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GOP candidates make reducing power of federal courts a campaign issue
Even though the U.S. federal court are hardly hotbeds of liberal sentiment by most standards, their willingness to uphold freedom of speech, the separation of church and state, and equal protection for gay and lesbian citizens has frequently irked conservatives. Now a majority of would-be Republican presidential candidates appear to…
Ron Paul plans to ‘eventually’ end all federal student aid
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul told NBC’s David Gregory Sunday that he would “eventually” end all federal aid to students. “As you well know, you have a lot of support among young people,” Gregory noted. “They’re borrowing to pay for college at record levels. Would you abolish all federal student…
Is Rick Perry a birther?
Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently told PARADE magazine that after talking to Donald Trump he doesn’t know if the birth certificate released by Barack Obama is legitimate. Trump briefly considered running for president in the Spring. He gained considerable media attention by questioning whether Obama was an natural born citizen…
Santorum: Obama ‘lost the war in Iraq’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed Sunday that by announcing the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq, President Barack Obama had “lost the war.” The candidate told CBS’ Bob Schieffer that the Republican reaction to the president’s announcement had been scathing because the Obama administration failed to convince Iraq…
Ron Paul wins Ohio GOP straw poll by huge margin
Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas won a landslide victory in the Ohio Republican straw poll conducted on Saturday. Of the 428 Republicans who voted in the straw poll, nearly 54 percent cast their ballot for Paul. He was followed by businessman Herman Cain, who received about 26…
Bachmann: Gaddafi ‘may be’ still in power if I were president
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann admitted Sunday that Libya may still be under the rule of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi if she had been president instead of Barack Obama. In May, the candidate called the U.S. military action in Libya “a disaster in the making.” “If President Bachmann had been…
Lindsey Graham on Iraq withdrawal: Obama ‘failed’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says President Barack Obama has made a “serious mistake” by planning to withdraw all troops from Iraq by the end of the year. “I think in the last year he has made some very poor, dangerous foreign policy decisions at the strategic level,” Graham told Fox…
Perry, Bachmann take swipes at Cain in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Republicans Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann took veiled swipes at surging presidential rival Herman Cain on Saturday as six of the party’s White House hopefuls courted social conservatives at an Iowa forum. Appearing separately before about 1,000 conservative activists, the Republican candidates all pledged to…
Bachmann’s New Hampshire manager, staff leave campaign
After back and forth reports, it seems Michele Bachmann’s New Hampshire staff is leaving her fading campaign. According to The New York Times, Bachmann’s New Hampshire campaign manager Jeff Chidester confirmed that he was leaving the campaign on Friday evening. Frustration with the nation campaign and not Bachmann herself has…
Maher: GOP debates are ‘the roach motel’ of the Republican primaries
On Friday night’s episode of Real Time, panelists Rachel Maddow, Touré, Thomas Friedman and Joshua Green joined host Bill Maher in trying to figure out Herman Cain’s recent surge in the polls. “I mean he’s intellectually ridiculous,” said writer and TV host Touré. “The real problem is that he’s hijacking…
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