...Tea Party zealots from Indiana are currently suffering from buyers' remorse. By defeating Sen. Richard Lugar in the GOP primary they took what should have been a safe Republican seat and gift wrapped it for the Democrats.Meanwhile in Minnesota's...
...Bachmann has repeatedly declined to comment on her fallback options if her presidential campaign doesn't survive the GOP primaries. An adviser for Bachmann did not immediately respond to a message Friday. Another map submitted by a Democratic...
...to us.Then there's the political wild card, former Sen. Paul Koering of St. Mathias. He lost to Gazelka in the GOP primary race but decided to run as a write-in candidate in 2012. Write-in candidates face a huge challenge in garnering...
...is better than mending." That's a key adage from Aldous Huxley's dystopic "Brave New World," and it fits the GOP primary contest to a T. Try to deal with the candidates in the race? Give them a buff or two? Urge them to speak calmly...
...Temple mocked the "tearful" speaker and vowed to give him "something really to cry about" this fall: "As the GOP primary season opens, if House freshmen and others elected by the tea party caved to Obama, we will find replacements for...
...unanswered attacks. McCain sorely needs to win in Michigan, where Democrats and independents can participate in the GOP primary. A victory would restore some momentum to his campaign, but McCain faces a huge obstacle in California, New York...
...John McCain, R-Ariz., to attack Bush, noting that it was McCain who criticized the Texas governor during the GOP primaries for not devoting more of the future budget surpluses to shoring up Social Security. ''If you ask me, John McCain...
...speechwriter and expert in foreign policy, entered the picture in October after being overshadowed by other candidates in the GOP primary for the third straight presidential election in a row. He's on track to receive the Reform Party's presidential...
...approached McCain in the past several weeks about leaving the Republican Party. McCain, who ran against Bush in the GOP primaries last year and was one of only two Republicans in Congress to vote against his tax cut, used Jeffords' defection...
...ABC-Washington Post poll released today. Among those planning to vote in the GOP primary, McCain, an Arizona senator, had 40 percent to 36 percent for Bush...McCain fares very well with those who say they are likely to vote in the GOP primary.
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