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Gingrich begins crying while speaking to Iowa moms
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) broke down and cried during a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday after he was asked a question about his mother. Appearing at a forum in the state’s capital city, Gingrich took questions before an audience from Republican messaging strategist Frank Luntz,…
Study: Bad weather makes voters more liberal
Voters who have experienced severe weather events are more likely to be in favor of environmental legislation — even if it comes at a cost of restricting some individual freedoms, according to a soon-to-be-published study. In a 2009 Internet survey of about 2,500 Americans, four Hamilton College economists found that…
Gingrich dreams of Thatcher White House bid
Margaret Thatcher for US president? Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich mused Friday that the former British prime minister, a hero to US conservatives, might have been a dream candidate for the White House — in a radically different world. “If Margaret Thatcher were here today and 30 years younger, I…
Romney criticizes Obama over Hawaii vacation
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney, bolstered by a new poll confirming his frontrunner status, ripped President Barack Obama on Friday over his year-end Hawaii vacation. Hunting for a win in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation January 3 nominating caucus, Romney used the embattled Democratic incumbent’s annual family trip to his native state…
Romney’s son jokes about Obama’s birth certificate
One of Mitt Romney’s sons did his best on Thursday to promote the rumor that the nation’s first black president may not be a U.S. citizen. Stumping for his dad in Concord, New Hampshire, Matt Romney told a group of senior citizens that the multimillionaire candidate might not release his…
Paul once criticized equal pay, AIDS patients, sexual harassment victims
In one of his earliest books, the libertarian-leaning Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) explained just how deep his ideology runs, with the Civil Rights Act, equal pay for women, laws protecting workers from sexual harassment and the sufferers of AIDS drawing portions of his ire. Related: Raw Story’s Mike Rogers: Paul…
Former GOP city chair busted for videotaping naked boys
A former New Jersey Republican city chair has been arrested on multiple charges of using a hidden camera to videotape naked boys using communal showers at a Catholic high school. Patrick Lott, the 54-year-old assistant principal at Bernardsville Middle School since 2009, is facing more than 50 counts including endangering…
Romney warns Obama’s policies ‘making us like Europe’
AMES, Iowa — Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney wooed Iowa voters with a warning that President Barack Obama’s policies “are making us more and more like Europe.” “I don’t think Europe is working in Europe. I don’t want Europe here. Ours was formed as an opportunity nation,” Romney said…
Gingrich would consider Palin for a Cabinet position
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday said he would consider appointing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to a Cabinet position within his administration if he were elected president, according to the liberal watchdog Right Wing Watch. Gingrich was asked during a tele-town hall if he would consider Palin as…
Rep. Steve King: Ron Paul would be ‘dangerous’ president
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said Thursday that he agreed with The Union Leader‘s assessment of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). Namely, that Paul’s views on national security were “dangerous.” “He’s not dangerous unless he’s president,” King told Politico. “I mean, I served with Ron Paul in Congress for nine years and…
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