2010 in review:
Who had the best (and worst) 2010? (nationaljournal)
The Fix's
top 10 political moments of 2010
...(TheFix)
2012
New Hampshire 2012: The graveyard of RINOs?
Andy Martin, self-proclaimed 'king of the birthers,' says he'll
run for president
Iowa gets first big 2012 forum. So, who will show?
Mitch & Haley: The two pals may face off in 2012
Courting begins in 2012 early states
States jockey, again, to vote first in 2012
Question of the day: Is Mitch Daniels too short?
CNN 2012 poll: Obama upward, Palin downward
GOP hopefuls trip, explain in early 2012 jockeying
Iowans
For Pawlenty website launches
Thune to visit GOP in Pawlenty's home state of Minnesota
PPP: Romney down 31 points in Florida since March
Ghost of healthcare past continues to haunt Mitt Romney
Tea Party: Higher hurdles to jump for Romney, Huckabee, and
Gingrich
Haley Barbour's jet set life style
Rep. Steve King open to 2012 run
Is Rudy Giuliani a 2012 dark horse?
Poll of 8 states: Romney trails other major 2012ers among
conservatives
Haley Barbour in hot water over race comments
Pence's timeline
Herman Cain is "definitely" forming 2012 exploratory committee
John Bolton eyes 2012 presidential run
Preventing another January primary
CNN, Tea Party Express plan 2012 debate
New Mitt: Same as the old Mittopulists
versus Managers in the GOP race
Thune walks it back: Tax speech wasn't dig at Romney
Iowa GOP and Fox News to host 2 pre-caucus Iowa debates
Nevada GOP sets 2012 caucus date
Long March for GOP 2012 hopefuls?
Thune
jabs potential 2012 rivals
on tax cut deal
...(HuffPo)...
Fox News, South Carolina GOP plan May debate
...(Politico)...
Ranking the top 18 GOP contenders and President Obama
...(MMT)...
Poll: Obama's losing support;
Romney would beat him now
...(McClatchy)...
Thune
looms over Pawlenty's Iowa plan
...(Politico)...
Pawlenty:
Public-sector unions illegitimate
...(WSJ)...
Mitch Daniels:
Abortion should not get in the way of fiscal concerns...
(LifeNews)...
Ralph Nader: Obama's a con man,
hints at 2012 run...
(HotAir)...
Pawlenty's
book launch takes him back to Iowa, New Hampshire...
(WaPo)...
Santorum to make
8th trip to Iowa...
(EIA Govt.)...
Iowa:
Matt Stawn want to continue to lead Iowa GOP...
(QCTimes)...
Sen. Olympia Snowe is
litmus test for GOP 2012 presidential candidates...
(TheHill)...
Santorum says Palin's star power a 'challenge'...(TheHill)...
Huckabee in no hurry to announce 2012 run...(PolTicker)...
Thune
quietly gathers 2012 advice...
(RollCall)...
Early-state vacuum ...
(Politico)...
Newt Gingrich's
inner circle ...
(TheFix)...
Mitch Daniel's
inner circle ...
(TheFix)...
Haley Barbour's
inner circle ...
(TheFix)...
Mitt Romney's
inner circle ...
(TheFix)...
Vander Plaats to Huckabee:
Skip the Iowa Straw Poll...(Politico)...
Huckabee
wants some respect!...(Politico)...
Once a 'goalie,' Pawlenty
now playing offense...(Politico)...
Jindal:
Sarah Palin 'absolutely' electable...(TheHill)...
The Iowa Caucuses
50 Most Wanted list .
..(DSM
Register)...
VIEW THE LIST
KrustyKonservative SLAMS list for 'obvious' ommissions...
Yepsen:
Ghosts of caucuses past haunt today's campaigns...
(DSM
Register)...
2012 fundraising dollars...
(Politico)
Here are the numbers reported thus far for the Post-Election filings (Oct. 14 -
Nov. 22):
Tim Pawlenty: $140,000
Mitt Romney: $558,000
Sarah Palin: $469,000
John Thune: $183,000
Haley Barbour: $108,152
Newt Gingrich: $314,000
Huckabee: The Republican establishment dislikes me
because I didn't go to the right schools...
(HotAir)...
GOP pollster Bolger:
No way Dems take back House in 2012...(NatlJourn)...
Will a Mama Grizzly
maul the Iowa caucuses?...(Gazette)...
Romney does Leno...(Herald)...
PPP poll:
Sarah Palin now leads GOP 2012 contenders...(PPP)...
PPP poll:
Romney voters a risk to switch to Obama if he loses
nomination?...(HotAir)... writes Allahpundit: "RINO
stomp..."
Will Pawlenty be
haunted by pardoned convict?...(HuffPo)...
House/Senate
Lawmakers finance pet projects without earmarks
New GOP rules will make it tougher for House to raise ceiling on federal
debt
Senator-elect Rand Paul: Attach spending cuts to every major bill
Republican leaders say there are no plans to extend payroll tax holiday
Obama returns to 'death panels' plan that caused stir
McConnell plans power plays against Democrats
GOP unveils strict new House rules
New GOP head of House Committee on Homeland Security: I'll hold
hearings on radical Islam
"Don't Ask" repeal wins final passage
Senate
blocks DREAM amnesty bill
Senate unanimously passes food safety bill
Tax cut plan clears House, goes to Obama
Reid pulls pork-filled spending bill
McConnell offers 1-page resolution to replace
Dems concede budget fight to GOP ...
Senate passes tax package deal, sends it on to the House for a vote...(TheHill)...
House passes Dont Ask Dont Tell repeal... (HuffPo)...
Reid threatens post-Christmas session ...(Politico)
Liberals
giving up tax fight...(TheHill)...
Romney:
Dump the tax deal...(USA
Today)...
Tax cut deal
set to pass Senate.
..(WSJ)...
Fed critic Ron Paul
wins Oversight gavel!...
(TheHill)...
House Dems
rejects tax cut...(TheHill)...
White House
backs change to tax deal...
(TheHill)...
Senate Dems
shelve DREAM act...(AP)...
House Dem
drops F-bomb on Obama at caucus meeting on tax cuts...(HotAir)...
Senate
refuses repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell...
(TheHill)...
House Dems
strip funding for Gitmo civilian trials in retaliation for tax deal...
(HotAir)...
Dems' fury
threatens tax cut deal...
(TheHill)...
Sen. DeMint
unhappy with tax cut deal - will filibuster...(HotAir)...
Uh-oh:
Rangel could face MORE charges...(Politico)...
GOP:
Doc fix can break health reform...(Politico)...
Black freshmen GOP lawmakers
chart different courses on the issue of race...
(TheHill)...
Rangel censured...(TheHill)...
TIME: Donkey Doozy...
(TIME)...
writes Halperin: "Is it hyperbolic to say the Democratic Party is in the midst
of a nervous breakdown?...
House passes 'chicken crap' bill limiting Bush tax cuts extension to the
middle class...(HotAir)...
Senate GOP vows to halt action in lame-duck session until tax
deal...(TheHill)...
Reid moves forward on amnesty 'DREAM' act...(Politico)...
Boehner set to slice up spending bills...(Politico)...
Censure?
House to judge Rangel this Thursday...(Politico)...
Rangel asks Pelosi to delay vote... (TheHill)
GOP/RNC:
GOP campaign committee names top 2012 Senate targets
Florida Republicans want Jeb Bush to run for senator
GOP turns to K Street vets to help unravel ObamaCare
Inside the GOP's plan to stifle Obama's executive branch power
Race for RNC chairman remains a toss-up as Steele defends tenure
Steele agrees to debate 5 challengers
Census data offers GOP the chance to solidify hold on House
GOP: Bills must cite Constitution
Boehner promises "something different" beginning January 5th
Rove-backed
group
to launch first major 2012 offensive
...(Politico)...
Steele
says he's running for re-election as chair of RNC
...(Politico)...
Top GOP donors
say they will boycott if Steele wins... (Politico)...
Minnesota GOP
brings out the knives.
...(Politico)...
Tea Party group
wants Palin for RNC...(Politico)...
Palin says 'no' to RNC chair request...(ABC)
Karl Rove speaks out on Palin, Huckabee complaints of GOP elitism...
(HuffPo)...
DeMint to GOP incumbents: I will not primary you...
(HotAir)...
RNCC is $12M in debt...
(Politico)...
Dick Cheney
wades into RNC race...(Politico)...
DEM/DNC:
Dems rip proposed rule giving new power to GOP Budget chairman
Rumor of the day: Bill Richardson to replace Hillary as Secty of
State?
Obama leaves press conference after Clinton takes control...
(RCP)...
Rescue?
Bill Clinton heads to the White House to meet with Obama...(AP)...
Patty Murray to head DSCC...(TheHill)...
House Dems' tax cuts plan 'will not include anything the Republicans are
seeking'...(HuffPo)...
Sarah Palin:
Palin accuses conservationists of hypocrisy
Huckabee sides with Obama over Palin
Boehner strikes back at Palin's tax cut deal criticism
The reality of Palin's viewership: Who's watching "Alaska"?
Why Sarah Palin could struggle in 2012
Palin knocks Krauthammer: "Sorry that I'm not hoity-toity"
Palin won't decide on 2012 run for some months still
Gov. Christie Whitman:
Palin not presidential material ...(HuffPo)...
Media/AP creates new Palin scandal -- calls Bristol her 'hairdresser' in Haiti
...(FReep)...
Palin
heading to Haiti with Franklin Graham...
(Politico)...
Palin endorses
Paul Ryan's roadmap...
(WSJ)...
5 reasons
Palin will run...
(DailyBeast)...
Ed Rollins to Palin:
You're no Reagan...
(CNN)...
CNN crew invades Palin's no-media book signing event in Iowa...
(Politico)...
Palin back in Iowa for book signing,
still mum on 2012 run...
(DSM
Register)...
Reality show
Dancing With The Stars wants Todd for next season...
(EOnline)...
Former Bush advisor: Sarah Palin 'very prickly, very cynical'...(HuffPo)...
Nov. 2009: Nicolle Wallace slams Palin book 'Going Rogue'...
(HuffPo)
Sarah Palin has some
surprising celebrity admirers...(TheHill)...
SarahPAC
raised $500,000 in just over a month...(TIME)...
Immigration:
Arizona
regains footing in legal battle over immigration law...
(FOX)...
WikiLeaks:
U.K.
grants Assange bail; Sweden appeals...(CNN)...
Michael Moore posts bail for Assange... (HuffPo)
Assange
under arrest in London for rape....(CSM)...
NO BAIL... (AP)
Assange threatens release of encrypted 'doomsday' file if arrested...
(NYPost)...
List of facilities vital to US security leaked...(BBC.UK)...
PayPal
cuts WikiLeaks from money flow...(WashTimes).
Julian Assange:
Arrest imminent in U.K. on sex crime charges...
(CBS)
Assange and the sex crimes Trojan horse... (Salon)
Dick Morris:
Hillary up to her old tricks...
(TheHill)...
Hillary: "State' is last public post... (Politico)
Interpol issues wanted notice for Julian Assange...
(Guardian.UK)...
WikiLeaks founder Assange:
Hillary should resign...
(TIME)...
Bill Clinton: Leaks will cost lives... (WaPo)
Gingrich: Assange is an enemy combatant... (TPM)
DADT:
Joint Chiefs c
hair
to troops:
If you don't want to serve with gays, quit...
(HotAir)...
Elizabeth Edwards:
Elizabeth Edwards dies;
family at her side...
(ABC)...
QUOTES:
"Is this where Mitt says goodbye?"
-Allahpundit
"At
some point I may feel the need to run for office again."
-Joe
Scarborough
"Now that the bailouts are history and
Democratic hegemony is broken, what does [the Tea Party] stand for?"
-TIME
magazine
"If they think it's bad now, wait till next
year."
-Mitch
McConnell
"I just don't remember it as being that
bad."
-Haley
Barbour
"As chairman of the Homeland Security Committee,
I will do all I can to break down the wall of political correctness
and drive the public debate on Islamic radicalization."
-
Rep. Peter King
"Now, with his stunning tax deal, Obama is back..."
-Charles
Krauthammer
"This
is a lack of leadership on the part of Obama
I don't know where the f*** Obama is on this or anything else. They're AWOL..."
-
Rep. Jim Moran
"There is some continuity that must give
them indigestion in the West Wing, if they acknowledge it..."
-Karl Rove
"It is not easy to consider challenging the
first African-American to be elected as President of the United States.
But, regrettably, I believe that the time has come to do this..."
-Clarence
Jones
"[Iowa's] a killing field for presidential
ambitions and reduces the field of candidates for the rest of the country to
consider..."
-David Yepsen
"Can
you imagine a Palin invasion of the already media-saturated Iowa Straw Poll?
The state GOP had better order extra porta-potties..."
-Todd Dorman
"Whoever
leaked all those State Department documents to WikiLeaks website
is a traitor and should be executed or put in prison for life..."
-Bill
O'Reilly
