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Santorum: ‘I want to go to war with China’
At Tuesday’s The Washington Post/Bloomberg Republican presidential debate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum declared that he actually wanted “to go to war with China.” Fellow candidate Mitt Romney promised that if elected, he would immediately label China as a currency manipulator, but added, “I don’t want a trade war with…
Gingrich says Chris Dodd and Barney Frank should be jailed
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) should be in jail instead of the bankers responsible for the financial meltdown. “I think the people who are protesting on Wall Street break into two groups,” Gingrich told an audience at…
Perry’s national poll numbers worse than Palin’s
Voters dislike Texas Gov. Rick Perry even more than former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, according to a national survey conducted by Public Policy Polling. Favorability ratings of Perry tanked in the last month, with only 23 percent of voters having a favorable opinion of him compared to 57 percent with…
Christie endorses Romney for Republican nomination
HANOVER, New Hampshire — Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney on Tuesday won a key endorsement from popular New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who said the former Massachusetts governor had the experience to turn around American fortunes. “America cannot survive another four years of Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney is the man…
Romney calls on Perry to ‘repudiate’ extremist pastor
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Tuesday called on fellow candidate Rick Perry to renounce an anti-Mormon Dallas pastor who he had chosen to introduce him at last week’s Values Voter Summit. In his introduction, Dr. Robert Jeffress hailed Perry as “a genuine follower of Jesus Christ.” Jeffress has said that…
Cain: ‘I left the Democrat plantation a long time ago’
Herman Cain is refusing to back down from Cornel West and Harry Belafonte’s stinging critique of his comments. The GOP candidate candidate for president appeared on Hannity Monday evening, hitting back at both of the prominent black, liberal figures’ tough opinions on him earlier in the day. “That’s the difference…
Romney flip-flops on protests: ‘I worry about the 99 percent’
If you want to gauge how effective a popular movement has become, compare the present statements of leading politicians with their prior positions. In the case of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R), the difference is night and day. During an appearance in Florida last week, Romney was calling the…
Poll: Huge majority of Americans support taxing the rich
As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote down legislation that would raise tax rates on the wealthiest Americans to pay for a jobs plan that most economists believe would stop the recession, a new poll has surfaced showing just how out of touch those Senators are with mainstream America. According…
Coulter: Chris Wallace should be ‘punched’ for asking Santorum about gays
Conservative columnist Ann Coulter is so upset at Fox News host Chris Wallace for asking Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum about gays in the military that she is advocating violence. In asking Santorum about the military’s now-repealed gay ban Sunday, Wallace had compared the integration of blacks to the integration…
Romney clings to lead in hot race for Republican nod
WASHINGTON — Former pizza chain executive Herman Cain has surged in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and is hot on the heels of frontrunner Mitt Romney, a new Gallup opinion poll showed Monday. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, led the crowded field with 20 percent of Republicans and…
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