Why Rick Santorum Is No Social Conservative Savior
TIME
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday defended his record of directing federal funds to pet projects in his home state of Pennsylvania. "I've defended my earmarks in the sense that I'm proud of the money that I did set aside for To debate: Politico's Alexander Burns wonders if Rick Santorum, who is experiencing a [...]
Read MoreAs Iowa's Kent Sorenson jumps to Ron Paul ship, rat analogies abound
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(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, battling allegations he is anti-Israel, praised it as one of the United States's most important allies in an Israeli newspaper interview published on Thursday. Kelly Clarkson of American Idol fame supports Ron Paul for the Republican nomination in 2012. Michele Bachmann lost her Iowa campaign co-chairman, Kent Sorenson, [...]
Read MoreRick Santorum has a shot at third place in Iowa: polls
New York Dai
A new CNN poll has Rick Santorum roaring back back from the bottom of the GOP pack to 16% in Iowa. A new CNN poll has Rick Santorum roaring back back from the bottom of the GOP pack to 16% in Iowa. By Naureen Khan CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – One of Iowa's newest top-tier candidates, [...]
Read MoreGary Johnson to run as Libertarian
Minneapolis
Gary Johnson was told by the New Hampshire Republican Party he hadn't met their standards for fund raising and poll numbers, thus he wouldn't be invited to the debate. Johnson's views are nearly identical to Ron Paul's, keep this in mind. Obama may lose gay voters to Gary Johnson in 2012 | 'I'm the only [...]
Read MoreAs Rick Santorum surges, Newt Gingrich fades fast in Iowa
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — At a campaign event in Iowa on Wednesday, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum laid out his simple two-point plan for eradicating poverty in America. "Do you know if you do two things in your life — if Rick Santorum , 53, is a former US lawmaker from the eastern state of Pennsylvania. He [...]
Read MoreKeystone XL pipeline: a jobs coup for Republicans in tax deal?
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What is the Keystone Pipeline? The Keystone Pipeline is an oil pipeline that runs from supply fields in Alberta, Canada through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missour. LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The chief executive of a company trying to build a pipeline to carry oil through six states from Canada to Texas said [...]
Read MoreKeystone XL pipeline: a jobs coup for Republicans in tax deal?
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Wow, here's more great work (sarcasm) by the GOP House/Senate Leadership. To get the following for 2 months and putting it right back into the forefront during. The Republican U.S. House of Representatives late on December 13 made good on its threat to attach a provision that could force a decision on the Keystone XL [...]
Read MoreKeystone XL pipeline
UPI.com
Dick Lugar announced inclusion of his Lugar-Hoeven-Vitter legislation that would “compel the Obama Administration to act on a construction permit for the Keystone XL pipeline in 60 days,” in the payroll tax reduction bill. “The President will no longer President Barack Obama supports a compromise payroll tax deal reached in Congress on Friday but Republican [...]
Read MoreUS bill requires decision on XL pipeline
CBC.ca
17, Congress made a back-room deal that would rush a decision on the dirty Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. This dirty, dangerous, oil pipeline proposal would bring corrosive oil from Canada through America's Heartland. Over the last several months, the controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline extension has grown to such fevered pitch that [...]
Read MoreRon Paul emerges as force in 2012 GOP race
Washington P
Ron Paul 2012. 1 vote. By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. ANKENY, Iowa — It was four years ago that Ross Witt, a soft-spoken electrical engineer at John Deere, overcame his natural discomfort with knocking on hundreds of his The 2012 caucus is Tuesday, Feb. 7. If you will be 18 by election day in November, [...]
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