U.S. PoliticsContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama is making a proposal that would withhold federal money from colleges and universities that are unable to control rising tuition costs, according to ABC News. As a political/business consultant, I cannot stand with the president on this issue as the penalty for the problem would cause a worse problem for students. While the goal of keeping tuition costs down is strong, the end will not justify the means.
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Is Obama the Rhetorical Rip-Off Artist Really a Republican? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address proved himself to be a Republican rhetoric rip-off artist. Obama stole key components of Jon Huntsman's stump speech and recycled one of Rick Perry's key phrases. As if stealing from drop-out candidates wasn't enough, he borrowed from Newt Gingrich, too.
GOP candidates' pitch to voters: I'm your leader (AP)
AP - The pitch from the Republican presidential contenders to voters sounds a lot like the children's game of follow the leader.
Gingrich says space exploration in US tradition (AP)
AP - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich says critics of his call to ramp up U.S. space exploration don't understand the power of science, technology and entrepreneurship to change the future.
Romney would rank among richest presidents ever (AP)
AP - Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you're in Romney territory.
Obama to senators: Change the way you do business (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service.
Dems bash, bank secret cash (Politico)
Politico - Team Obama blesses a network of super PACs trying to raise the same seven-figure checks as Romney’s.
Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (AP)
AP - Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt Romney's efforts to undercut him may be working.
Romney and Gingrich stay focused on Florida (AP)
AP - The two leading candidates in Florida's Republican primary, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, are staying focused on voters with events around the state this weekend.
Sen. Sessions on Obama, Reid: ‘We have no leadership’ (Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - Top Democrats have abdicated their leadership role and are ignoring the nation’s budget problems because they’re focused on their 2012 election campaigns, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions told The Daily Caller.
A father’s anguish: Military killed my son with prescription pad (Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - A father who has lost two sons to war told The Daily Caller that the U.S. Central Command’s policy of allowing troops to deploy with a 180-day supply of the antipsychotic Seroquel has contributed to the deaths of troops and veterans. Seroquel, he said, has tragic side effects that military leaders have ignored in their quest to combat insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among fighting men and women.
GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)
AP - Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.
Obama urges Congress to act in election year (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats for an election-year fight, urging them to work with Republicans if they show some willingness to put politics aside but telling the rank and file to call them out if they stand in the way.
France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit (AP)
AP - France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, raising new questions about the unity of the Western military alliance.
Romney's forceful body language scores in debate (AP)
AP - The hands came out of the pockets. The gaze was intense. Mitt Romney leaned confidently into the lectern.
Hillary Clinton to visit Europe next week (AP)
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will make a short trip to Europe next week, making her sixth visit to Germany and first to Bulgaria as America's top diplomat.
16 scientists declare: ‘no compelling scientific argument’ for ‘drastic actions on global warming’ (Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - Sixteen scientists took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal Friday to argue that there is “no compelling scientific argument” for “drastic actions on global warming.”
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