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Palin breaks silence on Tucson

By | 01.12.11 | 10:33 am

At 6:52 a.m. EST this morning, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin posted a 1,141-word Facebook post with an accompanying eight-minute video responding to the Tucson shootings at length on the same day President Obama is scheduled to travel to Tucson to speak. The response comes as a reply More…

Slight jab at Palin from Pawlenty in wide ranging interview with NYT

By | 01.11.11 | 10:39 am

As he turns to focusing on the national stage shortly after leaving Minnesota’s governor’s office, Tim Pawlenty is making his way through numerous high-profile interviews. He appeared on both Good Morning America and The View on Tuesday morning, and on Monday he sat down with The New York Times for More…

Bachmann’s ‘armed and dangerous’ becomes example of ‘toxic political environment’

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s statement saying she wants Minnesotans “armed and dangerous” during a radio interview in 2009 has become a target of liberals in the wake of the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona this weekend. Rep. Keith Ellison, Bachmann’s neighbor to the south, said such statements have More…

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)

Giffords shooting leads nation to introspection and political finger wagging

In the wake of the shooting in Arizona this weekend that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and that killed and injured more than 20 people, many pundits and politicians are pointing fingers. Others are hoping the incident will serve to ratchet down rancor. Yet emerging details make it clear the More…

In wake of Giffords shooting, Palin aide says ‘crosshairs’ really surveyor marks

By | 01.10.11 | 10:40 am | More from The Colorado Independent

An aide to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on a conservative radio program Sunday that last year’s much-maligned ads by Palin’s PAC showing rifle crosshairs over 20 Democratic congressional districts – including Gabrielle Giffords’s CD8 in Arizona – were actually meant to represent surveyor’s symbols on a map.

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)

Tea Party, LGBT groups respond to shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

By | 01.08.11 | 6:08 pm

Editor: For more of the American Independent News Network’s coverage of reaction to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, visit The American Independent.

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head Saturday afternoon at a Congressional meet and greet in her Tucson district.

Doctors says the shot went More…

2012ers edge closer to announcing official campaigns

By | 12.06.10 | 1:15 pm

No one wants to come out and say it, but a number of Republicans have recently indicated that they plan to mount campaigns to seek the party’s 2012 presidential nomination. None of the statements come as a complete shock — each GOPer in question spent significant parts of 2010 engaged More…

Hotline Presidential Power Rankings put Romney on top, dismiss Tea Party

By | 11.09.10 | 5:29 pm

With just over 14 months remaining before the Iowa Caucus, National Journal’s The Hotline has released its Presidential Power Rankings, assessing the viability of 15 Republicans who might mount bids to become their party’s representative in the race against President Obama.

The list breaks the potential candidates down into More…

Angle, Bachmann, Palin Break Records in GOP Fundraising

By | 10.13.10 | 9:15 am

Tuesday’s fundraising numbers indicate that just three Republican women have together raised over $20 million for their political committees in the last quarter alone. Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle’s $14 million shatters the record for a Nevada candidate, while Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) $5.4 million is more than any More…

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Tea Party Favorite O’Donnell Takes Delaware

By | 09.14.10 | 10:39 pm

On the question of whether Christine O’Donnell — a two-time failed candidate and one-time anti-masturbation crusader — was suitable for office, Democratic and Republican operatives wholeheartedly agreed. She would never win the Delaware Republican Senate primary, they said this summer.

[Congress1] But tonight, voters begged to differ. A little after More…