“Today I am suspending the campaign, but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship,” Gingrich said. He thanked Rick Perry, Herman Cain and casino mogul and super PAC donor Sheldon Adelson, among others. Gingrich said of South Carolina, where he won the Republican presidential primary, that he had “broken their tradition of always picking [...]
About the only thing more notable than the donor information super PACs this week revealed is the information they didn’t. Super PACs filed reports with the Federal Election Commission that outlined what they raised — and from whom — in the last six months of 2011. The pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future, for [...]
After a year of seemingly endless debates and incessant polling and punditry, Republican primary voters finally are getting their chance to weigh in and make their choice for the person they believe can lead the nation and more importantly send President Obama on a permanent vacation. The Iowa caucuses scrambled the field but probably raised [...]
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters at his caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A squeaker of an Iowa victory in hand, Mitt Romney headed into the New Hampshire primary insisting that staying power sets him apart from [...]
(CNN) — In 2012, a strong Web presence must be part of every political hopeful’s strategy. On the eve of Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses, the first official contest of this year’s presidential campaign, we take a look at how the seven Republican hopefuls are presenting themselves in the digital world of social media. This includes everything [...]
(CNN) — Tuesday night, after the results of the Iowa caucuses are in, Rick Santorum could well confront the 10 most important minutes of his political life. Iowa is not the Super Bowl; it’s a playoff game. If Santorum exceeds expectations and finishes in the top three, close to Ron Paul and Mitt Romney, he [...]
With less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses, it looks like the “come-from-way-behind Rick Santorum boomlet” I joked about a month ago could actually be a reality. And unlike many of the other candidate surges that have caused whiplash in this GOP primary season, Santorum’s actually makes sense. It still doesn’t mean [...]
Following a 40-14 Broncos’ loss to the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, Maher tweeted, “Wow, Jesus just … #TimTebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler ‘Hey, Buffalo’s killing them’. (Adult language has been removed from the Tweet.) Predictably, the dig from the atheist comedian didn’t go over well [...]
The last Republican presidential debate of 2011 is in the books. It was a remarkably sedate affair with the frontrunning candidates — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney — playing it safe and staying away from any direct attacks on one another. Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Speaker of the [...]
Ron Paul’s continuing strength in Iowa earned him a series of attacks from his rivals on stage Thursday — and a grilling from Fox News personalities during and after the debate. Though they enrage Paul’s passionate followers, political analysts often say his views on foreign policy, drug laws and the federal government are seen as [...]
