By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON— We’re getting out. No more presidential talk of decisions based on conditions on the ground. No benchmarks to measure. No maybes at all. Determined to pull the United States out of the war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama deliberately left out any wiggle room in declaring that a methodical withdrawal has [...]
[..more]By BRENT BATTEN Naples Daily News If Herman Cain wins the White House, and granted it’s a big if, there will be a Naples aspect to the story. During his fundraising stop here Thursday, Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and a one-time chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, talked about [...]
[..more]If Herman Cain wins the White House, and granted it’s a big if, there will be a Naples aspect to the story. During his fundraising stop in Naples on Thursday, Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and a one-time chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, talked about the factors that led him to run.
[..more]By ALLISON GAGLIARDI Naples Daily News NAPLES — A recently-christened GOP presidential candidate rushed from the Naples Yacht Club dining hall. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman spent only two hours in Naples. But he had a lot of Florida to cover. Just two days into his campaign, he cruised through the Sunshine State on Thursday, [...]
[..more]By JENNA BUZZACCO-FOERSTER NAPLES — Herman Cain has never been a governor. He was never elected to Congress or the Senate either. But the 65-year-old Republican is confident his lack of political experience won’t prevent him from attaining the ultimate political job — President of the United States. “America doesn’t have time for me to [...]
[..more]By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to withdraw roughly 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year, with one brigade of about 5,000 forces leaving this summer and a second brigade of similar size coming home by the end of the year, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday. Obama is also [...]
[..more]By ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a group of out-of-work Floridians Thursday that “I’m also unemployed,” quickly drawing criticism from Democrats who said it showed the former Massachusetts governor and multimillionaire was out of touch. Romney made the comment while criticizing President Barack Obama’s economic plan to a small group [...]
[..more]By KEVIN DIAZ MinneapolisStar Tribune WASHINGTON— As she launches what could be the most intriguing presidential campaign of 2012, everything about Michele Bachmann is in dispute, even the April Fool’s Day shocker that launched her political career more than a decade ago. In Bachmann’s own telling, she had no intention of going home as the [...]
[..more]By ASSOCIATED PRESS MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican White House hopefuls criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy from the opening moments of their first major debate of the campaign season Monday night and pledged emphatically to repeal the administration’s year-old health care law. “When 14 million Americans are out of work we need a [...]
[..more]By ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE — President Barack Obama has problems in Florida that he didn’t have when he won the prized state in 2008. The state’s economy is worse than elsewhere. Foreclosures are high. Property values are low. As president, Obama could be blamed. Voters’ shifting attitudes show the degree to which the atmosphere has [...]
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