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Sen. Wirch recalled for leaving the state during budget battle Jonathan Steitz and Fred Ekornaas fought hard to get their names on the ballot in the recall election for Democratic Senator Bob Wirch. Although Steitz came out victorious, the two men are now working together.
Continue Reading →WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama bucked decades-old electoral trends to win the White House in 2008, taking nine states that had supported Republican George W. Bush four years earlier.
Continue Reading →Please, for the sake of our democracy and for the integrity of religion, I urge you to temper your rhetoric and to cease your attacks on Islam.
Continue Reading →We speculated yesterday that former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty could be the first of the 2012 White House hopefuls to abandon his candidacy, now that the campaign’s halycon early days have given way to riding around Ames, Iowa in an RV, trying to get his name out there in a state where he’s already spent $437,000 advertising. In a new National Review article posted today, Pawlenty spokesman …
Continue Reading →Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will be in the San Fernando Valley to talk about the economy in California.
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | Over the past few years, I have watched the train wreck known as Sarah Palin. I was thrilled that Palin was on the Republican ticket in the 2008 presidential campaign; however, it did not take long for me to lose my respect for this candidate. Basically, any time that Palin opened her mouth to speak she demonstrated that a fifth grader knew more about U. S. government than she did …
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | I’ll be honest. Some friends and I watched the Sarah Palin documentary because it is like a car crash: You do not want to watch, but you are compelled to. We also wanted to see it out of sheer curiosity. Sure, we could have went to see “Harry Potter,” but that is about as exciting as, well, Sarah Palin. So Palin it was.
Continue Reading →Former U.S. Attorney Susan Brooks today became the third Republican to challenge U.S. Rep. Dan Burton.
Continue Reading →An Illinois State University professor wants Republican primary voters to have a choice next March over who will represent them in Springfield.
Continue Reading →NEW YORK (TheWrap) – Now that President Obama has had town halls using Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, the Republican presidential candidates will try out social media-related campaigning for themselves.
Continue Reading →Idaho Republicans want a say in the presidential nominations, so they’re changing when their primary election will be held throughout the state.
Continue Reading →TALLAHASSEE – Facing a disheveling, anti-incumbent primary, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos dropped out of the U.S. Senate race Monday and said he was “rededicating” himself to his job as a presiding officer in the Legislature.
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin’s one-hour, 53-minute commercial entitled “The Undefeated” was a freak show waiting to happen. When it opened July 15, the documentary film by Stephen K. Bannon, it was shown in just 10 AMC Movie Theatres across the United States. Just for fun, since my family was in Kansas City for the weekend anyway, I decided to catch a glimpse of “The Undefeated” at the AMC …
Continue Reading →Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is using his first campaign television ad to promote his long-time opposition to raising the federal debt limit.
Continue Reading →Events for Jul 18, 2011
Continue Reading →Tight GOP primary calendar would set fast pace for a Perry campaign
Continue Reading →Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman and Republican candidate for president, is making a muscular showing in the polls. She is telegenic. She is clever. Some of her Republican opponents worry she may be unstoppable.
Continue Reading →Tim Pawlenty jabbed fellow Minnesota Republican and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann for having a light record of accomplishment in Congress.
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | With the deadline for raising the debt limit three weeks away, Republicans and Democrats — these led by President Barack Obama — are seizing on an early opportunity to advance their 2012 election strategy. The political fight over the budget, and the ensuing compromise that will likely arise by Aug. 2, is more than just about reducing the federal deficit and national debt — it …
Continue Reading →The tagline to a video the Johnson team sent The Daily Caller, reads: “The most experienced candidate in the race flexes his conservative muscle.”
Continue Reading →Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is naming the daughter of 2008 Iowa caucus winner Mike Huckabee to help lift his own effort ahead of a key test of strength in Iowa.
Continue Reading →Mike Huckabee appeared with Lou Dobbs and expressed such frustration with President Obama that Dobbs appropriately wondered whether or not Huckabee was having second thoughts about deciding not to run for President? Although Huckabee threw cold water on the prospect of re-opening that door, he didn’t hesitate to take both Obama and Congress to task for saying one thing (that without a debt deal …
Continue Reading →Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul was back in the Granite State Saturday to meet with potential voters.
Continue Reading →Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota and aspiring GOP presidential candidate, says he’s embracing social media as a way to “break the stronghold” of the mainstream media.
Continue Reading →The Republican presidential primary field is crowded with candidates and potential candidates all positioning themselves for a shot at the White House in 2012. Some have announced that they are definitely running, others are playing their cards closer to their chest and haven’t publicly stated whether they are running or not. Polls in various states at this point are all over the map when it …
Continue Reading →A lot of press coverage has been devoted lately to GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann’s and her husband Marcus “We’re All Heterosexual” Bachmann’s anti-gay credentials. But turns out the couple may have once done a favor for a gay person — unless, that is, you consider trying to “cure” them of their homosexuality a favor, in which case they’ve been doling those out for years. The evidence …
Continue Reading →How gay rumors about Michele Bachmann’s husband could affect her campaign. By Michelle Cottle
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | The incumbent president always has the edge against the challenger in an election and the 2012 election will be no different. Obama has stoked the fire early in his quest to raise more than $1 billion for his re-election campaign. Yahoo News reported, Obama spokesman Jim Messina announced via the Obama campaign website, they raised $86 million.
Continue Reading →It’s going to be a crowded Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.
Continue Reading →July 1 (Bloomberg) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks with Bloomberg’s Al Hunt about his job creation proposals. Former President Bill Clinton discusses the outlook for the 2012 election and negotiations to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
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