Obama Admin. Pushes for Islamic NATO
The Obama administration is pushing to leave more troops in the Persian Gulf and to create a regional equivalent of NATO in the Arabic Middle East, according to the New...
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Newt Gingrich: The “Anti-Romney” or the “Other Romney”?
As Tea Party supporters cast about for an alternative to the flip-flopping Mitt Romney (and his long history of political liberalism), an increasing number are turning their eyes back...
Ron Paul Wins NFRA Iowa Straw Poll
Texas Congressman Ron Paul won both votes in the October 29 Iowa straw poll, winning 82 percent of the Iowa vote, easily besting Herman Cain's 15 percent support. The straw...
Foreign Policy: Herman’s a Neo-Cain-servative
If Herman Cain is elected President, America’s soldiers are not going to be coming home from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq anytime soon. To the contrary, they can expect...
Herman Cain: “Cainsian” Economics Examined
Presidential candidate and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain fielded questions from voters in Concord, New Hampshire, on October 12. Cain’s rise in the polls has created intense interest...
Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition: Is Gingrich a Player?
Newt Gingrich emerged as the winner of the October 22 Iowa Faith and Freedom Forum, if measured by the level of audience applause. The Christian-right audience gave the thrice-married Gingrich...
Obama Proclaims End of Iraq War as Contractor War Continues
President Obama announced with much fanfare in an October 21 address to the nation that "as a candidate for President, I pledged to bring the war in Iraq to a...
Ron Paul Drives the Republican Debate Agenda
Ron Paul stood alone in his positions on economic and foreign policy issues during the presidential election cycle of 2008. Many establishment candidates — and even debate moderators —...
Debate: Republicans Agree to Continue Foreign Aid Funding (Except Ron Paul)
The Republican candidates for President agreed at the October 18 CNN Las Vegas debate that, despite the federal deficit crisis, they wanted to continue foreign aid spending — with the...
Forbes Claims Ron Paul Was Wrong About the Fifth Amendment
Forbes magazine's Richard Miniter claimed Congressman Ron Paul has the Fifth Amendment wrong on Obama's assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, but the example of George Washington during the Whiskey Rebellion...
Ron Paul Releases the ONLY Presidential Candidate Balanced Budget Proposal
Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) unveiled a balanced budget proposal, "Plan to Restore America," October 17 that would cut nearly $1 trillion — $981 billion — from the President's budget...
Tea Party Presidential Election Primer: Paul v. Cain on Economics
With the recent decline in the polls of the candidacies of Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, Tea Party members have two top-tier candidates to consider as an alternative to the...
Herman Cain Admits He “Missed” Economic Crisis
Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain admitted to MSNBC's Chuck Todd October 12 that he had "missed" the housing bubble and 2008 financial collapse. ...
Republicans Bash Federal Reserve, Laugh With (Not at) Ron Paul
Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty tried to get Republican presidential candidates in the October 11 New Hampshire debate to agree with the left-wing consensus that Wall Street suddenly and inexplicably...
Calls Grow for Holder Resignation Over “Fast and Furious”
Calls from county sheriffs in the Southwest for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder over the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking scandal received a shot in the arm from...
Obama’s Death Panel and Charles I’s Star Chamber
President Obama has created a secret death panel to decide which American citizens should be killed without trial by our own military, and he approved a secret legal memorandum...
Ron Paul Wins “Values Voter” Straw Poll
Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll October 8 with 37 percent of the vote, besting Herman Cain's 23 percent in a Christian right audience...
Unemployment Rate Unchanged, 103K Jobs Added
The U.S. economy added 103,000 new jobs in September with the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported October 7. Most...
Could the President Assassinate Journalists?
Representative Ron Paul suggested before the National Press Club October 5 that President Obama's assassination program of alleged terrorists could grow into an assassination program for journalists who disagree with...
Democrats Cheer Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren’s Attack on Wall St.
Republican presidential debates have been marked by sometimes awkward audience cheers, but former Obama administration official and U.S. Senate candidate frontrunner Elizabeth Warren got a really awkward and wild...