Republicans will likely retain control of the Kansas Senate after the 2012 election, but an ideological battle playing out in the August primary will decide which faction of the party will run the chamber. With the Senate in hand, conservative Republicans would have firm control of the state’s agenda. Primaries are shaping up in several [...]
WASHINGTON — Herman Cain’s now-famous “9-9-9″ tax plan was crafted by a rank-and-file investment adviser working at a Wells Fargo branch in an affluent rural Ohio town with a population of about 6,000 people. Cain name-checked Richard Lowrie during Tuesday night’s Republican debate on economic policy, and his campaign confirmed to HuffPost that Richard Lowrie [...]
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that Occupy Wall Street protesters — as well as the rest of the American public — have a right to be angry about the economic situation in the country, but they shouldn’t be mad at Wall Street: They should instead be directing their ire at government officials. The remarks [...]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign staff on Wednesday accused former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney of changing his positions on a series of issues, offering a preview of what could be their central argument against the Republican presidential candidate next year. Obama’s campaign said in a conference call with reporters that Romney had shifted [...]
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) announced Wednesday that he had raised $1.9 million in the third quarter of 2011 — a formidable amount for a congressional candidate. The campaign said he netted over 42,100 individual contributions, with an average donation of $47. He has raised $4.1 million total for his re-election. This past quarter, West fundraised [...]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might have stayed in the Republican presidential race longer had he known it would be this volatile. Pawlenty reflected on his decision to drop out after his official state portrait was unveiled Monday night. He left the race in August after finishing third in [...]
CONCORD, N.H. — Seizing modest momentum in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, businessman Herman Cain promised to invest in additional staff and campaign more aggressively in New Hampshire and Iowa. “We have run this very lean by design. We are now going to ramp up,” he told reporters near the New Hampshire State [...]
David Cameron demanded a ‘big bazooka’ to resolve the crisis David Cameron demanded a ‘big bazooka’ to resolve the crisis in the Euro yesterday amid warnings that the collapse of the single currency would cost Britain £120 billion. The Prime Minister and Chancellor George Osborne joined forces to demand greater ‘firepower’ from the Eurozone in [...]
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday night on Fox News’ “The Sean Hannity Show” that he “left the Democratic plantation,” echoing language used by African-American Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) this summer. Hannity asked the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO about Harry Belafonte calling him a “totally false bad apple.” “As far as Harry Belafonte’s comment, [...]
WASHINGTON — At the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Awards Gala on Sept. 14, former astronaut Jose Hernandez found himself backstage chatting with President Barack Obama. Hernandez was there to receive the organization’s highest honor and Obama was there to give a speech on immigration reform. “We had a chance to meet in the back, and [...]
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