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Chris Wallace to Rick Perry: Your jobs plan is ‘terrible’
Fox News’ Chris Wallace told Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry that his goal of creating 2.5 million jobs in his first term was “terrible.” In Perry’s first campaign TV ad last week, the candidate promised to create at least 2.5 million jobs over four years. “Governor, here’s what I don’t…
Cain, Romney in tight Republican race in Iowa: poll
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Republican White House hopefuls Herman Cain and Mitt Romney are in a tight race in Iowa, which kicks off next year’s presidential nominating contests, according to a closely watched opinion poll published on Saturday. The poll conducted for The Des Moines Register showed Cain, a…
Huntsman’s daughters spoof Cain’s ‘smoking man’ ad
Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman may be trailing in the polls, but he has become the first of the candidates to put up a parody of former tobacco lobbyist Herman Cain’s already-notorious “smoking man” ad. Huntman’s ad features his three daughters in horn-rimmed glasses and false mustaches “Tomorrow is Friday,…
Bachmann: Solve teen bullying by ending Dept. of Education
At a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa Friday, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann used a question about teen bullying as an opportunity to call to abolish the Department of Education. “I think that is an issue that needs to be handled at the local level,” the Minnesota congresswoman explained. “I…
Cigarette-smoking Cain aide dogged by voter suppression claims
Following the release of an ad showing him puffing on a cigarette, an adviser for Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is facing some extra scrutiny — and it isn’t just about his nicotine habit. An Associated Press report released Friday found that Cain chief of staff Mark Block not only…
Romney suddenly morphs into a climate change skeptic
Speaking to a crowd in Philadelphia yesterday, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) suddenly changed his position on whether humans contribute to climate change, insisting that “we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet.” He added that “the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try…
Santorum campaign: Aborted babies ‘think’ Cain is wrong
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says “aborted babies” would not support fellow candidate Herman Cain. In a new online campaign ad, Santorum hits Cain for his shifting position on whether abortions should be legal in cases of rape and incest. Earlier this month, Cain told NBC’s David Gregory that there…
Santorum: Dead foreign scientists a ‘wonderful thing’
In Rick Santorum’s world, the culture of life apparently doesn’t extend to the scientific community. The Republican presidential candidate told supporters in Greenville, South Carolina that it was a “wonderful thing” when scientists in Iran lose their lives. “On occasion, scientists working on the nuclear program in Iran turn up…
Carville: Smoking Cain aide was ‘drunk or stoned’
Democratic strategist James Carville is sure that Herman Cain’s campaign manager was on something besides nicotine when he decided to smoke in a campaign ad. “If that guy wasn’t drunk, I hadn’t taken a drink in my life,” Carville said of Cain chief of staff Mark Block. “He was high…
Romney atop Republican field in key states: poll
WASHINGTON — The race for the Republican presidential nod looked Wednesday to be Mitt Romney’s to lose, with a new public opinion poll showing the former Massachusetts governor ahead in four key early voting states. But the CNN/Time survey found the race for the party’s nomination to take on President…
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