2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

As a variety of names are now being floated for presidential running mates, Republican candidate Ron Paul says ousted Fox News host Judge Andrew Napolitano might be at the top of his list.
2012 Elections
Monday, February 20th, 2012

A new Des Moines Register poll shows Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) would best President Obama in the Hawkeye State if the general election were held today.
2012 Elections
Saturday, February 18th, 2012

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., The New York Times LAKE JACKSON, Tex. — Once there was a challenge of a softball game from the Ron Paul clan to the Mitt Romney clan. “They didn’t show up,” Mr. Paul says. “We didn’t schedule it. We really razz them about that, ‘You guys chickened out!’ ” When [...]
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines
Friday, February 17th, 2012

By TIM MAK | Politico.com Maine Republican Party chairman Charlie Webster has admitted that the state party made numerous clerical errors in counting the state’s caucus results — even omitting some votes because emails reporting tallies “went to spam” in an email account. However, Webster insisted that the errors did not change the outcome. On [...]
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines
Thursday, February 16th, 2012

AUGUSTA — The Maine Republican Party is reviewing its numbers from the presidential caucuses as pressure grows for a recount.
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines
Thursday, February 16th, 2012

The Maine Republican Party drew criticism over the weekend for declaring Mitt Romney the statewide winner without results from Washington County, where voters had planned to meet on the same day as the statewide announcement — Feb. 11 — but canceled the night before based on reports of a potential winter storm.
2012 Elections, Headlines
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Yesterday, a number of free-market economists and advocates voiced concern about the central feature of Rick Santorum’s economic policy. In short, Santorum picking winners (manufacturing) and losers (non-manufacturing) is no better than President Obama doing it — neither has the expertise to outwit the free market. Moreover, given that manufacturing has improved productivity (by slimming down while raising output), a zero tax rate for such firms isn’t likely to be the best way to promote jobs. These are firms that have succeeded by minimizing their workforce.
2012 Elections, Headlines
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Two polls released on Monday find that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has built a lead over Mitt Romney in Michigan — where George Romney, the father of the GOP presidential candidate, served as governor during most of the 1960s.
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Monday, February 13th, 2012

At a moment when the tea party movement has taken a back seat in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, Sarah Palin went to Washington this weekend to remind Republicans that she still represents an insurgent force that the Republican establishment ignores at its peril.
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines
Saturday, February 11th, 2012

He is the only one of the four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination not to have won a state primary or caucus.