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ABC News caught up with Pawlenty on the trail in Iowa

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Republican voters in nine Cleveland County precincts will join with Oklahoma County voters in the Special GOP Primary election for Senate District 43 today….

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State Senator Sheila Harsdorf is one of six Republicans facing recall elections on Tuesday…

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By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 8, 2011 TAMPA — George LeMieux asked Tampa Republicans on Monday for their help getting him another job with what he called “the most broken, dysfunctional and bizarre institution I’ve ever been affiliated with.” That would be the U.S. Congress. LeMieux, one of four Republicans running to unseat two-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson …

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Conservative commentators today attacked what they call a conspiracy among the liberal media to try to discredit Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann.

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One of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s major political opponents is defending her against what it says is blatant sexism on the part of Newsweek magazine.

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The outrage follows the latest cover of Newsweek featuring a huge photo of a wild-eyed Mrs Bachmann with the headline The Queen of Rage.

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THR staff Some readers internet express outrage over the unflattering image, saying the magazine shows bias against conservative women. read more

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Spending on the recall campaigns, aimed at six Republicans tomorrow and two Democrats Aug. 16, may almost triple the combined cost of all 115 state legislative races in 2010, according to the nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign . Costs may approach $40 million, the group said.

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For an election with only six races, Wisconsin’s recall has attracted a huge amount of attention – and money.

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MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Candidates and volunteers made last ditch efforts to woo voters on Monday, a day before Wisconsin holds the nation’s largest ever recall election that could provide an early indication of trends before the 2012 U.S. election.

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Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, will make clear that he is joining the race for the Republican 2012 nomination in a speech this weekend.

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Bob Enyart, a local anti-abortion radio-show host, is planning a national campaign to convince GOP primary and caucus voters of this: “When Mitt Romney says he’s a pro-family, pro-life conservative, he is a liar.”

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday dismissed criticism of a supporter who used a shell corporation to funnel $1 million to a pro-Romney group. The donor, former Bain Capital executive Edward Conard, came forward to identify himself last week after watchdog groups began calling for federal investigations into the mysterious contribution to the Restore Our Future PAC. Conard …

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Primary 2012 Candidate says every state should adopt law Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map):  Romney in New Hampshire Mitt Romney gave his blessing yesterday to Republican efforts to make New Hampshire a right-to-work state, telling crowds in Concord and Manchester that the labor policy spurs job growth. Before an event with the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, the Republican …

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Romney tackles taxes

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NASHUA – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he would oppose raising anyone’s taxes to make Social Security more solvent but is open to raising the retirement age as well as means-testing benefits for younger workers. At a standing room only forum at the Nashua Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, Romney rejected the idea of lifting the cap on Social Security taxes that ends at $106,800 …

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Mitt Romney said a controversy that erupted after a supporter anonymously donated $1 million to a political action committee supporting the Republican presidential contender ended when the contributor identified himself over the weekend.

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Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential front-runner, has blamed President Obama for the U.S. government’s credit downgrade.

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Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is shifting into a higher gear.

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London, Aug 9 (ANI): Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has become a grandmother for the second time – after her daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby girl.

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Britta Hanson has reportedly given birth to a baby girl named Kyla Grace Palin less than three months after marrying Sarah’s eldest son, Track.

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Sarah Palin warns Obama only talks and the D.C. political establishment goes for “Enron-like” accounting gimmicks.

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s son, Track Palin welcomed his first daughter with wife Britta Hanson, report says.

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COMMENTARY | Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann continue to elicit outrage and then counter outrage. Newsweek, for instance, as pronounced Bachmann “The Queen of Rage” in its cover story this week.

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FILE – In this Feb. 24, 2008 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks in Washington. The Alaska hair salon made famous … Read More for Sarah Palin’s up-do is getting the reality show treatment in a two-part series to be aired in September on TLC. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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By Alexis Tereszcuk – Radar Senior Reporter Congratulations, Sarah Palin is a grandma for the second time! The former Vice-Presidential candidate is the proud grandma of a brand new baby girl RadarOnline.com has learned, the daughter of her oldest son Track and his wife Britta . PHOTOS: Sarah Palin’s Son Track Gets Married A source close to the family confirmed the arrival of the little girl to …

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THR staff Reporter Joe McGinniss, who moved in next door to the reality star for a book, reports that Palin’s son Track and wife Britta are new parents to a baby girl. read more

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COMMENTARY | If President Barack Obama had as his purpose to reassure the nation after the Standards & Poor’s downgrade of American public debt, he went about it in a strange way, offering a combination of a stern lecture and a list of demands.

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U.S. President Barack Obama sought Monday to calm jittery investors after the unprecedented U.S. credit rating downgrade last week — but Wall Street markets tumbled even more quickly as he spoke.

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President Barack Obama has insisted that the United States would always be a “triple-A country,” but his bid to soothe investors failed to stop a Wall Street panic over the US debt downgrade going global.

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Eager to calm a nervous nation, President Barack Obama on Monday dismissed an unprecedented downgrade in the nation’s credit rating, insisting investors will stand by the United States even as stock markets plunged.

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President Barack Obama says there’s some good news from the bitterly partisan debt debate — it made people so frustrated with Washington that Democrats will be able to draw a clear divide with Republicans heading into the 2012 election.

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Barack Obama’s wake-up

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Did you really understand that debt ceiling debate that dominated Washington this past month?

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US President Barack Obama has said he inherited much of the country’s problems with high debt and deficits when he entered the White House, sounding a theme likely to dominate his 2012 re-election …

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Gary’s Dreams

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Joel Stein’s lyrics for “Gary’s Dreams,” a campaign song for Gary Johnson, to be sung to the tune of Van Halen’s “Dreams.” Deficit piling up so scary No one knows what to do Our debt ceiling starts falling down Better vote for Gary!

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Washington has a history of competitive congressional districts, represented by competent, outreaching lawmakers.  But racial gerrymandering rears its head.  The Wasington State Redistricting Commission is encouraged to draw a “majority-minority” district.  This is a very bad idea. 

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As the economy tumbles, Mike Huckabee floated a radical idea for treasury secretary: Donald Trump .

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(CNN) – Donald Trump responded Monday to Mike Huckabee’s suggestion that he serve as treasury secretary, predicting who would be…

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# politics How would Mike Huckabee, who not long ago was considered a likely frontrunner candidate for president, respond to the S&P credit downgrade? He would hire Donald Trump as Treasury secretary. No but really, this is his actual idea. Even Donald Trump thinks it’s dumb. More »

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Tim Pawlenty says he doesn’t have to win the Iowa Straw Poll this weekend, but his campaign is going to “show good progress” when the votes are tallied. Pawlenty, appearing on Fox News Sunday, was asked if he thought he needed to beat fellow Minnesotan Michele Bachmann in the straw poll given how much time and money he’s spent in Iowa. “I think we’ve got to move from the back of the pack and …

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