Romney and Gingrich stage final bitter blitz in Florida
The rivals for the Republican presidential nomination press daylong assaults on each other on the eve of the state's primary.Starting at dawn and pushing deep into the night, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich stormed Florida on Monday in a final blitz of sharply negative campaigning, trading accusations on the eve of the state's crucial Republican presidential primary.
U.N. to mull call for al-Assad to quit
The violence came as the U.N. Security Council planned to take up a draft resolution that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power.Florida insiders: Romney stepping up
As the Republican presidential campaign heads toward a critical showdown in the Florida primary, Mitt Romney is poised to score a victory over Newt Gingrich, according to a CNN survey of Sunshine State GOP political insiders.Opinion: Occupy the GOP?
Dean Obeidallah says the Occupy movement is having an impact on the campaign for the Republican nomination for president.Obama to host Google ‘hang out’
In the latest iteration of the administration's efforts to connect to supporters via social media, President Barak Obama will take part Monday in a Google+ 'Hangout," a chat room-like feature of Google+ that allows users to connect with each other via video connections.Contempt hearing for ex-Edwards aide
Andrew Young, a former aide to one-time presidential candidate John Edwards, is scheduled to be back in court Monday to answer allegations that he, along with his wife and attorneys, violated a protective order sealing information in a civil lawsuit filed by Edwards' former mistress, Rielle Hunter.Miami’s Cuban vote shifting, but still strongly Republican
Members of a younger generation care less about Castro and are more liberal, but many are disappointed in President Obama.Frank Verano and Mirna Montes stand out among the Cuban patrons at Versailles Bakery in Little Havana. They're decades younger than many of the customers and, perhaps as a result, they're also more liberal.
New anti-Obama themes: ‘European socialism’ and ‘Saul Alinsky’
With the economy mending, Republicans find more ways to attack the president by casting him as a left-wing radical.In 2008, Barack Obama's opponents worked hard to raise suspicions about the U.S. senator with the funny name and unusual background. Some said he was foreign-born. Some said he was a Muslim. Some, notably Sarah Palin, tried to tie him to Vietnam-era left-wing violence, famously accusing him of "palling around with terrorists."