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Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says he doesn’t have to win the upcoming Iowa straw poll to come out of that contest with momentum for his campaign.
Continue Reading →AMES, Iowa, Aug. 7 (UPI) — Presidential hopeful and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Sunday he’s looking to gain ground in a GOP debate and in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll.
Continue Reading →Tim Pawlenty, GOP presidential hopeful and ex-Minnesota governot, said he would tell young workers they’d have to work to an older age to collect Social Security. People born after 1959 now have to wait till age 67 to collect full benefits, UPI.com reports. “If you’re on the program now or anywhere near eligibility, you shouldn’t have your benefits impacted,” Pawlenty told The Miami Herald …
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | The Republican presidential nominees need to include alternative energy and an energy plan if they want to become viable for the presidential primaries and straw polls. Rasmussen Report released a poll stating 51 percent of Americans favor forcing oil companies to spend a percentage of their profits on alternative energy.
Continue Reading →Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to make the Kentucky governor’s race about President Barack Obama.
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | “@barackobama hope and change has become a hope we don’t lose our house or have to change our address” tweets Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn., challenging the president. But Pawlenty isn’t the only GOP candidate using his Twitter account to take pot shots at the president. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., recently tweeted “Obama proves once gain he is the most effective food stamp president. Record …
Continue Reading →CHICAGO (Reuters) – Months of political rancor come to a head on Tuesday when Wisconsin holds recall votes seen as a referendum on the Republican governor’s fight against unions and a possible pointer for the 2012 presidential election.
Continue Reading →A former fellow top executive at Bain Capital is behind a shell corporation that donated $1 million to a group backing Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.Related: Pawlenty Pre-Announces 2012 Bid with Another Slick Video
Continue Reading →“We were told by proponents of increasing the debt ceiling that a credit downgrade would come if we didn’t raise the limit, but the opposite was true.”
Continue Reading →Rep. Ron Paul of Texas knows next Saturday’s straw poll in Ames, Iowa, will determine much about the future of his Republican campaign for president. …
Continue Reading →President Obama has raised more than twice as much money in California than Mitt Romney, his closest Republican challenger, highlighting his advantage in the traditionally Democratic state. At the same time, Romney has…
Continue Reading →President Barack Obama said Saturday that the deaths of Americans in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan are a reminder of the “extraordinary” price the U.S. military is paying in the decade-long Afghan war.
Continue Reading →Tim Pawlenty is not exactly a fearsome character. When Pawlenty announced his candidacy, Time ran a profile that wondered, “Is He Too Nice for His Own Good?” The most animated this guy has gotten recently was in his defense of vanilla ice cream , to which he has been (not inaccurately) compared.
Continue Reading →Jon Huntsman doesn’t just send letters of praise. He receives them, too — including from Minnesota Governor and presidential rival Tim Pawlenty.
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | The Internal Revenue Service prohibits non-profit organizations from influencing political races. The ban also applies to employees and representatives employed by these same organizations. Enter Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and her list of more than 100 pastors and leaders who support her run for president.
Continue Reading →President Obama has raised more than twice as much money in California than Mitt Romney, his closest Republican challenger, highlighting his advantage in the traditionally Democratic state. At the same time, Romney has…
Continue Reading →The Nation — Mitt Romney is the Republican front runner in national polls and he has raised the most money, but he is lagging in support with an important Republican constituency, especially in the key early states: Tea Party activists. Tea Party leaders say Romney is not the leading candidate among their constituents, even in New Hampshire, which is considered a must-win for the former …
Continue Reading →What do you do if you’ve already maxed out your donations to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? Give to their outside political action committees — and give big. According to an analysis by ABC News, about half the money given during the first six months of this year to Restore our Future, a PAC set up to support Romney, came from donors who also gave the federal maximum of $2,500 to his campaign …
Continue Reading →An interesting read of national blog BlackBook Magazine calling the new (anti) Sarah Palin documentary “Michael Moore style.” See the teaser here and other reports of the film.
Continue Reading →Most news organizations show extra deference to colleagues, but few employ so many prominent subjects of coverage
Continue Reading →President Barack Obama proposed tax credits Friday to help companies hire America’s 1 million unemployed military veterans and vowed to press Congress harder this fall for legislation to provide more jobs for all.
Continue Reading →President Barack Obama has assured the world the US economy will recover after a tumultuous year.
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Unemployment Edges Down, But Not Enough
With a reported 117,000 new jobs created, unemployment edged down to 9.1% despite the “spending to prosperity” policies of the present Progressive administration. Cries for more [...]
The libertarian former New Mexico governor and current long-shottiest of long shots for the GOP nomination is directing a fund-raising pitch to poker players , whose freedom to spend their money however they choose Johnson promises to champion. While that support is surely appreciated by the poker community, poker players are skilled at weighing the risks of a bet versus its potential rewards …
Continue Reading →Mike Huckabee made a midweek stop on the O’Reilly Factor tonight prompted by the controversy surrounding his new children’s education cartoons. One cartoon in particular that explains the events of September 11, 2001 has received significant criticism, both from those who believe the cartoons are biased in favor of the Bush administration and those that worry Huckabee is making money off the …
Continue Reading →Presidential candidate Herman Cain has been accused of being “AWOL” in Iowa, but Thurdsay afternoon in Des Moines he said he’s put in plenty of time here, and plans to spend plenty more.
Continue Reading →Tim Pawlenty’s presidential campaign lost a top adviser with wide contacts in Republican circles.
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