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  • Bachmann now the Iowa frontrunner Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:57PMA new poll vaults her (barely) ahead of Romney, way ahead of Pawlenty.
  • DNC: Fact Checking Mitt "47th out of 50" Romney Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:56PMContact: DNC Press: +1-202-863-8148, dncpress@dnc.org
  • U.K. Bookmaker William Hill Seeks Nevada Wagers on Palin, ‘American Idol’ Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 4:22AMWilliam Hill, which agreed this year to buy Nevada-based sports-betting companies Brandywine Bookmaking LLC, American Wagering Inc. and Club Cal Neva, expects the Nevada Gaming Commission to grant it a gambling license before the November 2012 U.S. presidential election, Chief Executive Officer Ralph Topping said.
  • Little-known Republican McCotter opens White House bid Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 1:55AMThaddeus McCotter, a guitar-playing Michigan congressman with an independent streak, formally launched a longshot bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Saturday.
  • Area GOP leaders: Strong Southern candidate needed Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 11:07PMWith an unsettled and cluttered Republican field in the lead-up to the 2012 presidential primaries, some Alabama Republicans say a strong Southern candidate is needed on the ticket.
  • Bachmann gains support in NH poll Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:15AMBOSTON—A Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH TV) poll of likely voters in New Hampshire’s GOP presidential primary revealed Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn has climbed 8 points since May, now maintaining 11 percent of likely Republican Primary voters’ support in the Granite State. Bachmann, who now controls the second most support of any candidate, has gained more points than other candidate since ...
  • Brown names new communications director Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:03AMUS Senator Scott Brown has named a new communications director. Marcie Ridgway Kinzel will oversee all his interaction with the media, as well as the Massachusetts Republican’s efforts to have the public understand his priorities and decision-making.
  • Mixed Message: Should Obama Stop Trying to Defend the Recovery? Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:27AMPresident Obama may make a huge mistake by trying to convince voters he saved the economy from a much worse fate
  • Rove Tops President Obama as Drawing Card in Democrat Burton’s Fundraising Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:09AMBurton, a former White House spokesman, says the specter of political victories orchestrated by Republican strategist Karl Rove and billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch fires up contributors more than Obama’s accomplishments do.
  • Mitt Romney appears to be the one to beat in GOP race Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 5:25PMWASHINGTON (MCT) — It’s true, the recent pruning of the Republican presidential field helps anyone still in the race and helps explain why Sarah Palin is generating political gossip again with a suddenly announced tour of the Northeast.
  • NEW – Trump says no to presidential run Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 7:15PMAfter months of flirting with politics, Donald Trump said today he won’t run for president, choosing to stick with hosting “The Celebrity Apprentice” over a bid for the Republican nomination.
  • Donald Trump not running for president in 2012 Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 7:13PMDonald Trump announced on Monday that he will not be seeking the Republican nomination to run for president.
  • Mitt Romney Loses Support Of New Hampshire Campaign Head Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 10:37PMMitt Romney has lost the support of Bruce Keough, the New Hampshire Republican who oversaw his campaign in 2008. New Hampshire’s primary is crucial for Romney in the 2012 presidential race. Keough, however, told Mother Jones in an interview that he’s no longer sure what Romney stands for, stating that his questionable political identity and inability to hold consistent positions as a politician ...
  • Utah News Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 5:17AMU.S. likely to release Osama photo » The Obama administration was still debating whether to release gruesome images of Osama bin Laden’s corpse, balancing efforts to demonstrate to the world that he was dead against the risk that the images could provoke further anti-U.S. sentiment.
  • Obama pokes fun at possible 2012 challengers Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 6:18AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama left no target untouched on Saturday, poking fun at his potential rivals in the 2012 presidential election in a speech to journalists and high-powered Washington officials.
  • Romney’s plan for tax breaks stirs debate Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 8:28AMLikely presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to use the promise of huge tax breaks to entice large corporations to move their overseas profits back to the United States, in hopes they would create a wealth of new jobs for US workers.
  • Leo Hindery, Jr.: The Myths of Offshoring - The Imperative of Manufacturing Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 3:10PMFor fully two decades, the American people have been fed the canard that the offshoring of literally millions of American manufacturing jobs is an acceptable...
  • Morning Must Reads: Opportunities Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 2:24PMPresident Obama visits Parkville Middle School in Maryland on February 14. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque) --Secretary of State Clinton on protests in Tehran: "We wish the opposition and the brave people in the streets across cities in Iran the same opportunities that they saw their Egyptian counterparts seize." --The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recognizes [...]
  • Conservatives Cautious On 2012 Presidential Pick Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 9:27AMConservatives are fired up to defeat President Barack Obama. Now the hard part: finding their candidate.
  • Obama to offer deep cuts in domestic spending Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 9:21AMPresident Obama, who is proposing his third annual budget tomorrow, will say that it can reduce projected deficits by $1.1 trillion over the next decade, enough to stabilize the nation’s fiscal health and buy time to address its longer-term problems, according to a senior administration official.
  • GOP candidates hope to deliver on 2012 promises Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 9:09AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans who want to be the one to make Barack Obama a one-term president are promising big changes should the GOP win the White House in 2012.
  • Utahns would choose Mitt Romney over Jon Huntsman Jr. for president Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 6:14AMSALT LAKE CITY – More than twice as many Utahns would vote for Mitt Romney over Jon Huntsman Jr. in a GOP presidential primary, according to a new Deseret News/KSL poll.
  • Paul captures straw voting Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 6:05AMTexas Rep. Ron Paul won the straw poll of conservative activists Saturday as their top choice for the 2012 presidential nomination, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished a strong second.
  • Conservatives again back Ron Paul for presidential nominee Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 5:48AMTexas lawmaker takes straw poll for 2012 nomination
  • They Didn’t Make a Year: Terrence Howard and Wife Announce Divorce Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 1:27PM*Terrence Howard can now change his Facebook status to “single” because he and his wife, Michelle Ghent, are throwing in the towel. Just days before their one-year anniversary, the two filed for divorce. It was only last year January the couple was spotted at their small ceremony exchanging vows. But now they are exchanging pens [...]
  • Huntsman Plans to Resign as U.S. Ambassador to China Monday, January 31, 2011 @ 10:50PMJon Huntsman , the U.S. ambassador to China, has told the Obama administration he plans to resign, said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs , a signal the former Utah governor may be considering a bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
  • A big warning sign for Romney Friday, January 28, 2011 @ 10:06AMMany of his top supporters from the last campaign say they’re making no promises this time.
  • Some Conservatives Boycott Conference Over Gay Group’s Role Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 8:38PMSome pillars of the movement are refusing to attend next month’s Conservative Political Action Conference because a gay group, GOProud, is one of several dozen co-sponsors.
  • Thune Finishes Last In N.H. Straw Poll Sunday, January 23, 2011 @ 2:47PMSenator John Thune finishes last in New Hampshire presidential straw poll
  • Republican Tim Pawlenty says "leaning towards" 2012 race Tuesday, January 18, 2011 @ 3:59PMFormer Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said on Tuesday he is leaning toward running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
  • Pence urged to enter race for president in 2012 Tuesday, January 18, 2011 @ 3:03AMRalph Benko, a deputy counsel to Ronald Reagan, announced the America’s President Committee to encourage a Pence-for-president bid. Former Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan., is also helping the campaign to collect signatures from conservatives and Tea Party activists.
  • Pence urged to enter race for president in 2012 Tuesday, January 18, 2011 @ 12:28AMWASHINGTON - An independent campaign to draw GOP Rep. Mike Pence into the 2012 presidential race is under way, with a veteran of the Reagan White House launching a petition drive today urging him to enter the primary contests.
  • Possible Republican White House candidates in 2012 Friday, January 14, 2011 @ 5:29PMOnly one year before the first voting in the 2012 presidential election, no Republican has formally announced his or her candidacy in an unusually slow start to the campaign.
  • The world in 2011: a look at the year ahead Monday, January 3, 2011 @ 4:07PMhe New Year is a time for predictions, so here are a few from around the world for 2011 by HDS Greenway, GlobalPost BOSTON The New Year is a time for predictions, so here are a few for 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama will not earn his Nobel Peace Prize retroactively by bringing peace to the Middle East this year.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  • First Thoughts: Ten questions for 2011 Monday, January 3, 2011 @ 2:50PMTen questions to start 2011: 1) What will the economy look like come December?... 2) Will the New Year bring us an unexpected event or two or three?...
  • CPAC attendance raises gay issue Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 1:45AMSome of the biggest names in social conservatism are opting out of the upcoming high-profile Conservative Political Action Conference in response to what they see as the growing marginalization of social issues, culminating in the participation of GOProud, a gay-rights Republican group. The Family Research Council and Concerned Women of ...
  • Barack Obama: The remake | Editorial Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ 5:34PMIf the last session of Congress proved anything, it is that the US president has to fight to win – and start being the star of his own show A bruising year for Barack Obama is ending on a comparatively high note. The lame duck session of a Congress characterised by obstructionism saw welcome, if belated, cracks opening up in the Republican monolith. In one day last week, 13 Republicans crossed ...
  • DeMint: Palin has done more for the GOP ‘than anyone since Reagan’ Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ 5:15PMThe two have never met, but Sarah Palin’s star power hasn’t gone unnoticed by Sen. Jim DeMint.
  • Sarah Palin Email Release Delayed 14-Plus Times Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ 4:25PMRequests for Official Emails From Time in Office Date Back to October 2008; May be Released Next Summer
  • The year in S.C. politics Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ 1:20AMIt was a year of firsts. Now, as 2011 unfolds, South Carolinians will learn what difference those firsts will make. Or do they matter at all, when there is no money?
  • New Sarah Palin book goes on the attack Saturday, December 25, 2010 @ 12:33AMSarah Palin is the former governor of Alaska and she entered in to politics in the year 2008 and now she is a nominee in the presidential election for the year 2012. She is now ruling and having fans from the social networks like face book and twitter.
  • Senate ratifies nuke pact with Russia Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 9:37AMThe Senate on Wednesday ratified an arms control treaty with Russia that reins in the nuclear weapons that could plunge the world into doomsday
  • Arms treaty with Russia is ratified Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 9:02AMWASHINGTON - The Senate voted, 71-26, Wednesday to approve a historic U.S.-Russia treaty that requires both nations to reduce the number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons.
  • Brown backs Obama on nuclear treaty Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 7:51AMU.S. Sen. Scott Brown joined several other Republicans in giving President Barack Obama votes on Tuesday to secure Senate ratification of a new arms control treaty with Russia that would give him a foreign policy victory to top his postelection political wins.
  • New START treaty may be ratified Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 7:44AMAssociated Press, WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama locked up enough Republican votes Tuesday to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia that would cap nuclear warheads for both former Cold War foes and restart on-site weapons inspections.
  • Senate ratifies arms accord Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 5:36AMThe Senate ratified an arms control treaty with Russia yesterday that reins in the nuclear weapons that could plunge the world into doomsday, giving President Obama a major foreign policy win in Congress’ waning hours.
  • Obama finding a way through the legislative ‘gridlock’ Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 2:18AMWith Republicans entangled in their own contradictions, Obama finds an opening to make legislative gains
  • Romney also on vacation in Hawaii Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 12:52AMPotential Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is also vacationing in Hawaii with his family. Romney and his wife, Ann, are on
  • Kathleen Reardon: Why Republicans Get To Cry Monday, December 13, 2010 @ 3:30PMOn "60 Minutes" Sunday you may have seen a story about John Boehner, presumptive speaker of the House. He cried a few times, almost losing...
  • Should we take Sarah Palin seriously? You betcha Sunday, December 12, 2010 @ 4:05AMMany card-carrying members of this country’s political intelligentsia — even some who believe the republic would never be the same after a President Sarah Palin — no longer regard that possibility as wildly far-fetched.