2012 Presidential Candidates

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Romney, Bachmann Leading Iowa Polls

Rest of the GOP field is far behind

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann are in a dead heat in Iowa, with 23% and 22% respectively, says a new poll by the Des Moines Register . Herman Cain is third with 10%, and all others candidates are tracking in the single digits. While Romney is a well-known name in Iowa,...

Thaddeus Who? Ames Poll Gets Surprise GOP Entry

Michigan congressman may run; Gingrich skips bidding

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has opted not to pony up the $15,000 necessary to be a main competitor in August's Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, reports the Des Moines Register . The poll doubles as a GOP fundraiser, and candidates can essentially rent space for their supporters. Gingrich's tottering campaign...

Top Pawlenty Aides Working for Peanuts

And in some cases, not even peanuts, says aide

(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty is paying peanuts—or nothing at all—to several top members of his team. His top two strategists as well as at least three advisers are working for just zero to $1,000 per month, plus expense reimbursements, an anonymous aide tells the Washington Post . But “this...

Laughing at Bachmann Only Makes Her Stronger

People aren't voting for Bachmann, they're 'voting against us'

(Newser) - "Michele Bachmann has found the flaw in the American Death Star," Matt Taibbi writes in a long and (typically) profane profile of the Tea Party queen for Rolling Stone . "She is a television camera's dream, a threat to do or say something insane at any time,...

Who Exactly Is Jon Huntsman?
 Who Exactly Is Jon Huntsman? 
'nyt magazine' profile
Jun 21, 2011 10:52 AM CDT

Who Exactly Is Jon Huntsman?

'New York Times' delves into the latest 2012 candidate

(Newser) - Jon Huntsman announced today that he’s running for the presidency, but the former Utah governor and ambassador to China is far from a household name. In fact, when his campaign first began, even his aides knew little about him. “I just met him this morning,” Huntsman’s...

Ron Paul: Those Tired of 'Unwinnable' Wars Love Me

The Texas representative explains his recent straw poll win

(Newser) - Why did Ron Paul do so well in a GOP straw poll over the weekend ? Simple, he said on Today this morning: He’s popular with all those who are tired of the “endless, undeclared, unwinnable wars dumped on the young people" and the rising US national debt....

McCain Blasts 'Isolationism' of GOP Field

Candidates are abandoning principles of Reagan, he says

(Newser) - John McCain does not like what he's hearing from the Republican candidates about getting out of Afghanistan and Libya. "This is isolationism," he tells Christiane Amanpour in an interview taped for tomorrow's This Week. (Politico's Mike Allen provides excerpts at his Playbook .) "There'...

It's a Good Day for Bachmann, Ron Paul

He wins a straw poll, she wows conservative group

(Newser) - Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, and Jon Huntsman had a pretty good day on the campaign trail:
  • Paul easily won the straw poll at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, reports CBS . It's not a huge surprise: Paul (612 votes) typically does well in such venues because of his
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Romney Splits With GOP Pack on Abortion Pledge

He won't sign anti-abortion promise with other candidates

(Newser) - The next GOP debate might be a little testier: A rift has opened between Mitt Romney and the rest of the field over abortion, reports CNN . Romney refused to sign an anti-abortion pledge from the Susan B. Anthony List, unlike Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, and Rick...

Finally, Republicans Are Being Republicans Again
Finally, Republicans Are Being Republicans Again
Peggy Noonan
Jun 17, 2011 12:41 PM CDT

Finally, Republicans Are Being Republicans Again

Peggy Noonan likes the new 'sobriety' about waging war

(Newser) - Republicans should be happy with this week's debate for two reasons, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . First, nobody showed up from "Crazytown." More importantly, the candidates demonstrated a "new sobriety" on foreign policy. "There were no burly promises of victories around the...

Romney Surges to Clear GOP 2012 Lead

And in second place ... Sarah Palin

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is now the clear frontrunner in the Republican 2012 race, according to a new Wall Street Journal /NBC News poll. Of those likely to vote, 30% said they support Romney, an increase from last month’s 21%. Sarah Palin, who still hasn't said if she's in...

Debate Helped Rick Perry, Hurt Palin
 Debate Helped 
 Rick Perry, 
 Hurt Palin 
nate silver
Jun 14, 2011 12:51 PM CDT

Debate Helped Rick Perry, Hurt Palin

Why? Bachmann did well and Pawlenty didn't: Nate Silver

(Newser) - Acknowledging first that it's a little dicey to read too much into a debate so early in the process, Nate Silver ventures that last night's GOP forum might hurt the 2012 prospects of Sarah Palin and help those of Rick Perry, neither of whom took part. For Palin,...

Huntsman Joining 2012 Race Next Week

Former China ambassador will make it official, sources say

(Newser) - Jon Huntsman is making the rumors official: He’ll throw his hat into the 2012 ring next Tuesday, officials tell the AP . Huntsman left his post as US ambassador to China in the spring and started putting his campaign organization together. The former governor of Utah is seen as a...

Romney Committed Voter Fraud: GOP Opponent

Fred Karger claims Romney voted in Massachusetts, didn't live there

(Newser) - When Mitt Romney voted for Scott Brown in last year’s Massachusetts special election, his voter registration listed him as living in his son’s basement. Considering Romney is worth $500 million, that little tidbit struck Fred Karger—one of Romney’s opponents in the 2012 presidential race—as odd....

Obama: Family Would Be 'Fine' With One Term

But says he's still got work left to do

(Newser) - President Obama says the first family would be just fine if they were just a regular family. “If I said, ‘You guys, I want to do something different,’ they’d be fine,” Obama told the TODAY show this morning. “They’re not invested in daddy...

Herman Cain: Obama Was Raised in Kenya

Er, yeah, Indonesia, GOP candidate later acknowledges

(Newser) - Herman Cain is the latest Republican to state that Obama “was raised in Kenya,” though he quickly backtracked on the mistake. When interviewer Jeffrey Goldberg pointed out that the president actually spent four years in Indonesia, not Kenya, Cain—who has dallied in birtherism, Goldberg notes—replied, “...

For 2012, Obama Wants 'Fat Cats' Back on His Side

The president reaches out to Wall Street donors

(Newser) - President Obama—who famously angered Wall Street executives by calling them “fat cats,” the New York Times reminds us—is now courting those same executives in his quest for re-election campaign contributions. He kicked off the push by hosting two dozen of them, many longtime donors, at the...

GOP Shift: Obama Isn't Just Liberal, He's a 'Failure'

Charles Krauthammer: Campaign now about 'stewardship,' not ideology

(Newser) - Republicans coasted to victory in the midterms by painting President Obama as a liberal and running against him on ideological grounds. That long looked to be the GOP template for the 2012 elections as well, but Charles Krauthammer detects a significant shift thanks in part to the weak economy: "...

Mitt Romney's Week: So Good It Was 'Startling'

Peggy Noonan: Behold the genuine front-runner

(Newser) - Mitt Romney had always been the kinda-sorta GOP front-runner, but after this week he is the bona fide leader of the pack, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . "It was startling," she writes. "He stepped out from the blur." For starters, he gave a...

Herman Cain: If a Bill Is More Than 3 Pages, I Won't Sign

Because short bills make for great dinner-table reading

(Newser) - People who may want to consider supporting Herman Cain: lovers of trees, fans of brevity, Americans who like the idea of reading government bills while eating dinner. At an appearance in Pella, Iowa, yesterday, Cain took shots at Barack Obama's "failure of leadership," and said he decided...

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