As the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation takes up pipeline safety legislation today, watchdog groups say that the measure contains good elements to address recent pipeline disasters — such as the San Bruno, Calif., gas explosion and the Marshall, Mich., oil spill –but could still use some improvement. More…
South Dakota Sen. John Thune has informed family and friends that he has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
The message, which was subsequently posted to Thune’s website and Facebook page Tuesday, is signed by the Senator and his wife, Kimberley.
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U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) continues to toy with a possible 2012 run for the GOP presidential nomination, but says he’s in the “final stages” of making a decision.
“It’s fair to say that I don’t have the same national name recognition as some of my more famous Republican More…
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will participate in a three-city Iowa lecture tour organized by a controversial conservative organization on Feb. 7.
Pawlenty will deliver a “pro-family lecture” followed by a structured Q&A facilitated by Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, at events More…
While average Americans were tightening their belts in 2010, potential 2012 presidential candidates were busy feathering their nests in the states to the tune of $2.7 million that didn’t have to be reported to the Federal Election Commission.
Through the formation of state-level Political Action Committees (PACs) politicians have been More…
President Barack Obama spoke to the nation on Tuesday night in the annual State of the Union, and while many of those who watched the speech gave it high marks, there is one unsurprising group of individuals who have been out front in criticizing the president’s remarks: his More…
There may be indications that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is moving away from a 2012 presidential campaign, but a new poll from Public Policy Polling has him holding a dominant lead over other potential Republican contenders.
The national poll sampled 515 “usual national Republican primary voters,” and Huckabee 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…
My story today highlights how Tea Party pressure is making it harder for Republican senators to sit on the sidelines in the lead-up to Tuesday’s Senate Republican Conference showdown over a moratorium on earmarks being pushed by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) — and opposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell More…
Red State’s Erick Erickson pronounced Sen. John Thune’s (R-S.D.) potential 2012 presidential bid dead today when sources informed him that Thune was opposing Sen. Jim DeMint’s (R-S.C.) proposal for an earmark moratorium among GOP senators. Erickson wrote:
Thune is whipping votes for Mitch McConnell in order to defeat the Coburn-DeMint
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