Despite Republicans hosting an all male panel this week in a House hearing on the White House contraception decision, Rep. Michele Bachmann felt Sunday morning her party was unquestionably in support of women’s rights. Bachmann appeared on CNN’s State of the Union and was asked by host Candy Crowley if…
The chairman of the Republican National Committee says that it is simply “not true” that his party takes the side of the wealthiest Americans over the poor and middle class. CNN’s Candy Crowley asked RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Sunday about a recent New York Times poll (PDF) which found that…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Sunday that saving the jobs of police and firefighters was not the role of the federal government. CNN’s Candy Crowley reminded the Kentucky Republican that a recent Gallup/USA Today poll found that 75 percent of Americans supported President Barack Obama’s plan to provide…
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Sunday that he was “delighted” that fellow candidate Herman Cain was surging in the polls, but hoped his popularity would be short lived. “Herman Cain is a terrific person,” Gingrich told CNN’s Candy Crowley. “I think there’s a certain attractiveness to Herman that a…
Appearing on CNN Sunday, both Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann repeatedly dodged questions on whether fellow candidate Mitt Romney was a Christian. Dallas pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress, who introduced Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry at Friday’s Values Voter Summit, has said that Romney is not qualified to…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is demanding an apology from President Barack Obama for slamming the Bush Administration on foreign policy and not using the phrase ‘war on terror.’ On CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, host Candy Crowley asked him that given President Obama’s foreign policy accomplishments if…