Foster Friess aspirin joke shows danger to candidates of outside political groups
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Foster Friess, the main donor to a super PAC aligned with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, apologized for his comments suggesting Bayer Aspirin as a contraception method. In a blog post, the Wyoming Roberts also discusses comments on contraception by Santorum superPAC supporter, Foster Friess. >>> where are the women ? when i look at [...]
Read MoreReport: Stephen Colbert halts show due to mother
CBS News
"The Colbert Report" has been temporarily suspended due to the host's mother, Lorna Colbert, 91, falling ill, sources close to the show say. Since news broke early yesterday morning that new episodes of "The Colbert Report" had been abruptly put on A spokesman for Comedy Central said only that "unforeseen circumstances" had required "The Colbert [...]
Read MoreWith video: Underwear bomber gets multiple life sentences for failed attempt …
Detroit Free
The 25-year-old says the bomb in his underwear was a "blessed weapon" to avenge poorly treated Muslims worldwide. The bomb didn't fully detonate aboard an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight in 2009 but caused a brief fire that burned Abdulmutallab. Underwear bomber: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who hid a bomb in his underwear on a suicide mission for Al [...]
Read MoreRomney wins CPAC straw poll as question lingers long after Iowa
DesMoinesReg
At the Conservative Political Action Conference here, Romney earned the most support in the straw poll vote – his fourth win in six years – with 38 percent. Santorum took second with 31 percent, hardly the impossibly tight finish of the 2012 Iowa Romney Wins CPAC Straw Poll. By John Tabin on 2.11.12 @ 5:01PM. [...]
Read MoreCPAC: After a tough week, Romney wins conservative straw poll
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At the Conservative Political Action Conference–a combination trade show and political rally for College Republicans–conservatives express hope that the Repubican Party will be united behind a candidate before the general election in November. (Feb. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave a fiery keynote speech this evening at the CPAC 2012 Conference. She began her speech [...]
Read MoreRomney wins CPAC presidential straw poll
Fox News
In a CPAC keynote speech filled with applause lines and momentarily interrupted by hecklers, Sarah Palin refrained from endorsing any of the current GOP presidential candidates and instead repeated her calls for a long Rebecca DiFede, a CPAC participant with a silver business card case and pink tongue stud, watched from the sidelines. "I just [...]
Read MoreCPAC 2012: Republican candidates speak on Day 2
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Washington (CNN) — Rick Santorum made one thing clear at the Conservative Political Action Conference: he's not running for vice president. The insurgent GOP contender and his entourage stormed into CPAC ready to By Cameron Joseph – 02/10/12 05:55 PM ET Social issues ruled the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference, as President Obama's [...]
Read MoreNo Child Left Behind: Obama administration grants 10 waivers
Los Angeles
“After waiting far too long for Congress to reform No Child Left Behind, my administration is giving states the opportunity to set higher, more honest standards in exchange for more flexibility,” President Obama said in a President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child [...]
Read MoreRick Santorum's strategy of focusing on low-key races paid off
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By Shira Schoenberg, Globe Correspondent With former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum scoring victories in all three non-binding nominating contests on Tuesday, the next question will be whether the candidate can boost his fundraising to match the “Rick Santorum was a sitting senator who in re-election lost by 19 points, to my knowledge the most in [...]
Read MoreRick Santorum's strategy of focusing on low-key races paid off
Washington P
Donald Trump attacked Rick Santorum and speculated on a future role in a Mitt Romney cabinet in an interview aired Wednesday morning on CNN but taped before Romney's three losses in Tuesday's contests. "Rick “Rick Santorum was a sitting senator who in re-election lost by 19 points, to my knowledge the most in the history [...]
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