October 2011
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Herman Cain: "I have never sexually harassed...
Herman Cain on Monday confirmed that he was accused of sexual harassment when he was head of the National Restaurant Association but said the attacks were “baseless.” The GOP presidential candidate also said that he’s unaware of any financial settlements related to those accusations.
“I have never sexually harassed anyone,” the former CEO of Godfather’s...
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Will Mitch McConnell’s stiff-arm keep West...
The most volatile issue in the Senate right now may not be the super committee’s fight over budget cuts or the continued bickering over President Obama’s jobs plan. It’s a subject far more personal, a volatile point of contention that can divide even the best of colleagues and inspire the kind of political vendettas that never really go away: college football.
Earlier this...
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Rick Perry's bid to salvage his campaign faces...
The biggest test of whether the Texas governor can get his 2012 effort back on track is taking place in Iowa, where he would seem to be the natural frontrunner but continues to face serious skepticism among voters. Without winning Iowa, Perry’s path to the nomination begins to look implausible, even impossible… Perry’s biggest weakness is that he’s still struggling to...
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Newt Gingrich thinks he's like Bruce Willis in... →
hollybailey:
There’s just one problem: Bruce Willis’s character, whom the former speaker appears to be referring to, isn’t resurrected in the film. He actually is dead—and presumably that was not the message Gingrich intended to convey about the state of his own struggling presidential bid.
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Obama for America: Hi, Tumblr. →
barackobama:
It’s nice to meet you.
There are lots of reasons we’re excited to be launching the Obama 2012 campaign’s new Tumblr today. But mostly it’s because we’re looking at this as an opportunity to create something that’s not just ours, but yours, too.
Look who joined Tumblr. Will any of the Republican hopefuls follow?
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Bachmann’s ex-staff in New Hampshire calls...
“The manner in which some in the national team conducted themselves towards Team-NH was rude, unprofessional, dishonest, and at times cruel,” the letter reads. “But more concerning was how abrasive, discourteous, and dismissive some within the national team were towards many New Hampshire citizens.”
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Nevada GOP moves its 2012 caucus to Feb. 4
The move will allow New Hampshire to schedule its first in the nation primary on Jan. 10, averting calendar chaos that could have forced the state to hold its vote in December.
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Bachmann's entire New Hampshire staff quits
Michele Bachmann’s paid staff in New Hampshire has reportedly quit the campaign en masse, protesting the candidate’s lack of commitment in the state.
The resignations, first reported by WMUR’s James Pindell, come as Bachmann tries to regain momentum for her struggling Republican nomination bid.
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Romney sustains attacks, pushes back during Nevada debate:
Mitt Romney sustained attacks from all sides at Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate, but the former Massachusetts governor hit back at his opponents, displaying the tenacity that has kept him near the top of polls. But it remains to be seen if his offensive stance will secure him lasting support with voters.
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Rick Perry nabs just three percent in Florida poll →
Only 3 percent of Floridians polled over the weekend said they would vote for Texas Gov. Rick Perry,Political Wire reports.
According to an InsiderAdvantage/Florida Times-Union poll of likely Florida voters, Perry has plummeted from front-runner to the bottom tier in the Sunshine State.
Support for Perry, who once held a national double-digit lead over his closest competitor, began to decline...
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Tonight's debate: Is Herman Cain more than a...
As the current front-runner, businessman Herman Cain could have the most to lose, as tonight’s performance will provide a glimpse into whether he can sustain his new prominence—or whether, in his own words, he’ll become the latest “flavor of the week.” Support for Cain has risen steadily since the debate in Orlando, Fla., a month ago, which led to his victory at the...
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Iowa picks caucus date: Jan. 3
Iowa Republicans Monday night voted unanimously in favor of holding their presidential caucus Tuesday, Jan. 3, adding one measure of certainty to the 2012 calendar as the nation awaits a final decision from New Hampshire.
“On behalf of over 600,000 Iowa Republicans, I’m excited to announce the first step Iowans will have to replace Barack Obama and his failed presidency will be next...
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Warren Buffett would likely pay no income taxes...
Cain, a leading Republican presidential candidate, had been the law of the land last year, Warren Buffett would very likely have paid no income taxes, according to an analysis prepared for Yahoo News and The Lookout by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. At most, Buffett would have paid taxes on just 1 percent of his income.
Using information Buffett has released about his...
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Will DeMint back Romney? Republicans say yes, but...
The relationship between Mitt Romney and Jim DeMint is among the most closely watched heading into the heat of the Republican primary. The South Carolina senator’s support would be a major get for Romney as he tries to win over Republicans skeptical of his conservative beliefs and would also give him an important boost in a key early primary state.
But DeMint is in a sticky position. As...
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Herman Cain sings ‘Imagine there’s no pizza’ to John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’:
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, a part-time gospel singer and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, sings “Imagine there’s no pizza” to the tune of the late John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
From the Omaha World-Herald via The Daily Beast, this is a must watch.
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Romney raised $14.2 million in third quarter, but...
Mitt Romney raised $14.2 million between July and September, bringing his overall total raised for his Republican presidential bid to more than $32 million.
But the former Massachusetts governor also spent a lot of cash. According to his campaign, he ended the third fundraising quarter with roughly $14.7 million in the bank.
That’s slightly less than the $15 million Rick Perry’s...
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‘Scott Brown’ plagiarizes from ‘Elizabeth Dole’:...
Rachel Hartman digs a little deeper into the scandal over Sen. Brown’s website using text copied word-for-word from a speech given by former Sen. Elizabeth Dole:
And there is what ought to be the real scandal: “staff level oversight.” Almost every politician is a plagiarist, because politicians write almost nothing that appears under their names.
Democrats will likely spin...
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Obama raised more than $70 million for his... →
The overall total is less than the $86 million Obama raised for his re-election committee and the DNC between April and June. Obama officials had leaked word the president’s fund-raising number would be lower than expected, but it actually surpassed the $55 million goal campaign aides had set for the period.
While Obama’s Republican rivals have yet to file their reports with the...
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“It was actually the reason that we fought the Revolution in the 16th century —...”
– Texas Gov. Rick Perry, missing the date of the American Revolution by a couple centuries while answering a question on states rights and the federal government. (via officialssay)
Also, he was at a frat house
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WatchThe night of Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan:
Virtually all the candidates at the debate table had something to say about Cain’s plan to replace the tax code with three, flat nine-percent federal taxes on consumption, business and income. Cain, once delegated to the remote wings of the debate stage, has enjoyed a surge in the polls ever since he won the straw poll in Orlando, Fla., last...
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Tuesday’s Republican debate will save Perry’s...
The Republican presidential candidates will gather for their second televised debate in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, when Bloomberg and the Washington Post host a forum centered entirely on the economy.
The back and forth on policy at the debate could be overshadowed by a bigger storyline: Can Rick Perry use the event to turn his turn his campaign around?
Perry, the governor of Texas, has...
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Not going there: GOP candidates won’t criticize...
It was bound to come up on the campaign trail sooner or later, but it appears that among the candidates now vying for the GOP presidential nomination, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith will not be made an issue this election cycle.
None of the Republican presidential candidates took an opportunity to criticize Romney for his religion over the weekend, after Texas Gov....
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In which Chris Moody explains what the hell... →
Reid, who plans to put a version of the jobs bill to a vote in the coming weeks, blocked the Republican effort by resorting to what has long-been called the “nuclear option”: He got a procedural ruling that changes the minority’s ability to introduce amendments when a filibuster is defeated. Reid called for a motion to simply overrule the parliamentarian’s call permitting...
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“I just like myself too much, I think … When other people want you to run a...”
– Paul Ryan, House Budget Committee chair on why he didn’t run for president — Yahoo! News
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Palin's non-run? Exactly what her supporters...
Rachel Hartman looks at the polls:
To judge by recent polling, Palin may have been apologizing to a comparatively empty house. The former Alaska governor, who has been the subject of fervid speculation over her presidential ambitions for months, saw a majority of would-be GOP supporters reject the idea of a Palin bid for the presidency in recent opinion surveys.
Numerous polls showed Palin...
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Rick Perry raised $17 million for 2012 bid
Rick Perry raised more than $17 million during his first month and half as a Republican presidential hopeful—a total likely to surpass the cash that any of his other GOP rivals brought in during their third-quarter fundraising.
The Texas governor’s campaign is the first to publicly announce his latest fundraising total, but sources close to Mitt Romney’s campaign have said that it...
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South Carolina sets primary for Jan. 21 →
South Carolina will host its presidential primary on Jan. 21, sources told CNN Monday morning ahead of a press conference to announce the state’s decision.
The Jan. 21 date puts 10 days between South Carolina’s first-in-the-south primary and the primary ballot in Florida. On Friday, Florida officials announced their plans to flout Republican National Committee rules and hold a primary...
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Rick Perry on defense over family hunting camp’s...
Presidential candidate Rick Perry hit back this weekend against fallout from a Sunday Washington Post story regarding a hunting camp leased by the Texas governor and his father. The camp had formerly been known by the racially inflammatory name of “Niggerhead.”
The Post reported that the Perry family had painted over the slab of rock bearing the slur. But Perry’s own description...
