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Pro-Obama Group Runs Anti-Romney Ads in Michigan
WASHINGTON (AP) An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid is running ads in Michigan chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney for opposing the $80 billion auto industry bailout. The ad from Priorities USA Action draws attention to a column
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Ohio Dem Seeks Apology For Gop Leader'S Obama Quip
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A Democratic state lawmaker is asking the Ohio House speaker to apologize for a joke suggesting President Barack Obama should be jailed but Republican William Batchelder says he won't take back what he viewed as a light-hearted
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Unions Gearing up to Spend Big in 2012 Election
WASHINGTON (AP) Unions say they are gearing up to spend more than $400 million to help re-elect President Barack Obama and lift Democrats this election year in a fight for labor's survival. Under siege in state legislatures around the country
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Santorum Makes Prenatal Testing a Campaign Issue
WASHINGTON (AP) First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race. Republican candidate Rick Santorum is making free screenings for birth defects part of
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Santorum Blasts Obama'S Motives on Power, Abortion
PHOENIX (AP) A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values. Mitt Romney also is sharpening his anti-Obama rhetoric. He said Tuesday
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Romney Says Obama Has 'Fought Against Religion'
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's administration has "fought against religion" and sought to substitute a "secular" agenda for one grounded in faith. Obama's campaign seized on the characterization, calling Romney's
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Romney Wades Into Social Issues in Native Michigan
SHELBY, Mich. (AP) Mitt Romney is wading into the social and religious issues that have helped fuel rival Rick Santorum's rise. At a town hall Tuesday in Michigan, the Republican presidential candidate repeatedly was asked about religious freedom, abortion, gay
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Gingrich Tells OK Lawmakers He'Ll Reel in Feds
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich pledged Tuesday to state lawmakers in Oklahoma that he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president. The Republican presidential candidate wrapped two days of campaigning
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Mo. Judge Strikes Down New Science Incentives Fund
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A recently created state fund designed to offer incentives to science or technology companies has been struck down by a central Missouri trial judge. The Jefferson City News Tribune reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/xt0VjF ) that Cole County
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Gingrich: Obama Has 'Anti-American' Energy Policy
WASHINGTON (AP) Newt Gingrich is asserting that President Barack Obama pursues an "outrageously anti-American" energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from foreign oil dependency. The
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Ariz. AG to Look Into Sheriff Misconduct Claims
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) An embattled Arizona sheriff said Tuesday that the state's top prosecutor has agreed to conduct a comprehensive independent investigation into allegations made against him and his office. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu had asked the Gila County
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AZ Sheriff Seeks Independent Probe For Ex'S Claims
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) An embattled Arizona sheriff on Tuesday asked authorities in a neighboring county for a comprehensive, independent investigation into allegations made against him and his office. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu asked the Gila County sheriff's office and
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Paul Talks Hemp, Federal Regulation in ND Visit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul praised hemp as an alternative crop and said a free-market approach would protect the nation's environment Monday during North Dakota campaign stops that drew hundreds of cheering supporters. North Dakota, which is
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Santorum Leaps on Social Issues in Republican Race
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) The differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker as Rick Santorum drives harder on religious and social issues that Mitt Romney rarely discusses in detail. In recent days, Santorum has questioned the usefulness
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Gingrich Woos With Prospect of $2 Gallon Gas
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is dangling the prospect of gas as low as $2 a gallon if he's elected. The former House speaker has spoken in the past of gas dropping to $2.50 a gallon under
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Mich. Voters: Santorum Connects Better Than Romney
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum promised Monday to revive manufacturing, cut taxes and shrink government, pledges that drew loud applause from conservative Michigan voters who said he was more in line with their values than native son
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As Santorum Seizes Social Issues, Romney Demurs
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) Philosophical differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker as Rick Santorum drives harder on religious and social issues that Mitt Romney rarely discusses in detail. In recent days, Santorum has questioned the usefulness
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Santorum: Global Warming is Politics, Not Science
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science. Santorum told voters in eastern Ohio on Monday that science is on the side
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Latino Mormons Speaking Out Against Romney
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home." The Catholic-educated Packard, who grew up in "the middle of Mayan ruins," appreciated the faith's strong
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Arizona Sheriff Facing Long Odds After Gay Outing
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu built a reputation as a rising, conservative star by taking a hardline stance against illegal immigration, attacking the Obama administration and appearing alongside Sen. John McCain in a 2010 re-election ad in
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Santorum Questions Obama'S 'World View,' Not Faith
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man," discouraging increased use of natural resources. The GOP presidential candidate also slammed Obama's health care overhaul for requiring
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Santorum Declares Ohio 'Ground Zero' in Gop Race
MASON, Ohio (AP) Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is raising the stakes in the GOP nomination race in Ohio, declaring the state "ground zero" as he aggressively campaigns for one of Super Tuesday's biggest prizes. More delegates will be awarded in
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Romney Led Olympics to Success - With Some Help
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Over and over, Mitt Romney takes credit for turning around the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City after a bribery scandal and says the success of the games is one big reason he should
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Romney Says he Turned Around Olympics - Did He?
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) Over and over, Mitt Romney takes credit for turning around the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City after a bribery scandal and says the success of the games is one big reason he
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Santorum Surges But Scrutiny Intensifies
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Rick Santorum stole a key endorsement from chief rival Mitt Romney on Friday as polls in Ohio and elsewhere suggest the former Pennsylvania senator has seized the momentum in the rollercoaster Republican presidential contest. Amid the shift,
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