Rising gas prices have many voters looking for someone to blame and President Obama appears to be as good a target as anyone, suggests, with the president's approval rating falling from 50 percent last month to 46 percent recently.
The alleged killing of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier, and any indigenous retaliation, on Obama to accelerate the drawdown of U.S. troops from the troubled nation.
Mitt Romney's quest for the Republican presidential nomination from its organized and well-funded strategy, reminiscent of Obama's 2008 approach, of focusing on gathering delegates in every possible locale in an attempt to make it mathematically impossible for anyone to win the nod but himself.
While Mississippi and Alabama are seen as unfavorable states for Romney, some polls show him either or in both Deep South states.
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to the Mississippi and Alabama primaries Tuesday to spur their campaigns, with the former House speaker admitting that he needs and maybe more to stay in the race.
Despite the disdain lobbyists are often subjected to, with the Obama administration keeping them at arms' length, are making no secret about joining the lobbying ranks.
Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor convicted on corruption charges, this week and is likely to be shocked by the stark conditions he'll encounter, according to former politicians who became federal prison inmates.
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