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Local publisher Vance Opperman wants one, or both, of the national conventions in the Twin Cities in 2012. Apparently the publicity and visibility garnered for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul outweighs the disturbing — to many — memories of a well-armed police presence that kept violent protesters at bay and intimidated many others.
Sarah Palin could expect a lot of support in Iowa's Republican caucuses if she launched a campaign for the 2012 presidential nomination, according to The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today said he would appoint Republican state Sen. Abel Maldonado to fill the vacant lieutenant governor's job, perhaps setting off a partisan squabble over his confirmation.
Sources: Steele didn’t feel he was getting credit.
The Republican National Committee apparently may be on the verge of instituting a 10-point test of adherence to GOP principles. If this takes effect, a candidate whodisagreed on more than two points would not get party support. Shouldn’t be much trouble for the herd lining up for federal office in Arkansas.
Senate to start ironing out differences after Thanksgiving recess. Public option a key sticking point
For the Democrats, in control of the White House and Congress, the congressional elections will be presented to the public as a question of fulfilling an agenda of progress and change and keeping "the party of no,'' the intransigent GOP, in check.
In the Republican primary for Florida agriculture commissioner, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam of Bartow seems like a natural.But state Sen. Carey Baker of Eustis intends to put up a fight against Putnam in the primary. Claiming the role of the true conservative in the race, he hopes to turn the race into the kind of ideological battle that's becoming common in the Republican Party.
He says Monday that there is “no hypocrisy” in RNC staffers getting abortion coverage from their insurer.
Standing in the eye of the storm with the health care debateswirling about him, Sen. Ben Nelson on Monday mused about hispreferred end game scenario.
Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln (D) cast the 60th vote needed Saturday to advance the Senate health care reform bill.
Next year's congressional elections weigh heavily in partisan comments. Republicans say healthcare vote shows Democrats' devotion to big government; Democrats say the GOP is merely the 'party of no.' With the Senate's 60-39 vote to proceed to debate, after Thanksgiving, on a healthcare bill that the president is seeking by year's end, the debate of the 2010 midterm elections has been joined.
Several polls have shown recently that even the most popular radio talk-show hosts (the Limbaughs and Dobbses) who trade in politics on their shows...
Register exclusive: Sarah Palin could expect Iowa GOP support if she launched a 2012 presidential campaign, according to The Register’s Iowa Poll.
The GOP is set to unleash an attack on some moderate Democrats who voted to begin debate on the Senate health care reform bill.
Conservatives within the party leadership want to blacklist any candidate who strays too far from their line
WASHINGTON -- Former Republican Gov. Robert List said today that the nearly 500,000 uninsured Nevadans do not lack health care because they can receive public hospital and emergency room treatment in the state.
A journal and a lock-picking device seized during a search warrant at a Minnesota activist’s home last year link him to the 2004 animal rights vandalism at the University of Iowa, federal authorities said Friday. A person dressed in all dark clothing, seen in a video of the action, also matches the description of Scott DeMuth, [...]
CARLISLE -- Jon Golnik has held a number of jobs in his life, reinventing his career each step of the way to satisfy his interests and passions. He's worked as a foreign currency trader in New York, sold imported Asian furniture in Boston, and currently runs an online retail Web site selling Boston College sports merchandise.
Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now" is considered by many progressives to be a national treasure.
Ed Gillespie, former chairperson of the Republican National Committee, will present the final talk in the fall lecture series “Assessing Obama's First Year” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, in Mitchell Hall, South College Avenue at Amstel Avenue, on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.
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