Citizens United, a conservative political group based in Washington, D.C., is making independent expenditures in Senate District 18 just days before a Nov. 8 special election to decide the balance of power in the Iowa Senate.
In this fourth edition of The Iowa Independent’s 2012 Presidential Power Rankings, the panelists give nods to their widest field of potential candidates thus far, spreading their predictions between 13 individuals. Most also see 2012 shaping up as an outsiders-versus-establishment gambit, with the establishment winning if the grassroots are fractured. More…
Former New Mexico Republican Gov. Gary Johnson is sometimes referred to as a libertarian for his limited government positions, of which he says he’s seen a real embrace. And after decades of growing government spending, Johnson believes the country is finally serious about addressing the federal budget deficit. More…
The senator-cum-radio host, who has one of the most smart-aleck twitter feeds in conservative politics, makes fun of the Secretary of Homeland Security’s tennis injury. (In typical, sleepy Thompson fashion, he’s reacting to old news.)
Here’s a perfect example of how, inside the conservative base, the Scott Brown campaign for Senate in Massachusetts has become a lower-key, more gun-shy version of the push for Doug Hoffman’s unlikely bid in NY-23. Way back on September 28, 2009, a month and a week before the election, former More…
That would be former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).
Via Ben Smith, Thompson says the problem with the Afghanistan war isn’t the seven years that the Bush administration presided over its deep and thorough decline, but the seven weeks that the Obama administration has taken to review how to reverse the More…
WATERTOWN, N.Y. – Fred Thompson sounded like he was about to choke up. The former Tennessee senator and current conservative radio host, one of the first national political figures to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, was introducing his candidate at the final pre-election More…
The former Tennessee senator and presidential candidate lends his image to an ultra-serious TV ad. (Worth noting: the plain-spoken NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who lacks some TV polish, has not actually spoken to the camera in his ads.) The takeaway line: “When your grandchildren ask you why More…
Aaron Blake reports that former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), now a conservative radio host, is backing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in a special election to replace a Republican congressman in New York’s 23rd district.
Hoffman has become something of a conservative cause celebre. After the local GOP nominated More…
I’ve been unable to use Twitter all day, and I’ve foolishly blamed it on a DNS attack. Fred Thompson has another theory:
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