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Brown sells taxes to voters suspicious of spending

By: JUDY LIN 01/28/12 10:48 AM
Jerry Brown
After failing to sell Republican lawmakers on tax increases last year, Gov. Jerry Brown faces another tough act of salesmanship in 2012, this time with voters. Read More

Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability

By: STEVE PEOPLES 01/28/12 1:30 AM
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on the idea that he's best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Yet even some supporters seem to be struggling to buy that claim, an indication that efforts by chief rival Mitt Romney to undercut him may be working. Read More

Poll shows dropping support for Paterno firing

By: The Associated Press 01/26/12 3:28 PM
A national poll shows falling support for the decision by Penn State trustees to fire the late Joe Paterno. The Seton Hall Sports Poll released Thursday indicated that 42 percent of respondents polled nationwide support the football coach's firing. That's down from 55 percent in November. Read More

Poll: Perry's Texas ratings down after failed run

By: The Associated Press 01/26/12 10:03 AM
Gov. Rick Perry's approval rating in Texas has fallen to a 10-year low since his failed presidential bid, putting him on a par with President Barack Obama in his own home state. More than half of the people who responded to a statewide poll don't want Perry to run for another term as governor and 45 percent said his failed campaign for the Republican nomination for president hurt Texas' image. Read More

Debt-relief talks restart in Greece

By: DEMETRIS NELLAS 01/26/12 1:47 AM
Greece's prime minister resumed talks late Thursday with top bank negotiators to try and overcome obstacles to a major debt-relief deal needed to avoid bankruptcy. Premier Lucas Papademos held a two-hour meeting with Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance, a banking lobby, and Jean Lemierre, senior adviser to the chairman of French bank BNP Paribas. Read More

Obama courts Latino vote on economic tour

By: JIM KUHNHENN 01/26/12 12:56 AM
Barack Obama
President Barack Obama is courting Hispanics in politically important states, setting himself up as a champion of the crucial Latino voting bloc and as a foil to Republican candidates fighting for a share of support from the same groups. Read More

Poll: Wis. gov. has slight edge in approval rating

By: CARRIE ANTLFINGER 01/25/12 9:00 AM
A bare majority of Wisconsin voters approve of the job Republican Gov. Scott Walker is doing, according to the first poll since his organizers of a recall effort turned in a million signatures aimed at forcing a vote and ousting him from office. Read More

Upbeat and on a roll, Obama showing some swagger

By: JIM KUHNHENN 01/25/12 12:46 AM
Barack Obama
If President Barack Obama is showing some swagger, it shouldn't be a surprise. His job approval ratings point to an uptick. The Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden just pulled off a daring rescue that Obama authorized in Somalia. He's fresh off a big speech before Congress, and the Republicans who want his job are criticizing each other probably more than they are Obama. Read More

Poll: Sales tax hike will be challenge for Brown

By: TOM VERDIN 01/24/12 10:00 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed ballot initiative to raise taxes has wide support among California voters, but his path to victory in November remains far from certain, according to the results of a poll released Tuesday. Read More

Lopez bows out of Venezuela presidential race

By: FABIOLA SANCHEZ 01/24/12 9:57 AM
Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez bowed out of Venezuela's presidential race on Tuesday, saying he will support his leading rival as the opposition seeks to field a single candidate to challenge President Hugo Chavez. Read More
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