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  • First Thoughts: McConnell’s parachute Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:36PMSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposal yesterday enables President Obama and Wall Street to escape from default. It also provides an escape for Speaker John Boehner.
  • How Bachmann Could Win Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:25PMRomney is the front-runner for the GOP nomination. But Bachmann’s fundraising prowess makes her the obvious runner-up.
  • Giuliani considers another run Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:26AMStill flirting with another presidential run, Rudy Giuliani is set to make what an aide calls an "important trip" to New Hampshire aimed...
  • Giuliani making another NH trip this week Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:00AMWASHINGTON – Still flirting with another presidential run, Rudolph W. Giuliani is scheduled to make what an aide calls an “important trip” to New Hampshire aimed as much at convincing the former New York mayor to run as convincing the state’s voters that he’s the Republican with the best chance to win in 2012. A planned two-day visit beginning Thursday is designed to showcase Giuliani’s ...
  • Strong start for Bachmann in key state Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:24PMOnly two weeks after announcing she was seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Tea Party favourite Michele Bachmann is already looking like the candidate to beat in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses in February.
  • Poll Frontrunner Romney Leads Republican White House Rivals in Fundraising Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 11:25AMFormer Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who polls show is the leading contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, enjoys a substantial fundraising advantage over his rivals.
  • The squabbles over campaign theme songs Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 3:00AMYou’ve heard this one before: A hopeful politician plays a song at a rally, and a rankled rock star slaps him with a cease-and-desist letter.
  • Obama, in Iowa, appeals for patience on economy Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 4:18PMPresident Obama, in a campaign-style appearance that sought to recall some of the excitement of his long-shot candidacy in 2008, asked Tuesday for patience in reversing job losses that he said were a decade in the...
  • Obama stakes claim to Iowa Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 8:02AMBETTENDORF, Iowa (AFP) — US President Barack Obama yesterday staked out a bold 2012 election claim to Iowa, the key state that launched him towards the White House and is now nurturing his potential Republican foes.
  • Dan Popkey: A role for Idaho in GOP presidential politics? Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:21AMIdaho could become more than a piggy bank for GOP candidates if the Republican Central Committee adopts a proposal to elect delegates at a Super Tuesday caucus, likely on March 6, replacing the primary election in late May.
  • Rivals see N.H. as place to trip up Romney Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 4:16AMOther White House aspirants, gathering for a debate tonight, will try to paint him as a fan of Obamacare and a flip-flopper.
  • Mitt Romney: Boy next door Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 2:02AMMitt Romney is focusing on neighbor-state New Hampshire to strengthen his image as a GOP front-runner.
  • 2012 Watch: Can This Dog Huntsman?; or, Who Decides What a Major Candidate Is? Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 5:20PMPublic Policy Polling recently conducted a survey of Republican voters in early caucus state Iowa.
  • AP News in Brief Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 10:42AMRomney opens formal presidential bid with direct challenge: ‘Barack Obama has failed America’ MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney is opening his first formal day as a 2012 Republican presidential contender with a direct challenge to the man he wants to replace and is pitching himself as ready to repair the nation’s struggling economy. “Barack Obama has failed America,” he says. In excerpts of a ...
  • Will the Tea Party Help Re-Elect Obama? Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 5:06AMWhile the 2008 Democratic presidential primary made the party stronger and contributed to Barack Obama winning the White House, it is probable that the 2012 Republican primary will have the opposite effect on the GOP. As Michael McCarthy, The Globalist’s managing editor, explains, the Tea Party will likely torpedo the GOP’s 2012 prospects.
  • The curse of nationalism Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 3:55AMTHE either-or definition of America’s friends and foes runs the risk of mixing up its self-induced paranoia with alleged prejudice that many across the world are thought to exude, or mask, towards that multi-layered and controversial country.
  • ANDREA NEAL: Nomination process now undignified Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 5:00AMAndrea Neal of Indiana Policy Review writes about Gov. Daniels decision not to see the presidency. She says, "who could blame him?"
  • Women Find Their Voice-On One Side of the Aisle Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 6:21PMJust three years after Hillary Rodham Clinton garnered 18 million votes in her run for the presidency, conservative Republicans are the women in the U.S. spotlight.
  • On the batter for National Fish and Chips Day Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 3:50AMSMALL PRINT:MUSH UP those peas and crack open a snack box, it’s National Fish and Chips Day on Wednesday. The Irish Traditional Italian Chippers Association will be offering half-price fish and chips at their outlets (look out for the ITICA logo) for the second annual event following the success of 2010.
  • Gingrich says Iowa lessons guide candidacy Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 9:25AMOrange City, Ia. - Newt Gingrich on Saturday credited Iowans for saving his already turbulent 11-day-old bid for the presidency.
  • PREP TRACK: Iowa Prep State Track Meet Results: Day 3 Saturday, May 21, 2011 @ 10:30PMIOWA STATE TRACK
  • Candidates, police wrestle with security concerns Saturday, May 21, 2011 @ 6:07PMGlitter thrown at Gingrich in Minneapolis is latest incident.
  • PREP TRACK: Iowa Prep State Track Meet Results -- Day 2 Saturday, May 21, 2011 @ 1:19AMIOWA STATE TRACK
  • Don Walton: Wisconsin Democratic senator comes calling as CIR fate looms Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 12:05AMAt a climactic moment in the turbulent debate over survival of the Commission of Industrial Relations and collective bargaining rights for public employees in Nebraska, a Democratic state senator who was in the midst of the Wisconsin battle will speak in Lincoln this weekend.
  • Explaining presidential exploratory committees Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 2:13PMThe path to the White House used to begin often with a fancy public event where the candidate, flanked by his or her (usually his) loved ones, gave a full-throated declaration of his or her candidacy for president amid balloons, confetti and patriotically colored bunting.
  • Gingrich Announces Official Run for President Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 9:46PMFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced Wednesday via Twitter that he would run for the Republican candidacy for president in 2012.
  • Iowan guides first lady’s UNI speech Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 4:38PM(MCT) — Northeast Iowa native Tyler Lechtenberg says his job as a speechwriter for the Obama White House can be a surreal existence.
  • First Thoughts: Pivoting back to jobs Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 1:10PMFive days after Osama bin Laden’s death, we pivot back to the issue that will likely remain the most important one to voters come Nov. 2012: the economy.
  • Iowan helped write Michelle Obama’s UNI speech Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 9:40PMNortheast Iowa native Tyler Lechtenberg says his job as a speechwriter for the Obama White House can be a surreal existence. He often works one-on-one with first lady Michelle Obama. He sometimes passes the White House Rose Garden on his way to and from meetings.
  • New 2012 GOP Campaign Theme Emerges: ‘Get Off The Sideline’ (The Note) Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 1:19PMOn the eve of the first Republican presidential primary debate -- an event that most of the top-tier field of potential candidates will skip -- former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is imploring his fellow Republicans to “get off the sideline” and get serious about taking on President Obama.
  • Pete Souza/White House Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 3:56PMPresident Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update Sunday on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington.
  • @ FOX: NRA Calls for Resignation of Holder Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 10:50PMHaving deflected questions so far regarding how much he knew about a federal project suspected of allowing guns sold in the U.S. to be illegally smuggled to Mexico, Attorney General Eric Holder is under fire again, this time from the National Rifle Association , a conservative group with a loud voice and influence in Washington.
  • Trump has a long history of assisting Democrats Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 10:08AMWhen it comes to political contributions, Donald Trump has no problem spreading the wealth around.
  • Social conservatives split on whether defunding Planned Parenthood would redeem Daniels after call for social issues ... Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 5:16AMWhen legislation to defund Planned Parenthood hit the desk of Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels late Wednesday night, headlines excitedly proclaimed ‘the truce is over,’ referring to Daniels’ remark last year that the next president would need to call a ‘truce on social issues.’ But social conservatives, many of whom were infuriated by Daniels’ comment, are divided on whether signing the ...
  • Obama releases birth certificate, scoffs at ‘silliness’ Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 2:38PM"We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We got better stuff to do."
  • Openly Gay, Jewish GOP White House Hopeful Campaigns in S.C. Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 1:01PMFred Karger is the openly gay, Jewish Republican presidential candidate that you’ve never heard of. And while he’s certainly not going to change the first four qualifiers after his name, he’s trying to do something about the last.
  • Now, B1 visa emerges a poll issue Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 8:41AM‘Visa abuse’ is a campaign plank in the US amid job losses. The 2012 US Presidential election cycle is still quite some distance away, but posturing by political parties has already begun.
  • A slow start raises concerns about the GOP in 2012 race Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 6:25AMThe 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination is a campaign in super slow motion, with only a handful of candidates raising money, a slew of possible contenders eye-balling the race and no consensus front-runner in sight.
  • Latham to move, challenge Boswell in 3rd District Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 5:19PMSaying he’s never let lines on a map stop him from representing Iowans, 4th District Rep. Tom Latham said today he will run for re-election in the new 3rd District created by redistricting. “I have never let map boundaries block the great honor I have felt in representing the interests of all Iowans,” Latham said [...]
  • Roland S. Martin: Florida GOP should fight Iowa and New Hampshire over primaries Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 11:04AMEvery four years, the folks from the great states of Iowa and New Hampshire get on my nerves.
  • Barack Obama eyes $1bn re-election bid as Republicans ponder challengers Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 2:19AMUS president opts for aggressive start to his 2012 campaign to defeat the Republicans and return to the White House Barack Obama has formally launched his campaign for re-election to the White House next year, hoping to raise a record-breaking $1bn (£620m) in funds as the Republicans struggle to find a clear challenger for the presidency. Obama made the announcement in an email that reached out ...
  • Obama launches $1bn bid to run again Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 12:14AMUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama has officially opened his quest for a second White House term, calling on his supporters to reconnect after two tough years and prepare for a battle to protect his crusade of change.
  • Dems on GOP: What are they waiting for? Monday, April 4, 2011 @ 4:18PMThe first major official candidate for president in 2012 is ... Barack Obama?
  • Steve Chapman: Will Obama be haunted by ghosts of 1968? Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 4:09AMThe combination of Afghanistan and Libya could bring a bitter end to the romance between Democratic liberals and Obama.
  • EXCLUSIVE: Issa demands "gunwalking" information from Secretary Clinton Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:10PMHouse Oversight Committee Chairman on "gunwalking" inquiries: "Refusal is simply unacceptable"
  • Lessons for ‘Spider-Man’ From the Campaign Trail Saturday, March 19, 2011 @ 8:18PMIn theater as in politics, new directors can work wonders, unless the star attraction is the problem.
  • Is Donald Trump Serious? Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 1:04PMCould a Real Estate Mogul and Reality TV star with $600 million Really Take on a President with $1 Billion?
  • Struggling states may cancel or delay presidential primaries Tuesday, March 15, 2011 @ 1:30AMn these tough times, even how we nominate presidents is facing the threat of the budget ax. Lawmakers and elections officials in at least six cash-strapped states are hoping to move or replace their stand-alone 2012 presidential primaries, sacrificing some influence over who wins the nominations in favor of saving millions of dollars.
  • Legislative panel shows no appetite for pipeline regulation Monday, March 14, 2011 @ 10:30PMAs she took stock of the regulative landscape for petroleum pipelines on Monday, Susan Luebbe could only hope she accomplished something far away that she and other pipeline opponents could not accomplish much closer to home.
  • Shutdown Averted? Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 2:16PMLawmakers near deal to avoid shutdown of some government services.