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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: Mitt Romney and Ron Paul top new Iowa poll, but Rick Santorum has momentum Confidence shaken, Rick Perry tries to rescue his 2012 campaign Bachmann calls voters from HQ, then says Occupy protesters are Obama's 'advance team' Video: Occupy protesters arrested at Michele Bachmann's campaign HQ Facing attacks, Gingrich prepares to shift strategy Year in Review: What Yahoo! readers remember about 2011 What's the likelihood that Democrats could control Washington in 2012? Occupy Des Moines camp welcomes antiabortion protesters, pays its electric bills Mitt Romney says crying is 'nothing to be ashamed of' Ann Selzer, queen of the Iowa caucuses: For a day, the most powerful woman in American politics Campaign trail photo of the day Slideshow: GOP candidates on the trail in Iowa Des Moines business owners enjoy caucus stimulus, but weren't suffering Romney's schedule offers clue about his Iowa expectations—they're high Christie warns he'll return 'Jersey style' if Iowans don't vote Romney Video: Newt Gingrich tears up in Iowa while speaking about his mother Video: Voter shows how negative TV ads are hurting Gingrich in Iowa Video: Des Moines coffee-shop owner evicts Occupy protesters; 'You're not allowed to ever come back' Photo: Is Michele Bachmann's iPad the new Teleprompter? Making big bets on Iowa: Gingrich and Perry, not Romney The Mitt Romney restoration: A vision of a past we can believe in Rand Paul kicks Newt Gingrich while he's down Michele Bachmann faces independent voters who plan to caucus in Iowa Facing air attack from Perry, Santorum stands by 'Bridge to Nowhere' Video: Talking with Ron Paul supporters in Iowa 'I want to win Iowa,' Romney says, and his weekend schedule proves it Egypt raids NGOs, including 3 U.S. pro-democracy groups Has Rick Santorum's moment finally arrived, just in time for Iowa? Ron who? Ignoring fellow Republicans, Romney targets Obama in Iowa Attending an Iowa caucus? Share your photos with Yahoo News Ron Paul's newsletters and Mitt Romney's Harvard years illustrate the mental approaches of the Iowa front-runners: Character Sketch U.S. downplays Iran warnings on Straits of Hormuz Ron Paul garners applause in Iowa, but does it come from caucusgoers? Rick Santorum is in third place in Iowa, new CNN poll says Rick Santorum: I would vote for Ron Paul if he becomes the GOP nominee Iowa GOP leader hopes quiet campaign isn't 'death knell' for caucuses Romney leads prediction markets even as poll numbers lag Do-over: Are Mitt Romney's 2008 voters enough for him to win Iowa this time? Yahoo News hires Steve Chaggaris as executive producer, elections Syria opposition activist calls for international intervention to halt carnage Mitt Romney and Ron Paul top new Iowa poll, but Rick Santorum has momentum Sat,31 Dec 2011 05:15 PM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--The last Des Moines Register poll before Tuesday's Iowa caucuses shows Mitt Romney ahead of the Republican presidential field, with Ron Paul just 2 percentage points behind, within the poll's margin of error. Here are the results: Mitt Romney: 24 percent Ron Paul: 22 percent Rick Santorum: 15 percent Newt Gingrich: 12 percent [...] Full Story Top Confidence shaken, Rick Perry tries to rescue his 2012 campaign Sat,31 Dec 2011 04:03 PM PST The Ticket - FORT DODGE, Iowa--For weeks, Rick Perry has been everywhere in Iowa, or at least that's how it has felt. Backed by nearly $4 million in ads, the Texas governor's face has been a ubiquitous presence on television across the state, his voice a constant mainstay on local radio. "I'm Rick Perry, I'm not ashamed to [...] Full Story Top Bachmann calls voters from HQ, then says Occupy protesters are Obama's 'advance team' Sat,31 Dec 2011 03:54 PM PST The Ticket - URBANDALE, Iowa--Volunteers and supporters at Michele Bachmann's Iowa headquarters received some motivation Saturday when the Minnesota congresswoman herself walked in the door, promising to take a photo with each supporter and even putting in a little time to do some phone banking herself in front of the cameras. Her first two phone calls, made on [...] Full Story Top Video: Occupy protesters arrested at Michele Bachmann's campaign HQ Sat,31 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST The Ticket - URBANDALE, Iowa--Some Occupy protesters created a scene at Michele Bachmann's Iowa campaign headquarters Saturday afternoon before the Minnesota congresswoman's arrival, resulting in the arrest of a number of individuals, at least two of whom were under the age of 18, for trespassing. All were taken away in police vehicles. The mother of a 16 year-old [...] Full Story Top Facing attacks, Gingrich prepares to shift strategy Sat,31 Dec 2011 02:43 PM PST The Ticket - ATLANTIC, Iowa -- Facing a barrage of attack ads in the run-up to Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich said Saturday that his campaign plans to shift its messaging strategy by increasing its focus on his competitors' records. "We may go to a much more clear contrast," Gingrich told reporters here, suggesting that he would begin [...] Full Story Top Year in Review: What Yahoo! readers remember about 2011 Sat,31 Dec 2011 01:40 PM PST The Newsroom - We rounded up the biggest news stories of 2011, and Casey Anthony's trial came out on top. But what do Yahoo! readers remember about a year that also saw a wave of protests around the world, the death of Osama bin Laden and a royal wedding? Full Story Top What's the likelihood that Democrats could control Washington in 2012? Sat,31 Dec 2011 08:47 AM PST The Signal - As of December 31, 2011 the likelihood of the Democrats retaining the Presidency is 53.7 percent, retaining the Senate is 20.7 percent, and taking the House is 32.7 percent. This is compiled from Betfair, Intrade, and Iowa Electronic Market prediction market data. The chart shows how these three main predictions have shifted during the course [...] Full Story Top Occupy Des Moines camp welcomes antiabortion protesters, pays its electric bills Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:59 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Young anarchists may be synonymous with the stereotype of Occupy Wall Street, but at the Occupy Des Moines camp Friday, many people standing in the 41 degree weather at noon in Stewart Park were adults, some more than 60 years old, and all were obeying the law. "Our mayor has been [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney says crying is 'nothing to be ashamed of' Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:06 AM PST The Ticket - Mitt Romney's stump speech still lacks any mention of the other candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. But he appeared to make a passing reference to Newt Gingrich during a brief campaign swing in New Hampshire Friday, when he told a crowd that he wouldn't tear up when talking about his parents. "At a time [...] Full Story Top Ann Selzer, queen of the Iowa caucuses: For a day, the most powerful woman in American politics Sat,31 Dec 2011 06:30 AM PST The Ticket - Every presidential candidate, campaign operative and political journalist in Iowa will spend most of Saturday in suspended animation, waiting for the results of the final Des Moines Register poll before the caucuses. The results are scheduled to hit the paper's website at 7 p.m. CT. The outsize attention paid to the paper's poll findings is [...] Full Story Top Campaign trail photo of the day Fri,30 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST The Ticket - Via @JamilSmith, a segment producer for MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show," who tweeted, "Just in case it wasn't clear, Vast Majority of America: you're the dude holding the chair." Full Story Top Slideshow: GOP candidates on the trail in Iowa Fri,30 Dec 2011 12:14 PM PST The Ticket - So much tension, campaigning and grandstanding in the final days before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation caucuses! Feel like you're there with this hand-picked selection of Iowa photos, courtesy your Ticket reporters on the ground in Iowa and the Election 2012 Flickr group. Have a photo to share? Join the Flickr group. Planning on attending a caucus next [...] Full Story Top Des Moines business owners enjoy caucus stimulus, but weren't suffering Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:58 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Don't tell Iowans that politicians don't know how to stimulate the economy. Thanks to the presence of the six major presidential candidates criss-crossing the state in anticipation of Tuesday's Republican caucuses, an influx of journalists, political staffers, candidate supporters and even Occupy Des Moines protesters is boosting Iowa's economy this week and next. "The [...] Full Story Top Romney's schedule offers clue about his Iowa expectations—they're high Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Mitt Romney isn't making any predictions about the outcome of next Tuesday's Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, but his upcoming schedule suggests his campaign is confident he'll do well. Romney will stay overnight in Iowa next Tuesday after the caucuses, according to a press release sent out by his campaign on Friday. He [...] Full Story Top Christie warns he'll return 'Jersey style' if Iowans don't vote Romney Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:58 AM PST The Ticket - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--Chris Christie came to Iowa on Friday, not as a 2012 presidential candidate, as many Republicans in the state had hoped, but as Mitt Romney's most high-profile surrogate in the final days before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation caucuses. More than 100 people turned out before daylight in the parking lot of a Hy-Vee supermarket, [...] Full Story Top Video: Newt Gingrich tears up in Iowa while speaking about his mother Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:23 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--In a rare personal moment on the campaign trail for Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate broke down when asked to speak about his mother, Kathleen Gingrich. At a town hall meeting at a coffee shop here, Gingrich reflected on the role his mother played in his life, and [...] Full Story Top Video: Voter shows how negative TV ads are hurting Gingrich in Iowa Fri,30 Dec 2011 08:40 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Newt Gingrich's support in Iowa is cratering, a new NBC/Marist poll out Friday morning indicates. The poll shows Mitt Romney and Ron Paul leading the pack in with the support of 23 percent and 21 percent, respectively, of likely Republican caucusg0ers. Gingrich, who was leading in most Iowa polls three weeks ago, is in [...] Full Story Top Video: Des Moines coffee-shop owner evicts Occupy protesters; 'You're not allowed to ever come back' Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:58 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--On Friday morning before a planned event appearance by Newt Gingrich, some members of "Occupy Iowa" made a stop at Java Joe's, a coffee shop here that MSNBC has been broadcasting from. The protesters didn't get far before the owner of the shop gave them the boot. About four or five Occupiers stood chanting [...] Full Story Top Photo: Is Michele Bachmann's iPad the new Teleprompter? Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:18 AM PST The Ticket - Republicans blast Barack Obama for using a Teleprompter, but that didn't stop Michele Bachmann from reading her remarks from her iPad during a talk with reporters Thursday in Des Moines. Full Story Top Making big bets on Iowa: Gingrich and Perry, not Romney Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:14 AM PST The Signal - After months of speculation over how much effort Mitt Romney will put into winning in the Iowa caucus, the Huffington Post is declaring him "All in." Romney will spend Friday in New Hampshire before coming back to Iowa on Saturday and staying through the Tuesday caucuses. Previously, some observers assumed he would stay another day [...] Full Story Top The Mitt Romney restoration: A vision of a past we can believe in Fri,30 Dec 2011 05:53 AM PST The Ticket - DAVENPORT, Iowa--I'm told the reason it remains illegal to raise chickens in Iowa City, where I live, is because Iowans moved to our relatively cosmopolitan college town to get away from the country people and, by extension, their chickens. Twentysomethings from bigger cities, where it is fashionable to raise your own chicks and harvest fresh [...] Full Story Top Rand Paul kicks Newt Gingrich while he's down Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:54 PM PST The Ticket - Newt Gingrich seems to be sliding further down in the Republican presidential campaign polls every day, but Ron Paul isn't coasting to the finish line in Iowa. His son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, just sent out a fundraising letter that rubs Gingrich's new low numbers in his face: Not too long ago, Newt Gingrich said [...] Full Story Top Michele Bachmann faces independent voters who plan to caucus in Iowa Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:27 PM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Michele Bachmann finds Iowans "not to be highly partisan," she said during her opening remarks at a town hall here on Thursday. "I find Iowans to be genuinely independent-minded people." Those words proved true minutes later when Iowa voters began asking her questions. "I'd like to know how you think you'd be more successful [...] Full Story Top Facing air attack from Perry, Santorum stands by 'Bridge to Nowhere' Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:06 PM PST The Ticket - MUSCATINE, Iowa--Rick Santorum doesn't care what Rick Perry says: he's proud of his earmarks. During a campaign stop Thursday at the Button Factory restaurant along the Mississippi River, Santorum responded to a new radio ad released by Perry's campaign that knocks him for supporting earmarks during his time in the Senate, from 1995 to 2006, [...] Full Story Top Video: Talking with Ron Paul supporters in Iowa Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:27 PM PST The Ticket - NEWTON, Iowa--The crowd of roughly 150 supporters who turned up at a campaign event here on Wednesday to hear Ron Paul deliver his stump speech opposing the Federal Reserve system and promising to close foreign military bases around the world provided a window into one of Paul's biggest challenges in Iowa: converting his fervent supporters [...] Full Story Top 'I want to win Iowa,' Romney says, and his weekend schedule proves it Thu,29 Dec 2011 11:41 AM PST The Ticket - MASON CITY, Iowa--If there was any mystery about whether Mitt Romney is competing to win in Iowa, it's been ended by the candidate's schedule in the coming days. The former Massachusetts governor, who is set to wrap up a bus tour of the state with a rally tonight in Ames, heads to New Hampshire Friday [...] Full Story Top Egypt raids NGOs, including 3 U.S. pro-democracy groups Thu,29 Dec 2011 08:55 AM PST The Envoy - The United States expressed deep concern over Egyptian police raids Thursday on several non-governmental organizations, including three U.S.-based pro-democracy groups. Egyptian authorities said the raids were conducted as part of an investigation into alleged foreign funding of the groups, many of which help train political parties to participate in the democratic process. But rights activists [...] Full Story Top Has Rick Santorum's moment finally arrived, just in time for Iowa? Thu,29 Dec 2011 08:39 AM PST The Ticket - CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Despite a new CNN poll indicating what appears to be a last-minute surge for his candidacy--the first of the entire 2012 Republican presidential campaign--Rick Santorum is playing it cool. When reporters brought up the poll Wednesday after a town hall (his third of the day and his 359th in the state this year), Santorum [...] Full Story Top Ron who? Ignoring fellow Republicans, Romney targets Obama in Iowa Thu,29 Dec 2011 06:38 AM PST The Ticket - CLINTON, Iowa--Listening to Mitt Romney on the stump, you would think the 2012 Republican presidential primary is already over. During his talks to crowds at tiny diners and coffee shops on the second day of his Iowa bus tour, Romney made only oblique mention of his rivals for the Republican nomination. Instead, he cast the [...] Full Story Top Attending an Iowa caucus? Share your photos with Yahoo News Thu,29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST The Ticket - Are you an Iowa resident planning on attending your state's first-in-the-nation caucuses on Tuesday? We want to see your photos and share them with other Yahoo News readers. Send us pictures of your local caucus: the posters, the sign-in sheets, the crowd around the coffee machine--whatever you see that evening that captures your participation in [...] Full Story Top Ron Paul's newsletters and Mitt Romney's Harvard years illustrate the mental approaches of the Iowa front-runners: Character Sketch Thu,29 Dec 2011 05:37 AM PST The Ticket - On martial law and growth-share matrices A TV ad in Iowa ballyhoos Ron Paul as "the one you can trust." But while Paul's anti-government consistency may be rare in politics, his newsletter business during the early 1990s was a shell game worthy of P.T. Barnum. The un-bylined newsletters, which featured Paul's name in oversized letters, [...] Full Story Top U.S. downplays Iran warnings on Straits of Hormuz Wed,28 Dec 2011 04:33 PM PST The Envoy - American officials on Wednesday downplayed comments by two Iran officials in recent days warning that Iran could close the critical Straits of Hormuz to retaliate against further economic sanctions targeting its oil exports. But analysts said the comments reflect growing Iranian anxiety over economic hardship and could signal risk for miscalculation that could lead to [...] Full Story Top Ron Paul garners applause in Iowa, but does it come from caucusgoers? Wed,28 Dec 2011 03:42 PM PST The Ticket - NEWTON, Iowa--Ron Paul narrowly leads the RealClearPolitics average of the most recent polls of Republican voters in Iowa, with Mitt Romney close behind. And he has attracted a loyal and active following that has helped him win straw polls across the country (and a close second place in the Aug. 13, 2011, Iowa straw poll) as well [...] Full Story Top Rick Santorum is in third place in Iowa, new CNN poll says Wed,28 Dec 2011 05:04 PM PST The Ticket - DUBUQUE, Iowa -- After spending a majority of the campaign season at the bottom of the polls, Rick Santorum is seeing a last-minute rise in Iowa just days before the Republican caucuses, according to a CNN survey released Wednesday. The poll of registered Republicans in Iowa shows Mitt Romney leading with 25 percent, Ron Paul [...] Full Story Top Rick Santorum: I would vote for Ron Paul if he becomes the GOP nominee Wed,28 Dec 2011 12:31 PM PST The Ticket - DUBUQUE, Iowa--Rick Santorum disagrees with presidential contender Ron Paul on a lot of issues, but if it came down to a choice between the libertarian-leaning member of Congress and President Barack Obama, Santorum would still vote for Paul on Election Day. "I'd vote for anybody over Barack Obama," Santorum said after a town hall here [...] Full Story Top Iowa GOP leader hopes quiet campaign isn't 'death knell' for caucuses Wed,28 Dec 2011 08:51 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Only in the past few days of the long 2012 presidential campaign has Iowa felt like the hotbed of presidential candidates that it prides itself on being. For most of 2011, the race for the Republican presidential nomination was a national affair, taking place through debates and cable TV interviews. Gone [...] Full Story Top Romney leads prediction markets even as poll numbers lag Wed,28 Dec 2011 07:51 AM PST The Signal - Mitt Romney's had another good week. Prediction market data from Betfair and Intrade indicates that the presidential hopeful has a nearly 70 percent likelihood to win the Republican nomination. His closest competitor, Newt Gingrich, isn't really even close; he's got a 9.5 percent chance of winning, while Ron Paul registers a 7.7 percent, and Jon [...] Full Story Top Do-over: Are Mitt Romney's 2008 voters enough for him to win Iowa this time? Wed,28 Dec 2011 06:45 AM PST The Ticket - DAVENPORT, Iowa--When Mitt Romney returned to this state on Tuesday for the final push before next week's presidential caucuses, he began by telling more than 300 people at a hotel here about a speech Barack Obama delivered in the same city four years ago this week. "He promised to bring people together. He promised to change [...] Full Story Top Yahoo News hires Steve Chaggaris as executive producer, elections Tue,27 Dec 2011 08:01 PM PST The Cutline - In the latest move to bolster Yahoo's original coverage of the 2012 presidential election, Yahoo News has hired Steve Chaggaris, the former Political Director of CBS News, as Executive Producer,  Elections. Chaggaris will start on January 3, 2012. He'll be based in Washington, D.C. and will report to David Chalian, Washington Bureau Chief for Yahoo [...] Full Story Top Syria opposition activist calls for international intervention to halt carnage Tue,27 Dec 2011 01:02 PM PST The Envoy - A prominent U.S.-based Syrian opposition activist living in exile from the Bashar al-Assad regime called for humanitarian intervention in Syria in an interview Tuesday . Radwan Ziadeh, a visiting scholar at Harvard University and a member of the main Syrian opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, told Yahoo News Tuesday that the Arab League monitoring [...] Full Story Top

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