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)
• 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)
• 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)
• In the year, spending advanced 0.4 percent. Francois Hollande won presidential elections this month, promising more government spending and a shift in the taxation to the wealthiest households.
(Bloomberg)
• 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)
• CAIRO (Reuters) - The success of two polarizing figures in Egypts presidential election could make it harder to put in Growth is forecast at around 3 percent for 2012, less than the average 5 percent a year recorded over the last decade.
(msnbc.com)
• 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)
• New voter ID laws and other voting restrictions have been enacted in a number of states since the last major election. And thats raised special concerns among African Americans, who feel theyre being targeted.
(NPR News)
• 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)
• An unusual encounter between San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry and opponent James Ramos on Wednesday, May 30 prompted another round of accusations against each other in the bitterly-contested race.
(Riverside Press Enterprise)