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January 21st, 2012

Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina primary, and won big. But will the former House Speaker’s new momentum be enough to stop the Mitt Romney juggernaut? (more)

January 18th, 2012

If you think you’ve already heard everything there is to know about Mitt Romney, think again. A 200-page document that appears to be Sen. John McCain’s entire 2008 election-year opposition research file on the former Massachusetts governor hit the Internet with a vengeance Tuesday evening. And it’s an eye-opener. (more)

April 5th, 2011

From popular carnival singer known for dropping his pants on stage to buttoned-down president of Haiti, Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly is on the verge of completing an unlikely transformation. (more)

March 14th, 2011

According to the inaugural The Daily Caller/ConservativeHome 2012 Presidential Tracking Poll, 27 percent of a panel of likely Republican primary voters believe former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has the best chance of beating President Obama in 2012, though he is not necessarily the candidate they like the most, or believe would do the best job controlling federal government spending or dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Fifteen percent chose New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as their favorite candidate — more than any other candidate — though he has continually insisted that he is not running. (more)

March 7th, 2011

Is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie unpatriotic? (more)

March 6th, 2011

Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said on Sunday that billionaire real estate mogul and possible Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cannot beat President Barack Obama. (more)

March 2nd, 2011

According to reports, Newt Gingrich is about to announce that he is forming a presidential exploratory committee, but his camp has denied those reports — nay, Gingrich is merely exploring the idea of forming an exploratory committee, which (if formed) would not necessarily mean he is actually running for president. Meanwhile, the rest of the GOP’s potential presidential candidates continue to sit on the sidelines. (more)

February 24th, 2011

Rarely do down-ticket races determine the outcome at the top of the ticket. The 2012 elections could turn this axiom on its head. (more)

February 11th, 2011

The nation’s largest gay rights advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has instituted its own “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy toward conservative firebrands Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle after they implicitly — but clearly — voiced support for the gay-oriented Republican group GOProud. (more)

February 7th, 2011

In an exclusive, in-depth interview with E! Online’s Giuliana Rancic, “Dancing With the Stars” finalist Bristol Palin talked about running for public office “further down the road,” son Tripp, ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston, her new boyfriend, and being a Maricopa, Ariz. homeowner. (more)

February 7th, 2011

Just imagine how different our national predicament might be today if the leaders of both major political parties favored limiting the power of our central government, lowering taxes, enabling individual initiative, and opposing public employee unions and crony capitalism, while the “progressives,” who favor government takeovers of key industries, higher and more redistributive taxation, and ever more powerful unions in the public and private sectors, were a distinct minority with little influence. (more)

February 7th, 2011

“Dancing With the Stars” finalist Bristol Palin will release a memoir this summer, Political Wire reports(more)

February 7th, 2011

Likely Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee could beat Pres. Obama according to a series of polls conducted by Rasmussen. (more)

February 6th, 2011

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have delivered the keynote speech at President Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday tribute event Friday at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, but one of the late president’s sons, Ron, doesn’t hold her in particularly high esteem. (more)

February 5th, 2011

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — America is on a “road to ruin” because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president’s legacy. (more)

February 4th, 2011

Fox’s Bill O’Reilly says his upcoming pre-Super Bowl interview with President Barack Obama is going to make history, reports The Huffington Post. (more)

February 4th, 2011

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and “Dancing with the Stars” finalist Bristol Palin are attempting to trademark “Sarah Palin®” and “Bristol Palin®,” reports Politics Daily. (more)

February 3rd, 2011

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus urged Florida’s GOP-controlled state government to abandon efforts to hold an early presidential primary election, a move that cost the state half its delegates in 2008. (more)

February 3rd, 2011

After several days of negotiations with CPAC organizers, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned down an invitation to give the keynote speech for this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. (more)

February 2nd, 2011

Jon Huntsman’s planned resignation as ambassador to China this spring seems to be a clear indication that former Utah governor is planning on running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. (more)

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