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Warren could recapture Ted Kennedy seat: poll
Elizabeth Warren, a popular figure on the left of the Democratic Party, is tied in a race to recapture the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat from Republican Scott Brown next year, according to a poll Thursday. The poll by the University of Massachusetts puts Warren four points ahead of Brown…
Bachmann: Gays ‘can marry a woman if they’re a man’
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachman says it’s fine for a gay man to get married — as long as it’s to a woman. During a town hall event in Iowa Wednesday, Jane Schmidt, president of Waverly High School Gay-Straign Alliance, asked the candidate why same sex couples couldn’t get married.…
Bachmann claims she would close non-existent U.S. embassy in Iran
Speaking to an audience in Iowa on Wednesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) claimed that if she were president, the U.S. would not have an embassy in Iran. She was responding to news of the British embassy in Iran being overrun by hardline students, who trashed the place and set it…
Cain to decide in next week on White House bid
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain pressed on in the White House race Wednesday charging Democrats were out to torpedo him, but saying he would decide whether to quit in the coming days. Cain, a former pizza company executive, is fending off allegations that he had a 13-year affair,…
Bachmann suggests intelligent design is a ‘scientific fact’
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says schools should teach children about evolution and intelligent design because “the best thing to do is to allow all scientific facts on the table.” During a question-and-answer session at the University of Northern Iowa Wednesday, Bachmann was asked if intelligent design should be taught…
Ron Paul blasts Gingrich with new ad
Ron Paul’s presidential campaign accused his rival former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of “serial hypocrisy” in an ad released on Wednesday. The 150-second online advertisement notes Gingrich has flip-flopped on climate change and has bashed Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan as “right-wing social engineering.” It also highlights his work for the…
Palin fans urge her to get into 2012 race
CHICAGO — Fans of conservative darling Sarah Palin urged the former Alaska governor to jump into the race for the White House Wednesday, running a small ad on a local station in the key electoral state of Iowa. The ad comes as the Republican field remains unsettled just over a…
Cain: ‘Stupid people are ruining America’
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain complained Wednesday that idiots are destroying the country. “Here’s what I need you to do,” Cain told a crowd of supporters in Dayton, Ohio. “Stay informed, know the facts because stupid people are ruining America.” “They are,” he added. “We just have to out-vote them.”…
Perry to federal workers: ‘Share my vision’ or get punished
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is so serious about changing the way Washington does business that he is vowing to retaliate against any federal worker who doesn’t share his philosophy. At a campaign event in New Hampshire Tuesday, the Texas governor told supporters that he would reassign civil service workers…
Cain accuser: ‘This was not sex for cash’
The Atlanta woman who claims she had a 13-year affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain stood by her story in an interview with ABC News Wednesday. “Our relationship was on and off for the last 13, 14 years,” Ginger White told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “This was not a consistent…
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