Jun 6, 2011 – It looks like the Republican presidential candidates are now ready to start attacking each other instead of just President Barack Obama. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, garnered more than $1 million for his campaign Sunday with an Internet “money bomb,” The Hill reports. And in the fundraising request, Paul took...

Jun 6, 2011 – (Newser) – It didn't take long for Iowa to hit back at Jon Huntsman. In a long statement obtained by Politico, Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, himself a Republican and a Mormon, mocks Huntsman's explanation for why he's skipping the state, noting that his "excuse" (he opposes ethanol subsidies)...

Jun 6, 2011 – (Newser) – Score one for Sarah Palin on her bus tour—whether she’s running for president or "just testing a new reality show format." Palin’s post-gubernatorial moves don’t prove she’s seeking the White House, but they do show "an understanding that outrageous statements, calculated controversy, and the blurring of the line...

Jun 6, 2011 – A new amendment proposed by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash that protects Freedom of Information Requests from improper blocking passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday. Amash, R-Cascade Township, introduced the amendment to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill on Thursday, and it passed by a 257 to 164...

Jun 6, 2011 – A claim by Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz that Republicans want to return the country to Jim Crow segregation laws is “outrageous,” Reince Preibus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, tells Newsmax. Wasserman Schultz leveled the charge on the African-American network TV One’s “Washington Watch” program. Referring to...

Jun 6, 2011 – The chairman of the New Hampshire Young Republicans says excluding former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson from next week's debate goes against the spirit of the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Only candidates who have received an average of at least 2 percent in national or New Hampshire polls were invited...

Jun 6, 2011 – Read more about Operation Fast and Furious and the Obama Administration's hidden gun control agenda in the June issue of Townhall Magazine…

Jun 6, 2011 – Six months ago, one thing seemed certain about the 2012 election: While the White House and the Senate might be up for grabs, the House surely wouldn’t. The new Republican majority seemed too big to erase in a single night. And the upcoming round of redistricting was poised to lock...

Jun 6, 2011 – (Newser) – President Obama has finally gotten Democrats and Republicans to agree on something. Unfortunately for him, it’s their distaste for his “odd stand on the Libyan war’s legality,” a Washington Times editorial observes. With this resolution, Congress told the president that his present stance on Libya—that the mission is...

Jun 6, 2011 – Former first lady Laura Bush is advocating new territory for national parks in another natural area that is in peril: the ocean. And Bush points to perhaps the country’s most famous national park, Yellowstone, as a blueprint to expand the National Marine Sanctuary System and save the waters from ruination....

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...