Elections 2012

• WASHINGTON -- Anti-incumbent fever is scarcely in evidence in the 2012 congressional primaries, despite costly efforts by conservatives to remake the Republican Party and this weeks defeat of a Texas Democrat ousted after eight terms in office.
(Huffington Post)
• President Obama's reelection may be in the stars. The general election is a Leo vs. Pisces throwdown — and the lion looks strong.
(New York Daily News)
• With five months to go until the election, I think a steady diet of this junk will drive me into a mental institution. Me and about 200 million other Americans. Lets face it -- the way we elect our presidents is seriously dysfunctional.
(CNN)
• For a preview of the November presidential election, look no further than the dogfight over the governorship of Wisconsin as it heads to a tooth-and-claw climax June 5.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• Editors note: CNN Español anchor and correspondent Juan Carlos Lopez is on the CNN Election Express this week, traveling through several states, taking an in-depth look Latino voters and how their vote will influence the November elections.
(CNN)
• In December, she described the fears of some Egyptian women as Islamist parties swept a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections. In February, she reported on a conflict over religious observance between members of the new Parliament.
(New York Times Blogs)
• which slid to a fresh 2012 trough on a worrisome petroleum demand outlook centered around Europes widening debt crisis including Spains banking problems, Italian borrowing costs and upcoming Greek elections.
(Reuters)
• The Republican affiliated Super PACs and other outside conservative groups have big spending plans this election cycle, and Democratic aligned outside groups may have a hard time keeping up. Outside groups like GOP aligned Crossroads GPS, the U.S.
(YAHOO!)
• The 2012 presidential election is going to be close. Very close. Incredibly close. Like Al-Gore-vs-George-W.-Bush close. In the last 12 national polls conducted by the Post-ABC, Obama averages 47.
(Washington Post)