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Fact Check of GOP Presidential Debate in South Carolina
Facts were sometimes used as blunt instruments as the four remaining GOP presidential candidates hammered away at each other in the last debate before Saturday’s South Carolina primary. Santorum and Romney tangled on the Massachusetts health care law. Santorum wrongly … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Jimmy Carter, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan
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GOP Presidential Candidates Snub Women in Top Campaign Roles
It is mostly a man’s world in the Presidential Campaigns of the Republicans. There is not a single woman manages any of the campaigns. Ron Paul has an assistant campaign manager who is a female. Rick Perry’s campaign is run … Continue reading
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Tagged Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Two-thirds of Republicans say minds are not made up
One day before a CNN Western Republican presidential debate, a new national survey indicates that Mitt Romney and Herman Cain are essentially tied for the lead in the race for the GOP nomination, with Rick Perry dropping to a distant … Continue reading
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Tagged Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Republican Eric Cantor calls “Occupy Wallstreet” protestors a mob
House Majority Leader, Republican Eric Cantor, last week at the Values Voter Summit in D.C., said he was “increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying Wall Street and the other cities across the country.” That “mob” is composed of American … Continue reading
Florida’s Republican Straw Poll
What is a straw poll anyway? The short answer is that it is a vote with nonbinding results. Republicans seem to like straw polls. Yesterday a straw poll was taken of the Republican Presidential contenders in Florida. Herman Cain won … Continue reading
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Tagged Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, RickSantorum, Ron Paul
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GOP Presidential Contenders React to Obama’s Withdrawal of Troops From Afghanistan
Mitt Romney "We all want our troops to come home as soon as possible, but we shouldn’t adhere to an arbitrary timetable on the withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan. This decision should not be based on politics or economics. … Continue reading
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Tagged Gary Johnson, Herman Cain, John Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty
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Growing wealth of members of Congress
I extracted the following from today’s issue of The Hill. Nevada Democratic Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) reported at least $3.4 million in wealth, an almost 10 percent rise over the prior year. Reid … Continue reading