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How Republicans plan to win over the youth vote

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT

In this photo taken June 29, 2012, Geoffrey Tanner, 19, of Herndon, Va., center, and other volunteers make phone calls at the Romney Victory Office in Fairfax, Va. Call them passionate, idealistic, earnest, even a tad naive: The volunteers helping to power the Obama and Romney campaigns are outliers at a time when polls show record low public satisfaction with government and a growing belief that Washington isn't on their side. While motivated by opposing goals, the Obama and Romney volunteers share at least one key trait: an abiding faith in the political process and a belief that it still matters who occupies the White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Four years after Barack Obama won the support of 66 percent of voters aged 18 to 29, Republicans are working on a fresh approach to bring younger voters and candidates into the fold, using a coalition of traditional campaign organizations, super PACs, nonprofit advocacy groups and policy-based think tanks. And even Republicans organizing these efforts [...]

The one word that's ruining political reporting

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:14 AM PDT

Romney gives reporters his reaction to the Supreme Court's upholding of Obamacare in WashingtonWhatever your feelings about who the Republicans chose as their nominee, the primary campaign scored two clear achievements for the cause of rational politics. First, it demonstrated once and for all that the Iowa caucus process is a farce.

Today's top photos

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 07:12 AM PDT

Today's top photosA vendor carries a basket containing onions and potatoes to prepare Chilli Bhaji, a local cuisine, at his stall decorated with green chillies to attract customers, on the Marina beach in the southern Indian city of Chennai July 10, 2012. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY BUSINESS)

Youth joblessness: No end in sight, says report

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 07:01 AM PDT

Youth Joblessness: No End in Sight, Says ReportAn analysis by the nonprofit, nonpartisan group YoungInvincibles asks what kind of employment prospects young Americans can look forward to over the next decade.

Pebble Project threatens Alaska's 'Red Gold'

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Eric Reimers (l.) and his maternal grand father, Elia Anelon (r.), cleaning their salmon on the shore of Lake Iliamna just as native Alaskans have done for generations.America gets over 60 percent of its seafood from Alaskan waters. Now a proposed open pit mine, which would be one of the largest in the world, has some residents here concerned. They're worried that regardless of the economic benefits, giant ponds that would be used to store waste from the mine could pollute Alaska's pristine waters.

Romney says it’s Obama who is the ‘outsourcer in chief’

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an event on extending the Bush-era tax cuts for middle class families at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar RapidsMitt Romney pushed back on Democratic claims he outsourced jobs while head of Bain Capital, suggesting that President Barack Obama is more guilty of sending jobs out of the country than he is. "If there's an outsourcer in chief, it's the president of the United States, not the guy who is running to replace him," [...]

Nikki Haley says she is not being vetted for VP role

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley sits in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Days into his new role as presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney has initiated a months-long search for a running mate, an effort to be guided as much by his methodical corporate-based approach as the shadows of Sarah Palin. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said during a trip to England this week that she is not in the running to become Mitt Romney's No. 2, according to the Wall Street Journal: "No, I am not," replied Ms. Haley after being asked if the Romney campaign was vetting her. "I have made it very clear [...]

Who is Kim Jong Un’s mystery woman?

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 07:53 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Monday, July 9, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, and a woman clap with others as they watch performance by North Korea's new Moranbong band in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July 6, 2012. The source did not identify the woman but South Korean media speculated that she could be Kim's younger sister or wife. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONWho is she? That's what people around the world want to know about a mysterious young woman who appeared with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a pair of events over the weekend.

As murder rate climbs, Chicago mayor makes ‘values’ appeal

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2012 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his City Hall office. Emanuel says he supports a plan to allow police to issue tickets to people caught with a small amount of marijuana. A statement from his office Friday, June 15, 2012, says the mayor will join Alderman Danny Solis to introduce an amended ordinance that would cover people caught with 15 grams of marijuana or less. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel has a warning for gangs: Stay away from our kids. He's asking that even gang-bangers show some regard for innocent kids and take their brawls "away to the alley."

Eric Holder on voter ID laws: ‘We call those poll taxes’

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Click image to view more photos. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Speaking before the NAACP, Attorney General Eric Holder departed from his prepared speech on Tuesday, decrying voter ID laws that have been proposed in 10 states so far. Talking Points Memo reports: "Under the proposed law, concealed handgun licenses would be acceptable forms of photo ID, [...]

Independent voters increase in key swing states

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Democrats are losing ground in voter registration in six key battleground states as more voters elect to register as independents, according to a new Bloomberg News analysis of state voter records. As Bloomberg's John McCormick reports: The collective total of independents grew by about 443,000 in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and North Carolina [...]

3,000-year-old ‘Frankenstein’ mummies discovered in Scotland

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 11:26 AM PDT

Researchers say that a pair of 3,000-year-old mummified corpses that were recently discovered in Scotland are actually composed of body parts originating from six different people. The mummified corpses were discovered in Cladh Hallan, an archaeological site on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is the only location in [...]

Good samaritan returns $500 found in thrift store purchase

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Finding hidden treasure is a surefire way to perk up your day. But what if your treasure could help out a total stranger, too? An Australian woman named Jan Hansch was setting her table with napkins she had purchased from a secondhand store when an [...]

Obama’s hut-dwelling half-brother interviewed in new movie

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT

President Barack Obama's half-brother, George Obama, lives in a hut in Kenya. He will be featured in the upcoming anti-Obama film "2016: Obama's America," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, based on Dinesh D'Souza's book "The Roots of Obama's Rage," features a conversation between D'Souza and George Obama. From The Hollywood Reporter: D'Souza and [...]

Unions spent $4.4 billion on politics in past six years

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 08:10 AM PDT

Workers at One World Trade Center watch as an American flag, draped on the building's side, flaps in the wind, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)A Wall Street Journal analysis of political spending unveiled Tuesday found that organized labor groups dropped a combined $4.4 billion on political activities between 2006 and 2011, about three times more than previously estimated.

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