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Huntsman ad suggests Romney not genuine about being against abortion rights

By | 10.31.11 | 11:44 am

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman released Friday a campaign ad attacking fellow contender Mitt Romney for his changing positions on issues important to the Republican base.

Rep. Connie Mack gears up for U.S. Senate run

By | 10.27.11 | 12:06 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Rep. Connie Mack, R-Naples, will enter the Republican Senate primary, one of his advisers announced Wednesday.

Mack will face fellow GOP candidates Adam Hasner, George LeMieux, Mike McCallister and Craig Miller.

Romney waffles on Ohio’s anti-union law as polls show its repeal is popular

By | 10.26.11 | 3:45 pm

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney seems dangerously close to waffling on union reform, an issue core to many conservative voters, in Ohio, as he has made different statements on the state’s flashpoint political issue in the last two days.

Romney’s faith could play important role in GOP nomination, say poli sci pros

By | 10.25.11 | 11:58 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Perceived national frontrunner Mitt Romney‘s religion could yet play an important role in whether he wins the GOP presidential nomination and defeats President Obama, political observers say.

Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and a 2008 candidate for president, is a Mormon. There are about 15 million Mormons in More…

GOP candidate ad buys are low in top Iowa markets

By | 10.25.11 | 11:57 am | More from The Iowa Independent

With 10 weeks to go before the Jan. 3, 2012 Iowa Caucuses, ad sales at the state’s largest network TV station remain slow, with just three Republican presidential candidates buying airtime so far.

And the largest purchaser of ads at KCCI, the local CBS affiliate in Des Moines, isn’t even More…

GOP economic plan: ‘Foreclose, baby, foreclose,’ then ‘drill, baby, drill’

By | 10.24.11 | 3:43 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

One of the themes that emerged from last week’s Republican presidential debate in Nevada – the foreclosure capital of the United States – is that GOP candidates largely don’t think the federal government should do much to fix the ongoing housing crisis.

Catholic group seeks court ruling to prevent IRS pressure

By | 10.24.11 | 1:28 pm | More from The Colorado Independent


Catholic Answers
, a sort of information and advocacy group run by non-clergy members, last week asked the US Supreme Court to examine the way the Internal Revenue Service determines whether or not a nonprofit group has engaged in improper political activity.

Priebus in Iowa: Election a ‘fight between freedom and government’s insatiable appetite to grow’

By | 10.24.11 | 1:05 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Leaders of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and the chairman of the Republican National Committee used combative language to describe the GOP’s bid to defeat President Obama and put in place further restrictions on abortion and marriage during a social conservative event in Iowa over the weekend.

New ‘personhood’ billboard in Wisconsin promotes upcoming bill to criminalize abortion

By | 10.21.11 | 4:18 pm

The “personhood movement” has recently grown legs in Wisconsin, where state Rep. Andre Jacque (2nd Assembly District) has promised to introduce a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would change the definition of a person to include “preborn” babies. The intended effect of “personhood” amendments is to More…

Personhood USA pressures Romney to pick a side on Mississippi amendment

By | 10.20.11 | 6:05 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Though GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has caught flack for apparent flip-flops on abortion issues, perhaps none are quite as critical of him as “fetal personhood” supporters. The “personhood” movement wants governments to legally define a human being from the moment of conception, and Keith Mason, the head

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