Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole would like to see Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, as the Republican nominee against President Obama in 2012. “We’re due for another Eisenhower,” the 87-year-old Dole said during a weekend visit to his […]

Former New York Gov. George Pataki says that he’ll be watching Monday night’s debate in New Hampshire very closely. In an op-ed piece in Friday’s New Hampshire Union Leader, the former three-term governor of New York said that he’ll be watching to see which candidates — if any — […]

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who is expected to declare his candidacy in the next week and a half, told CNN’s Candy Crowley that President Obama has failed miserably when it comes to the economy. “On the economic side, there are no signs of success, […]

Thomas A. Schweich of Missouri, a onetime chief of staff to former UN Ambassador John Bolton, has publicly endorsed Mitt Romney’s candidacy, reports POLITICO. Schweich, who was elected State Auditor in 2010, was one of several big name Republicans in the Show Me State to […]

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays, a moderate Republican who briefly toyed with the idea of running for governor of Connecticut last year, is reportedly eyeing the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman. Shays, who narrowly lost his seat to Democrat Jim Himes in […]

Like the Titanic’s Edward Smith, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal apparently plans to go down with his sinking ship. Despite yesterday’s mass exodus of key staffers, the Georgia governor told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he plans to stick with Newt Gingrich, regardless of what happens in […]

Disappointed by the current crop of GOP presidential candidates, a group of Republican state lawmakers in South Carolina are attempting to prod New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie into the increasingly crowded contest. Led by state Reps. Kris Crawford and Phyllis Henderson, about a dozen lawmakers […]

In an interview with David Frost that aired on Al Jazeera television last Friday, long shot GOP hopeful Fred Karger, the first openly gay candidate to seek a major-party presidential nomination, described the current field of Republican presidential candidates as “mediocre” and that presumptive front-runner […]

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who officially tossed his hat into the ring on Monday, has reportedly launched the presidential campaign’s first paid advertising, a 60-second satellite radio spot that will run for two weeks on the Fox radio network and on select stations in […]

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the GOP’s emerging frontrunner, has opted out of the quadrennial straw poll in Ames, Iowa, later this summer, according to CNN. “Our campaign has made the decision to not participate in any straw polls, whether it’s in Florida, Iowa, Michigan […]