Rick Santorum Fails to Qualify for Indiana Ballot
Rick Santorum did not fulfill the requirements to make the ballot in Indiana, the Indiana Republican Party announced Friday. The primary is not scheduled until May 8. Candidates needed 500 verified signatures from each of the nine congressional districts in the state. The Indiana GOP… Read More »
EmailNewt Gingrich Calls Mitt Romney ‘Obama Lite,’ ‘Little Food Stamp,’ and ‘Rich Guy’
LAS VEGAS – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took to the podium in a Las Vegas honky-tonk bar Friday to slam Mitt Romney. Gingrich again criticized Romney for his controversial comments about poor people he made to CNN Wednesday. “If you’re a genuine conservative, first… Read More »
Fear of Israel War With Iran Grows Amid Heightened Nuke Concerns
Iran’s supreme leader raised the stakes today defiantly vowing that if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear program, American interests would suffer as well. Some American officials believe Israel may be planning to strike Iranian nuclear targets sometime this spring. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta did not… Read More »
Nevada Caucus Eve, Dow Up, Unemployment Down, Would Lawmakers ‘Muck it Up’ if they ‘Got Off Their Rear Ends’? (PM Note)
ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf (@zbyronwolf) reports: LISTEN: Doug Limerick reads the words of Marine Sgt. William C. Stacey, who died this week in Afghanistan at 23. bit.ly/xJWCZK This Week in Scary News from Iran – Compiled by Huma Khan: http://abcn.ws/A6fF5K Komen Buckles After Backlash… Read More »
Senate Dems Draft ‘Backup’ Plan If Payroll Tax Conference Committee Fails
For the second time in as many days, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is increasing the heat on the payroll tax conference committee. The committee, tasked with finding a deal to extend the payroll tax cut for a year before its Feb. 29 deadline,… Read More »
Maine Senator Susan Collins Engaged This Week
A wedding is in the works for Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. On Sunday, the 59-year-old senator became engaged for the first time to Thomas Daffron, chief operating officer of Jefferson Consulting Group, a lobbyist firm in Washington, D.C. While a date has not been… Read More »
Rick Santorum’s Bet on Missouri
HANIBAL, Mo.– GOP contender Rick Santorum is spending the day Friday in Missouri, four days before the state’s primary, even though not a single delegate will be awarded to the winner of the contest. The primary here is little more than state-sanctioned straw poll, and… Read More »
Romney: Jobs Report ‘Good News,’ But Obama ‘Has Not Helped’
SPARKS, Nev. – Mitt Romney said today’s jobs report is “good news,” but said President Obama has not helped to fix the economy. “This recovery has been slower than it should have been, people have been suffering for longer than they should have had to suffer. Will… Read More »
Tale of a Trend: Unemployment Rates and Presidents
The Obama team has long argued that when it comes to unemployment, it is the trend, not the actual number, that will be important. And the trend, at least for now, looks pretty good (Jan. ’11 to Jan. ’12) Now compare this with unemployment trend… Read More »
Boehner Unhappy Despite Jobs Increase, Wants Dems to Pass GOP Proposals
House Speaker John Boehner and members of his Republican leadership team scoffed at the positive jobs data this morning, suggesting that despite new signals that the economy is improving, the president’s economic agenda has failed and the country would be better off if the GOP’s… Read More »
