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2012 Election News

Fox News Poll: Romney remains top GOP preference as Perry draws close behind...

Gingrich's Iowa chair Linda Upmeyer: Let's see how it goes...

Draft Rick Perry group seek spot at Iowa Straw Poll...

More trouble on 'Morning Joe' show: Mika compares Sarah Palin to Paris Hilton...

Roy Moore suffers broken ribs in horse-riding accident...

The Jon Huntsman / Club for Growth feud: Mellow game ON!...

Sarah Palin lashes out at Hollywood...

The $20 million Mitt Romney?...

Bachmann: Left thinks tea partiers are hillbillies...

Bachmann reveals miscarriage...

Perry asks U.S. to intervene in Israeli-Palestinian fight...

Iowa's Branstad wants a governor...

Vander Hart: Palin documentary sets the record straight...

Tom Petty wants Bachmann to lay off his "American Girl" tune...  Bachmann plays Tom Petty's tune again...

Granite State Poll: Bachmann rising in New Hampshire, Romney steady...

Palin vows '110 percent" commitment to Iowa' if she runs...

Palin in Pella: No decision on presidential bid...

Palin does lunch with Iowa fundraiser Becky Beach...

PPP: If Palin doesn't run, it's a Romney vs. Bachmann race...

Morrissey: Will Tea Party tilt the odds for Bachmann?...

Bachmann's former chief of staff pens dismal picture of her readiness...

Perry a big draw in Alabama: Sells out GOP dinner...

Rick Perry met with the Koch brothers June 26th...

Herman Cain's 'money bomb' drops today...

Herman Cain's New Hampshire campaign director, regional field director quit...

Bristol Palin says her mom has made her decision about running for prez...

Stephanopoulos warns Bachmann: Media will investigate your 23 foster children...

Bachmann: Minimum wage on the table...

Bachmann stands by slavery comment...

Ron Paul: Iowa's the place to start a revolution...

Media all wee-wee'd up about Bachmann's John Wayne gaffe in Iowa...  Bachmann concedes she misspoke about John Wayne's hometown...

Bachmann launches campaign, says nation 'cannot afford' second Obama term...

Bachmann well-positioned for Iowa, and maybe beyond...

Iowa poll: Civil unions are a minefield for GOP candidates...

Bachmann gets big laughs for teleprompter joke...

Michele Bachmann's BIG homecoming party in Waterloo, Iowa...

'The Undefeated' July 15th Palin documentary premier locations & tickets (AMC theatres):

IOWA POLL: Bachmann now tied with Romney for lead; Cain third...

GOP campaign veteran says Perry's decided to run...

Michael Reagan: Perry & Texas prove Reaganomics (still) works...

Chris Wallace asks Michele Bachmann:"Are you a flake?"...  Chris Wallace apologizes:  "I messed up"...    Bachmann does not accept apology...

Buzzkill: Problem with Huntsman hype...

Huntsman loses DeMint...

Christie: 'I'm huggable and lovable'...

Christie will not sign bill legalizing same sex marriage in New Jersey...

Rick Santorum backers linked to Jon Huntsman attack...

Doesn't this new Christie commercial look like a campaign video?...

NJ Gov. Chris Christie's major victory over public unions...

So much for Romney's 'hard luck' story?...

Palin documentary debuts in Iowa next week...  Palin confirms she will be in Iowa for the premier...

Herman Cain: We won't buy votes in Iowa GOP straw poll...

Ann Coulter: Palin should run for Arizona senate seat...

Perry team begins scoping out New Hampshire...

Source claims top Pawlenty aides working for little or no pay...

Politico: Iowa GOP to auction Ames straw poll space...

BenSmith/Politico: "auctioning off prime real estate at the Ames Straw Poll will only increase the perpetual grumbles that the event is little more than the state party's way of shaking down presidential campaigns..."

Sarah Palin: '*Sigh* Reports of Tour Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated'...

Huntsman will join Fox debate in Iowa...

Huntsman says bin Laden death is "Ten years too late"...

Gingrich: It may take 3 or 4 months to fully recover...

No money in South Carolina budget to fund 2012 GOP Primary...

Rick Perry heading to New Hampshire...

Palin cancels planned trip to Sudan...

Pawlenty warns GOP on isolationism...

Palin Bus Tour takes extended pit stop...

More Gingrich bad news: 2nd line of credit at Tiffany's - $1,000,000...

Limbaugh slams Huntsman: 'Ambassador to the ChiComs'...

Pawlenty: Should I use 'Obamneycare' or 'Robamacare' ?...

Club for Growth tears into Huntsman: Spending inexcusable...

Thune: No, I'm not running for president...

Politico hit piece on Iowa: 'Iowa insignificant in GOP race

Romney to skip July Vegas debate, do six forums through October!...

Zogby poll: Bachmann surges into the lead!...

Pawlenty making early ad buys in Iowa...

Gingrich to return to Iowa for Saturday tea party event in Indianola...

Gingrich's fundraising team resigns...

Huntsman announces GOP 2012 bid at Statue of Liberty...   "This whole campaign's going to be mellow" -Huntsman adviser Jon Weaver

Jon Huntsman campaign launch begins day with misspelling of his own name...

Santorum tells Iowa farmers he would end ethanol subsidies...

New Santorum video mocks Huntsman, Romney...

Gov. Perry signs a law that frees Texans from the fed's ban on incandescent bulbs...

Rick Perry heading to South Carolina this August...Gingrich campaign has yet to replace Iowa staff after mass exodus...

Did Bachmann spens taxpayer dollars on Tea Party event ?...

What history shows as fact & fiction of the Iowa Caucuses...

George Pataki defends Iowa caucuses...  Pataki 'not running now' but national debt is top issue...

Huntsman campaign raising off civil unions...

Huntsman fundraising gift: Get an invite to dad's house...

Jon Huntsman is the only one staffing up in Florida...

GOP Leadership Conference : The anatomy of gaming a straw poll..

Perry: Filling the Southern GOP gap, with executive experience...

Rick Perry's aides prepping for rumor rehash as media digs up old dirt ...

Texas legislators urge Rick Perry to run for president...

Bachmann slams Romney on abortion stance...

Bachmann differs with Palin on whether GOP field is set...

Report: Bachmann ordered Ed Rollins to apologize to Sarah Palin's team...

TIME: Bachmann has the fundraising power to be a contender...

Bill Kristol says John Thune is reconsidering a 2012 run...

Pawlenty: I didn't leave my state in a $6.2 billion deficit...

Herman Cain: I regret my support for bank bailouts...

Cillizza's 2012 ratings: Gingrich sinks further...

Romney, Cain shun wide-ranging Pro-Life Pledge...  Bachmann calls Romney's decision not to sign Pledge 'distressing'...

Ron Paul wins Republican Leadership Conference straw poll with 612 votes...   Ron Paul warns of 'downturn much worse than the stagflation of the 70's'...

Rick Perry fires up the crowd with red meat conservative speech...  Rick Perry is checking out Iowa...

Gary Johnson compares U.S. drug laws to China dictatorship...

HotAir.com's June survey winners...

Rasmussen polling finds 83% of GOP voters don't care who nominee is...

Palin skewers media over email release...

Jon Huntsman's civil unions stance attracts gay followers...

Romney launches second 'bumps' video attacking Obama...

Rick Perry - minor back surgery July 1st...

New Hampshire polling: Romney 42, Paul & Bachmann tied at 10...

Report: GOP 2012ers don't embrace Bush years...

Why the Iowa Straw Poll still matters - more - without Romney...

Romney invites disaster by joking about being unemployed...

Sarah Palin on running: I would love to stir it up even more...

Pawlenty: I messed up in the debate

Poll: 45% of GOP Primary Voters say Palin run bad for Party...

Robinson: Pawlenty 'wrong candidate' to challenge Romney on healthcare...

Bachmann: Obama has 'shocking' lack of empathy for economic struggles...

Romney jokes about being unemployed...

PPP: Romney 22, Cain 17, Palin 15...

Iowa: Many Huckabee backers yet to find a bandwagon...

Wimp factor' could pose threat to some 2012 GOP contenders...

Pawlenty concedes he missed an opportunity to attack Romney at debate...

Gingrich fires back, but tax expert says he's in 'world of trouble'...

Vander Plaats: Social issues matter in 2012...

Bachmann inks deal to pen memoir...

Rasmussen Poll: Following debate, Bachmann surges to second...

Robinson declares Huntsman teaser video the 'worst political ad ever'...

Gingrich aide wonders 'who would ever want to hire' aides who quit...

Beaumont: Iowa could decide Romney's top competition...

NBC/WSJ poll: Romney widens his lead...

Newt Gingrich demands NBC apology....

South Carolina legislators urge Chris Christie to run...

Pawlenty sending first 2012 mailer in Iowa...

Pawlenty announces campaign's Iowa chairs...

Debate showing elevates Bachmann to higher tier...

Gingrich sees plunge in support after rocky start...

Politico: Why GOP moderates can win Iowa...

Is Bachmann the Huckabee of 2012?

Karger questions Romney's primary residence...

Jon Huntsman self-funds 2012 launch video...

Lindsey Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter...

Bachmann wields national security credentials...

UnionLeader slams Romney: 'A nominee already? Romney skips ahead'...

Huckabee thinks Tim Pawlenty is 'over coached'...

Romney announces his monster Florida finance team...

Pawlenty doesn't "understand what the kerfuffle's about"...

Rudy Giuliani does lunch with Chris Christie...

Rick Perry stays mum on 2012 bid...

UnionLeader: Huntsman misfires...

Gingrich: I only regret one departure...

Romney's Afghanistan remarks stuns GOP pals

ABC News reports possible Gingrich charity scam...

Gallup: 27% of GOP unhappy with current field of 2012 candidates...

Nate Silver: Debate swings door open for Perry; closed for Palin...

Michele Bachmann announces she's in...

Pawlenty dodges on 'ObamneyCare' redux...

Pawlenty gets first applause of the night: Right to work comment a winner...

Powerline: Romney the winner...

Tim Pawlenty blinked...

Republicans blast Obama, not each other...

War weariness at GOP debate...

GOP hopefuls pummel Obama over jobs, economy...

Romney untouched by rivals, goes after Obama ...

Craig Robinson: "Mitt Romney - Hopes They Are All This Easy..."

Romney on debt ceiling:

Cillizza: GOP debate winners and losers:

Gingrich not very personable, looks bored and never smiles...

Santorum joins Ron Paul as a bottom tier candidate and this debate isn't changing that perception...

Is Herman Cain at this debate?   He's completely overshadowed and not living up to recent hype...

DNC mocks the GOP New Hampshire debate:

CNN poll: Sarah Palin most like Ronald Reagan...

New Romney video counters Obama's "bump in road" comment...

Iowa Tea Party launches 18=city tour of Iowa...

Pro-Perry web ads hit New Hampshire...

Herman Cain: Obama 'was raised in Kenya' and that's why 'he's out of the mainstream'...

Rick Perry assails Obama on abortion at LA stop...

Democrats worry Weiner will hurt agenda...

Pawlenty, Cain top Iowa Independent power ratings...

Gingrich soldiers on... campaign restarts in Los Angeles...

Iowa's Chris Rants bets on Bachmann over Pawlenty in 'summer slugfest'...

Roll Call's Guide to Tea Party influence in early states...

Old North Church vicar defends Sarah Palin on Paul Revere facts...

Palin email frenzy backfires on her media antagonists...

CNN poll: Romney 24, Palin 20, Giuliani 12...

New Hampshire poll: Romney 41, Giuliani 9, Paul 6...

Six states could decide the 2012 Senate and White House races...

USA Today poll results: Romney 24, Palin 16...

OUCH: Pawlenty attacks "ObamneyCare"...

Santorum: We're going to win Iowa...

FOX: Newt drained campaign with private jets...

FreedomWorks chief: If Romney's the nominee, tea partiers might have to stay home...

RedState's Erickson sees a Perry-Pawlenty ticket...

Romney's Iowa snub makes clear his centrist path...

Is the Iowa Straw Poll MORE important without Romney?...

Gingrich rivals for worst campaign ever...

WaPo: The fall of the House of Newt...

Iowa Gov. Branstad: Gingrich vacation was a big mistake...

Mitt Romney to skip the Iowa Straw Poll...

POLITICO: Gingrich proves critics right...

Gingrich campaign's lack of money a factor in departures...

Did Perry offer Gingrich's campaign manager a job last week?

EXODUS: Gingrich campaign manager, top aides resign en masse...   Jumping to Texas Gov. Rick Perry???   

           Report: via Frank Barnes - the problem was the wife, Callista...    Gingrich via FaceBook: The campaign will begin anew Sunday in Los Angeles...

Gingrich's entire paid Iowa campaign team resigns...

Rick Perry now 'serious' about 2012 run...

Sarah Palin film to get nationwide release...

aides resign en masse...

Fox poll: Romney 23, Giuliani 13, Palin 12 - but Rudy fares best against Obama...

Chris Christie draft stirs in South Carolina...

A second look in New Hampshire for Rudy?...

S.C. Rep. Joe Wilson ("You Lie!") endorses Tim Pawlenty...

Jon Huntsman's no-names strategy...

Ed Rollins admits 'misstep' on Sarah Palin...

CBS polling shows GOP sour of Palin 2012...

Rick Santorum: Climate change is 'junk science'...

Robinson: Don't discount Santorum...

Gingrich first to sign Six Sigma pledge...

WSJ's Bill Kristol: Rudy 's running...

New talk of Perry 2012 bid...

WSJ: poll shows voters wary of Mormon president, warier of atheist president...

RNC memo targets Iowa for 2012 effort to defeat Barack Obama...  

Iowa GOP chair Matt Strawn details Iowa straw poll plans...

Santorum opens Iowa office...

Herman Cain in Iowa: I'd hire an openly gay staffer...

Gallup poll shows GOP learning to love Romney???

Robinson: Is the Herman Cain honeymoon over?...

Club for Growth critical of Romney on taxes, RomneyCare..

Quinnipiac national poll: Romney 25, Palin 15, Cain 9...

Huntsman once had business reasons to oppose ethanol subsidies...

Ed Rollins keeps hammering: Says Bachman is smarter than Palin...

FirstRead: Romney has nowhere to go but down...

Reuters poll: Palin 22, Romney 20 - Obama holds BIG lead over all GOP contenders...

PPP in Minnesota: Obama tops Pawlenty, all 2012 GOP players...

Adversarial: Gingrich aide Rick Tyler slams Wall Street Journal editorial board...

Pruden RE Palin & Paul Revere: She gets it right, you betcha!...

Bachmann's strategist Ed Rollins blasts Sarah Palin: Not serious...

Rollins says Bachmann would be 'a formidable candidate in the Iowa caucuses'...

Santorum: I'm ready to lead...

CBS reports Ed Rollins to run Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign...

Palin: 'I didn't mess up about Paul Revere'...

Rick Santorum sees a Huckabee path'...  

Santorum declares for 2012...

Trump, Cain fire 'em up at the Faith & Freedom Coalition meeting...

Giuliani in New Hampshire: Romney should apologize for RomneyCare...

Top 10 reasons Michele Bachmann can win the nomination...

Star Trib: Pawlenty is courting Iowans one-by-one...

Confirmed: No Sarah Palin AZ senate bid...

Howard Dean warns Sarah Palin can beat Barack Obama...

Ron Paul raises more than $1 million with 'money bomb' attacking Romney...

Joe Miller's Tea Party group launches "Stop Mitt" effort...   Tea Party Express leader Amy Kremer: GOP nominee will have entire Tea Party support...

Donald Trump says 'Door would absolutely be open' to late run...

Sarah Palin 'Liberated'...

Gingrich says he is returning to Iowa in July...

More Gingrich defectors: Iowan Will Rogers leaves campaign...

Jon Huntsman will likely skip Iowa caucuses...

PPP's Minnesota poll: Pawlenty strong at home...

Pew polling: 44% won't vote for Romney, 63% rule out Palin...

Politico: Palin's tour leaves GOP cold...

Mark Levin to Charles Krauthammer: Knock off the Palin smears already...

Ed Morrissey: Palin's gambit builds her strength, exposes media hypocrisy...

Gingrich is on vacation at undisclosed location...

WAPO's Rubin: Iowans enable Christie's late entry into 2012 race...

GOP consultant Mike Murphy: Pataki is going to try to steal the New Hampshire primary...

Iowans Stewart Iverson & Steve Scheffler warn Romney about skipping Iowa...

Bachmann gets serious about 2012 run, will participate in the New Hampshire debate...

Romney 2012 rolls out in New Hampshire...

Fox News will broadcast 2 presidential debates in Iowa...

PPP national polling: Romney & Palin at the top of the field...

Gingrich to skip Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in DC...

Palin in New Hampshire the same time as Romney's 2012 rollout: 'coincidence'...

Mitt Romney: Barack Obama has failed America...

Steve Schmidt slams the 'Trump, Gingrich, Palin...theater of the absurd'...

The Bachmann-Pawlenty grudge match...

New scrutiny for Tim Pawlenty...

Sarah Palin dons Star of David necklace for New York City visit...

Mike Pence: Palin would be immediate contender for nomination, if she runs...

Ron Paul warns of 'dictatorship in Washington DC'...One Nation Tour, day four: Boston...

Palin's tour bus nearly crosses paths with tornado...

DNC to highlight Mitt Romney defectors...

Mitt Romney to launch coast-to-coast tour June 5 - 30th...

Roger Simon: Do not underestimate Sarah Palin...

Ron Paul says he's a mainstream candidate...

DeMint backtracks on potential 2012 run...

Huckabee open to vice presidential spot...  Huckabee says he could change mind on presidential bid...

PPP Iowa poll: Romney 21, Palin & Cain 15...

WAPO poll: 37% unhappy with GOP field...

PPP Minnesota poll: MN voters don't want Pawlenty or Bachmann to run...

Sarah Palin confirms One Nation tour will go national...

Christie to keynote Iowa event this July at the request of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad...

Christie meets with Iowans; won't run for president but will come to Iowa this summer...

Oh my: Jim DeMint weighing 2012 bid...

Sarah Palin interview: The fire in the belly is still raging...

Beltway Confidential highlights Intrade's current Iowa Straw Poll odds...

Newt Gingrich damaged: Cillizza assesses the self-inflicted carnage...

Michele Bachmann: Sarah Palin is not a competitor "We're friends," says Bachmann...

Sarah Palin calls for an end to all energy subsidies...

Sarah Palin to visit Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island - and dines with Donald Trump...

PPP's Iowa poll: Jon Huntsman gets ONE supporter...

New York Times: Iowa, NH voter has impact of 5 Super Tuesday voters...

WAPO blog: Why Iowa still matters...

Gallup: Newt Gingrich's image slides...

Mitt Romney to livestream his announcement on Thursday...

 

 

 

House/Senate

House votes 'no' on continuing Libya war funding...

House to vote on bill cutting funds for Libya...

Senate votes overwhelmingly to kill ethanol subsidy...

Boehner threatens Libya funding...

Lawmakers sue Obama over "illegal" war in Libya...

Boehner gives Obama an ultimatum on Libya mission...

Dems hope to whack GOP with Medicare plan during recess...

Boehner: Obama not 'technically' violating War Powers Act...

Ryan rips Obama: 'Leadership should come from the top'...

Speaker Boehner calls for debt ceiling deal by the end of June...

GOP lawmaker rejects White House trip, 'lecture' from Obama...

 

 

Obama/White House

GOP's McConnell invites Obama to Capitol to discuss debt...

WH: 'Not a conversation worth having'...

Rubio blasts Obama: 'Left-wing strong man'...

WaPo: The missing facts in Obama's news conference...

Mark Halperin call Obama the 'D' word on live TV...     Halperin suspended 'indefinitely' from MSNBC...

Another Obama gaffe: Says his 12-year-old is 13...

Rasmussen Poll: Obama 42%, any Republican 46%...

Jewish Democrats losing faith in Obama...

Obama campaign signals fundraising fail...

'Nerves show on Team Obama'...

Priorities USA PAC responds with ad rebuttal buys...

Poll: Obama beating Palin in Alaska...

American Crossroads launches $20 million campaign hammering Obama...

Obama makes good on promise to stop at Iowa diner...

GOP Leader Matt Strawn: Iowans have soured on Obama...

Iowa's governor Branstad 'disappointed' in Obama's speech...

WaPo: Obama can't get enough of the Big, Big Money Donors...

Obama gets lowest rating yet on economy...

Report: Obama films campaign ad in White House, violating FEC laws...

Obama heads to Iowa Tuesday...

Obama: 33,000 troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 2012...

U.S. casualty rate has increased 5-fold since Bush...

AP poll: For first time, number who say Obama deserves to be re-elected drops below 50%...

Bloomberg: Only 3 of 10 Americans will vote for Obama in 2012...

South African President snubs Michelle Obama...

Surprise: ObamaCare will extend Medicaid to 3 million middle class people...

Gallup polling: Obama's numbers plunge...

NYT: Obama overruled top Pentagon, DOJ lawyers on Libya war powers...

President Obama's no-show ticks off Hispanics...

Farrakhan: 'That's a murderer in the White  House'...

Obama impersonator cut off at GOP Leadership Conference..

Golf Summit: Obama & Boehner beat Biden & Kasich...

Hmmm: Obama administration to end ObamaCare waivers...

Mark Penn warns Obama: Gloating could prevent re-election...

Gallup Poll: Obama loses to generic Republican...

WH to Congress: The War Powers Act doesn't apply to Libya because we're not engaged in 'hostilities'...

$5 raffle ticket buys dinner with President Obama...

PPP: Obama's lead over Romney shrinks to just 2 points...

Obama team eyes Romney, Pawlenty and Huntsman...

Report: Top Obama donors netting government jobs...

Obama blames ATMs for taking jobs...

Empty seats: Obama fundraiser in Miami underwhelms...

Obama: I'd quit if I were Weiner...

Obama jokes about slow recovery...

Poll: Obama leads all potential challengers - including Chris Christie...

PPP Mass. poll: Obama 45, Romney 39...

Rasmussen poll: Voters prefer "Generic Republican" to President Obama...

Restaurant Obama said was saved by stimulus is going out of business...

Chicago rapper calls Obama 'biggest terrorist' in USA...

Washington Post: Obama's phony accounting on the auto bailout...

ObamaCare on the ropes? Judges suggest they may be ready to declare it unconstitutional...

Express unease with government forcing Americans to buy health care...

Poll: Only 24% say they share Obama's political views...

Nearly half of Americans fear another Great Depression...

Shock poll: Romney tops Obama...

CBO: True cost of Fannie, Freddie bailouts $317 billion, not $130 billion Obama claims...

Obama not cool anymore on college campuses...

Carville warns of 'very rough' election for Obama if job growth stays low...

Obama's private golf club...

Obama boo'd during speech at Chrysler plant...

The Obama-Boehner Golf Summit cometh...

Bi-partisan Congress sends Obama a stunning rebuke on Libya mission...

Bad news for Obama: Unemployment rises to 9.1%...

PPP: Obama vs. top GOP candidates...

UK Paper: Why Obama may be heading for electoral disaster in 2012...

Democrat insiders see Romney & Huntsman as biggest threats to Obama...

Obama talks about lower taxes than Reagan; GOP members roll their eyes...

Obama tells top fundraisers to raise $60 million by end of June...

Pressing Obama, House bars rise for debt ceiling...

Mitt Romney gives Obama an 'F'...

Gallup: Military personnel, veterans give Obama lower marks...

Obama is losing ground in Iowa, key states...

 

 

Economy

Survey: Yes, America going to hell...

Government floats $1B in new homeowner bailouts...   In some cases, 'loan' won't even have to be paid off...

'Misery Index' highest in 28 years...

Inflation rises to highest level in 3 years, key manufacturing index goes negative...

Median period of unemployment hits new high...

Weekly jobless claims 'unexpectedly' rise again...

CBS: Chronic unemployment worse than Great Depression...

CNBC: Horror for US economy as data falls off cliff...

Planned lay-offs up...

Manufacturing slows...

 

 

 

TRENDS:

Colbert's PAC shtick backfiring? Law of unintended consequences is alive and well...

Federal appeals court ruling upholds Obamacare mandate...

Supreme Court backs EPA on emissions...

Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstates Walker's collective bargaining law...

WaPo:Study shows highly-skilled immigrants now outnumber low-skilled ones...

Rock the Vote ranks IOWA second in the nation for promoting the youth vote...  

 

 

GOP/RNC:

Glenn Beck: I 'hate" Republicans...

Rove: Why Obama is likely to lose in 2012...

Sen. John Thune in Iowa: A financial train wreck is coming...

 

 

DEM/DNC:

Bill Clinton has a debt plan...

Clinton: Huntsman impressive, Bachmann authentic, Romney improved... Obama will win...

John Edwards sought million from 100-year-old just weeks before indicted...

PPP polls John Edwards: 9% favorable, 81% unfavorable...

Larry Flynt offers job to Weiner...

Weiner's press conference turns into a circus as hecklers hurl comments...

John Edwards smiles for his mug shot - like a politician...

Dems preparing to strip Weiner...

Weiner's 'treatment' could take years...

Democrats worry Weiner will hurt agenda...

Weiner's congressional staff heads for the door...

New Weiner pics surface: Taken at the Congressional gym...

Weiner's sexting included messages with a 17-year-old girl... police investigating...

Weiner defies calls from DNC chairman & Pelosi to resign, seeks 'treatment'...

Report claims Rep. Weiner's wife, Huma, is pregnant...

Pressure grows for Weiner to resign...

Weiner's staffers looking for other jobs...

Rep. Anthony Weiner admits he lied about lewd tweets, sexting, sent xxx photos...

Pelosi launches Weiner probe: Calls for ethics inquiry...

Video: Web of Weiner's lies... 

On newsstands now: Hillary Clinton comic book...

DNC chairwoman warning: Republicans 'literally' want to revive Jim Crow laws...

John Edwards says he did not break the law...

FOX News might hire Hillary Clinton...

Rasmussen poll: Nancy Pelosi still most unpopular congressional leader...

John Edwards indicted, arrest warrant issued...

 

 

QUOTES: 

"[Palin] has developed an extensive ground game in Iowa, even if it's not being officially coordinated by her or her advisors..." -Craig Robinson

"She definitely knows... " -Bristol Palin

"The liberals want you to believe the tea party movement is just the right wing of the Republican Party. Nothing could be further from the truth."   -Michele Bachmann

"The US Senate voted down the DREAM Act in December. But, it doesn't matter. Obama pushed the law through by executive order last week"   -Jim Hoft

"Fortunately, we have help from the media... " -Michelle Obama

"Obama is now at the mercy of policies and events he has set in motion... " -Karl Rove

"Iowa's reputation as a right-wing outpost, untouchable by mainstream presidential candidates,
is a legend that needs an injection of facts...
" -Kathie Obradovich

"Our opponents on the left are never going to like us, so let's stop trying to curry favor with them. Stand up..." -Rick Perry

"What to do when the President is just not that into you..." -panel at Netroots Nation

"I will probably be back in four years. Only this time it will be a larger group and I will probably have Secret Service." -Mitt Romney

"Monday’s debate suggested the 2012 Republican presidential race
is more likely to revolve around authenticity and electability than ideology.
..." -Ron Brownstein

"I can't wait to debate him [Obama]..." -Mitt Romney

"if people like me who would once have taken abullet for Sarah can't get behind her any more, what the hell happened?..." -John Ziegler

"Thank God it's not 'Weiner'..."   -John Boehner re his last name

"I’ll leave it to the pundits and voters to assess the wisdom of skipping an event of tremendous importance
to tens of thousands of Iowa Republicans and caucus-goers..." -Matt Strawn

"[the Iowa straw poll] is an opportunity for underdogs. It's a trap for front-runners..." -Charlie Black

"Gingrich appears to have proved his critics right..." -Politico

"I've been taken to the woodshed..." -Ed Rollins

"there is a difference between taking rhetorical responsibility for what one has done,
and accepting the full consequences of those actions - which in Weiner's case would require his resignation." -NY Post

"Stupid people are running America"    "If God gives you an opportunity to stick around here, it's not to try to improve your golf game"  -Herman Cain

"Whoever the Republican nominee is will have the support of the Tea Party movement -- the entire Tea Party movement." -Amy Kremer

"We will never get behind Mitt Romney. On issues like gun rights, gay rights, abortion, immigration, and health care,
 Romney has flipped more than John Kerry flopped." - Joe Miller

"The economy clearly just hit a brick wall..." - Paul Ashworth

"I think I want to see how this field develops..." - Paul Ryan - opens door?

market strategist Peter Yastrow: "We are on the verge of a great, great depression. The [Federal Reserve] knows it."

 

 

 


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