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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 The nutrition icon long derided as way too complicated has been replaced by a plate divided into portions, notes NPR.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...

Jun 2, 2011 – (Newser) – Mark it down on the chalkboard: Glenn Beck's final day on Fox will be June 30, reports Mediaite. A gleeful Media Matters notes that Beck's ratings in May were among his worst ever. Business Insider, meanwhile, suggests five possible replacements, including Megan Kelly and SE Cupp. Beck, of...

Jun 2, 2011 – MASON CITY, Iowa --- Exclaiming "our rights come from our creator, not our government," U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, brought his conservative message to North Iowa Tuesday. Making reference to the Old Testament, the congressman talked about how Samuel warned his people about the dangers of having a king who...

Jun 2, 2011 – Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty already has declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, and Rep. Michele Bachmann is likely to do so soon. Each of them says there’s room for both in the campaign. But it’s unlikely that’s how they really feel, Politico reports. They represent different factions...

Jun 2, 2011 – (Newser) – Who's paying for Sarah Palin's American bus tour? She doesn't want to discuss it, and gets downright irritable when reporters ask. "I don't know why in the world you would ask a question like that," she snapped at an ABC News reporter. "I'm just thinking about America and...

Jun 2, 2011 – Mitt Romney’s claim that his healthcare reform measure was just 70 pages long while President Barack Obama’s weighs in at some 2,700 pages “is silly.” An “apples-to-apples comparison suggests there is virtually no difference in page count,” The Washington Post concluded in a fact check of the statement. Romney has...

Jun 1, 2011 – Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who took his first steps into the Republican presidential field as a moderate, has over the past month turned himself into something far from the center when it comes to Medicare. From throwing Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) more love than anyone to grabbing onto Ryan's...

Jun 1, 2011 – Donald Trump isn't the only GOP 2012er leaving his options open. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who said last month that he had reached the decision not to enter the 2012 race after intense prayer, says that doesn’t take him out of the veepstakes. "Everything is still open. I haven't...

Jun 1, 2011 – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s claims that the GOP plan to remake Medicare would throw seniors “to the wolves and allow insurance companies to deny you coverage” are bogus, The Washington Post concluded in a fact check of the assertion. In reviewing the Democratic National Committee chairwoman’s claims, the...

Jun 1, 2011 – Funding the military must be the federal government’s No. 1 priority, because without the protection of the armed forces the United States would cease to exist, Florida Congressman Allen West says. While politicians scramble to cut spending, West urged the government to “be looking at every single way we can...

Jun 1, 2011 – A group called The Republican Jewish Coalition has launched a nationwide robocall campaign strongly critical of President Barack Obama’s Mideast position. It tapped former Bush White House press secretary Ari Fleisher as a spokesman, the Washington Wire blog of The Wall Street Journal reports. The coalition has placed 20,000...

Jun 1, 2011 – The Donald has spoken out about his Tuesday night pizza and politics summit with Sarah Palin. She wants him to run for president. Asked if the duo had talked about "teaming up" on Fox & Friends Wednesday, mogul Donald Trump said Palin "would love to get me back" in the...

Jun 1, 2011 – Those Republicans who don’t like the current conservative entrants in the presidential race may soon have another option. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says he is thinking about joining the fray. Conservative activists are urging him to run, and he’s discussing the issue with his wife, DeMint told The Hill. He...

Jun 1, 2011 – Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Chief of Staff Andy Parrish is leaving his job in her congressional office to take an “exciting new position” with Bachmann — the clearest sign yet that the Minnesota Republican is going to run for president. Parrish, in an e-mail to Bachmann staffers, did not come out...

Jun 1, 2011 – Tim Pawlenty announced his New Hampshire campaign staff on Wednesday, formalizing the six-person team that’s been working his recent events in Manchester and neighboring Boston. Sarah Crawford Stewart will be the state’s campaign director. Stewart, who has been consulting Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC, was deputy campaign manager for Sen....

Jun 1, 2011 – (Reuters) - A leading congressional critic of the Federal Reserve called on Wednesday for regional Fed bank presidents to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. "Since we will have the Federal Reserve for a while, yes, I think they should be confirmed," Ron Paul, who chairs a House of Representatives...