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Herman Cain proposes electrified border fence as immigration reform, says he was joking

Herman Cain proposes electrified border fence as immigration reform, says he was joking

GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain came down hard on immigration Saturday on the campaign trail, telling crowds in Tennessee that part of his policy would be to build an electrified fence on the Mexican border that could potentially kill anyone trying to enter the country illegally. He backed away from that proposal Sunday morning, however, [...]

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Michele Bachmann pledges border fence with mexico, blasts Rick perry over immigration

Michele Bachmann pledges border fence with mexico, blasts Rick perry over immigration

PERRY, Iowa — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday signed a pledge to push for construction of a fence along the entire length of the border with Mexico, raising the issue of undocumented immigration in an Iowa town where about one third of the residents are Hispanic. Bachmann also renewed her attacks on the immigration [...]

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Herman Cain reacts to haagen dazs no longer making black walnut ice cream: ‘i’m heartbroken’

Herman Cain reacts to haagen dazs no longer making black walnut ice cream: ‘i’m heartbroken’

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain reacted to the news Thursday night that the ice cream flavor he nicknamed himself no longer exists. After former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO the “flavor of the week” last month, Cain said on “The Tonight Show,” “I’m Haagen Dazs Black Walnut,” and that the [...]

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Rick Perry refuses to disavow Robert Jeffress, stands by wife’s ‘brutalized’ remarks

Rick Perry refuses to disavow Robert Jeffress, stands by wife’s ‘brutalized’ remarks

Texas Gov. Rick Perry blitzed the morning shows ahead of a jobs speech Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa., trying to deflect attention away from his falling poll numbers and association with Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress and toward his jobs plan. In multiple appearances, Perry said that polls go “up and down,” and that he remained unconcerned [...]

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Jon Huntsman 2012 campaign short on cash, limping along

Jon Huntsman 2012 campaign short on cash, limping along

GREENLAND, N.H. — Jon Huntsman is defiant, even as his presidential campaign limps along. “I don’t care whether you’re Republican, whether you’re independent, whether you’re Democrat, I want to get your vote. But I’m going to tell you right at the outset, I’m not going to pander,” the GOP candidate told about 100 New Hampshire [...]

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Clashes between the young and the old: the right wing’s war on the young

Clashes between the young and the old: the right wing’s war on the young

With the GOP primaries approaching, the Republicans have presented an array of politicians, with a revolving cast of front-runners. Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has remained at the top throughout, but, until recently, the identity of his main challenger was a volatile matter. At one point, as many have probably already forgotten, it was Donald [...]

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Ron Paul calls out Herman Cain for lie over fed audit during GOP debate

Ron Paul calls out Herman Cain for lie over fed audit during GOP debate

At the GOP Bloomberg/Washington Post debate Tuesday night, Ron Paul, the longest-serving advocate of a Fed audit in Congress, asked Herman Cain, a former director of the Kansas City Fed, why he opposed an audit of the central bank, and why he called advocates of such an audit ignorant. “Mr. Cain, in the past you [...]

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Michele Bachmann blasts Herman cain’s ‘devil’ 9-9-9 plan at republican debate in new hampshire

Michele Bachmann blasts Herman cain’s ‘devil’ 9-9-9 plan at republican debate in new hampshire

Herman Cain, as is his wont, defended his 9-9-9 plan during Tuesday night’s Republican primary debate by saying that everyone who’s analyzed it — and that includes economic minds from the left and the right — is just “wrong” because they’ve started from the wrong set of assumptions. Those same economists struggle to analyze the [...]

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Jon Huntsman daughters hit back at GOP candidates over twitter during republican debate

Jon Huntsman daughters hit back at GOP candidates over twitter during republican debate

While Jon Huntsman may be holding back from slinging attacks at his fellow GOP contenders, his daughters are not. Throughout the Republican primary debate in New Hampshire Tuesday night, Huntsman’s three oldest daughters — Liddy, Abby and Mary Anne — have been tweeting under the name, making fun of the other Republicans and defending their [...]

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Richard Lowrie, local wells fargo branch employee, crafted Herman Cain’s ’9-9-9′ tax plan

Richard Lowrie, local wells fargo branch employee, crafted Herman Cain’s ’9-9-9′ tax plan

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 [...]

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