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How the ‘Hermanator’ could be the Republican to challenge Barack Obama in 2012

He is a former pizza chain magnate, the son of a chauffeur and a cleaner, a conservative African-American — and, to just about everyone’s surprise, a strong contender in the Republican presidential race.
As other leading contenders have begun to falter, Herman Cain has surged into second place in Republican ranks, buoyed by his fiery oratory […]


Bachmann, Cain won’t say Romney is a Christian

Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann dodged questions Sunday whether Romney is a Christian. The issue arose during the just-completed Values Voters Summit in Washington, exposing tensions among evangelicals over Romney’s religious faith, as we reported today. Dallas Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress kicked things off by endorsing Rick Perry and declaring that Mormonism is a cult and Romney is not a Christian. Speakers […]


RINO Rick Perry on In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants: “It’s No Free Ride”

ORANGE CITY, IOWA — Making his second stop in western Iowa, Rep. Texas Governor Rick Perry was confronted by a voter with questions about his immigration policy after a speech at the Blue Mountain Culinary Emporium in Orange City.
Fae Groff-Moritz from Remsen, Iowa asked the governor to explain what exactly in-state tuition rates for illegal […]


Breaking News:Sarah Palin is Not Running The 2012 GOP Nomination for President of the United States

The former Alaska Governor and VP candidate sent the following letter to her supporters on Wednesday:
October 5, 2011
Wasilla, Alaska
After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put […]


FOX News Chief: I Hired Sarah Palin Because ‘She Was Hot And Got Ratings’

This Friday marks Fox News’ 15th anniversary and as a result Fox chief Roger Ailes has been making the media rounds providing some rare insight into his thinking.
 
Here is Ailes defending himself against charges that his network has a political bias: “I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.”
Read more at BusinessInsider.com


Optimistic Obama: “I Got Five-And-A-Half Years More To Go”

A confident President Obama said he understood that people are frustrated and he has yet to get “everything done,” however he said this was only the beginning. “It’s only been two and a half years. I got five and a half years more to go,” Obama said at a fundraiser in […]


8 Facts about the Obama/GOP tax compromise

1 The “cost” of the bill is $857 billion…over 10 years = $85 billion/year2 $85 billion/year is 2% of spending (proposed to be $3830 billion this year)
3 $721 billion out of $857 billion, or 84% of the bill, are keeping the tax cuts. Is this really “spending” to keep our own $?
4 Extending the […]


The Top 20 Campaigns In Which To Invest Time and Money Between Now and November

With just about 40 days to go to the election –less, actually, as voting starts very soon by absentee in many places– it becomes crucial to target time and money to key races. This is my suggested list of candidates to support. You can donate up to $2,400 per candidate in federal races and more […]


Rand Paul Money Bomb Raises Over $250,000 in just 2 days

Rand Paul scored big with his two-day online fundraising event this week.
Paul’s “money bomb” has raised over $250,000 for his U.S. Senate campaign in just two days.
Dr. Paul has made a great success of tapping into a large base of donors over the past year, and this is just another example of the campaign’s fund […]


Black Conservatives: The New Face of the GOP

The midterm congressional elections are seven months away. Republicans are already promising a strong effort to take back the majority and they’re attracting candidates who are already making history.At least 30 African-Americans in 16 states are running for the U.S Senate and the House of Representatives. It’s a surge of black Republican activism that America […]


32 Black Republicans Running This Year

I’m no campaign strategist by any stretch of the imagination, but I’ve been giving it a lot of thought since Obama was elected president: The only way to fight fire in politics is with fire. That being said, I wonder if the only way to definitively beat Obama in 2012 is with a black Republican […]


Drill, Obama Drill (Obama allows offshore drilling to deprive GOP of talking points)

For a Democratic president, this is a pretty gutsy move to open the public debate about an energy bill. Or, well, maybe it’s not: it’s high-reward, low-risk; environmentalists will complain, but then again, environmentalists complain. Aside from the substance, which is beyond our ken, the politics of this move is easy: with one fell swoop, […]


Pro-Life Democrats Who Switched Vote for Health Bill Request Billions in Earmarks

Since the health care reform push hit its final stretch, numerous sweeteners for lawmakers’ districts and states have been found inside the package. Earmark requests are made outside of the health care bill, making them a bit more difficult to link to any vote-trading. But it is precisely that kind of tricky-to-catch deal-making that Republican […]


‘TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING’ FOR LAWMAKER WHO SHOUTED ‘BABY KILLER’

Rep. Randy Neugebauer said this afternoon that his shout of “baby killer” amid Congressional debate over health care legislation Sunday night has drawn a “tremendous outpouring” of phone calls, emails, and financial contributions “telling me, ‘Congressman, thank you for taking a stand.’”
“You wouldn’t believe the emails and the phone calls of people calling and saying […]


TODAY I WEEP FOR AMERICA: A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFIRMARY

Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.The House argued its way through a thicket of Republican objections toward a late-evening vote on the bill to extend coverage […]


Show Prince The Door Out: Showdown in Searchlight - March 27th (TeaParty Express Video)

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Showdown in Searchlight - March 27th


Sarah Palin’s Fans Push For 2012 Presidential Run

While huge crowds greet her with roars of “Run Sarah Run!” as she tours the country in a bus, many national Republicans look on nervously, worrying the unparalleled enthusiasm she generates among some conservatives isn’t enough to power a Republican victory over Barack Obama in 2012.
“People look at her and see themselves: patriotic, religious, family […]


The GOP elite’s $1 million object lesson — and the message of NY-23

Conservatives owe NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman immeasurable gratitude. He overcame impossible odds (single digits just a month ago) to come within two points of defeating Democrat Bill Owens. Hoffman had zero name recognition. National Republican Party officials dumped nearly $1 million into the race on behalf of radical leftist GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, who […]


Bold, unapologetic Constitution-abiding Conservative sends GOP warning shot in NY-23

Base sends GOP warning shot in NY-23 By: Jonathan Martin and Alex Isenstadt October 31, 2009 07:43 PM EST
Republican Dede Scozzafava’s decision Saturday to drop out of the New York special congressional election gave conservatives a big win, but may present a challenge for Republicans heading into next year’s mid-term elections.
The long-term implications from Scozzafava’s […]


Political Earthquake (Americans are waking up to Liberal tactics)

The latest Rasmussen poll shows Chris Christie, the Republican nominee for Governor in New Jersey, beating the incumbent Democrat John Corzine by 4 points, even with a third party conservative in the race drawing over 10 percent of the vote. In Virginia, Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell is so far ahead of his Democratic rival […]