Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who has recently been heralded by conservative pundits who regret his early departure from the GOP presidential race, told MSNBC Thursday that he won’t accept a vice presidential position.
Nezar Hamze, executive director of the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has applied to become a member of the Broward Republican Executive Committee and to create a Muslim Republican Club.
According to the conservative blog Shark Tank: “The Republican Party is close to reading More…
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey vetoed a bill that would permanently ban hydrofracking in that state and called upon the Legislature to pass a one-year moratorium that would allow time to study the issue before making a final decision.
The Susan B. Anthony List is among the anti-abortion rights groups taking credit for the trend of states cutting federal funding for reproductive services in the name of defunding Planned Parenthood. But, this Washington, D.C.-based group is actually keeping score.
With about six weeks to go until Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer and fasting event in Houston, a growing handful of Republican governors are saying they won’t be attending the rally hosted by the controversial American Family Association.
Joe DiVincenzo styles himself affectionately as “Joe D,” the Essex County executive who has happily given bipartisan credence to New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s calls for far-reaching reform to the state’s public employee pension system. The New York Times profiled DiVincenzo in January, leading with an illustration of More…
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, whose call for vast reductions in public employee compensation have made him one of the Republican Party’s most popular national figures, is the fourth-highest paid governor in the country, according to a study released last week by Stateline.
Christie earns $175,000 per More…
President Obama has a 54 percent approval rating, according to a Washington Post/ABC poll. Gallup and CNN polls also show him with a 53 percent approval rating, exhibiting something of a trend in recent weeks.
However, in the Post/ABC poll, 51 percent disapprove of his handling of the More…
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…
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich — who bounded onto the CPAC stage to the strains of Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” — predicted that the GOP will seize control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. That was the headline-grabbing bit of his bombastic, 30-minute speech, More…
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