Jun 6, 2011 – by Nick Freiling Well that's one way to make the headlines... Potential presidential candidate Jon Huntsman told New Hampshire voters last weekend that he plans to skip campaigning in Iowa. Considering his opposition to ethanol subsidies, he said it’s not worth it for him to campaign in...

Jun 6, 2011 – NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Potential Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman says it's unlikely that he'll compete in Iowa's lead-off caucuses. The former Utah governor and ambassador to China tells New Hampshire activists that he doesn't support subsidies for corn-based ethanol. Huntsman says he won't waste time trying to win over...

Jun 6, 2011 – President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are getting set to tee it up. Obama, an estimated 17 handicap, has invited Boehner, an 8 handicap, to join him for a round of golf on June 18, and the speaker has accepted, Politico reports. This will mark one of...

Jun 6, 2011 – As I have noted before, the Obama team’s emphasis on its “achievement” in the car bailout is of dubious value. There are the political downsides, most especially the public’s distaste for anything with “bailout” in a sentence. But it is the merits of the case that remain the most problematic,...

Jun 6, 2011 – (Newser) – Don't be so fast to write off Sarah Palin's chances at winning the presidency, warns former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, who tut-tuts Washington insiders for dismissing her out of hand. “Any time you have a contest—particularly when unemployment is as high as it is—nobody gets a...

Jun 6, 2011 – In the June issue of Townhall Magazine, we have a very special feature examining the common characteristics our soldiers have shared … separated by more than 140 years, had to say about family and duty to country.Below is just a brief taste of what only readers of Townhall … Roo, Gabriel's wife of two years, to raise the couple's infant son Gabe.Read the entire compelling piece ONLY in the pages of Townhall…

Jun 3, 2011 – Conservative leaders at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference that opened today in Washington, D.C., told an audience of predominantly social conservatives to fight hard for their candidates in the upcoming Republican primaries — but to pull together and support the GOP nominee when the primaries are over. "I’m here...

Jun 3, 2011 – Guest post by Nick Freiling A bill that would have immediately ended US military operations in Libya caused quite a stir on Capitol Hill this morning, as Congressmen (many of whom have spoken out against Obama's war in Libya) were nearly forced to actually vote to end the...

Jun 3, 2011 – (Newser) – House GOP leaders canceled a vote on a Dennis Kucinich resolution to end the conflict in Libya today, because they were afraid lawmakers would actually vote for the thing. John Boehner “is concerned that if this were to come to the floor now, it would pass,” one senior...

Jun 3, 2011 – (Newser) – Eric Holder today told the US Sentencing Commission that he supports a proposal to release thousands of federal prisoners convicted on crack-related offenses. Until Congress changed them last year, federal sentencing guidelines gave crack users—who are predominantly poor and black—much harsher sentences than powder cocaine users. Now, Holder...

Jun 3, 2011 – An IBOPE Zogby poll indicates that voters increasingly see both Republicans and Democrats as “out-of-touch” with the citizens they’re supposed to represent. A survey of 2,225 likely voters found that 45 percent of them associate the phrase “out-of-touch” with Democrats. But that almost precisely mirrored the 46 percent who...

Jun 3, 2011 – Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he's running for the Republican nomination for president. The entry has been long expected from the former Massachusetts governor. Several high-profile Republicans -- including Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul -- have already hit the campaign trail. Others who are less well-known, like former Minnesota Gov....

Jun 3, 2011 – (Newser) – John Edwards' decision to forgo a plea deal and fight charges that he violated campaign finance law in court comes at no small risk. He faces up to 30 years in prison on the six counts (along with $1.5 million in fines) if he loses. The case hinges...

Jun 3, 2011 – Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) will attend the New Hampshire debate on June 13. This will be Paul’s 2nd Republican primary debate. Paul’s first debate was held on May 5th in Greenville, South Carolina. Paul will join six other declared or soon-to-be declared candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul will...

Jun 3, 2011 – Mitt Romney, who announced Thursday he is running for president, believes the nation’s financial crisis is so severe that the nation is headed for a depression. Romney also said on Fox News Thursday that raising taxes would not be fair. “If you have an economy where the leaders do everything...

Jun 3, 2011 – News Editor Katie Pavlich was recently on NRANews Cam & Co. to discuss Misfire, her story in the latest edition of Townhall Magazine … You can see a preview of the story here and you can subscribe to Townhall Magazine at TownhallMagazine.com  …

Jun 3, 2011 – Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose trek to New Hampshire Thursday even as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was there to announce his candidacy for the GOP nomination for president ramped up speculation that Giuliani himself is close to seeking the nod, promised to “do it the right way”...

Jun 3, 2011 – Guest Post by Nick Freiling Sen. Rand Paul is about to hold a news conference to discuss the threat of terrorism (two residents of his hometown of Bowling Green were recently arrested on charges of plotting to aid anti-American insurgents in Iraq). His recent comments on Hannity, which...

Jun 3, 2011 – (AP) – Employers hired only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in eight months, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1%. The Labor Department report offers startling evidence that the US economy is slowing, hampered by high gas prices and natural disasters in Japan that have hurt US manufacturers....

Jun 2, 2011 – Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized President Barack Obama for a lack of leadership, particularly on budget issues. And House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan sounded the theme Wednesday at a meeting with Obama, The Hill reports. Ryan isn’t too pleased about the president’s criticism of the budget plan he...

Jun 2, 2011 – The emerging Republican presidential field draws tepid ratings. Just a quarter of voters (25%) have an excellent or good impression of the possible GOP candidates, and a separate survey found that negative descriptions of the field far outnumber positive ones. Asked for a single word to describe the GOP field,...

Jun 2, 2011 – (Newser) – The food pyramid is no more. The nutrition icon long derided as way too complicated has been replaced by a plate divided into portions, notes NPR. Fruits and veggies take up more than half its space, and meat doesn't get a mention. (Instead, there's a "protein" section, along...

Jun 2, 2011 – Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., is “in trouble” and needs to work with police to find the alleged hacker who accessed his Twitter account, said former New York City Mayor Ed Koch on his radio show, reports the New York Post. “It's not too late to prevent damage by turning...

Jun 2, 2011 – A number of advisers, donors and endorsers who supported Mitt Romney 2008 bid for the White House are absent from his 2012 attempt. Some of those who were with him in 2008 are not convinced he can win the GOP nomination or defeat President Barack Obama, The Washington Post reported....

Jun 2, 2011 – June 2, 2011, Santa Fe, NM - Presidential Candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson today released the following statement applauding the report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which declared the War on Drugs a failure and called for governments to explore the legalization of marijuana and...