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2012 Election News

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

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

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

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

Pawlenty cancels Sioux City, Iowa, visit due to flooding...

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

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

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

John Bolton is still considering a 2012 run...

WAPO blog: Why Iowa still matters...

Sarah Palin and the seven dwarves: the Republican presidential nightmare...

Palin's bus tour puts media in a twit - complaints over 'paparazzi' treatment...

Gallup: Newt Gingrich's image slides...

Mitt Romney to livestream his announcement on Thursday...

Tim Pawlenty releases new behind-the-scenes campaign video...

New hope in Iowa for GOP moderates?

Pawlenty' outlines his principles during Fort Dodge, Iowa event...

Mitt Romney's new RomneyCare one-liner...

Jon Huntsman is skipping the New Hampshire debate...

Rudy Giuliani says he wants it...

Rick Perry finds low confidence in home state of Texas...

John Thune - 2016?

"This isn't a campaign bus," says Sarah Palin...

Robinson: Romney needs Iowa more than Iowa needs Romney...

Iowans meet today with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie...

Palin's One Nation bus tour is coming to Iowa...

2012 candidate Buddy Roemer: I will hold my inaugural in Iowa...

Politico: 5 key questions about 2012...

One Nation kick-off: Sarah Palin rides into Washington D.C. on a Harley...

McCain: Of course Sarah Palin can beat Barack Obama...

Cillizza: Today begins tough 98 days for 2012ers...

Rick Perry may have 'clearest' path to GOP nomination...

Tim Pawlenty has 3 Iowa stops on Monday...

Should we take Herman Cain seriously?...

Michele Bachmann well received in Davenport, Iowa - calls for a new birth...

Bachmann 'stiffs' Polk County GOP on tickets...

Power fundraiser Nicole Schlinger signs on with Tim Pawlenty...

Rudy Giuliani leads in new national poll...

Michele Bachmann - a 'calling' to run?...

Bachmann says Americans want a 'fighter'....

Texas Gov. Rick Perry reversing course, will consider 2012 run...

PPP polling in Ohio: Romney 21, Palin 16, Gingrich & Cain 12...

Obradovich slams Romney's Iowa visit: "Romney's here but not entirely present"...

Burned popcorn ends Romney's Iowa speech after 27 minutes...

Cilllizza's 2012 rankings:

Mitt Romney plays it coy about Iowa Straw Poll...

DNC sets its sights on... Herman Cain!...

Iowa GOP to Chris Christie: Drop by...

Conservative Home has a petition where people can sign up to urge Paul Ryan to run for president.

Paul Ryan: I'm not running, right now...

Sarah Palin to tour East Coast, New Hampshire...

Mitt Romney to announce June 2...  

Romney's Iowa organization leaner than 2008...

Ed Rogers: Huntsman-Bachmann!...

TIME's Mark Halperin weighs the odds:

Newt Gingrich in New Hampshire; Casting himself as the comeback kid...

Rick Santorum to announce June 6th...

Bachmann: Vote in Congress next week will prevent her from speaking in person at scheduled event...

Bachmann to announce in Waterloo, Iowa, next month...

PPP: Newt Gingrich has completely tanked...

Michele Bachman's 'money bomb' fizzles...

Romney version 2012 means smaller Iowa presence"...

Gallup polling: Romney, Palin lead...

Pawlenty vague on proposed Medicare changes...  Pawlenty: I'd sign Ryan Plan...

Bachmann says false rumors may have come from other campaigns...

Rudy Giuliani heads to New Hampshire...

Politico: Iowa GOP frets over 2012 role...

Gingrich's wife worked for committee heavily lobbied by Tiffany's...

Tim Pawlenty calls for Medicare and Social Security reform -- in Florida...

Donald Trump researches independent 2012 run...

George Pataki says he'll decide on 2012 run by next month...

Iowa COP chairman Matt Strawn: Caucusers aren't too conservative...

Michele Bachmann aims for $250,000 haul...

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter considers a 2012 run...

Gingrich debt critics pile on...

Herman Cain leads passion poll...

Uh-oh: Willie Nelson drops Gary Johnson endorsement...

Sarah Palin 'secret weapon' film set for June release in Iowa!...

American Thinker: Sarah Palin - Leader of the Pack...

Louisiana GOP moves caucuses to maybe January...

Texas polling: Palin 12, Gingrich 11, Paul 10, Perry 4...

N.H. bashes Iowa Caucuses; Craig Robinson defends...

Al Sharpton visits Iowa; says Herman Cain 'very capable candidate'...

Romney advisors: Palin's candidacy would help him dramatically...

Rudy Giuliani 'very close' to joining 2012 race...

WSJ: Pawlenty passes early fortitude test...

Former Speaker of the House Gingrich denies he's a Washington figure; tries to cast himself as an outsider...

Iowa's Gov. Branstad urges Mitt Romney to actively compete in Iowa caucuses...

Trump says late entry still possible...

Pawlenty is betting it all on Iowa...

Who can blame Mitch Daniels?...

Santorum adds Iowa staff...

Rick Santorum: Obama policies challenge definition of U.S...

Newt Gingrich says Iowa lessons guide candidacy...

Newt out of Iowa Independent Power Rankings...

Newt's campaign: Not dead yet...

Rick Schwarm: Daniels' decision could boost Pawlenty, Romney in Iowa...

Tim Pawlenty's 2012 video announcement:

Mitch Daniels is OUT...

John Lithgow 'performs verbatim' the Newt Gingrich press release

Herman Cain makes it official...

Zogby poll: Christie, Cain lead GOP pack...

Suffolk poll: With Huckabee out, Romney takes the lead... 

Gingrich gets picketed in Iowa...

Gingrich quote of the day:

"It's going to take a while for the news media to realize that you're covering something that happens once or twice in a century, a genuine grass-roots campaign of very big ideas. I expect it to take a while for it to sink in."

Tim Pawlenty to announce presidential bid on Monday...

Gingrich to Rush Limbaugh: My 'right-wing social engineering' comment wasn't directed at Paul Ryan...  

GOP donors deserting Newt Gingrich...

IOWA: GOP cancels major Lincoln Dinner after Donald Trump backs out...

"Draft Christie" website launches...

Rasmussen: Obama 43%, Christie 35%...

Iowa Straw Poll: First meeting draws 9 campaigns...

Tim Pawlenty's $800,000 evening...

Mitt Romney hires former Bush aide in South Carolina...

Palin: Media forced Gingrich apology:

Newt Gingrich heads back to Sunday talk shows...

Rush Limbaugh responds to Gingrich aide...

FirstRead: Gingrich 'Dead man walking'...

Herman Cain gains in conservative tracking poll...

Dennis Kucinich would beat Sarah Palin, Donald Trump...

Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin jump to the top in new Gallup poll...

Jon Huntsman eyeing Florida for campaign HQ base...

How Mitch Daniels is winning by waiting...

Gov. Nikki Haley rips Newt Gingrich for "cutting" Paul Ryan "off at the knees"...

Gingrich campaign fights for its life...

Pawlenty: Obamacare waivers part of 'crony politics'...

5 top pundits weigh the 'wide open' Iowa caucus; make their predictions:

Newt Gingrich apologizes to Paul Ryan over budget slap...

Rick Perry presidential push gains steam...

Willie Nelson endorses Gary Johnson...

Michele Bachmann shopping a book...

Ron Paul: Sell the gold in Fort Knox...

Newt Gingrich owed up to $500,000 to Tiffany's...

Iowan to Gingrich: "You're an embarrassment to our party. Why don't you get out before you make a fool of yourself..."

Palin on Pelosi district's Obamacare waiters: "Seriously, this is corrupt"...

WSJ editorial -- Gingrich to House GOP: Drop Dead...

Roger Simon: Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump to skip bloodbath...

Politico: Hating on Iowa...

Sarah Palin send out 400,000 direct-mail effort...

Donald Trump not running...

Romney phone bank hauls in $10.25 million in one day...

Iowa's Gov. Branstad sees wide-open race with Huckabee out...

TIME: Newt flip-flops on Ryan GOP budget plan...

Which Mitch Daniels should Republicans expect?...

Big Trump news due today?...

Nate Silver: Who gets  Huckabee's supporters?...

Open GOP field raises profile of Iowa Straw Poll..

Ron Paul's Iowa campaign offering discount tickets to Iowa Straw Poll...

Union Leader knocks Mitt Romney for RomneyCare defense..

Uh-Oh: Firm did not reveal Romney gifts to board...

George Will: 2012 Presidential election winner down to Obama, Pawlenty and Daniels...

Mike Huckabee: NOT running

WSJ to Mitt: It's nothing personal...

Georgia GOP: Newt's no Herman Cain...

Ron Paul officially announces he is running... 

Ron Paul says he would have opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act...

Tim Pawlenty: Next president will be 'unpopular'...

Mitch Daniels would pick Condi RIce as veep if he runs?...

AP poll shows grim outlook for 2012 GOP players...

Gingrich calls 2012 the biggest election since 1860...

Newt Gingrich's daughter says hospital bed divorce story a myth...

Gingrich names his Iowa caucus team...

Michele Bachmann: Pay me $50 or $100 to run...

Right recoils from Romney's healthcare speech...  Chris Christie applauds Mitt's 'candor'...

Mike Huckabee to make "very important announcement" on Saturday...  Huckabee advisers doubt he will run...

Gingrich's 'Love Seat' predicament...

'Run Mitch, Run' audience chants at address by Daniels' wife Cheri...

Chris Christie: No, I didn't promise Daniels that I'd endorse him...

Gov. Scott Walker walks back Daniels endorsement report...

Donald Trump's insta-policy book due out this summer...

Iowa's Doug Gross: Mitch Daniels 'most effective' GOP leader of decade...

Ron Paul: I wouldn't have killed Osama bin Laden...   Ron Paul says he's optimistic about his 2012 chances...

Gingrich's Iowa connections run deep...  Gingrich adds Koberg, Kauffmann to Iowa team...

Romney says he won't apologize for RomneyCare...

RedState's Eric Erickson to interview Donald Trump LIVE on May 17th...

Huckabee asks for prayers about 2012 run...

PPP poll: Gingrich's prospects look dim...

Romney: The first thing I would do is undo ObamaCare...     Wall Street Journal unloads on Mitt Romney...

Did Romney support a federal healthcare mandate in 1994?...

Palin and Trump: It's complicated...

Ron Paul's Iowa campaign staff appointed...

Gingrich finally, officially announces...

Mike Huckabee starts a new company...

Obradovich: Gingrich shows he's serious...

Gingrich's first swing across Iowa as official presidential candidate...

Politico: Iowa GOP chief Matt Strawn in the spotlight...

Newt's route: Leave no state behind...

Daniels says he can beat Obama...

Donald Trump's poll numbers collapse...

Mitt Romney to break his Iowa drought...

Report: Mitch Daniels wants to run, simply waiting for wife's okay...

Tim Pawlenty to speak at Iowa Reagan 100th birthday celebration...

Huckabee committee pays off old fines...

Gingrich announces presidential run...

Conservative fears of permanent welfare state may create wild 2012 ride...

Iowa's Bob Vander Plaats: Iowa is do or die for Huckabee...

Gingrich to launch 2012 bid on Wednesday...

Juan Williams: Ron Paul is driving Republicans' White House campaign...

Iowa GOP caucus rankings...

Gingrich's secret weapon: Newt Inc....

Chris Christie says he may support Mitch Daniels 2012 run...

Strawn: Window closing for GOP candidates to get into Iowa Straw Poll...

Liberal group targets Trump's 'Celebrity Apprentice'...

N.H. GOP insider chooses Newt Gingrich...

Herman Cain answers Rick Santorum's slight...   Cain hints at May 21st announcement...

Rudy Giuliani could be 'talked into' running...

Jon Huntsman: Why I served Obama...   Huntsman dines with Mike Huckabee...

Cillizza: Waiting for Mitch...

Michele Bachmann wants gun owners on 2012 front lines...

Mitt Romney's South Carolina hesitation...

Iowa GOP donors court Chris Christie...

Rick Santorum stands out in first debate...

Frank Luntz' focus group votes Herman Cain the winner of the debate...

Mitch Daniels says he's not ready yet to debate Barack Obama on foreign policy...

Herman Cain speculates Barack Obama 'jeopardized' Osama bin Laden mission...

Foreign policy dominates S.C. GOP Presidential Debate...

Tim Pawlenty in a debate draw with missing Mitt Romney...

Shock poll: CNN poll shows Ron Paul strongest challenger to Barack Obama!...

Fox ends Gingrich, Santorum ties...

Ron Paul money bomb hauled more than $1 million...

Rasmussen poll: Christie leads, Trump loses when GOP voters asked who they'd definitely vote for...

Ex-Romney campaign chair: I'm done with Mitt...

Mitch Daniels 'on the verge'...

David Koch to Donald Trump: I love ya, but don't run...

Sarah Palin changes foreign policy team, hires Peter Schweizer...

Jon Huntsman creates federal PAC for 2012...  Huntsman's first political appearance will be May 21 in New Hampshire...

Mitch Daniels spoke to George Bush about 2012 run...

Rick Santorum: Enemies still won't fear Barack Obama...

2012 GOP presidential race gets a wake up call...

Chris Christie sees closure in Osama bin Laden's death...

Mitt Romney to skip first GOP debate...

Newt Gingrich to announce next week...

At N.H. GOP dinner, five 2012 hopefuls take aim at Obama...

Gay rights group preps for Ames Straw Poll in Iowa...

Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point...

Sarah Palin raises profile; 2012 plans still unclear...

As other 2012ers hesitate, Pawlenty makes inroads in Iowa...

Yin to Obama's yang, Jon Huntsman eyes 2012 run

Mitt Romney trips over 'hang' metaphor...

Huckabee fires up NRA crowd...

 

 

House/Senate

Rep. Joe Klein: The result in NY-26 was a 'victory for socialism'...

Democrats put GOP on the spot as Medicare Plan vote fails...

Ryan: Medicare played a role in Democrats' special election win...

Dem Kathy Hochul wins; GOP loses special election in New York...

Paul Ryan declines run for open Wisconsin senate seat, opening the way for Tommy Thompson...

Wisconsin: Ex-Gov. Tommy Thompson also eyeing Herb Kohl's soon to be open senate seat...

Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl won't run for reelection; Paul Ryan and Russ Feingold eyeing seat...

Rand Paul: Right to healthcare is like believing in 'slavery'...

Eric Cantor: 'Not one Republican vote' to borrow more without cuts...

Business groups to Congress: Raise the debt ceiling, and do it now!...

House conservatives demand deficit be cut in half by next year...

Senate Dems target millionaires for tax in draft budget outline...

Analysis: Only 24% of GOP credit Obama with Bin Laden kill...

 

 

Obama/White House

Mitt Romney gives Obama an 'F'...

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

Obama goes golfing on Memorial Day...

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

Netanyahu showed the GOP how to deal with Obama...

FAIL: Obama's budget doesn't get a single vote...

Obama: We're working on gun control 'under the radar'...

Obama botches toast to Queen Elizabeth...

Obama signs name in Westminster Abbey guestbook, dates it 2008...

Rasmussen: Obama 45, generic GOP 44...

PPP: Obama winning in Ohio...

Netanyahu speech before Congress gets 29 standing ovations; sends message to Obama...

Biden doesn't applaud Netanyahu line that Jerusalem will not be divided...

Reid rebukes Obama on Israel...

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says he expects Obama to lose in 2012...

Obama digging up dirt on potential opponent Chris Christie...

Obama presses Israel to make 'hard choices'...

Obama seeks to soothe Israeli fury over his new Mid East peace proposals...

Obama sides with Palestinians...

Netanyahu to Obama: Take it back...

Mitt Romney: Obama threw Israel 'under the bus'...

Knesset member: Obama is the new Arafat...

Gallup: Obama's approval rating drops another 2 points...

Battleground poll finds Obama immune on economy...

Gallup: Obama slips back to 48/45...

Border community organizing petition to protest Obama's 'moat' speech...

Gov. Brewer to President Obama: Stop the jokes and secure the border...

Obama says drill...

Obama campaign turns on Washington...

Bill Clinton: I'll be surprised if Obama isn't reelected...

Obama Administration approves 200 more new ObamaCare waivers...

Revealed: Osama bin Laden wanted to kill President Obama...

SEAL helmet cams DID record entire bin Laden raid...

Obama to renew Muslim outreach...

Fake but real is over: White House to quit re-enactments for news photos...

Gas prices threaten 'bin Laden bounce'...

Reuters poll: Obama "way ahead" of 2012 GOP candidates...

Michelle Obama invites 'Burn a Bush' rapper Common to White House poetry event...   State police 'outraged' over rapper invite to White House...

Roger Simon: Barack Obama becomes the 'moxie president'...

WSJ/NBC News: Only 3-point bounce?...

Obama heads to El Paso to push for immigration overhaul...

GOP signals subpoena for White House over leaked draft...

Tailspin: Obama's numbers on economy reach new low in NBC/WSJ poll...

High unemployment in battleground states could hamper Obama's campaign...

Gay donors fuel Obama's 2012 campaign...

Release of Obama birth certificate cuts number of birthers in half...

David Koch gives Obama zero credit for Bin Laden's death...

Paper: Bush turned down Ground Zero invite because Obama's claiming all the credit...

AP, Reuters journalists describe staging of Obama photo taken after TV announcement of bin Laden's death...

Outsider hired for Obama speeches...

Bush declines Obama's invitation to Ground Zero...  Obama also invites Rudy Giuliani to join him at Ground Zero event...

NYTimes/CNS poll: Big rise in job approval for Obama after Bin Laden raid...

Rasmussen polling: No immediate bounce for Obama...

Rudy Giuliani praises Barack Obama's risk taking...   Giuliani OK with Osama bin Laden burial at sea...

Obama interrupts Trump's 'Celebrity Apprentice' to announce Osama Bin Laden's death...

Obama mocks Trump at White House Correspondents' Assoc. dinner

Obama's father forced out at Harvard...

 

 

Economy

New, federally-mandated light bulbs will cost $50 each...

U.S. has reached the debt limit...

Unemployment back up to 9%...

One in seven on Food Stamps...

 

 

TRENDS:

Supreme Court upholds Arizona law penalizing employers over illegal workers...

Bill Clinton wants an Internet truth squad agency...

Teacher refuses to hang student's drawing of American flag...   "I support Frankie Girard and the U.S. Flag'...  Frankie's father explains what REALLY happened

Arizona is taking immigration law to U.S. Supreme Court...

Arizona seeks online donations to build border fence...   UPDATE: Cash is pouring in!...

Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state...

 

 

GOP/RNC:

Karl Rove: Sarah Palin thinks the rules don't apply to her... 

Mitch Daniels advises GOP to go on the offense on Medicare...

Republicans lose special election in New York...   Ryan: Medicare played a role in Democrats' special election win...

Donald Rumsfeld hits the comeback trail...

2012 courting in Iowa fuels tension between GOP factions...

Paul Ryan blasts Newt Gingrich over Medicare...

Jim DeMint tells all in new book...

Dick Cheney's new memoir due this Summer...

Wisconsin open senate seat: Can anyone top Tommy Thompson?...

Gingrich slams House GOP Medicare plan...   Republicans livid over Gingrich's 'hypocrisy' in attack on Ryan...

Guardian UK: 2016 is the real Republican race...

Gallup: For the first time, a majority of Republicans support third party...

Boehner: Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie should run for president...

Speaker Boehner to demand not billions, but TRILLIONS in cuts...

Rubio, Kirk, and Ayotte: The new Republican hawks...

Cheney: Lift the ban on waterboarding...

GOP: Harsh interrogation led to bin Laden...

John Bolton warns on Israel's increasing vulnerability...

Republicans pushing for more to join presidential race...

 

 

DEM/DNC:

John Edwards may face criminal charges as feds give green light...

Al Sharpton is coming to Iowa...

Hillary Clinton refuses to meet with Jimmy Carter...

DCCC invokes Gingrich criticism of Ryan budget to attack GOPers...

ObamaCare waiver granted for Harry Reid's ENTIRE state...

1 in 5 ObamaCare waivers are in Nancy Pelosi's district...

DCCC launches new campaign: Vote Republicans, End Medicare...

Hillary looming large in Iowa for 2016...

Nancy Pelosi trashes pro-life bill on Mothers Day...

Democrats' plan would offset deficit by ending big oil's tax breaks...

Harry Reid: "Marco Rubio has to understand who he is..."  

 

 

Conservatives/Tea Party

Conservatives' bill aims for strict spending limit of 18% of GDP...

Jim DeMint to 2012 field: You must support a balanced budget amendment...

The Koch brothers are being tracked by liberal groups...

Newsmax: The voice of 'heartland' conservatism...

Sen. Olympia Snowe braces for Tea Party challenge in Maine...

 

 

 

QUOTES: 

"She's making more money now than God ever intended her to make" - Charlie Cook

"Medicare is going bankrupt - and anyone who says it isn't is simply lying." -Marco Rubio

"I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on..." -Dick Cheney

"You now own this. Get the one man who can explain it, argue it and actually change minds on this.
You need leadership on this or otherwise the Republicans are going to sink on this
" -Charles Krauthammer

"This film is a call to action for a campaign like 1976: Reagan vs. the establishment. Let's have a good old-fashioned brouhaha." -Stephen Bannon

 "The truth about federal energy subsidies, including federal subsidies for ethanol, is that they have to be phased out.
We simply can't afford them anymore..." -Tim Pawlenty

"Newt Gingrich decided to deliver the Democrats' 2012 campaign tagline for them..." -Steve Deace

"I do have the fire in my belly." -Sarah Palin

"Gingrich appears to be a man out of time..." -Chris Cillizza

 RE: Gingrich --  "With allies like that, who needs the left?" -Paul Ryan

"I suspect that once I pull the trigger Saturday night, things will get even crazier..."  -Mike Huckabee

"we won't be surprised if Mr. Romney's campaign suffers as many broken bones (433) as Knievel..." -Wall Street Journal

"[killing Osama bin Laden] absolutely was not necessary." -Ron Paul

"It wouldn't be honest. I did what I believed was right for the people of my state."  -Mitt Romney

"If [Mitt Romney] does not change his message, he might as well try to knock off Joe Biden and get on the Obama ticket..."  -Wall Street Journal

"I've told the folks in Iowa and New Hampshire in the last few weeks, 'Don't endorse. Watch what they do.
See if they take a stand or stay on the sidelines. These vague and general answers aren't going to work..." -Jim DeMint

"there's no doubt that as President Bush has to make some very, very hard calls that frankly helped to set this up,
President Obama had to make some very difficult calls to bring it to conclusion..." -Condi Rice

"I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, okay? Do I need to say more?" -Harry Reid

"These are the types of decision that would keep me up at night. Well done, sir...." -Obama mocks Trump

 

 

 


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