Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer said yesterday that he’ll formally announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination later this month, probably during a trip to New Hampshire, site of the first-in-the-nation primary. “I’m good at campaigning,” Roemer told a small crowd of supporters in […]

Rick Santorum, whose declaration of candidacy yesterday was largely overshadowed by U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s late afternoon press conference, said that he‘s running to win. “I’m ready to lead. I’m ready to do what has to be done for the next generation, with the courage […]

Veteran political strategist Ed Rollins has been tapped to help U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann assemble her presidential campaign, according to numerous sources. “If she runs, I’ll help her,” Rollins told CNN. Rollins, the chief architect of President Reagan’s reelection landslide in 1984, most recently worked […]

Former Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is reportedly thinking about challenging Sen. Sherrod Brown in next year’s U.S. Senate race in Ohio. “The reality is that Sherrod Brown needs to be defeated,” Blackwell told a reporter shortly after addressing the Faith & Freedom Conference in […]

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, one of several dark-horse candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination, will make it official later today. The former senator will formally declare his candidacy for president in Somerset County in western Pennsylvania, close to a coal mine where his grandfather […]

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will deliver a major economic address Tuesday morning in Chicago, CNN reported this weekend. “His speech will include a plan to balance the Federal budget, overhaul the Federal tax code, reduce regulation and increase American innovation and investment,” an aide […]

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 […]