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All rights reservedMon, 30 Jul 2012 21:23:41 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/gop/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romneys-foreign-controversies-overshadow-economic-message-012341146.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Zk05ZslXgws5uG0kAFAlBA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T224004Z_1_CBRE86T1QYW00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann meet people on the street before his meeting with Poland&#039;s Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Old Town Hall in Gdansk" align="left" title="U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann meet people on the street before his meeting with Poland&#039;s Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Old Town Hall in Gdansk" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney&#039;s campaign tried to keep the domestic political focus on the U.S. economy and jobs on Monday, although the effort was overshadowed by more controversy from a foreign trip after he made remarks that upset Palestinians. Hoping to take advantage of President Barack Obama&#039;s &quot;you didn&#039;t build that&quot; comment, Romney&#039;s campaign sent teams of high-profile supporters to 18 events in a dozen swing states to hammer home its message that Obama is an anti-business lover of big government. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romneys-foreign-controversies-overshadow-economic-message-012341146.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 21:23:41 -0400Reutersromneys-foreign-controversies-overshadow-economic-message-012341146<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romneys-foreign-controversies-overshadow-economic-message-012341146.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Zk05ZslXgws5uG0kAFAlBA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T224004Z_1_CBRE86T1QYW00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann meet people on the street before his meeting with Poland&#039;s Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Old Town Hall in Gdansk" align="left" title="U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann meet people on the street before his meeting with Poland&#039;s Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Old Town Hall in Gdansk" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney&#039;s campaign tried to keep the domestic political focus on the U.S. economy and jobs on Monday, although the effort was overshadowed by more controversy from a foreign trip after he made remarks that upset Palestinians. Hoping to take advantage of President Barack Obama&#039;s &quot;you didn&#039;t build that&quot; comment, Romney&#039;s campaign sent teams of high-profile supporters to 18 events in a dozen swing states to hammer home its message that Obama is an anti-business lover of big government. ...</p><br clear="all"/>An Iowa campaign aide for former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann sued the Minnesota congresswoman and her senior campaign aides on Monday, alleging an official stole a private email list and that she was blamed for its use.http://news.yahoo.com/former-bachmann-aide-sues-campaign-alleging-theft-012034557.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 21:20:34 -0400Associated Pressformer-bachmann-aide-sues-campaign-alleging-theft-012034557Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette of Ohio, a nine-term lawmaker and a close confidant of House Speaker John Boehner, has decided not to seek re-election.http://news.yahoo.com/gop-rep-latourette-ohio-not-running-again-005420367.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 20:56:14 -0400Associated Pressgop-rep-latourette-ohio-not-running-again-005420367<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-riles-palestinians-digs-culture-economy-002509672.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KpcIJGl_RayAEZNerOATeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-31T002509Z_2_CBRE86T1O4600_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians accused U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of racism on Monday by suggesting disparities between the Israeli and Palestinian economies had cultural roots, while ignoring Israel&#039;s occupation of the West Bank. In a speech to fundraisers in Jerusalem, Romney, visiting Israel to boost his electoral credentials ahead of a November 6 election bid against President Barack Obama, said Israel&#039;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was about twice that of the Palestinians. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romney-riles-palestinians-digs-culture-economy-002509672.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 20:25:09 -0400Reutersromney-riles-palestinians-digs-culture-economy-002509672<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-riles-palestinians-digs-culture-economy-002509672.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KpcIJGl_RayAEZNerOATeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-31T002509Z_2_CBRE86T1O4600_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians accused U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of racism on Monday by suggesting disparities between the Israeli and Palestinian economies had cultural roots, while ignoring Israel&#039;s occupation of the West Bank. In a speech to fundraisers in Jerusalem, Romney, visiting Israel to boost his electoral credentials ahead of a November 6 election bid against President Barack Obama, said Israel&#039;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was about twice that of the Palestinians. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette, a nine-term lawmaker and a close confidant of House Speaker John Boehner, will not seek another term, congressional officials said Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-ohio-congressman-retire-234147450.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 19:41:47 -0400Associated Pressap-sources-ohio-congressman-retire-234147450<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-carolinas-first-gent-deploying-afghanistan-224923103.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GQB_kSyWr5BKK50B91vwHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T224923Z_1_CBRE86T1REQ00_RTROPTP_2_TENNIS-WOMEN-CHARLESTON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Carolina Gov. Haley address the crowd as she recognizes the &quot;Original Nine&quot;, founders of the women&#039;s professional tennis circuit, at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston" align="left" title="South Carolina Gov. Haley address the crowd as she recognizes the &quot;Original Nine&quot;, founders of the women&#039;s professional tennis circuit, at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston" border="0" /></a>CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The soldier husband of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is deploying to Afghanistan for a year-long stint that begins in January, the governor&#039;s office said on Monday. It will be the first overseas deployment for First Lieutenant Michael Haley, 42, who joined the Army National Guard in 2006. &quot;This deployment is the reason I joined the National Guard,&quot; he said in a statement. &quot;It is important to me to be able to give back.&quot; Nikki Haley, a Republican, was elected governor in 2010. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-carolinas-first-gent-deploying-afghanistan-224923103.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 18:49:23 -0400Reuterssouth-carolinas-first-gent-deploying-afghanistan-224923103<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-carolinas-first-gent-deploying-afghanistan-224923103.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GQB_kSyWr5BKK50B91vwHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T224923Z_1_CBRE86T1REQ00_RTROPTP_2_TENNIS-WOMEN-CHARLESTON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Carolina Gov. Haley address the crowd as she recognizes the &quot;Original Nine&quot;, founders of the women&#039;s professional tennis circuit, at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston" align="left" title="South Carolina Gov. Haley address the crowd as she recognizes the &quot;Original Nine&quot;, founders of the women&#039;s professional tennis circuit, at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston" border="0" /></a>CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The soldier husband of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is deploying to Afghanistan for a year-long stint that begins in January, the governor&#039;s office said on Monday. It will be the first overseas deployment for First Lieutenant Michael Haley, 42, who joined the Army National Guard in 2006. &quot;This deployment is the reason I joined the National Guard,&quot; he said in a statement. &quot;It is important to me to be able to give back.&quot; Nikki Haley, a Republican, was elected governor in 2010. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/olympics-ticket-broker-co-host-romney-fundraiser-215233567.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZrWsQlgrEuJvXxoW3.ZyhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T215233Z_1_CBRE86T1ORR00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Olympics ticket broker whose company apologized last week for distribution problems at the London Games is co-hosting a fundraiser for Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Indiana this week. An invitation to the fundraiser in Evansville, Indiana, scheduled for Saturday, lists Sead Dizdarevic, founder and owner of the ticket-selling companies Jet Set Sports and CoSport, as one of 24 &quot;event co-chairs. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/olympics-ticket-broker-co-host-romney-fundraiser-215233567.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 17:52:33 -0400Reutersolympics-ticket-broker-co-host-romney-fundraiser-215233567<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/olympics-ticket-broker-co-host-romney-fundraiser-215233567.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZrWsQlgrEuJvXxoW3.ZyhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T215233Z_1_CBRE86T1ORR00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Olympics ticket broker whose company apologized last week for distribution problems at the London Games is co-hosting a fundraiser for Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Indiana this week. An invitation to the fundraiser in Evansville, Indiana, scheduled for Saturday, lists Sead Dizdarevic, founder and owner of the ticket-selling companies Jet Set Sports and CoSport, as one of 24 &quot;event co-chairs. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/poland-romney-gets-endorsed-lech-walesa-215018955.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jBd1fGcWnTzIkUYBllnmQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b8b7f2f5616d715160f6a706700ec5d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets with Poland&#039;s former President Lech Walesa, Monday, July 30, 2012, in Artus Court, in Gdansk, Poland. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets with Poland&#039;s former President Lech Walesa, Monday, July 30, 2012, in Artus Court, in Gdansk, Poland. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is spending the night in Poland, the final stop on a three-nation tour designed to boost his foreign policy resume with voters back home.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/poland-romney-gets-endorsed-lech-walesa-215018955.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 17:50:18 -0400Associated Presspoland-romney-gets-endorsed-lech-walesa-215018955<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/poland-romney-gets-endorsed-lech-walesa-215018955.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jBd1fGcWnTzIkUYBllnmQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b8b7f2f5616d715160f6a706700ec5d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets with Poland&#039;s former President Lech Walesa, Monday, July 30, 2012, in Artus Court, in Gdansk, Poland. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets with Poland&#039;s former President Lech Walesa, Monday, July 30, 2012, in Artus Court, in Gdansk, Poland. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is spending the night in Poland, the final stop on a three-nation tour designed to boost his foreign policy resume with voters back home.</p><br clear="all"/>AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The conservative Tea Party movement is hoping former Texas solicitor general Ted Cruz topples establishment Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in a fiercely competitive Republican primary runoff for an open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday. A poll released over the weekend by the Democratic survey group Public Policy Polling showed Cruz ahead by 10 percentage points, 52 percent to 42 percent, an increase from a five-point lead two weeks earlier. The automatic telephone survey of likely Republican runoff voters, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 3. ...http://news.yahoo.com/test-tea-party-texas-republican-senate-runoff-tuesday-213450826.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 17:34:50 -0400Reuterstest-tea-party-texas-republican-senate-runoff-tuesday-213450826A new Public Policy Polling survey shows former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz surging ahead of Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on the eve of the runoff election for the Republican nomination for United States Senator.http://news.yahoo.com/poll-ted-cruz-surges-commanding-lead-texas-senate-213300871.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 17:33:00 -0400Yahoo! Contributor Networkpoll-ted-cruz-surges-commanding-lead-texas-senate-213300871<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-cull-moderate-republicans-163307928.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wQlQfhah_6r_ACqP5nzkDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8095842c566ed815160f6a7067008d12.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Wednesday March 30, 2011 file photo, Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Owens, left, an Overland Park Republican, discusses drunken driving legislation during a caucus of fellow GOP senators at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP. Moderate GOP incumbent Sen. Tim Owens, one of the targets. (AP Photo/John Hanna)" align="left" title="In this Wednesday March 30, 2011 file photo, Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Owens, left, an Overland Park Republican, discusses drunken driving legislation during a caucus of fellow GOP senators at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP. Moderate GOP incumbent Sen. Tim Owens, one of the targets. (AP Photo/John Hanna)" border="0" /></a>Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-cull-moderate-republicans-163307928.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 17:19:42 -0400Associated Pressconservatives-cull-moderate-republicans-163307928<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-cull-moderate-republicans-163307928.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wQlQfhah_6r_ACqP5nzkDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8095842c566ed815160f6a7067008d12.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Wednesday March 30, 2011 file photo, Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Owens, left, an Overland Park Republican, discusses drunken driving legislation during a caucus of fellow GOP senators at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP. Moderate GOP incumbent Sen. Tim Owens, one of the targets. (AP Photo/John Hanna)" align="left" title="In this Wednesday March 30, 2011 file photo, Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Owens, left, an Overland Park Republican, discusses drunken driving legislation during a caucus of fellow GOP senators at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP. Moderate GOP incumbent Sen. Tim Owens, one of the targets. (AP Photo/John Hanna)" border="0" /></a>Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP.</p><br clear="all"/>Sarah Palin is leaping to the assistance of a fellow ?mama grizzly? in Missouri. Sarah Steelman, who has enjoyed the backing of Tea Partiers in Missouri?s three-way Republican Senate primary, received Palin?s endorsement earlier this month. Now, Palin is appearing in a TV ad for...http://news.yahoo.com/sarah-palin-cuts-tv-ad-sarah-steelman-missouri-211552325--abc-news-politics.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 17:15:52 -0400ABC OTUS Newssarah-palin-cuts-tv-ad-sarah-steelman-missouri-211552325--abc-news-politicsPHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge refused on Monday to block an Arizona law banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, clearing the way for the statute to take effect this week. District Judge James Teilborg ruled that the measure, passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed into law in April by Republican Governor Jan Brewer, is in keeping with standards that federal courts have set on limits to late-term abortions. ...http://news.yahoo.com/judge-clears-arizonas-term-abortion-ban-effect-210650296.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 17:06:50 -0400Reutersjudge-clears-arizonas-term-abortion-ban-effect-210650296<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-look-back-gay-marriage-convention-first-time-201116816.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gp44pyDUwodW2.QFOM.MIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T203233Z_1_CBRE86T1L2C00_RTROPTP_2_MARRIAGE-GAYS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Partners Wilson and Orlandi walk inside San Francisco City Hall" align="left" title="Partners Wilson and Orlandi walk inside San Francisco City Hall" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party is aiming to include support for gay marriage in its party platform this year for the first time in its history, a Democratic source said on Monday. The platform drafting committee unanimously approved language on Sunday endorsing same-sex marriage among the policy positions that will be presented to the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, where President Barack Obama will formally accept the party&#039;s nomination in early September to run for re-election. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-look-back-gay-marriage-convention-first-time-201116816.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 16:37:47 -0400Reutersdemocrats-look-back-gay-marriage-convention-first-time-201116816<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-look-back-gay-marriage-convention-first-time-201116816.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gp44pyDUwodW2.QFOM.MIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T203233Z_1_CBRE86T1L2C00_RTROPTP_2_MARRIAGE-GAYS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Partners Wilson and Orlandi walk inside San Francisco City Hall" align="left" title="Partners Wilson and Orlandi walk inside San Francisco City Hall" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party is aiming to include support for gay marriage in its party platform this year for the first time in its history, a Democratic source said on Monday. The platform drafting committee unanimously approved language on Sunday endorsing same-sex marriage among the policy positions that will be presented to the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, where President Barack Obama will formally accept the party&#039;s nomination in early September to run for re-election. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-skip-republican-convention-200650042--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/doj6YLhDmAHYIlWI1wYtiA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/abc_dick_cheney_jonathan_karl_19_jt_120727_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Cheney to Skip Republican Convention" align="left" title="Cheney to Skip Republican Convention" border="0" /></a>Dick Cheney has plans for the end of August, but those plans don?t include going to the Republican convention in Tampa. In fact, while his party gathers to formally nominate Mitt Romney for President, Cheney will be out of the country. He tells me he...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-skip-republican-convention-200650042--abc-news-politics.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 16:06:50 -0400ABC OTUS Newscheney-skip-republican-convention-200650042--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-skip-republican-convention-200650042--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/doj6YLhDmAHYIlWI1wYtiA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/abc_dick_cheney_jonathan_karl_19_jt_120727_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Cheney to Skip Republican Convention" align="left" title="Cheney to Skip Republican Convention" border="0" /></a>Dick Cheney has plans for the end of August, but those plans don?t include going to the Republican convention in Tampa. In fact, while his party gathers to formally nominate Mitt Romney for President, Cheney will be out of the country. He tells me he...</p><br clear="all"/>Republican Rep.?Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, declined Monday to pursue reelection.LaTourette will not seek a 10th term in the House, two Republican sources confirmed. The news was first reported by the?Columbus Dispatch.The Dispatch reported that LaTourette, who already won a primary, is leaving because of a disagreement over committee assignments.Republicans are confident they'll hold the district, but Sen.?John McCain?carried less than 50 percent of its votes in 2008 and the GOP replacement candidate will have fewer than 100 days to build name recognition. ...http://news.yahoo.com/republican-rep-latourette-retire-190000171.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 15:52:12 -0400National Journalrepublican-rep-latourette-retire-190000171ARLINGTON, Va. ??Having Bubba keynote the Democratic National Convention may not be such a good idea for Democrats, former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich argued during a press conference Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/newt-says-bill-clinton-presence-democratic-convention-hurt-193405612.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 15:34:05 -0400The Daily Callernewt-says-bill-clinton-presence-democratic-convention-hurt-193405612Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign defended the candidate against criticism that his comments extolling Israeli culture were ?racist.??http://news.yahoo.com/romney-campaign-defends-comments-labeled-racist-151724868.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 13:09:24 -0400National Journalromney-campaign-defends-comments-labeled-racist-151724868An independent group backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is out with a new TV ad featuring a trio of former Olympic athletes praising his stewardship of the 2002 Winter Games.http://news.yahoo.com/ad-highlights-romneys-role-2002-olympics-145244901.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 10:55:11 -0400Associated Pressad-highlights-romneys-role-2002-olympics-145244901GDANSK, Poland -- Lech Walesa, the Nobel Prize winner and former Polish president, on Monday expressed hopes that Mitt Romney would win the presidential contest during a meeting between the two men on Romney?s first overseas trip as the likely Republican nominee.http://news.yahoo.com/lech-walesa-wishes-romney-success-141029560.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 10:46:32 -0400National Journallech-walesa-wishes-romney-success-141029560The Republican is eager to show Jewish voters that he'd be tougher on Iran than the Democratic president. But that may be an awfully tough sellhttp://news.yahoo.com/romney-obama-two-peas-pod-israel-iran-143000491.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 10:30:00 -0400The Weekromney-obama-two-peas-pod-israel-iran-143000491Mitt Romney's trip to Poland on Monday -- the last stop on his three-country, six-day foreign tour -- offers him a chance to bolster his image as a competent diplomat, something he could use after his gaffe-filled stint in London. But the real potential prize for visiting the Eastern European nation lies at home: more votes from the Polish-American and Catholic communities.http://news.yahoo.com/romney-hopes-poland-visit-pay-dividends-swing-states-091434945.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 10:20:57 -0400National Journalromney-hopes-poland-visit-pay-dividends-swing-states-091434945<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/paul-ryans-race-against-time-change-country-140454405.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vt1F3r_V34QveluKQZTZmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Paul_Ryan_s_Race_Against_Time-d8a4b510ef325ac925551dd319dbefa8" width="130" height="86" alt="Paul Ryan&#039;s Race Against Time to Change the Country" align="left" title="Paul Ryan&#039;s Race Against Time to Change the Country" border="0" /></a>It&#039;s no secret that Rep. Paul Ryan is the intellectual leader of the GOP&#039;s fiscal resurgence (though &quot;intellectual&quot; isn&#039;t the word Paul Krugman would use), but what&#039;s less known is the biographical impetus behind his youthful crusade: His family&#039;s health history.?&quot;Ryan?s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all died before their sixtieth birthdays, so Ryan, who is now forty-two, could be forgiven if he seemed like a man in a hurry,&quot; writes?Ryan Lizza, in a lengthy profile in?this week&#039;s New Yorker. Per Lizza:</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/paul-ryans-race-against-time-change-country-140454405.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 10:04:54 -0400The Atlantic Wirepaul-ryans-race-against-time-change-country-140454405<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/paul-ryans-race-against-time-change-country-140454405.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vt1F3r_V34QveluKQZTZmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Paul_Ryan_s_Race_Against_Time-d8a4b510ef325ac925551dd319dbefa8" width="130" height="86" alt="Paul Ryan&#039;s Race Against Time to Change the Country" align="left" title="Paul Ryan&#039;s Race Against Time to Change the Country" border="0" /></a>It&#039;s no secret that Rep. Paul Ryan is the intellectual leader of the GOP&#039;s fiscal resurgence (though &quot;intellectual&quot; isn&#039;t the word Paul Krugman would use), but what&#039;s less known is the biographical impetus behind his youthful crusade: His family&#039;s health history.?&quot;Ryan?s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all died before their sixtieth birthdays, so Ryan, who is now forty-two, could be forgiven if he seemed like a man in a hurry,&quot; writes?Ryan Lizza, in a lengthy profile in?this week&#039;s New Yorker. Per Lizza:</p><br clear="all"/>ABC News is offering a summary of former Vice President Dick Cheney's comments about the selection of Sarah Palin for the 2008 ticket:http://news.yahoo.com/dick-cheney-speaks-truth-palin-111610904.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 09:50:45 -0400National Journaldick-cheney-speaks-truth-palin-111610904<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/palestinian-official-romney-comments-unacceptable-073421984.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RnKZz9n8eYHThm9u7T5h5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/abdfc9923d25c215160f6a7067007e21.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is presented with a booklet as he visits the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is presented with a booklet as he visits the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney&#039;s assertion that Jerusalem is Israel&#039;s capital is absolutely unacceptable, a senior Palestinian official said Monday, voicing the strongest Palestinian criticism yet of the Republican presidential candidate.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/palestinian-official-romney-comments-unacceptable-073421984.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 09:43:40 -0400Associated Presspalestinian-official-romney-comments-unacceptable-073421984<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/palestinian-official-romney-comments-unacceptable-073421984.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RnKZz9n8eYHThm9u7T5h5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/abdfc9923d25c215160f6a7067007e21.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is presented with a booklet as he visits the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is presented with a booklet as he visits the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney&#039;s assertion that Jerusalem is Israel&#039;s capital is absolutely unacceptable, a senior Palestinian official said Monday, voicing the strongest Palestinian criticism yet of the Republican presidential candidate.</p><br clear="all"/>A tough new voter-identification law in Pennsylvania is in state court and the national spotlight this month, under challenge from opponents who say it's a Republican scheme that violates the state constitution and disenfranchises thousands of voters.http://news.yahoo.com/strict-pennsylvania-voter-id-law-challenged-state-court-132432404.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 09:24:32 -0400National Journalstrict-pennsylvania-voter-id-law-challenged-state-court-132432404Vice President Joe Biden, in a speech Sunday to the nation's second largest teachers unions, said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't treat public education as a priority and distrusts the hardworking teachers who struggle to create opportunity for the nation's young people.http://news.yahoo.com/biden-romney-doesnt-see-value-education-224650145.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 09:09:25 -0400Associated Pressbiden-romney-doesnt-see-value-education-224650145<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-raises-more-1-million-end-israel-trip-125542129.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/j83jCdMYuusJYHANEiZxqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T125542Z_1_CBRE86T0ZWZ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday tapped Jewish-American donors for more than $1 million, ending a trip to Israel that aimed to show he would be a better ally than President Barack Obama. After days in which Romney spoke mostly on foreign policy issues, the fundraiser returned him to more comfortable turf - the state of the U.S. economy, which he sees as the main issue in the November 6 election. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romney-raises-more-1-million-end-israel-trip-125542129.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 08:55:42 -0400Reutersromney-raises-more-1-million-end-israel-trip-125542129<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-raises-more-1-million-end-israel-trip-125542129.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/j83jCdMYuusJYHANEiZxqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-30T125542Z_1_CBRE86T0ZWZ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pictured before delivering foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;ananim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday tapped Jewish-American donors for more than $1 million, ending a trip to Israel that aimed to show he would be a better ally than President Barack Obama. After days in which Romney spoke mostly on foreign policy issues, the fundraiser returned him to more comfortable turf - the state of the U.S. economy, which he sees as the main issue in the November 6 election. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone), CHRIS GOOD (@c_good) and ELIZABETH HARTFIELD (@LizHartfield) NOTABLES: MITT ROMNEY?S EURO-TRIP CONTINUES. Mitt Romney has landed in Gdansk, Poland ? the third and final county on his week-long overseas trip. While there he plans to meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald...http://news.yahoo.com/international-man-mitt-stery-note-123208695--abc-news-politics.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 08:32:08 -0400ABC OTUS Newsinternational-man-mitt-stery-note-123208695--abc-news-politicsABC News is offering a summary of former vice-president Dick Cheney's comments about the selection of Sarah Palin for the 2008 ticket:http://news.yahoo.com/dick-cheney-speaks-truth-palin-conor-friedersdorf-110618533.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 07:06:18 -0400National Journaldick-cheney-speaks-truth-palin-conor-friedersdorf-110618533The Republican presidential candidate visits Jerusalem, and courts controversy by taking a hawkish stand on Iran's nuclear programhttp://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-backs-israels-attack-iran-admirable-irresponsible-101000527.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 06:10:00 -0400The Weekmitt-romney-backs-israels-attack-iran-admirable-irresponsible-101000527<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dems-advertising-several-gop-senate-primaries-120610667.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G2nPQzUIUVlcDCFKUIk5cg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/99c086d93bb3bc15160f6a70670011c9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats have their thumbs heavily on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to tip the balance and improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November. The idea isn&#039;t as far-fetched as it might sound. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats have their thumbs heavily on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to tip the balance and improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November. The idea isn&#039;t as far-fetched as it might sound. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>Democrats have their thumbs on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dems-advertising-several-gop-senate-primaries-120610667.htmlMon, 30 Jul 2012 04:43:19 -0400Associated Pressdems-advertising-several-gop-senate-primaries-120610667<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dems-advertising-several-gop-senate-primaries-120610667.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G2nPQzUIUVlcDCFKUIk5cg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/99c086d93bb3bc15160f6a70670011c9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats have their thumbs heavily on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to tip the balance and improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November. The idea isn&#039;t as far-fetched as it might sound. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats have their thumbs heavily on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to tip the balance and improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November. The idea isn&#039;t as far-fetched as it might sound. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>Democrats have their thumbs on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-backs-israel-needs-strike-iran-aide-says-075436728.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EuUDC5TI0HUHHYH2MO4rbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-29T210739Z_1_CBRE86S1MOX00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney, presenting himself as Israel&#039;s best friend in the November 6 presidential election, said on Sunday that &quot;any and all measures&quot; must be used to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. A top aide said Romney would support an Israeli military strike if all options had been exhausted, but the candidate himself balked at repeating that position. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romney-backs-israel-needs-strike-iran-aide-says-075436728.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 17:07:39 -0400Reutersromney-backs-israel-needs-strike-iran-aide-says-075436728<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-backs-israel-needs-strike-iran-aide-says-075436728.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EuUDC5TI0HUHHYH2MO4rbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-29T210739Z_1_CBRE86S1MOX00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" align="left" title="U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at Mishkenot Sha&#039;anamim in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney, presenting himself as Israel&#039;s best friend in the November 6 presidential election, said on Sunday that &quot;any and all measures&quot; must be used to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. A top aide said Romney would support an Israeli military strike if all options had been exhausted, but the candidate himself balked at repeating that position. ...</p><br clear="all"/>JERUSALEM -- Reversing itself in the face of complaints, Mitt Romney's campaign said on Sunday it will permit the news media to cover a Jerusalem fundraiser that caps the presumed Republican presidential nominee's trip to Israel.http://news.yahoo.com/romney-reverses-course-decides-open-israel-fundraiser-media-084257950.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 16:33:23 -0400National Journalromney-reverses-course-decides-open-israel-fundraiser-media-084257950Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trying to distinguish his Afghan policy from that of President Barack Obama.http://news.yahoo.com/romney-tries-distinguish-afghan-policy-175208277.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 13:52:08 -0400Associated Pressromney-tries-distinguish-afghan-policy-175208277<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-calls-palins-selection-2008-us-vp-candidate-163100131.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MpBEZKLFFNOxtTWbO6q5qA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-29T163100Z_1_CBRE86S19W800_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Palin speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington" align="left" title="Palin speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said in remarks aired on Sunday that 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain&#039;s selection of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate was &quot;a mistake&quot; because of her inexperience. Cheney said in an interview with ABC News that the main criterion for anyone being considered as a potential future vice president &quot;has to be: Is this person capable of being the president of the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-calls-palins-selection-2008-us-vp-candidate-163100131.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 12:31:00 -0400Reuterscheney-calls-palins-selection-2008-us-vp-candidate-163100131<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-calls-palins-selection-2008-us-vp-candidate-163100131.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MpBEZKLFFNOxtTWbO6q5qA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-07-29T163100Z_1_CBRE86S19W800_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Palin speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington" align="left" title="Palin speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said in remarks aired on Sunday that 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain&#039;s selection of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate was &quot;a mistake&quot; because of her inexperience. Cheney said in an interview with ABC News that the main criterion for anyone being considered as a potential future vice president &quot;has to be: Is this person capable of being the president of the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/>This morning on ?This Week,??Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs said that presumptive Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney ?embarrassed? himself in London when he questioned the readiness of the city to host the Olympics. ?Mitt Romney wondered aloud whether London was ready for the...http://news.yahoo.com/robert-gibbs-mitt-romney-embarrassed-himself-olympics-160207999--abc-news-politics.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 12:02:07 -0400ABC OTUS Newsrobert-gibbs-mitt-romney-embarrassed-himself-olympics-160207999--abc-news-politicsFormer Vice President Dick Cheney says it was a mistake for Republican Sen. John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee.http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-says-picking-palin-vp-mistake-143537838.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 10:35:05 -0400Associated Presscheney-says-picking-palin-vp-mistake-143537838On paper, Mitt Romney?s first overseas trip as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee looked brilliantly plotted. ?But apparently, Romney failed to read the briefing paper on the somewhat testy mood among Londoners of late. As it turns out, Londoners have the same proprietary view toward the Olympic Games that many parents have about their children: We can scold them, but you had better not dare.http://news.yahoo.com/romney-faces-friendly-audience-israel-must-remain-cautious-092808648.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 07:53:05 -0400National Journalromney-faces-friendly-audience-israel-must-remain-cautious-092808648<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-voices-aggressive-stance-toward-iran-104941567.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sI3CNIY6gfobqZx35Anc9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ea5fdd5a3b5bba15160f6a706700abe6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Israel&#039;s President Shimon Peres, left, and US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walk during a meeting at the President&#039;s residence in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Romney would back an Israeli military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said early Sunday, outlining the aggressive posture the Republican presidential candidate will take toward Iran in a speech in Israel later in the day. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" align="left" title="Israel&#039;s President Shimon Peres, left, and US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walk during a meeting at the President&#039;s residence in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Romney would back an Israeli military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said early Sunday, outlining the aggressive posture the Republican presidential candidate will take toward Iran in a speech in Israel later in the day. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney would respect an Israeli decision to make a unilateral military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said Sunday as he outlined the aggressive posture the Republican presidential candidate will take toward Iran in a speech in Israel later in the day.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romney-voices-aggressive-stance-toward-iran-104941567.htmlSun, 29 Jul 2012 07:34:29 -0400Associated Pressromney-voices-aggressive-stance-toward-iran-104941567<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-voices-aggressive-stance-toward-iran-104941567.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sI3CNIY6gfobqZx35Anc9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ea5fdd5a3b5bba15160f6a706700abe6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Israel&#039;s President Shimon Peres, left, and US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walk during a meeting at the President&#039;s residence in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Romney would back an Israeli military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said early Sunday, outlining the aggressive posture the Republican presidential candidate will take toward Iran in a speech in Israel later in the day. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" align="left" title="Israel&#039;s President Shimon Peres, left, and US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walk du

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