http://politics.rawsignal.com/ We rank the latest and greatest news about politics en-us 2/27/2012 2:39:53 PM © 2012 Raw Signal. All rights reserved. 60 RawSignalPoliticshttp://feedburner.google.com http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59083020&aId=10594342&d=120227 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Mitt Romney took most of Sunday off the Michigan campaign trail to jet to Florida to attend the Daytona 500. The Republican presidential candidate had hoped his appearance there would remind voters here that he is a car enthusiast. Read full article >> Philip Rucker 2/26/2012 8:42:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59083020&aId=10594342&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59231205&aId=10584736&d=120227 No "absolute" separation of church and state, he says. Tim Mak 2/27/2012 4:22:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59231205&aId=10584736&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59246848&aId=10595646&d=120227 Mitt Romney made a risky move Sunday night by scheduling a campaign rally at the same time that many voters were watching Hollywood’s stars dazzle on the red carpet before the Oscars. But he drew a strong crowd in this city on Grand Traverse Bay, regaling them with teenage tales of how he stole a kiss from his wife, whose family had a cottage in nearby Manistee. Maeve Reston 2/27/2012 6:33:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59246848&aId=10595646&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59239845&aId=10601170&d=120227 Millions in grant money intended to fight drug crimes has paid for resources used in controversial spying program 2/27/2012 6:33:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59239845&aId=10601170&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59184233&aId=10600182&d=120227 CUMMING, Ga. -- Newt Gingrich warned members of a Georgia church Sunday that the "secular left" is trying to undermine American principles established by the Founding Fathers as he sought to rejuvenate his presidential bid. The former House speaker is bypassing Tuesday's Republican presidential primaries in Michigan and Arizona and spending most of the week in Georgia, which he represented in Congress for 20 years. Gingrich said at a church north of Atlanta that Americans have faced a 2/26/2012 9:22:00 PM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59184233&aId=10600182&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59015975&aId=10600142&d=120227 Other stories below: Much to worry about amid winter’s early blooms; Keystone fight unites Tea Partiers with environmentalists EPA Air Rules Head to Court Republicans on the campaign trail have long bashed President Barack Obama’s environmental regulations. This week the battle moves to the courtroom, where several industries and GOP lawmakers are trying to overturn [...] Stephen Lacey 2/27/2012 6:33:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59015975&aId=10600142&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59242735&aId=10598778&d=120227 Republicans are continuing to reject the auto bailout—and giving up on winning Michigan in November. Michael Tomasky 2/27/2012 6:33:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59242735&aId=10598778&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075437&aId=10598757&d=120227 Labour leader's intervention follows ex-NHS chief Lord Crisp's warning that reforms are 'a mess'The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has increased the pressure on Liberal Democrat peers as the health and social care bill resumes its passage through the Lords this week.Miliband's intervention follows a warning by Lord Crisp, a former NHS chief executive who helped drive through reforms under Tony Blair, that the government's controversial health reforms were "a mess" and unnecessary.The health secreta Hélène Mulholland 2/26/2012 3:21:00 PM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075437&aId=10598757&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59153994&aId=10600209&d=120227 He calls the ad, which invokes the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's name, 'misleading and untrue." Mj Lee 2/26/2012 5:22:00 PM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59153994&aId=10600209&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59239838&aId=10508257&d=120227 The Wall Street Journal is visiting three swing counties in swing states—Florida, Ohio and Colorado—periodically this year to gauge how the election campaign is unfolding. 2/27/2012 5:25:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59239838&aId=10508257&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59239852&aId=10600199&d=120227 The prolonged nominating battle is taking a toll on the GOP candidates. James Hohmann 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59239852&aId=10600199&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59179266&aId=10600211&d=120227 He blames 'out-of-state special interests" for spending 'tens of millions" to push him out of office. Tim Mak 2/27/2012 5:25:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59179266&aId=10600211&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59229214&aId=10601233&d=120227 Presidential politics continues its typical dishonest and disgusting path toward what we can all look forward to -- a vote next November and an end to the misery. The latest weirdness comes courtesy of Rick Santorum who is desperately trying to distract the right wing from his occasionally pragmatic voting record in Congress. Last week he called President Obama a snob for saying that everyone should go to college. He went on to say that the reason Obama wants everyone to go to college i Steven Cohen 2/27/2012 4:02:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59229214&aId=10601233&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59169085&aId=10600191&d=120227 GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is expected to begin receiving Secret Service protection, CNN reported Sunday. 2/26/2012 11:21:00 PM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59169085&aId=10600191&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062116&aId=10595639&d=120227 The poll finds the former governor with a 2-point lead in Tuesday's contest. Maggie Haberman 2/27/2012 1:23:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062116&aId=10595639&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59107520&aId=10600193&d=120227 George Osborne says the UK government has 'run out of money'. Is he right? 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59107520&aId=10600193&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59224305&aId=10599784&d=120227 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- When Rick Santorum told a Michigan crowd they had come to see him because "freedom is at stake in this election," a man in the crowd shouted a word that's almost never heard at Mitt Romney's campaign events: "Amen!" When Romney went to Milford, Mich., to talk to tea party voters, he took a handful of pre-screened questions from event organizers. After Santorum wrapped up a 30-minute speech to several hundred tea partyers early on a Saturday in St. Clair Shores, 2/27/2012 5:42:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59224305&aId=10599784&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075418&aId=10601228&d=120227 - Under U.S. threats to withdraw more than billion dollars in aid should it go on, the trail of 43 NGO workers — including 16 Americans — in Egyptian courts for violating a previously unenforced ban on foreign support funds was abruptly halted two hours after it started. The postponement to April, though, may not [...] 2/27/2012 3:22:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075418&aId=10601228&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58854475&aId=10598758&d=120227 Opposition says thousands would miss 18 October 2014 vote preferred by Alex Salmond as it falls during school holidaysProposals to stage the Scottish independence referendum on a Saturday in mid-October 2014 have come under fresh attack because the date clashes with school holidays.Alex Salmond's preferred date, 18 October 2014, emerged in an exclusive story given to Rupert Murdoch's new Sun on Sunday tabloid, provoking a backlash from opposition parties for failing to disclose the date to the S Severin Carrell 2/26/2012 1:23:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58854475&aId=10598758&d=120227 http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59229217&aId=10601229&d=120227 The U.S. and its allies pulled hundreds of military and civilian advisers out of Afghan government ministries after a string of deadly attacks by Afghan soldiers on American troops. The burning of Qurans last week at the U.S. base in Bagram set off the unrest and the pullout complicates already strained relations and a fraught [...] 2/27/2012 5:25:00 AM http://politics.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59229217&aId=10601229&d=120227