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- Serving Niles since 1886 Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 11:34AMThe media knock former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty as too nice to be Republican standard bearer in 2012. Apparently they’d rather see a brash loudmouth like Donald Trump paint the White House gold and decorate Air Force One with a Celebrity Apprentice logo featuring his face.
- Huntsman hype faces N.H. test Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 9:16AMThe former ambassador to China embarks on a five-day campaign swing through the influential state.
- Herman Cain: My wife will not be traditional ‘campaign wife’ Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 4:10AMWe know all about Mrs. Romney, Mrs. Gingrich and Mr. Palin. But what about Mrs. Cain?
- Pawlenty Gets Another Look As GOP Field Shrinks Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 5:32PMPawlenty emerges after Huckabee and Barbour reject running and Gingrich implodes.
- NH GOP primary not just a Republican party Monday, April 25, 2011 @ 7:52PMAt fundraising dinner after dinner, state Republican Party Chairman Jack Kimball earns loud applause when he declares that New Hampshire will send forward "a good strong conservative nominee for the presidency of the United States."
- GOP’s Daniels hesitant on 2012 run Sunday, April 24, 2011 @ 8:00PMNo prospective Republican presidential candidate has done more to highlight the issue of debt and deficits than Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He calls it the “new red menace,” an ocean of red ink that he says is every bit as dangerous as the Soviet nuclear threat during the Cold War.
- Santorum steps up 2012 White House bid Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 2:53AMFormer Sen. Rick Santorum says he is forming a committee that will let him start raising money for a White House run.
- GOP firebrand Bachmann fills Tea Party role Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 7:37PMIn a slow-starting 2012 Republican presidential field that lacks star power, Michele Bachmann is carving out a role as the polarizing Tea Party favorite with a dynamic, take-no-prisoners style.
- Romney steps toward 2012 White House bid Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 8:52PMFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney became the second major Republican to announce a challenge to President Barack Obama in 2012, declaring he would "put America back on a course of greatness."
- Potential WH candidate Huntsman schedules NH trip Wednesday, April 6, 2011 @ 2:22PMFurther suggesting he is weighing a White House bid, U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman will visit New Hampshire just weeks after he steps down from his posting in Beijing.
- Florida Morning: George LeMieux in Senate race, Donald Trump sees Florida edge Wednesday, April 6, 2011 @ 9:36AMBy Abel Harding (@abelharding, abel.harding@jacksonville.com ) read more
- National bestsellers Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 6:46PMTop-selling books in the fiction, nonfiction and advice categories.
- National bestsellers Tuesday, March 15, 2011 @ 6:25PMTop-selling books in the fiction, nonfiction and advice categories.
- The case for Herman Cain Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 5:00PMPizza magnate Herman Cain is the only announced candidate in the 2012 Republican presidential field. Can he win? Photo by Reuters
- Book Events Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 5:41PMBATESBURG-LEESVILLE LIBRARY BOOK SALE:
- Book Events Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 3:58PMSOUTH CAROLINA POETRY INITIATIVE 2011: The University of South Carolina is accepting submissions for the annual South Carolina Poetry Initiative. The contest is limited to writers 16 and older. Winning poems will be published in The State and cash prizes are available. Poems should be previously unpublished and limited to 100 lines. Each entry must be accompanied by a cover sheet that includes ...
- Pawlenty to tout book on circuit Saturday, December 11, 2010 @ 6:15AMEarly presidential states top the list Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will spend two days each in Iowa and New Hampshire during an upcoming tour to promote his forthcoming book, according to details put out yesterday by his political action committee. Excerpts of Courage to Stand and details of the corresponding rollout tour were announced as the Jan. 11 release date approaches for the biography of ...
- Pawlenty Hits Key Campaign States on Book Tour Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 5:59PMMinnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty Follows Presidential Hopeful Model with Book Tour through Early Voting States
- Pawlenty book launch takes him back to Iowa, NH Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 5:52PMMinnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will spend two days each in Iowa and New Hampshire during an upcoming tour to promote his forthcoming
- Pawlenty book launch takes him back to Iowa, NH Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 5:19PM(AP:ST. PAUL, Minn.) Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will spend two days each in Iowa and New Hampshire during an upcoming tour to promote his forthcoming book, according to details put out Friday by his political action committee.
- Pawlenty book launch takes him back to Iowa, NH Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:30PMGov. Tim Pawlenty will spend two days each in Iowa and New Hampshire during an upcoming tour to promote his forthcoming book, according to details put out today by his political action committee.
- Once a goalie, Pawlenty plays offense Sunday, December 5, 2010 @ 3:53PMST. PAUL, Minn.—Tim Pawlenty waved a red pen in the air at the 2008 Republican state convention, saying he had just used his “friend” to veto a record-setting 34th bill in one legislative session.
- Playing the Republican field Thursday, November 18, 2010 @ 9:19PMGOP puts up slate of flawed champions who lack biography to defeat Obama
- Juan Williams Fired by NPR Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 10:07PMLongtime journalist and news analyst Juan Williams was fired by NPR late Wednesday after the nonprofit media organization decided that remarks he made about Muslims and political correctness during an interview on Fox News Channel did not meet their “editorial standards.”
- Alaska Senate Hopeful Joe Miller: Iconoclast With a Yale Law Degree Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:43AMBefore winning a stunning upset in his primary race with Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Republican candidate Joe Miller was little known in his adopted state.
- Alaska Senate Hopeful Joe Miller: Iconoclast With a Yale Law Degree Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:58PMJoe Miller, who won the Republican primary, has devoted his life to institutions and isolation.
- Mike Huckabee won’t be president Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 10:00PM… at least not unless he can turn Rush Limbaugh around, since he’s the GOP fuhrer. Marcus Baram reads the new Limbaugh biography: At the time of the book’s writing this spring, Limbaugh’s frontrunner for his support in the 2012 presidential race was Sarah Palin, whom he calls "the most prominent, articulate voice for standard, run-of-the-mill, [...]
- Sarah Huckabee for campaign manager Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 11:19AM’08 presidential candidate’s daughter leads Boozman’s bid for a Senate seat Read more...
- GOP’s 2012 hopefuls crowd town they love to hate Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:29PMRepublicans who may want President Barack Obama’s job flocked to the town they love to hate this weekend and repeatedly ripped into the Democrat, an early tryout of sorts for the GOP nomination.
- GOP’s 2012 hopefuls rail against Obama Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 6:22AM"Barack Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of: Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie and Scott Brown," former House speaker Newt Gingrich told a fawning crowd Saturday, celebrating recent GOP v...
- Sarah Palin confirmed for GOP conference in New Orleans Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 11:47PMPelican Briefs: News, notes and insights on Louisiana politics Associated PressSarah Palin Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced today that she will address the Southern Republican Leadership Conference being held in New Orleans April 8-11. Palin, who rose to national prominence as...
- Big GOP names could be headed for New Orleans Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 12:04PMPelican Briefs: News, notes and insights on Louisiana politicsThe Associated PressFormer Alaska Gov. Sara Palin signs books on her current tour and could be in New Orleans in April.Music lovers attending the French Quarter Festival in April could be...
- Intriguing people for December 1, 2009 Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 5:35PMMaurice Clemmons
- A heavy question for politics Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 5:00AMWASHINGTON — Every time you think politics has hit a new low, it finds a way to go lower. I thought we had reached the nadir last month when Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted "You lie!” at President Obama while Obama was speaking to a joint session of Congress.But then The New York Times caught me up on what has been happening in New Jersey. Campaigns there are rarely elevated affairs ...
- The ‘fat boy’ ploy spoils politics Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 4:00AMEvery time you think politics has hit a new low, it finds a way to go lower. I thought we had reached the nadir last month when Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “You lie!” at President Obama while he was speaking to a joint session of Congress.
- David S. Broder: Making weight an election issue is new low Sunday, October 11, 2009 @ 9:34PMWASHINGTON -- Every time you think politics has hit a new low, it finds a way to go lower. I thought we had reached the nadir last month when Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted "You lie!" at President Barack Obama while he was speaking to a joint session of Congress. But then The New York Times caught me up on what has been happening in New Jersey. Campaigns there are rarely ...
- Bob McDonnell tries to make it personal with Virginians Sunday, July 5, 2009 @ 2:27AMWhen Mitt Romney was in Richmond a month ago to stump for newly minted GOP gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell, they made a well-coifed, perfectly pinstriped pair on stage.
- RNC Chair Race: The Lay of the Land Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 10:56AMThe fight to be the next face of the Republican party -- or at least the next chairman of the Republican National Committee -- has been defined so far by a cavalcade of announced and potential candidates and a dearth...
- Huckabee to debut new show today Saturday, September 27, 2008 @ 12:56PMMike Huckabee, a former minister, governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate, will debut a new television show on Fox News Channel today. The show will be “Hucka-bee.”
- McCain tries to re-create party in his image Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 2:36PMRepublican presidential nominee John McCain had to demonstrate Thursday night that he, not his new rock-star running mate, is at the top of his ticket. But he intends to be the anti-rock star of this race. McCain painted himself as the authentic post-...
- McCain speech finds fans here Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 5:04AMDorothy Millard, a Republican precinct officer in north Spokane for 34 years, she didn’t like any of her choices for president this spring. She was undecided in the precinct caucuses, and not terribly enthusiastic for most of the time since.
- Huckabee uses convention address to slam Obama Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 2:50PMST. PAUL, Minn. - Mike Huckabee drew on his own biography growing up in Arkansas as he used his address at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night to tout former rival John McCain and blast Democrat Barack Obama as a president who would make the nation less safe.
- Palin mocks Obama at Republican convention Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 12:51PMST. PAUL, Minn.—Claiming her historic spot on the Republican ticket, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin uncorked a slashing attack on Barack Obama Wednesday night and vowed to help John McCain bring real change to Washington.
- Palin takes jabs at Obama, news media Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 11:17AMST. PAUL, Minn. — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin electrified the Republican convention last night, pitching herself as a champion of government reform, mocking Democratic Sen. Barack Obama as an elitist and belittling media criticism of her experience.
- Huckabee uses convention address to slam Obama, CVN Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 4:21AMST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Mike Huckabee drew on his own biography growing up in Arkansas as he used his address at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night to tout former rival John McCain and blast Democrat Barack Obama as a president who would make the nation less safe.
- Palin fires up faithful, comes out swinging Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 4:16AMNo. 2 skewers D.C. establishment ST. PAUL The "hockey mom" hit the national stage on Wednesday night with a series of body checks.
- Assassination: the most grimly familiar tale in US history Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 11:17PMA few months ago Doris Lessing, the novelist and Nobel laureate, was discussing the life-expectancy of Barack Obama, should he win the race to the White House: “He would probably not last long, a black man in the position of president,” she mused. “They would kill him.”
- Exclusive: Polls show the South trusts McCain Sunday, August 24, 2008 @ 4:20AMEven as Barack Obama luxuriates in the glow of publicity from his vice presidential selection, a significant trouble spot has appeared on his horizon. A poll conducted by Winthrop University and ETV shows likely Southern voters strongly favor Obama’s Republican opponent, John McCain, when it comes to their top concern, the weak U.S. economy. Asked who would do a better job on the economy, Obama ...
- What will Rick Warren ask Obama and McCain? Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 2:25PMSaddleback Church pastor will speak to candidates about leadership and the U.S. role in the world. Church releases more details on presidential forum.
- In Comeback, McCain Wins GOP Contest Wednesday, March 5, 2008 @ 3:06PMEight months after his campaign sputtered, Sen. John McCain clinches the Republican presidential nomination.