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2012 Election News

Perry staying in...

Newt won't congratulate MItt on Iowa win...

Bachmann drops out...

Conservative elites to meet in Texas...

Erickson: Will Newt go 'Newtlear' on Romney?...

Steve King predicts Newt may come in 3rd...

11 fun facts about Santorum:

Iowa Gov. Branstad predicts Santorum or Romney, but...

Rupert Murdoch tweets Santorum...

Romney predicts victory...

Scarborough: There will be blood if Romney seen cruising to nomination...

Sarah Palin on Michele Bachmann: Not her time...

DSM Register Caucus Poll:  Romney 24, Paul 22, Santorum 15, Gingrich 12

Virginia Atty Gen. working to allow Gingrich and Perry on the ballot...

Romney leads, Paul rises in New Hampshire...

Gingrich supported RomneyCare in 2006 newsletter...

Gingrich camp compares Va. ballot problems to Pearl Harbor...

New Gingrich video: Christmas Day 1776 - Victory or Death...

Trump quits GOP, registers as independent...

Gingrich dropped from Virginia ballot...   Gingrich promises a write-in campaign in Virginia...

Perry dropped from Virginia ballot...

New Iowa Poll: Paul 21, Romney 20, Gingrich 19...

RE: Ron Paul & his newsletters...

"The newsletters went out under his name. They are replete with hateful filth. They disqualify him from the presidency..."

- TIME's Joe Klein

RE: Ron Paul & his newsletters...

"Letting someone write bat crap crazy stuff under your name,

not knowing who they are or what they are doing, profiting from them,

then taking responsibility before denying responsibility is credible?!"   - Eric Erickson

 

Virginia Primary: Bachmann, Huntsman, Santorum fail to make the ballot...

Bush '41' backs Romney...

Six comments Ron Paul needs to explain:

Newt's Mitt quip: "Please don't turn America into Massachusetts"

Gingrich opens second Iowa office...

N.H. Concord Monitor endorses Jon Huntsman...

Ron Paul newsletter, 1992:

Merry Mittmas: Free download Romney gift tags...

Santorum: I'm for income inequality...

Santorum: Vander Plaats told me 'he needed money' to promote endorsement...

Gingrich Team explains Iowa incident when he told gay man to vote for Obama...

Occupy' hecklers in Iowa plan more disruptions...

Obradovich: Shall we cancel caucuses, let Hurley decide?...

Newt & Callista Gingrich: Christmas Greetings video...

Romney's newest video: Character...

Anita Perry video: American Story...

"I fail to see how Ron Paul's eponymous newsletter written in the first person as if from Ron Paul
claiming gays intended to infect other Americans with AIDS through compromising our blood supply
is any different from Rev. Wright claiming the CIA invented AIDS to kill black men..."
- Eric Erickson

Weekly Standard sounds the Ron Paul alarm...

LA Times editorial: Ron Paul's racist link...

Gingrich to Romney: Let's have a one-on-one debate about those attack ads of yours, tough guy...

Ron Paul walks out of CNN interview over racist writings...

Rasmussen Iowa Poll: Romney now in the lead...

Perry calls Paul 'hypocritical', 'backbencher'...

Romney to Gingrich: Man up...

Gary Johnson drops out of GOP primary to run as Libertarian...

Newt super PAC buying radio airtime in Iowa...

Source: Vander Plaats asked Bachmann to quit...

Gingrich: Romney disowning super PACs is 'baloney'...

Perry: Romney and Gingrich backed the 'biggest act of theft in American history'...

No more Mr. Nice Newt: Slumping Gingrich promises sharper counter-punch...

'Iowa Family Leader' divided over which candidate to endorse; decides to remain 'neutral'...

Vander Plaats, Hurley personally endorse Rick Santorum...

Gingrich assails Romney for 'smear campaign'...

Joe Klein  14 days till Iowa: Newt crushed...

Palin says there's still time to get into the 2012 race...

Ron Paul panic hits Iowa establishment...

GOP will take off the gloves if Ron Paul wins Iowa...

Gallup Poll: Gingrich's national lead over Romney collapses...

Des Moines Register endorses Mitt Romney...

Gallup Poll: Gingrich still leads in Iowa...

PPP Poll: Paul pulls ahead in Iowa...

Adelson commits $20 million to pro-Gingrich group...

Ron Paul: I'm not sure I'll hold up during a long primary...

New Gingrich ad: We Deserve Solutions...

New Romney ad features Gingrich's praise...

Rasmussen: Romney takes lead in Iowa...

NH poll: Romney 35, Paul 21, Gingrich 16...

Romney: Gingrich too 'zany' to be nominee...

Trump: The Iowa debate is fired!...

Perry admits back trouble impacted performance...

Gingrich up 10 points in new Iowa poll...

Gingrich: Palestinians are 'invented' people...

Romney opposed 1994 Contract with America...

Trump may scrub his debate...

Futures market shows Romney plunging...

Ron Paul video hits Gingrich for 'selling access'...

Perry mocks Romney's $10,000 bet challenge...

Nate Silver: Newt's unimpeachable conservative credential...

Vander Plaats: We can look past Newt's infidelity...

Romney super PAC has anti-Newt ad in the works...

Newt crushes Mitt in Florida...

Top Iowa tea partier joins Gingrich's campaign...

CNN/TIME poll: Gingrich leads in three early states...

Steve King: 'No full spectrum conservative' has emerged...

Perry, Bachmann dump Trump debate...  Rick Perry's campaign 'respectfully declined the invitation for the December 27th debate..."   ... Michele Bachmann's campaign says Iowa insider Darrell Kearney endorses Gingrich...

Perry buys $1 million TV time over 3 weeks in Iowa...

Iowa Rep. Steve King endorses Trump 'America' debate...

Gingrich up in another pair of states...

One more poll shows Gingrich way ahead in Iowa...

Gallup: Gingrich holds big national lead...

Riveting Glenn Beck interview of Newt Gingrich...  ...READ TRANSCRIPT...  ...WATCH VIDEO...

South Carolina: Gingrich 38, Romney 22...

Romney refuses Trump moderated debate...

Newt's critics shut up...

Gingrich's first ad launched in Iowa...

Ron Paul's new "BIG DOG" ad...

Donald Trump vs. Chuck Todd (MSNBC)...

Rove: Scuttle Trump debate...

PPP Iowa poll: Gingrich 27, Paul 18, Romney 16...

Iowa's Sioux City Journal endorses Romney (again)...

DSM Register Iowa Poll: Gingrich 25, Paul 18, Romney 16...

CAIN OUT...

Ron Paul: Emphatic "NO" to Trump moderated debate...

Gingrich and Huntsman to debate...

"I believe the kids could mop the floor and clean up the bathroom and get paid for it, and it would be OK..." - Newt Gingrich

Gingrich hits homerun at Polk County, Iowa GOP fundraiser...

Anonymous group unveils anti-Gingrich video in Iowa...

Rasmussen polling: Gingrich 38, Romney 17...

Pro-Perry prayer rally set for Tuesday in Cedar Rapids...

Branstad: Newt not strong enough to win Iowa caucuses...

Trump to moderate Iowa debate...

Cain's wife didn't know he was giving money to accuser...

Santorum's full page Iowa message: No Surrender...

Barbour sees room for a Rick Perry comeback...

Politico declares the return of 'bad Newt'...

"Mitt Romney is his own mistress..." - Jon Stewart

Gingrich: I helped defeat communism...

Scheffler: Romney's disdain for Iowa's social conservatives will come back to haunt him...

Perry ramps up anti-Wall Street rhetoric...

Gingrich opens Iowa campaign office...

Gingrich promises no negative ads...

Ron Paul beats up on Gingrich: Serial Hypocrisy...

Bachmann campaign in hot water over stolen homeschooler email list...

DNC's 'A Disastrous Interview': Romney Fox highlights video...

Huntsman video uses Romney Fox interview: Mittstant Replay...

Fox's Bret Baier: Romney called questions 'uncalled for'...

Cain invokes Yogi Berra...

Romney's first Iowa ad ...

Gingrich to meet with Trump on Monday ...

 

 

House/Senate/Courts

Justice Kagan recuses...

Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of Arizona's immigration law...

 

Obama/White House

Gallup: Obama's job approval surges...

Obama ranks himself as 4th best president; blogs bash his claim...

CNN poll: Obama beats everybody...

CBS poll: 54% say Obama doesn't deserve re-election...

Occupiers turn on Obama: 'sellout' & 'corporate puppet'...

 

 

QUOTES: 

 "I feel Romney-boated..." -Newt Gingrich

"Can't resist this tweet, but all Iowans think about Rick Santorum. Only candidate with genuine big vision for country." -Rupert Murdoch tweet

"Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941..." - Michael Krull

"The newsletters went out under his name. They are replete with hateful filth. They disqualify him from the presidency..."  - TIME's Joe Klein

"The next time you see one of the candidates who's running the negative ads, ask them to take it off the air..." -Newt Gingrich

"[a Ron Paul win] would make the caucuses mostly irrelevant if not entirely irrelevant..." - Becky Beach

"it will get downright ugly if Ron Paul wins the Iowa caucuses..." - Timothy Carney

"[Gingrich] appears unable to transform, or even govern himself. He should be an adviser to the Republican party, but not again its head..." - National Review

"I'm now, I think by a big margin, the front-runner..." - Newt Gingrich

"there is a dawning realization they might have to make peace with Newt the nominee..." - Politico's Jonathan Allen 

"I'm going to be the nominee..." - Newt Gingrich

"they want to say, well, isn't that lobbying? No. That's called being a citizen. As a citizen, I'm allowed to have an opinion.
As a relatively famous citizen, I can broadcast my opinion in lots of places..." 
- Newt Gingrich

 

 

 

 


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