The Real Reason Why Huckabee Won’t Run?
Long-shot presidential aspirant Fred Karger of California told supporters in an e-mail earlier today that there is one less candidate in the Republican presidential race and he couldn’t be happier. “I know Mike Huckabee is supposed to be a nice guy, but his hateful words about the LGBT community will now be confined to his [...]
Key Huckabee Supporter in South Carolina Backs Jon Huntsman
A key supporter of Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential campaign in South Carolina said today that he will back Jon Huntsman for the Republican presidential nomination if the former Utah governor and ex-ambassador to China enters the race, according to several sources. Mike Campbell, the son of the late Gov. Carroll Campbell and whose mother served [...]
‘The Donald’ Ducks Out
Donald Trump ended months of speculation by saying what many others already knew. He’s not running for president in 2012. The publicity-seeking real estate mogul and television celebrity announced his decision in a statement earlier this afternoon. “After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the presidency,” said Trump. [...]
Milton Street Tries to Shake Up Philadelphia’s Sleepy Mayoral Race
While an unusually low turnout is expected in Philadelphia’s low-key mayoral primary on Tuesday, the only real suspense — at least on the Democratic side — is precisely how many Democrats will reluctantly cast a protest vote for former state Sen. T. Milton Street, Sr., Mayor Michael Nutter’s only rival on the primary ballot. The flamboyant [...]
Hewitt: GOP Should Exclude Ron Paul from Presidential Debates
Nationally-syndicated radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, whose conservative radio program can be heard in more than 120 cities across the country every weekday afternoon, is urging the Republican National Committee to intervene in the 2012 Republican presidential debates and exclude Rep. Ron Paul and other “marginal candidates” from participating in future debates. Hewitt, who [...]
George Will Says Newt Gingrich is ‘Not a Serious Candidate’
During his appearance on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour,” columnist George F. Will said that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is not a serious candidate for president. “He’s been out of elective office for 12 years,” said Will. “Now, John Quincy Adams was out for 17 years when he became President — [...]
Tommy Thompson Eyes Herb Kohl’s Senate Seat in Wisconsin
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson is seriously eyeing the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl, according to the National Journal. Thompson, however, isn’t expected to make a final decision on the race until Rep. Paul Ryan — considered one of the GOP’s hottest commodities nationally — decides whether or not he wants to [...]
Tomblin and Maloney Capture Primaries in West Virginia
Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who had consistently maintained a double-digit lead throughout the campaign, won the Democratic nomination for governor of West Virginia in Saturday’s special gubernatorial primary. Tomblin, a fiscal conservative who took over as governor when two-term Democratic governor Joe Manchin replaced the late Robert C. Byrd in the U.S. Senate, received [...]
Huckabee’s Heart Says ‘No’
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a surprise winner of the 2008 Iowa caucuses and considered by many pundits and pollsters as a leading contender for the GOP’s nomination this time around, declared that he will not be a candidate for president in 2012. He announced his decision during his Saturday night program from the Fox [...]
West Virginia Chooses Nominees for Governor Today
West Virginians head to the polls today to nominate candidates for governor in a special election triggered by the death of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate. Byrd’s death last summer and the subsequent election of then-Gov. Joe Manchin to fill the remainder of the 92-year-old lawmaker’s Senate term, set [...]
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