -- BATTLELINE ONLINE
January 25, 2012
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Case Against Primaries |
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ObamaCare Ups Premiums $1300 |
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Social Media World |
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Railroad “Hell on Wheels” |
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Entrepreneurship Year? by Craig Columbus |
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AYATOLLAH: KILL ALL JEWS, ANNIHILATE ISRAEL The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people. The doctrine includes wiping out Israeli assets and Jewish people worldwide. Calling Israel a danger to Islam, the conservative website Alef, with ties to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the opportunity must not be lost to remove “this corrupting material. It is a “‘jurisprudential justification” to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm.” The article, written by Alireza Forghani, an analyst and a strategy specialist in Khamenei’s camp, now is being run on most state-owned sites, including the Revolutionary Guards’ Fars News Agency, showing that the regime endorses this doctrine. ---Click here to read more--- |
ARMY SILENCES The Obama administration has been accused of telling Catholic military chaplains what they can and cannot say from their pulpits after the Army ordered Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners from their archbishop. The Secretary of the Army feared the letter could be viewed as a call for civil disobedience. The letter called on Catholics to resist the policy the Obama Administration’s policy that would force institutions affiliated with religious groups to provide coverage for birth control, sterilization and “abortifacients.” The Catholic Church believes the mandate represents an unconstitutional violation of freedom of religion. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told Fox News Sunday the Army violated its chaplains’ constitutional rights by barring them from reading the letter – calling for resistance to the contraceptive coverage mandate. ---Click here to read more--- |
'HIDDEN' MORTGAGE FEE APYING FOR PAYROLL TAX CUT
(CBS News) Just before Christmas, American workers got a
rare gift from Washington politicians - the current payroll tax cut
would be extended for two more months.
At the time, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner lauded the move to avoid a tax increase for millions of working Americans.
But there's something the politicians weren't bragging about - the fact that they're paying for the two-month tax cut with what has turned into a brand new fee on home buyers.
The new fee is a minimum of one-tenth of 1 percent on Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-backed loans, and is likely to go much higher. It will be imposed for the next 10 years on most mortgages and refinancings and it lasts for the life of the loan.
For every $200,000, it amounts to an extra $15 dollars a month.
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POLL: FORGET ROMNEY & OBAMA, VOTERS WANT TIM TEBOW! (Reuters) - He won't be in this Sunday's Super Bowl and his Denver Broncos are already 50-to-1 longshots for next year's National Football League title, but if Tim Tebow swapped the pigskin for politics, he just might be a shoo-in for the White House. Asked which NFL playoff quarterback they would choose for president of the United States in the coming election, more than one in four voters go for Tebow, according to the results of a new Reuters/Ipsos poll of likely voters released on Friday. The online survey of 2,475 people was conducted earlier this week, just ahead of the Super Bowl, the annual championship for America's most popular sport. The precision of the Reuters/Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. ---Click here to read more--- |
EGYPT TO TRY CAIRO (AP) — Ignoring a stern U.S. threat, Egypt on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for allegedly using illegal foreign funds to foment unrest. The decision marked a sharp escalation of the dispute between Cairo and Washington over Egypt‘s crackdown on U.S.-funded groups promoting democracy and human rights. The two countries have been close allies for more than three decades, but the campaign against the organizations has angered Washington and jeopardized the $1.5 billion in aid Egypt is set to receive from the U.S. this year. On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Egypt‘s foreign minister that failure to resolve the dispute may lead to the loss of American aid. The Egyptian minister, Mohammed Amr, responded Sunday by saying the government cannot interfere in the work of the judiciary. ---Click here to read more--- |
WHILE IRAN THREATENS US, OBAMA WANTS TO USE DIPLOMACY
Israel is right to be concerned about Iran's push
to join the league of nations that possess nuclear weapons, but
diplomacy - not military intervention - remains the "preferred
solution" to averting a potential arms race in the Middle East,
President Barack Obama said Sunday.
But during a live interview with TODAY's Matt Lauer, the president left the military option open if there's evidence that economic sanctions and diplomatic efforts fail to convince the Iranian regime to give up its nuclear ambitions and threats to close the Strait of Hormuz.
"I don't think Israel has made a decision. I think they, like us, think Iran has to stand down their nuclear weapons program," said Obama, speaking from the Blue Room of the White House. "Until they do, I think Israel is going to be very concerned, and we are as well."
Although Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said publicly that Israel could be poised to make a preventive strike against Iran as early as late spring or early summer, Obama said the U.S. has close ties to Israel and will make sure that all diplomatic efforts are exhausted.
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