May 24, 2011 – Ron Paul says that since 2008 he has seen more potential voters come around to his way of thinking about the economy, and that he hopes his views on foreign policy will gain similar traction in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race. "People are now seeing the economic burden...

May 24, 2011 – Herman Cain leads presumed frontrunner Mitt Romney as the top choice of Republican primary voters in the race for the 2012 Presidential nomination. Among all voters, no one in a list of 13 possible GOP candidates leads President Barack Obama. More critically for Obama, however, is the fact that...

May 24, 2011 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel "will be generous" in giving back land to establish a Palestinian state, but will not return to the 1967 borders and will not agree to a divided Jerusalem. Netanyahu, in an address before a joint meeting of Congress, outlined his terms...

May 24, 2011 – The College Republicans of Northwestern University (my alma mater) have invited Townhall alum Mary Katharine Ham -- now of Fox News…

May 24, 2011 – President Barack Obama has lost at least one ally for his views on the Mideast. In a speech Monday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected Obama’s own talk last week in which he called for Israel to negotiate peace with the Palestinians using pre-1967 borders as a baseline, Politico...

May 24, 2011 – Kathy Hochul, the Democratic candidate in today’s battleground New York House special election, can't even vote herself because she lives just outside of the 26th Congressional District she wants to represent, The Caucus blog of The New York Times reports. Hochul has managed to avoid the politically inconvenient fact of...

May 24, 2011 – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday stressed Israel's position as the one democracy in the Middle East, in a special joint session of Congress. "Israel is the one anchor of stability in a region of shifting alliances," Netanyahu said. He went on to stress the strong ties between Jerusalem...

May 24, 2011 – Support for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has virtually evaporated, dropping to just 3 percent among likely Republican primary voters, a new IBOPE Zogby poll reveals. That’s down from 7 percent in a May 6-9 poll, meaning Gingrich has lost more than half his support in the new...

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – Egypt has ordered Hosni Mubarak to stand trial for the "pre-meditated killing" of protesters, among other charges—and he could face the death penalty. His two sons and a close business associate also face various charges for their alleged abuse of power to amass great wealth, the AP reports....

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – Conservative groups are asking for the names of teachers who called in sick during the Wisconsin protests earlier this year, and most districts that were asked have released the names. The Madison School District, however, has denied several of the public records requests, fearing for the safety of...

May 24, 2011 – Townhall News Editor Katie Pavlich was there reporting and will have a full, in-depth write-up.…

May 23, 2011 – Now that Mitch Daniels is awaiting his all-but-certain appointment to whatever blue-ribbon committee gets named to sort out our eventual national bankruptcy, who's your favorite fiscally sober Republican governor from the South/West? Mark McKinnon of The Daily Beast has a suggestion. Meanwhile, Commentary gently observes: "Daniels's departure opens a lane...

May 23, 2011 – Tim Pawlenty isn’t the only presidential candidate who admits he doesn’t think he can measure up to the Mitt Romney money machine. Herman Cain also ceded the fundraising advantage to Romney. But the former Godfather’s Pizza executive says he has his own strengths. “I cannot compete with a Romney when...

May 23, 2011 – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has taken a lot of flak about policy positions and behavior in his past. So the former House speaker says that, from now on, he won’t feel obligated to answer every question about his history, Politico reports. "All of you who want to play...

May 23, 2011 – Middle East governments are turning the tables on dissidents who are spreading their messages of protest through social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter. The autocratic regimes are now using automated message to flood the sites and drown out dissent, The Washington Post reported. Dissidents’ Facebook pages are...

May 23, 2011 – (Newser) – Add Donald Rumsfeld to the list of Republicans heaping praise for Osama bin Laden's killing on anyone but the Obama administration: "The capabilities to do it were developed over time by previous administrations, and they benefit the country, and the intelligence had been gathered over a long period...

May 23, 2011 – (CNSNews.com) – Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and head of the Obama administration’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools since July 2009, is leaving his post to lead a non-profit coalition-building organization. Jennings, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, is slated to...

May 23, 2011 – Washington (CNN) - Several of the leading Republicans who are the focus of speculation about whether they will enter the 2012 presidential sweepstakes insist they will not run for the GOP presidential nomination. At the top of some Republicans' wish list is former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who is now...

May 23, 2011 – Vice President Joe Biden surprised a gathering of donors in Cincinnati last week when he floated the prospect of his succeeding President Barack Obama in the White House. Biden, who started in the Senate young and would be just 70 in 2012, raised the possibility unprompted during a wide-ranging conversation...

May 23, 2011 – Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has performed a complete 180 within the past two weeks, pivoting from praising the Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) plan to phase out Medicare to penning a Politico op-ed voicing his disapproval for the plan, according to Talking Points Memo. Brown, who is up for re-election in...

May 23, 2011 – (Newser) – Despite the fact that Chris Christie has joked that committing suicide might be the only way to convince supporters he's not running in 2012, President Obama's campaign is still trying to get the dirt on the New Jersey governor. Sources tell the New York Post that Obama operatives...

May 23, 2011 – Radio/TV talker Glenn Beck and his company, Mercury Radio Arts, have unveiled a new e-commerce business venture called Markdown. The site will promote both unknown and known products and offer discounts. Special deals also will give additional discounts to consumers who share the offers with friends who make purchases. "For...

May 23, 2011 – With the GOP 2012 pack losing several big names following no-go announcements for Mitch Daniels, Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a bold step toward a possible presidential bid this week. Palin has sent out some 400,000 direct-mail fundraising letters targeting voters in several early...

May 23, 2011 – With the withdrawal of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels from the Republican presidential race during the weekend, some establishment Republicans hoped that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush might reconsider his decision not to run next year. But Bush dashed those hopes in a statement Sunday. "While I am flattered by everyone's...

May 23, 2011 – In a contentious interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, freshman Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) expressed frustration at the slow pace of the U.S. Senate, saying that given how little the deliberative body actually accomplishes, he feels sometimes, "like I should return my check". “We go up week to week, and there's...