Iowa caucus: Republican candidates make final pitch
BBC News
With polls giving Paul a chance to win Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, the mercurial congressman has once again dismissed the conventional political playbook. He spent the last weekend before the 2012 voting begins at home in warm Lake Jackson rather than Starting with tomorrow's Iowa caucus, where most candidates are pandering to the lowest common conservative [...]
Read MoreWhat The NDAA Is And Isn't
Lez Get Real
With NDAA's imminent signing into law by President Obama, however, I just don't feel the joy this year. I'm anxious, and the broadcast media's either purely intentional, or ludicrously negligent, blackout of NDAA discussion isn't helping that growing by Articleman 1/2/2012 – 1:02 am | During the last month, there has been a lot said, [...]
Read MoreWill Rick Santorum win in Iowa?
CBS News
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum once again touted his support for a federal ban on gay marriage, saying on Saturday that any now-legal same-sex marriages would be invalid under a constitutional By Felicia Sonmez Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)“How many people cry when they're introducing someone?” Brad Thor, the popular thriller-author-turned-conservative-commentator, [...]
Read MoreWill Rick Santorum win in Iowa?
CBS News
Rick Santorum is getting increasing attention as polls are showing for the first time that he could finish strongly here and have a big impact on the GOP race, CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford reports. In the Hawkeye State, Santorum is the Rick Santorum is getting increasing attention as polls are showing for the [...]
Read MoreAs Iowa's Kent Sorenson jumps to Ron Paul ship, rat analogies abound
Christian Sc
By JAMES KIRCHICK Earlier this week, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, said that he would not vote for his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul should Paul become the Republican nominee. The immediate cause of this dissension – highly unusual A prominent supporter of Republican presidential aspirant Ron Paul has advocated for capital punishment for [...]
Read MoreBachmann Defector Rejects Claim of Being Bought Off by Paul Camp
Fox News
"While Ron Paul is a good man and a Libertarian who I proudly endorsed for president in 2008, there is no guarantee that he will be the Republican nominee." NEWTON, Iowa — Texas Rep. Ron Paul received a welcome befitting a man with a suddenly serious As if they didn't have troubles enough, the Republicans [...]
Read MoreIowa GOP caucus 2012: Rick Santorum on the rise
The Guardian
Already, in Iowa, Paul is a near frontrunner and has a better than even chance of winning the Iowa caucuses on January 3. Huntsman declined to contest the Iowa caucuses, preferring to focus solely on New Hampshire where he has struggled to crest into Already, in Iowa, Paul is a near frontrunner and has a [...]
Read MoreSorenson stuns Michele Bachmann with switch to Ron Paul's camp
DesMoinesReg
By Shira Schoenberg Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, already under seige from his rivals competing with him in lead-voting Iowa, is now the target of new criticism in the next electoral state, New Hampshire. Jon Huntsman, in a new video By Shira Schoenberg Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, already under seige from his rivals competing [...]
Read MoreGary Johnson sets third-party pot bubbling as he quits GOP race
Christian Sc
Gary Johnson, a longshot candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, said Wednesday he is leaving the GOP in favor of running as a Libertarian. Johnson told a news conference at the state Capitol that the decision Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson has announced in a message to his followers that he will no longer [...]
Read MoreWhat if Ron Paul wins Iowa?
Christian Sc
Remember 2004? Insurgent Democrat Howard Dean uses a rash of young people online to raise surprising sums of money and gather incredible buzz for his. A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Ron Paul has taken the lead in the Iowa caucus race, while Newt Gingrich's support is fading fast. LOS ANGELES-Jules Manson, [...]
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