http://www.mail.com/subjects/15728-2012-united-presidential-election.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/15728-2012-united-presidential-election.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861238-republicans-face-balancing-immigration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans face a delicate balancing act as they embrace an unprecedented shift in their views on immigration reform — and no one better exemplifies the potential risks and rewards than Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. Rubio has courted conservative commentators in recent weeks, outlining a set of principles for changes in immigration law t... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861238-republicans-face-balancing-immigration.html 2013-02-01T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1846410-abortion-opponents-march-washington.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-abortion demonstrators from around the country marched through Washington to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to protest a landmark court decision that legalized abortion. The annual event took on added significance for many in the crowd because this year marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court deci... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1846410-abortion-opponents-march-washington.html 2013-01-26T03:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846424-obama-presses-liberal-agenda-starts-2nd-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — From gun control to gay rights, President Barack Obama's second-term agenda is shaping up as an unabashedly liberal wish list. In less than a week, he's vowed to tackle climate change and protect government entitlements. His administration has lifted a ban on women in combat and expanded opportunities for disabled students. Proposals for... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846424-obama-presses-liberal-agenda-starts-2nd-term.html 2013-01-25T18:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839734-bidens-moves-stoking-chatter-2016.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is thanking Democratic supporters in the afterglow of President Barack Obama's second inauguration, dropping plenty of hints that he may try to cement Obama's legacy with his own presidential campaign in 2016. Biden packed his schedule with events and receptions attended by party insiders surrounding Obama's inauguration, givin... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839734-bidens-moves-stoking-chatter-2016.html 2013-01-23T18:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838594-poll-illegal-immigrants-stay-us.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6 in 10 Americans now favor allowing illegal immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens, a major increase in support driven by a turnaround in Republicans' opinions after the 2012 elections. The finding, in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, comes as the Republican Party seeks to increase its meager support among Latino voters... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838594-poll-illegal-immigrants-stay-us.html 2013-01-22T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1833536-analysis-optimistic-obama-faces-tough-to-do-list.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a good thing President Barack Obama considers himself a congenital optimist. There are no easy "gets" as he scrolls through his second-term to-do list and looks ahead to the uncertainties of the next four years. Many of the items already on his agenda aren't there of his own choosing. First up is certain battle w... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1833536-analysis-optimistic-obama-faces-tough-to-do-list.html 2013-01-21T08:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1833634-latinos-take-bigger-role-obama-inauguration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Latinos are taking a more prominent role in President Barack Obama's second inauguration, from the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice swearing in the vice president to a star-studded concert celebrating Latino culture. Eva Longoria, a co-chairwoman for Obama's campaign, hosted "Latino Inaugural 2013: In Performance at the Kennedy Cente... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1833634-latinos-take-bigger-role-obama-inauguration.html 2013-01-21T01:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1833424-obamas-campaign-to-legislative-fights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign racked up 332 electoral votes and helped the president win a second term. Now it hopes to score legislative victories and build the president's legacy. Throngs of campaign volunteers and staff members gathered Sunday at a Washington hotel on the eve of Obama's Inauguration for a conference that served as... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1833424-obamas-campaign-to-legislative-fights.html 2013-01-20T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828950-nonprofit-to-promote-obama-agenda.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unprecedented move, President Barack Obama's vaunted political organization is being turned into a nonprofit group — funded in part by corporate money — to mobilize support behind the president's second-term agenda. The tax-exempt organization will be called Organizing for Action and seek to harness the energy of Obama's re-electio... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828950-nonprofit-to-promote-obama-agenda.html 2013-01-18T18:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822656-ron-pauls-gop-legacy-growing-iowa.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron Paul is exiting the political stage, but his legions of followers insist they are only getting started. Libertarian-leaning loyalists of the two-time Republican presidential candidate have quietly taken over key-state GOP organizations, ensuring future fights with the GOP's establishment and laying the groundwork for a future p... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822656-ron-pauls-gop-legacy-growing-iowa.html 2013-01-15T20:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804556-fewer-gun-buyers-us-mass-shooting.html WASHINGTON (AP) — People who lived in the two states that saw the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012 were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the year than those in most other states, according to an Associated Press analysis of new FBI data. The latest government figures also reflect huge increases across the U.S. in the number of ... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804556-fewer-gun-buyers-us-mass-shooting.html 2013-01-07T17:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1803390-fewer-excited-gun-buyers-colo-conn.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In Connecticut and Colorado, scenes of the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012, people were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the year than in most other states, according to an Associated Press analysis of new FBI data. The biggest surges in background checks for people who want to carry or buy guns occurred in states in the South a... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1803390-fewer-excited-gun-buyers-colo-conn.html 2013-01-07T07:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793650-doctors-blood-clot-located-clintons-head.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton developed a blood clot in her head but did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage, her doctors said Monday. They say they are confident that she will make a full recovery. In a statement that revealed the location of the clot, Clinton's doctors said it is in the vein in the space between the ... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793650-doctors-blood-clot-located-clintons-head.html 2012-12-31T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782994-kerry-familiar-face-world-stage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, is a familiar face to the world leaders vital to American interests. The son of a diplomat and Obama's unofficial envoy, Kerry spent hours walking around the palace in Kabul persuading Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to agree to a runoff election in fall 2009. The ... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782994-kerry-familiar-face-world-stage.html 2012-12-22T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770068-foreign-policy-kerry-obamas-good-soldier.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic disputes, spending hours drinking tea and taking walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai or engaging in delicate negotiations in Islamabad. ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770068-foreign-policy-kerry-obamas-good-soldier.html 2012-12-17T13:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1766214-cliff-crash-clear-way-deal-january.html WASHINGTON (AP) — To get to "yes" on a "fiscal cliff" accord, Congress and the White House first might have to get to "no." That is, an impasse that sends them over the cliff by missing their Dec. 31 deadline to pass a major deficit-reduction plan. Such a breach would immediately change the political dynamics, making it easier for many lawmakers — especia... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1766214-cliff-crash-clear-way-deal-january.html 2012-12-14T07:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765698-embattled-rice-bows-out-kerry-frontrunner.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, the embattled U.N. ambassador, abruptly withdrew from consideration to be the next secretary of state on Thursday after a bitter, weekslong standoff with Republican senators who declared they would fight to defeat her nomination. The reluctant announcement makes Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry the likely choice to be the nation... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765698-embattled-rice-bows-out-kerry-frontrunner.html 2012-12-14T05:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763312-gop-decries-looming-regulatory-cliff-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — While the "fiscal cliff" of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business groups see signs of a "regulatory cliff" that they say could be just as damaging to the economy. For months, federal agencies and the White House have sidetracked dozens of major regulations th... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763312-gop-decries-looming-regulatory-cliff-term.html 2012-12-13T19:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760412-obamas-fiscal-cliff-strategy-tricky-balance.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Playing both sides, President Barack Obama is trying to balance his public pressure campaign on Republicans over the looming "fiscal cliff" with his private negotiations with GOP leaders. The White House is loath to abandon the two-pronged strategy even as the Dec. 31 deadline nears. Obama's advisers see the carrot-and-stick approach as ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760412-obamas-fiscal-cliff-strategy-tricky-balance.html 2012-12-12T17:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759738-cliff-movement-obama-boehner-trade-proposals.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a test of divided government, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner sought an elusive compromise Tuesday to prevent economy-damaging tax increases on the middle class at year's end, conferring by phone after a secretive exchange of proposals. Details were sparse and evidence of significant progress scarcer still, altho... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759738-cliff-movement-obama-boehner-trade-proposals.html 2012-12-12T01:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1758366-fiscal-cliff-private-bargaining-public-wrangling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a test of divided government, the White House and congressional Republicans bargained in secret and sparred in public Tuesday over a deal to prevent year-end tax increases for middle class millions and spending cuts to the military as well as other federal programs. Officials disclosed that President Barack Obama and House Speaker Joh... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1758366-fiscal-cliff-private-bargaining-public-wrangling.html 2012-12-11T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758906-gop-throws-obamas-deficit-stands.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama's proposals to avoid a "fiscal cliff" come from the president himself, in comments he made months or years before his re-election. Stung by the GOP's midterm election gains in 2010, Obama took stands that differ from his current positions on raising tax rates, adjusting... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758906-gop-throws-obamas-deficit-stands.html 2012-12-11T18:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755262-retreating-cliff-talks-standstill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A year-end deadline approaching, quiet negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" yielded no tangible signs of progress on Monday as Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to volunteer spending cuts he will support while the White House insisted the GOP endorse higher tax rates on upper incomes. At a campaign-style even... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755262-retreating-cliff-talks-standstill.html 2012-12-11T03:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754282-obama-boehner-meet-to-discuss-fiscal-cliff.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met Sunday at the White House to discuss the ongoing negotiations over the impending "fiscal cliff," the first meeting between just the two leaders since they both won re-election. Spokesmen for both Obama and Boehner said they agreed to not release details of the conversation, but em... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754282-obama-boehner-meet-to-discuss-fiscal-cliff.html 2012-12-10T02:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754332-romneys-47-percent-chosen-years-best-quote.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's comments about 47 percent of the population dependent on the government and "binders full of women" topped this year's best quotes, according to a Yale University librarian. Fred Shapiro, associate librarian at Yale Law School, released his seventh annual list of the most notab... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754332-romneys-47-percent-chosen-years-best-quote.html 2012-12-09T15:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751824-fiscal-cliff-ads-pick-up-where-campaign-stopped.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Debate over the "fiscal cliff" has money pouring into television, print, radio and online ads, picking up where the wall-to-wall election campaign left off. As Republicans and the White House joust over a way around big year-end tax increases and spending cuts, outside groups on both sides are weighing in with major ad campaigns aimed at... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751824-fiscal-cliff-ads-pick-up-where-campaign-stopped.html 2012-12-07T20:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751768-with-election-over-attention-to-jobs-report.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Reaction to the monthly jobs numbers isn't what it used to be. The first unemployment report since President Barack Obama's re-election barely got a mention from the White House and Republicans after Friday's release. Gone was the frenzy of political posturing that followed every release throughout the presidential campaign. ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751768-with-election-over-attention-to-jobs-report.html 2012-12-07T20:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750396-election-hits-2b-mark-amid-last-minute-donations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House. It was a cost that surpassed $2 billion and sometimes came with the cloak of anonymity for billionaire donors. The election was the first in which "super" politica... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750396-election-hits-2b-mark-amid-last-minute-donations.html 2012-12-07T08:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750394-analysis-demint-move-defies-gop-shift-to-center.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The surprise job change by the Senate's most prominent tea partyer will complicate Republican moderates' bid to nudge their party toward the center after another stinging campaign loss. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina is giving up his high profile in the Senate, where he annoyed establishment Republicans and delighted conservative puri... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750394-analysis-demint-move-defies-gop-shift-to-center.html 2012-12-07T08:00:00Z