Leubsdorf: Predictions for 2012 Savannah Morning News Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:06 PM PST The pressure is on. Four years ago, I picked Barack Obama to win 353 electoral votes and, twice, I correctly tabbed George W. Bush as a winner, including a 2000 forecast he'd beat Al Gore by four electoral votes. Here is a preview of the road to Nov. | Obama & Chavez: Political posturing? Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:00 PM PST President Barack Obama finally is saying what the clear-eyed have long known: President Hugo Chavez's government violates Venezuelans' human rights and democratic principles, and its long links to Cuba and growing ties to Iran are serious concerns. But is this truly better-late-than-never conviction -- or political posturing? | White House mulls request by ex-Yemen chief Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:00 PM PST The Obama administration is reviewing a request from Yemen's former president to enter the United States to receive medical treatment, a senior administration official said. | Iran Regime Profiting From Currency Decline, U.S. Treasury Says BusinessWeek Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:57 PM PST The Obama administration is accusing the elite of Iranâs regime and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps of profiting âon the back of the average Iranianâ as the nationâs currency plunges under pressure from international sanctions. | Obama Wins Most Debt Demand Since Before George H. W. Bush BusinessWeek Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:53 PM PST The U.S. government received record demand for its bonds in 2011, pushing longer-maturity Treasuries to their best performance since 1995 in a sign that President Barack Obama may have little difficulty financing a fourth consecutive year of $1 trillion budget deficits. | Plan to use Amtrak as fallback for high-speed rail criticized Los Angeles Times Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:29 PM PST Federal rules require another use for the track if the high-speed project unravels. But Amtrak officials have concerns about changing their popular Central Valley route. When the Obama administration gave California $3.4 billion in startup money for a high-speed rail system, it insisted on a guarantee that the project would not become a white elephant â" something critics could brand as a train ... | Biden: Romney content with limited success stories The News Journal Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:28 PM PST TILTON, N.H. - In a likely preview of the general-election argument to come, Vice President Joe Biden and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney traded barbs today over whose economic policies are best for the country. Biden said Romney's would leave most people behind while the Republican said Biden and President Barack Obama live in "fantasyland" for thinking their policies are helping. | | |
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