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Ron Paul’s Quarterly Haul Exceeds $3.5 Million; Cain’s ‘Money Bomb’ Fizzles

Ron Paul’s Quarterly Haul Exceeds $3.5 Million; Cain’s ‘Money Bomb’ Fizzles

With Thursday’s quarterly fundraising deadline looming on the horizon, Herman Cain’s first “money bomb” — an online fundraising tool perfected long ago by rival Ron Paul — appears to have fizzled. As of early Tuesday morning, it appears that Cain’s online money bomb raised only […]

by · June 28, 2011 · 4 comments ·
Herman Cain Loses Two Key Staffers

Herman Cain Loses Two Key Staffers

Perhaps it’s something about working for Georgians, but Newt Gingrich isn‘t the only GOP presidential candidate suffering from staff defections. Pizza baron Herman Cain’s lone New Hampshire staffer has resigned from his campaign, reports the Union Leader’s John DiStaso. Matt Murphy, a veteran Republican organizer […]

by · June 28, 2011 · 1 comment ·
Woolsey Won’t Seek 11th Term in Congress

Woolsey Won’t Seek 11th Term in Congress

Democratic Rep. Lynn Woolsey of California announced Monday that she will not seek an eleventh term in Congress next year. Woolsey, 73, was one of 133 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted against authorization of the Iraq War in 2002.  She has […]

by · June 27, 2011 · 0 comments ·
Bachmann Makes It Official, Says She Can Defeat Obama

Bachmann Makes It Official, Says She Can Defeat Obama

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann made it official earlier today, formally announcing her candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa. Bachmann, a darling of the Tea Party movement, told a crowd of about 200 people gathered outside the historic Snowden […]

by · June 27, 2011 · 0 comments ·
Hunsicker to Challenge Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th District

Hunsicker to Challenge Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th District

Real estate broker and homebuilder David Hunsicker plans to challenge House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th congressional district. Hunsicker, a retired Air Force pilot who flew combat missions in Vietnam, has run for Congress twice previously, most recently losing a 2008 Democratic primary […]

by · June 27, 2011 · 1 comment ·
Pataki Continues to Fuel Presidential Speculation

Pataki Continues to Fuel Presidential Speculation

Saying that he has yet to hear one of the Republican presidential candidates outline a comprehensive approach to dealing with the country’s grave debt crisis, former Gov. George Pataki of New York appears to be inching closer to a possible presidential bid of his own. […]

by · June 26, 2011 · 0 comments ·
Santorum Names Key Staffers in S.C.

Santorum Names Key Staffers in S.C.

Hoping for lightning to strike in next year’s South Carolina primary — a key early battleground state in the Republican presidential sweepstakes — former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum generated some thunder on the right this weekend when he announced several key additions to his fledgling […]

by · June 26, 2011 · 0 comments ·
Romney, Bachmann Battle for Lead in Iowa; Pawlenty Lags Behind

Romney, Bachmann Battle for Lead in Iowa; Pawlenty Lags Behind

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann appear headed for a real dogfight in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus, according to a poll published earlier this evening by the Des Moines Register. The poll, based on telephone interviews of 400 likely Republican caucus-goers, shows […]

by · June 25, 2011 · 1 comment ·
Bachmann Running Iowa Radio Spot in Advance of Monday’s Announcement

Bachmann Running Iowa Radio Spot in Advance of Monday’s Announcement

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, who will make a pair of television appearances tomorrow in advance of her formal declaration of candidacy on Monday — appearing on both CBS’s “Face the Nation” and “Fox News Sunday” — is running a 60-second radio spot in Iowa […]

by · June 25, 2011 · 0 comments ·
American Crossroads Airs Ad Slamming Obama on Economy

American Crossroads Airs Ad Slamming Obama on Economy

American Crossroads, one of two outside organizations founded by Karl Rove and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie that played such a large role in the 2010 mid-term elections, is launching a new television commercial slamming President Obama on the economy. The hard-hitting 30-second spot, which is […]

by · June 25, 2011 · 0 comments ·