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SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann spoke to about 50 people in Sioux City on Saturday. They heard about Bachmann’s Iowa roots, her self-described “titanium spine” and her promise of the political will to bring about change in Washington, D.C.
Continue Reading →Primary 2012 Longtime interest in economics prompted political career Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): Ron Paul Ron Paul tuned in on Aug. 15, 1971, as he did every Sunday night, to the financial news broadcast on his radio. But the report he heard that evening – that America would no longer back its currency with gold – was unlike any other. Until then, Paul was a country …
Continue Reading →Ronald E. Paul Born: Aug. 20, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence: Lake Jackson, Texas; Alexandria, Va. Education: Gettysburg College; Duke University Medical School. Military service: U.S. Air Force, 1963-65; U.S. Air National Guard, 1965-68. Elected positions: House of Representatives 1976-77, 1979-85 and 1997-present. This is Paul’s third campaign for the presidency. He ran in 1988 as the …
Continue Reading →GOP debt-ceiling vote finds U.S. Reps. Allen West, Tom Rooney reversing roles
Continue Reading →Three dozen of Mitt Romney’s relatives live in Colonia Juarez, Mexico, in a narrow river valley at the foot of the western Sierra Madre mountains, surrounded by peach groves, apple orchards and some o
Continue Reading →Praising state Sen. Dave Koehler’s record of working for the middle class, the United Auto Workers Region 4 endorsed the Peoria Democrat on Friday in the 17th District congressional race.
Continue Reading →Morgan Philpot is ready to jump back on the campaign trail.
Continue Reading →July 29 (Bloomberg) — Ron Paul, a Republican representative from Texas and a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, talks about the impasse over raising the U.S. debt limit.
Continue Reading →Texas Digest: Meyers to challenge Keller in GOP primary; town auctions troubled jail
Continue Reading →On Friday, June 10, 2011, the state of Alaska re leased nearly 25,000 pages worth of Sarah Pal in’s emails from her ten ure as gov ernor.
Continue Reading →Central Florida’s growth means greater congressional clout next year, and Hispanic and black leaders told lawmakers Wednesday they expect the region to be rewarded with at least one new U.S. House district likely to elect a minority candidate.
Continue Reading →Follow Your Town News On The Courant’s East Hartford Facebook Page Un-endorsed Republican candidate Victoria Brinius plans to force a primary for a spot on the board of education.
Continue Reading →RALEIGH — Legislative Republicans are weighing whether to add a gay marriage ban to the state constitution, but it might not provide the election boost they’re hoping for.
Continue Reading →Sarah Palin documentary getting pay-per-view release Victory Film Group, the company behind the Sarah Palin documentary “The Undefeated,” announced it will release the controversy-sparking film to video-on-demand and pay-per-view services Sept. 1 to reach a wider audience. The documentary has grossed $101,000 in its two weekends of screening, according to …
Continue Reading →Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said the Aug. 13 GOP straw poll in Ames will get national attention and is a chance for rank and file voters to influence the process.
Continue Reading →With the 2012 election still more than a year away, Democrat Tim Schaefer of Hull has announced his candidacy for state Senate in the district encompassing Plymouth and Norfolk counties currently held by Republican Robert Hedlund of Weymouth. Last month, Democrat Steven May, also of Hull, announced his intention to run for the seat.
Continue Reading →The créme de la créme of the Ghanaian media landscape spent the weekend in a retreat at Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, to dilate on how to help lower tension in the run-up to the 2012 Presidential and Legislative elections.
Continue Reading →Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney went Californian after losing the GOP presidential nomination
Continue Reading →There may be a classic political slugfest shaping up in a looming south San Diego County congressional race,
Continue Reading →The suspense over Israeli souvenirs is over — former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) has revealed the goodies he brought back from the Holy Land. Read more…
Continue Reading →Congressman Ron Paul announced Tuesday via Facebook and Twitter he would not seek reelection in 2012, but by the time polls open for that election, he no longer will be Wharton County’s state representative.
Continue Reading →Story County Republican Party Chair Cory Adams and 55th District Iowa State Rep. Jason Schultz endorsed Rep. Ron Paul for president Monday during a meet-and-greet for the Texas congressman at the Hilton Garden Inn, Ames.
Continue Reading →WASHINGTON — Hours before the negotiations on the debt limit between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner collapsed, political reporters received a missive from Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign that served as a reminder of how irrelevant this kerfuffle might feel next year.
Continue Reading →For all the frenzy in Washington on debt and deficits, President Barack Obama’s political strategists realize jobs are more important in next year’s elections; they see the two different scenarios.
Continue Reading →SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia Republicans are going back to choosing their national convention delegates in a primary. Four years ago, the party experimented with selecting some of its delegates in a primary and some at a state convention. Wes…
Continue Reading →Politics Rule No. 1: Never say what you really think, especially before you think.
Continue Reading →What does Colby, Kan., near the Colorado border, have to do with Kansas City, Kan.? Nothing.
Continue Reading →Most of the participants in the Sangamon County Republican Women’s annual luncheon on Saturday said it is too early to speculate on the party’s 2012 candidate, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was most often mentioned.
Continue Reading →I’ve been plagued with migraines for years. So when the Daily Caller reported that GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann has had severe migraines, it took my colleagues but minutes to propose that I write on the…
Continue Reading →Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks at Smokey Row Wednesday morning. The Republican was critical of President Barack Obama and pointed to his own political experiences as reason for his bid for the presidency.
Continue Reading →Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney went Californian after losing the Republican presidential nomination four years ago.
Continue Reading →Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is playing coy about what gifts he has in store for the gang at “Fox & Friends.” Read more…
Continue Reading →Michele Bachmann’s star is on the rise. Her poll numbers are climbing. The donations are rolling in. And the press is scrambling for any scraps about her character, her past, what makes her tick. Digging deep into the Minnesota Republican’s record, reporters have found some tantalizing material: her alleged ties to the hatemongering pastor Bradlee Dean, her work to get a pardon for Ponzi schemer …
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