Prop. 8 ruling: why it might not go the the Supreme Court (The Christian Science Monitor) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:43:10 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - A day after the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Proposition 8 – California's 2008 voter-approved ban on gay marriage – the big question is: What happens next? 

Santorum files for Indiana ballot despite dispute (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:35:00 GMT AP - Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum filed Wednesday to get on Indiana's primary ballot even though he has not been certified by local election officials.

House votes to give Obama limited line-item veto (Reuters) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:21:06 GMT Reuters - The House of Representatives voted to give President Barack Obama a limited line-item veto authority on Wednesday in a rare display of bipartisanship on bitterly divisive spending and budget issues.

Pennsylvania's New Budget Calls for Cutting Higher Education -- Again (ContributorNetwork) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:08:37 GMT ContributorNetwork - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled his second budget as the leader of the Keystone State this week, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. As expected by many, the 2012 budget closely resembled the 2011 budget featuring cuts in a number of key areas, but true to the governor's campaign promise of not raising taxes, as the report indicates.

Rick Perry Makes First Public Appearance Since Ending Presidential Campaign (ContributorNetwork) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:08:33 GMT ContributorNetwork - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, lately a candidate for president, made his first public appearance since dropping out of the race at the Reagan Dinner for the Williamson County Republican Party in Round Rock, north of Austin.

Republican Confusion Led to Santorum Win (ContributorNetwork) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:08:32 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY

Rick Santorum Signifies What's Wrong with the Republican Party (ContributorNetwork) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:06:50 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY

Pete Hoekstra Says Super Bowl Ad Isn't Racially Insensitive (ContributorNetwork) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:32 GMT ContributorNetwork - Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra drew criticism for his recent Super Bowl ad against incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The commercial, showing a Chinese woman thanking "Senator Debbie Spend-it-Now," was faulted for being racially insensitive. Hoekstra scoffed at the idea the ad was racist in a Detroit Free Press interview. Here are details about the Hoekstra ad campaign.

Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight (Reuters) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:58 GMT Reuters - The top Republican in the Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives as an assault on "religious freedom" and vowed to overturn it, as the White House sought to prevent the issue from becoming an election-year liability.

Hey Christians, Others Don't Want Your Ban on Birth Control (ContributorNetwork) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:06:27 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY