Liberty Friday, November 18th, 2011
It’s doubtful whether anyone opposes President Obama’s health care law more than Ron Paul, but the Texas congressman said Wednesday that the sweeping legislation is not socialized medicine — contrary to claims made by his fellow presidential contenders Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain.
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
By Stephanie Condon, CBS News The Iowa caucuses are just seven weeks away, but Republican voters in the nation’s first presidential nominating state seem as torn as ever over the GOP field. A new Bloomberg poll of likely caucus participants shows a four-way tie in Iowa, with Rep. Ron Paul joining Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich [...]
Tea Party Voters Fleeing Cain For Gingrich?
2012 Elections Friday, November 11th, 2011
BY: NOAH ROTHMAN, politicology. Two national polls of Republican primary voters released today, one from Marist / McClatchy and the other from CBS News, show former House Speaker Newt Gingrich surging. This confirms what pundits have chronicled for several weeks – that Gingrich’s campaign has entirely recovered from mistakes earlier in the year due to [...]
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
By MICHAEL SNEED, The Chicago Sun Times The Cain Encounter … They hugged each other backstage in a full embrace like old friends. She grabbed his arm and whispered in his left ear. She kept talking as he bent to listen, and he kept saying “Uh, huh. Uh, huh.” Huh? “I don’t know if what [...]
GOP rivals focus on flat taxes, smaller government
Taxes Saturday, October 29th, 2011
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On jobs and taxes, the top Republican presidential rivals are locked in a fierce game of one-upmanship. They’re all trying to outdo each other in offering the boldest economic plan for the campaign to unseat President Barack Obama next November. Despite some notable differences in the blueprints, [...]
Cain builds on Tea Party base in N.H.
Activism, Headlines Saturday, October 29th, 2011
By Shira Schoenberg , The Boston Globe Even as the New York Times is reporting on turmoil within Republican businessman Herman Cain’s presidential campaign, Cain is working to build up his New Hampshire organization, particularly among Tea Party supporters. In an email to supporters this week, former New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Jack Kimball threw [...]
2012 Elections, Headlines Thursday, October 27th, 2011
From The State Column Texas Congressman Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is challenging pizza magnate Herman Cain for 2nd place in the latest CNN/Time poll of New Hampshire Republicans. Released on Wednesday, the CNN/Time poll gave Paul 12 percent of the votes for a third place finish. Cain garnered 13 percent [...]
Gingrich, Cain Accept Tea Party Invite to Debate Fiscal Austerity
2012 Elections, Headlines Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Newt Gingrich has always fancied himself a historic figure.
What’s A Flat Tax?
Taxes Monday, October 24th, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Step aside 9-9-9. A new flat tax proposal is coming to town.
Paul drops $2M in new TV ads to criticize rivals
2012 Elections Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron Paul is opening his wallet for $2 million of television ads that criticize rivals Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Herman Cain for supporting federal spending while touting his own proposal for drastically shrinking Washington’s bottom line.