Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul believes the American people are slowly but surely moving in his direction. His views on limited government, he says, are no longer considered outside the mainstream. “During the last campaign, I knew what was happening,” the longtime Texas congressman said […]
Long shot GOP hopeful Herman Cain holds a double-digit lead among Georgia voters, according to an InsiderAdvantage/WSB-TV poll released on Friday. The former pizza executive and radio talk show host is favored by 26 percent of likely Republican voters in the state. Minnesota congresswoman Michele […]
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold was the top choice of Wisconsin Democrats in both the 2012 U.S. Senate contest and possible gubernatorial race in a straw poll conducted at yesterday’s state convention in Milwaukee. Feingold, who is still contemplating his political future after his stunning […]
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says he will skip Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus if he enters the 2012 presidential campaign. “I’m not competing in Iowa for a reason,” said Huntsman, a former ambassador to China. “I don’t believe in subsidies that prop up corn, soybeans and […]
Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz picked up two key endorsements this past week in his bid for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in the Lone Star State. Cruz is one of several high-profile GOP candidates seeking the seat of retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. […]
In a move that surprised many Beltway pundits, Minnesota’s Michele Bachmann, a hard-line conservative on most foreign policy issues, joined with traditional non-interventionists such as Ron Paul of Texas and North Carolina’s Walter Jones on Friday in supporting U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s resolution calling for […]
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who has been noticeably absent from the campaign trail since a Rotary Club luncheon in South Carolina on May 27, is expected to return to the stump for a screening of his documentary about Pope John Paul II […]
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson learned yesterday that he will not be allowed to participate in the June 13 Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire hosted by CNN, the New Hampshire Union Leader and WMUR radio. Johnson, 58, is the only one of the […]
Struggling to find a credible challenger to two-term Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, some Michigan Republicans have recently floated the name of radio talk show host Frank Beckmann, reports POLITICO’s David Catanese. Beckmann, a nationally-renowned sportscaster and longtime voice of University of Michigan football, chuckled at […]
A Survey/USA poll released earlier this week shows that former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, who announced his candidacy nearly two weeks ago, and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, the Tea Party darling who is expected to declare her candidacy later this month in Iowa, would both […]
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