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Rand Paul to Be First Presidential Contender to Hit All Early Primary States
April 8, 2013 Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky will be the first potential 2016 Republican contender to touch base in all three of the states hosting the earliest nominating contests, revealing raw electoral ambitions to surpass his father’s standing as a leader of the tea-party movement. Paul already visited South Carolina in January, ...
Republicans Turn to An Unlikely Name for Inspiration: George W. Bush
December 19, 2012 As Republicans reassess their future in the presidential wilderness, seeking a message and messenger to resonate with a new generation of voters, one unlikely name has popped up as a role model: former President George W. Bush. Prominent Republicans eager to rebuild the party in the wake of the 2012 ...
Obama wins reelection: how he did it
November 6, 2012 Elected on hope in a season of despair, President Obama won his first term by being the right guy at the right time. He won his second term making Mitt Romney the wrong guy. Obama turned what could have been a stinging referendum on his economic stewardship into a pass-fail ...
For Michelle Obama, a new image but an old role
September 4, 2012 When Michelle Obama spoke at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, she was warily viewed as a woman proud of her country “for the first time” and caricatured by The New Yorker as an Afroed and armed rebel soldier. Four years later, she’s now better known as the fashionista first lady ...
Convention challenge: VIP speakers who send wrong message
August 7, 2012 Pity the organizers of the Democratic and Republican conventions this year. The host governors -- Bev Perdue in North Carolina and Rick Scott in Florida --happen to be two of the least popular state executives in the country. But geographic protocols demand that they address the convention hall. What to ...
A 'military vote' that doesn't really exist
May 29, 2012 Myth 1: President Obama will win the military vote because Osama bin Laden was killed under his command. Myth 2: Mitt Romney will win the military vote because he wants to build up the armed forces to be "so strong no one would ever think to challenge [them]." Truth: There ...
In Wisconsin, Romney likely to join battle against public employee unions
March 30, 2012 Mitt Romney should be good to go, ready to pivot toward the general election—and there would be no better place to start than Tuesday’s primary in Wisconsin. The state hasn’t voted for a Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan, but close elections in 2000 and 2004 branded it a battleground. Two ...
Cash-strapped Gingrich slashes staff, cuts travel
March 28, 2012 Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is laying off one-third of his staff and cutting back on his schedule, but is hoping to stay in the game if Mitt Romney fails to seize the nomination before the convention, a spokesman said late Tuesday. The news that Gingrich is downscaling, first reported ...
Santorum's twin southern wins make it a two-man GOP race
March 14, 2012 Alabama and Mississippi threw former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum a lifeline Tuesday, knocking Newt Gingrich on his heels and the Republican presidential nomination at least temporarily out of Mitt Romney's reach. The twin Southern victories will help Santorum frame the contest going forward as a two-man race against Romney, the ...
Romney survives Super Tuesday, but fierce GOP race goes on
March 7, 2012 For Republicans who hoped Super Tuesday would mark the beginning of the end of an increasingly destructive Republican primary, it was not to be. Mitt Romney won the most states, boosted his delegate haul and eked out a critical victory in Ohio -- yet he failed to vanquish much weaker ...
