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Issues Divide Republicans' Views of Potential 2012 Contenders

Gallup - 21hrs 38mins ago

PRINCETON, NJ -- Although Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin lead the field of potential Republican Presidential Candidates among all Republicans nationwide, there are significant differences in Candidate preferences when Republicans are …

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Libya's Opposition Leaders Slam U.S. Business Lobby's Deals With Gaddafi

The Huffington Post - 18hrs 46mins ago

NEW YORK -- A broad coalition of interests from Oil companies, defense manufacturers and well-connected lobbying firms to neoconservative scholars and Harvard Business School Professors has worked in recent years to advance a rapprochement with …

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Psst. No shutdown during a government shutdown

The Daily Caller - 8hrs 28mins ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security checks would still go out. Troops would remain at their posts. Furloughed federal workers probably would get paid, though not until later. And virtually every essential government agency, like the FBI, the B…

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McMorris Rodgers applauds Boeing tanker contract

Examiner.com - 16hrs 9mins ago

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement today after the Air Force selected Boeing to build its new fleet of aerial refueling tankers - a major victory for Fairchild Air Force Base, the Washington State economy, an…

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Poll: Issues split 2012 GOP frontrunners

CNN Political Ticker - 17hrs 8mins ago

Washington (CNN) - Republicans know who they trust when it comes to their most valued issues, which may also decide whom they favor. Though Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin all hover at the top of most supported potential 2012 GOP nomine…

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Psst. No shutdown during a 'government shutdown' (AP)

Yahoo! News - 20hrs 54mins ago

WASHINGTON – Social Security checks would still go out. Troops would remain at their posts. Furloughed federal workers probably would get paid, though not until later. And virtually every essential government agency, like the FBI, the Bord…

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Saudi student in Texas accused of terror plot that targeted President Bush

The Hill - 21hrs 55mins ago

The FBI arrested a Saudi man living in Texas for allegedly plotting to make a weapon of mass destruction and targeting former President George W. Bush. The FBI alleges that Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, tried to purchase chemicals to make a bomb …

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Student nabbed in terror plot against Bush

UPI - 22hrs 16mins ago

LUBBOCK, Texas, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A Saudi Student was jailed in Texas Thursday in an alleged bombing plot that targeted former President George W. Bush's home and other sites, officials said. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, was arrested Wednesday night…

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