Alex Pappas - Alex Pappas is a political reporter at the Daily Caller. He previously wrote for the Mobile Press-Register in Mobile, Ala. Pappas is a graduate of The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., where he studied political science and was editor of The Sewanee Purple.
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a potential candidate for president in 2012, will travel to Texas next week to challenge Democratic President John F. Kennedy’s historic 1960 address on religion and politics in America. (more)
After Monday’s unveiling of the Oval Office redecoration, one interior designer suggested that perhaps the influence of President Obama’s conservative opposition may be reflected in the room’s new simplicity. (more)
Rand Paul, the Tea Party-backed Republican for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, was incredulous several weeks ago that GQ magazine interviewed an anonymous friend from his college years in an unflattering profile of him. (more)
Here’s the latest sign that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may be testing the waters for a presidential run in 2012: She’s set to headline a GOP dinner next month in Iowa, where the first nominating caucus of the primary season is traditionally held. (more)
In the history of Gallup polling, Republicans have never held as wide a margin over Democrats as they do in an “unprecedented” poll of generic party preferences of registered voters released Monday. (more)
A blogger apologized Monday after editors at the Huffington Post removed his opinion article offering $100,000 for a “sex tape or phone records or anything else” that succeeds in removing Fox News host Glenn Beck “from the public eye forever.” (more)
It appears that former Democratic Rep. Jim Traficant — the Ohio congressman who was expelled from the House in 2002 and served seven years in prison for bribery, racketeering and tax evasion — will likely be allowed to run for his old seat as an independent after meetings this week. (more)
Some are just shocking, some are weird and others might actually win them some votes. Of all the campaign videos released this week, here are some of our favorites at The Daily Caller: (more)
The political wing of the NRA announced Friday that the organization will not endorse Democrat Sen. Harry Reid, who is largely viewed as a pro-gun Democrat, in his heated race to keep his Nevada U.S. Senate seat. (more)
David Addington, a former aide to former Vice President Dick Cheney, is taking over a top job at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C., the think tank is announcing today. (more)
A writer for a St. Louis alternative newsweekly tells The Daily Caller he does not regret speculating in a story that the suspect of an attempted arson of a Democratic congressman’s campaign office was a Tea Party activist. (more)
In an interview with The Daily Caller earlier this month, Alaskan insurgent candidate Joe Miller suggested poll numbers showing him down 30 points in the GOP Senate primary were just not right. (more)
A conservative group has been banned from holding a rally at Illinois’s Old State Capitol because the site prohibits political demonstrations — yet it’s the same place where President Obama announced his run for president and later, his choice of Joe Biden for vice president. (more)
Marco Rubio's path to winning the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Florida would not have been possible without the ardent backing of Tea Party activists. But you wouldn't know that by listening to his victory speech Tuesday night. (more)
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough dismissed speculation that he could run for president in 2016 as a Republican by saying he’s too busy. (more)
Remarks by House Minority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Republican, on Jobs & The Economy
As Prepared for Delivery
The City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
August 24, 2010 (more)
House Minority Leader John Boehner is calling on President Obama to fire his team of economic advisers Tuesday, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House adviser Larry Summers. (more)
Conservatives say they love the Constitution, and now a new effort is underway to make sure they know the text they admire so much. (more)
When Liberty.com launches next month, it plans to be a one-stop shop for conservative activists who not only want news, but desire to become a part of the stories they’re reading. (more)
A new Tea Party coalition is in the works, The Daily Caller has learned, to begin an organized push for an amendment to the constitution requiring that the federal budget be balanced every year. (more)
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