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‘Idol’ Clarkson backs Ron Paul, stirs Twitter tempest
WASHINGTON — Chart-topping pop star Kelly Clarkson has stirred up a political tempest on her Twitter feed after endorsing Ron Paul for the Republican presidential nomination ahead of the Iowa caucuses. “I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last republican nomination and no one gave him…
Gingrich shoots down supporter’s birther question
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday was questioned whether President Barack Obama was a United States citizen at campaign event in Storm Lake, Iowa. Many of the so-called “birthers” believe there is persuasive evidence that Obama was born in Kenya in 1961 and that his birth certificate was faked…
Huntsman hits ‘unelectable’ Ron Paul with new ad
Jon Huntsman’s presidential campaign released an advertisement on Thursday that highlights Ron Paul’s highly controversial newsletters and questions his electability. Paul is the GOP’s leading presidential candidate in the crucial Iowa caucuses, but has been plagued by racist, hate-filled newsletters that were published under his name. The newsletters were published…
Bachmann: ‘I love’ my AR-15 assault rifle
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann revealed on Thursday that the AR-15 assault rifle was her favorite gun. During a WHO-AM radio interview, Bachmann told host Jan Mickelson that she had planned to go pheasant hunting with Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Friday. “I’m a pretty good shot,” the candidate admitted.…
Santorum: Marriage prevents poverty — unless you’re gay
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that everyone but gay men and lesbians can stay out of poverty by just getting married. At a campaign event in Muscatine, Iowa Thursday, a questioner asked Santorum how his anti-poverty plan would help the gays who can’t legally marry in 45 states. “If…
Dark horse conservative Santorum rides Iowa surge
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, surging in Iowa thanks to the state’s social conservatives, declared Thursday that the party must not compromise its core beliefs to win back the White House. “We don’t need someone who can just be a little better” than embattled Democratic President Barack Obama, the long-shot…
Supporter tells Gingrich: Media ‘accurate’ to ‘kill the Republican Party’
A supporter told Newt Gingrich (R-GA) on Thursday that maybe Republicans should just skip the 2012 presidential election because the GOP candidates didn’t have the passion necessary to govern. “Do Republicans want to be president next term because right now I don’t feel that?” the man asked Gingrich during an…
Virginia GOP requires loyalty oath from primary voters
The Virginia Republican Party is planning to force voters who wish to participate in the March 6 primary to sign a loyalty oath. The Virginia State Board of Elections has given the party permission to go ahead with their plans to make primary voters pledge their support to the eventual…
Paul senior adviser: ‘He’s not against war’
Many supporters of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul may be surprised to learn that the Texas Republican is not as anti-war as they think. Paul senior adviser Doug Wead on Wednesday dismissed the idea that the candidate was to the left of President Barack Obama when it comes to war.…
Bachmann’s Iowa campaign leader quits to join Ron Paul campaign
A key player in Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann’s Iowa campaign has switched sides, joining the campaign of Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) in the final push before the Iowa caucuses. According to Talking Points Memo‘s Livewire blog, Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson announced yesterday that he would be leaving Bachmann’s…
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