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WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says that he should not have stayed silent after the audience at a recent GOP debate booed a gay soldier. The Georgia businessman told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that it would have been “appropriate” for him to have defended the soldier. None of the candidates at the [...]
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is too liberal for conservative Republicans. Republicans unhappy with the current field of GOP presidential contenders have been urging Christie to run. Christie has resisted becoming a candidate, but those close to the governor say he is reconsidering his decision to stay [...]
HAMPTON, N.H. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, facing stepped up criticism about his immigration record, has begun trying to counter a perceived weakness by portraying himself as the presidential candidate with the most credibility on the issue. Perry’s Republican rivals for the 2012 nomination have made inroads by highlighting his steadfast support for a policy [...]
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared on “Freedom Watch” with Andrew Napolitano Thursday night on the Fox Business Network, and defended her comments calling Herman Cain the “flavor of the week” in the GOP primary and alluded to her 2012 plans. “Take Herb Cain. Look at why he’s doing so well right now. I guess [...]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry reiterated his position on man-made global warming this weekend, telling New Hampshire voters that he’s “not afraid” to call himself a climate change skeptic. “For us to take a snapshot in time and to say that what is going on in the country today, the climate change that is going on [...]
WASHINGTON — (AP/The Huffington Post) Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says that he should not have stayed silent after the audience at a recent GOP debate booed a gay soldier. The Georgia businessman told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that it would have been “appropriate” for him to have defended the soldier. None of the [...]
GOP candidates “bow and genuflect” to the Tea Party, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “As I listen to the Republican presidential nominee candidates come forward and spot their ideas and bow and genuflect to the Tea Party and their agenda, I remember the Tea Party is not very [...]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that “everything is worse” under President Barack Obama. “This is our election to lose,” Graham told Candy Crowley on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked for his assessment of the GOP candidates and the 2012 race. “President Obama has done everything he knows how to do to [...]
WASHINGTON — When CNN’s Wolf Blitzer pressed Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) over what he would do if a 30-year-old uninsured man suddenly slipped into a coma and needed care, he did so, in all likelihood, not knowing just how personal a question it was for the Texas Republican. Paul’s 2008 campaign manager, Kent Snyder, went through [...]
The jubilant shouts of members of the GOP audienceencouraging the death of a hypothetical uninsured man bring to mind the 2009 House floor speech delivered by former Florida Rep. Alan Grayson, in which he famously charged: “The Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.” Members of the crowd at the Tampa debate agree [...]