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Anti-gay leaders endorse Santorum: ‘He’s one of us’

Leaders of an anti-gay conservative Christian organization on Tuesday endorsed Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum ahead the upcoming Iowa caucuses. The Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats said that while his organization would not endorse a candidate at this time, he could personally Santorum because the former Pennsylvania senator was…

Santorum: Obama ‘doesn’t deserve credit’ for getting bin Laden

GOP hopeful Rick Santorum says that a lot of people deserve credit for the death of Osama bin Laden — but President Barack Obama isn’t one of them. In recent weeks, Santorum had called Obama’s foreign policy “pathetic” and accused the president of doing “nothing but appease the Iranians.” “Ask…

Trump pulls out of Newsmax GOP debate

After seeing GOP presidential candidate after candidate decline to attend, Donald Trump withdrew himself from moderating the December 27th Newsmax debate, according to published reports on Fox News and CNN Tuesday afternoon. Only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum had indicated they would be at the debate engineered by The Apprentice…

Trump debate still on, says conservative U.S. publisher

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Conservative publisher Newsmax said it is going ahead with a planned December 27 Republican presidential “debate” moderated by Donald Trump and featuring candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, despite controversy generated by one of its star attractions. Christopher Ruddy, the founder and CEO of Newsmax, which…

Gingrich signs pledge forbidding adultery

New GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich has signed a pledge from Iowa social conservative group The Family Leader that forbids committing adultery, according to the political blog The Iowa Republican. The pledge has already been signed by Texas Governor Rick Perry, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) and Rick Santorum. Former Massachusetts Governor…

Colbert: Trump debate headed down a ‘gold-plated crapper’

In this clip, Stephen Colbert examines the incredible shrinking Trump debate, which is currently on track to feature just Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and a pair of medium boxer-briefs who swear they were touched inappropriately by Herman Cain. Colbert has a suggestion as to what might fill the…

Santorum, Perry condemn new international LGBT rights strategy

President Barack Obama’s decision to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights around the world is a “war on traditional American values,” according to Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry. Obama on Tuesday ordered all government agencies that play an active foreign policy role to fight against…

CAIR thanks Ron Paul for countering Santorum at GOP debate

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday thanked GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul for rejecting profiling during CNN’s Republican debate, and directed their ire at another presidential candidate, Rick Santorum. During the Tuesday night debate, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer noted that Santorum had advocated profiling in the past. “Just to…

Ron Paul aide: He does not support the China currency manipulation bill

While some candidates in tonight’s Bloomberg/The Washington Post Republican Presidential Debate at Dartmouth College had a chance to respond to questions about the China currency manipulation bill that passed the Senate tonight, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) did not. But in an exclusive interview with Raw Story, senior aide Jesse Benton…

Forget 9-9-9, Santorum unveils 0-0-0 tax plan

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has fellow candidate Herman Cain’s number. At campaign stops across the country, Cain has been touting his “9-9-9″ tax plan. It calls for throwing out all existing tax policies and replacing them with a nine percent business flat tax, a nine percent individual flat tax,…