http://www.mail.com/subjects/2846-campaigns.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/2846-campaigns.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760950-googled-2012-whitney-psy-sandy.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, millions of people searched the Web to find out about a royal princess, the latest iPad, and a record-breaking skydiver. Whitney Houston was the "top trending" search of the year, according to Google Inc.'s year-end "zeitgeist" report. Google's 12... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760950-googled-2012-whitney-psy-sandy.html 2012-12-12T20:03:00Z 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/scitech/news/1755870-top-jindal-aides-use-personal-email-to-strategize.html BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Top officials in Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration used personal email accounts to craft a media strategy for imposing hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid cuts — a method of communication that can make it more difficult to track under public records laws despite Jindal's pledge to bring more transparency to state government. ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755870-top-jindal-aides-use-personal-email-to-strategize.html 2012-12-10T20:48:00Z 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/world/1754182-challenger-merkel-isolating-germany-europe.html BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-left challenger accused the German leader of isolating the country in Europe as he sought Sunday to kick-start his campaign for next year's elections, pledging to make social policy and promises of tougher financial regulation central issues. Former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck's Social Democrats rallie... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754182-challenger-merkel-isolating-germany-europe.html 2012-12-09T15:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751104-shadowy-donor-record-super-pac-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer in Tennessee who is mysteriously linked to millions of dollars in campaign contributions steered to congressional candidates doubled his investments in the weeks before Election Day and quietly funneled $6.8 million more to a prominent tea party group, according to new financial statements filed with the government. William Rose... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751104-shadowy-donor-record-super-pac-checks.html 2012-12-07T22:28:00Z 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/1750906-gop-senate-group-aided-akin-despite-disavowal.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Despite publicly disavowing candidate Todd Akin after his "legitimate rape" remark, the National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly sent $760,000 to Missouri in a last-ditch attempt to aid Akin's unsuccessful bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. The long-suspected money shuffling, which had never previously been ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750906-gop-senate-group-aided-akin-despite-disavowal.html 2012-12-07T17:49:00Z 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 http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749472-2-billion-price-tag-presidential-election.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according to final federal finance reports released Thursday. The reports detailed a last-minute cascade of money from mega-donors and an onslaught of spending by the Obama and Romney campaigns and "super" political ac... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749472-2-billion-price-tag-presidential-election.html 2012-12-07T02:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743690-ryan-rubio-plot-party-future-2016-talk-starts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, two potential 2016 presidential candidates, laid out policy prescriptions for their Republican Party on Tuesday night, nudging a party still smarting from Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama to reach out to a broader audience. Ryan, the GOP's vice presidential nominee in November's election and chairma... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743690-ryan-rubio-plot-party-future-2016-talk-starts.html 2012-12-05T02:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742394-tea-party-group-chief-quits-cites-internal-split.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential Republican fundraiser, former GOP House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left the conservative tea party group FreedomWorks because of an internal split over the group's future direction. A confidential contract obtained by The Associated Press shows that Armey agreed i... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742394-tea-party-group-chief-quits-cites-internal-split.html 2012-12-04T20:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1741440-to-budgets-ryan-returns-to-comfortable-topic.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Ryan is getting his groove back. A month after the GOP's presidential ticket lost an election, the party's vice presidential nominee finds himself comfortably back in his political wheelhouse on Capitol Hill and in the thick of a debate over how to avert automatic tax increases and spending cuts that many economists fear could cripp... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1741440-to-budgets-ryan-returns-to-comfortable-topic.html 2012-12-04T17:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1740642-dem-trial-chicago-politics.html CHICAGO (AP) — The grizzled Chicago Democrat has compared himself to a virile hog, likened a then-chief prosecutor to a Nazi and bragged about directing government investigators to kiss his posterior. William Beavers' you-can't-touch-me bravado will be put to the test as the former police officer-turned-politician beats a path — well-worn in Illinois — to... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1740642-dem-trial-chicago-politics.html 2012-12-03T23:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739056-romneys-big-loss-leaves-gop-with-clear-leader.html BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home, emerging only momentarily for a private lun... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739056-romneys-big-loss-leaves-gop-with-clear-leader.html 2012-12-03T08:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739018-risk-heart-debate-troop-withdrawal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The debate over how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 comes down to risky business. There is a risk that leaving too few troops after 2014 would stop or stall the already slow development of the Afghan army and police, whose competence — and that of the Afghan government as a whole — is crucial to ending the war succ... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739018-risk-heart-debate-troop-withdrawal.html 2012-12-03T07:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736530-coup-era-over-ghana-showcases-african-democracy.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The year was 1966 and a 7-year-old boy named John Dramani Mahama was standing by the door of his boarding school, wondering why his father wasn't there to fetch him. The Easter holiday was approaching, classes were done, and everyone else had left.       But as Mahama would relate in a memoir, his father didn't show up. He was in jail ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736530-coup-era-over-ghana-showcases-african-democracy.html 2012-12-01T16:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736342-mitt-romneys-loss-creates-gop-leadership-vacuum.html BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home, emerging only momentarily for a private lun... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736342-mitt-romneys-loss-creates-gop-leadership-vacuum.html 2012-12-01T14:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1735704-saving-face-ind-man-removing-romney-ryan-tattoo.html MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off. Eric Hartsburg of Michigan City, Ind., says he plans to have the red-and-blue "R'' removed from its prominent place next to his right eye. He says a Republican supporter paid him... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1735704-saving-face-ind-man-removing-romney-ryan-tattoo.html 2012-11-30T23:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1734966-sons-woes-weigh-heavily-rev-jesse-jackson.html CHICAGO (AP) — In the cluttered office where he's met with some of the nation's top politicians and preachers, penned rousing speeches and planned civil rights marches, the Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks so softly — and with so little enunciation — that one strains at times to hear him. At 71, he still keeps a hectic schedule and speaks extemporaneously on eve... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1734966-sons-woes-weigh-heavily-rev-jesse-jackson.html 2012-11-30T22:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1735174-obama-defense-pick-sooner-than-expected.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama could name his next defense secretary in December, far sooner than expected and perhaps in a high-powered package announcement with his choice for secretary of state, several senior administration officials tell The Associated Press. The personnel moves, coupled with Obama's coming choice for a new leader of the Ce... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1735174-obama-defense-pick-sooner-than-expected.html 2012-11-30T21:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731066-sd-gov-rounds-announces-us-senate.html PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds announced plans Thursday to seek South Dakota's U.S. Senate seat, setting up a 2014 battle between two men who have never lost an election — a campaign that figures to draw widespread national attention as Republicans and Democrats jockey for control of the chamber. A few minutes after Rounds announce... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731066-sd-gov-rounds-announces-us-senate.html 2012-11-30T00:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1729116-panel-reyes-broken-ethics-rules-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent House panel has concluded that there is substantial reason to believe Texas Rep. Silvestre Reyes violated ethics rules and federal law by conducting campaign meetings on House property and using campaign money to pay expenses for his daughter's residence. The Office of Congressional Ethics report was sent to the House Ethi... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1729116-panel-reyes-broken-ethics-rules-law.html 2012-11-28T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1729390-kerry-stays-quiet-cabinet-speculation-swirls.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry is angling to be the nation's top diplomat by being, well, diplomatic. The longtime Democratic lawmaker from Massachusetts has largely stayed quiet while President Barack Obama considers him for the next secretary of state. Kerry has asked his supporters to avoid overt lobbying of the White House on his behalf. And he's d... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1729390-kerry-stays-quiet-cabinet-speculation-swirls.html 2012-11-28T19:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1728496-obama-romney-to-meet-white-house-thursday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election. Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with Romney following their bitter campaign and consider the Republican's ideas. "In the weeks ahead, I also loo... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1728496-obama-romney-to-meet-white-house-thursday.html 2012-11-28T17:12:00Z