The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
On December 5, 2009, Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will head to Fairfax, Virginia, for a stop on her book tour to promote "Going Rogue".The location would, normally, be rather insignificant -- another shopping center locale on a book tour with many such forums. But it represents one of the few forays Palin will make in (Read More)
MSNBC:
From NBC's Mark MurrayAUSTIN, Tex. -- When GOP governors huddled at the annual Republican Governors Association meeting a year ago in Miami, the party had just suffered another thumping at the polls, Sarah Palin was the unquestioned star attraction, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was urging his party to be more positive and in (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Colorado U.S. Sens Mark Udall and Michael Bennet with 12 other Senate Democrats signed onto a letter urging Senate leaders weighing climate legislation to consider granting valuable credits to utilities that rely most heavily on coal. Udall and Bennet joined other perceived pro-climate legislation lawmakers such as Minnesot (Read More)
National Review Online:
When it comes to Sen. Al Franken, sometimes it’s hard to tell if the joke’s on him or on all of us.In early October, Franken — a former Saturday Night Live comic and now the junior senator from Minnesota — presented legislation designed to paint Republicans into an uncomfortable corner, to let him claim the moral high groun (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession.They're all jockeying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination – even if they won't say so. Make no mistake: At least a half-dozen Republicans are in the ea (Read More)
The Guardian:
Right-wing radicals are already pinning presidential ambitions on a mother-of-five from Minnesota who calls herself a 'fool for Christ' and condemns Obama as a socialist at the head of a gangster regimeShe is a striking brunette with a decidedly outspoken attitude. She lambasts President Barack Obama as a socialist and has (Read More)
Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) forced to concede that using Holocaust imagery to depict the horrors of health care reform is "wholly inappropriate."
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Washington Post:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is widely regarded as one of the Republican Party's rising national leaders. The runner-up to Sarah Palin to be John McCain's vice presidential running mate, he is a conservative whose blue-collar roots, amiable personality and two terms as governor of a traditionally ...
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Huffington Post:
One month after making a big speech in Iowa, likely 2012 presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is slated to appear in that other critical primary state.The Republican Minnesota Governor is headed to New Hampshire -- the first official primary state on the election calendar -- for a mid-December speech for the Republican Senat (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama still has the approval of a majority of Americans, but it's an increasingly pessimistic nation.The public grew slightly more dispirited on a range of matters over the past month, including war and the economy, continuing the slippage that has occurred since Obama took office, the latest A (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. It his job to offer comfort, if not answers, after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Texas For Sarah Palin has put out a full book tour schedule for the former Alaska governor. Here's where you can see Palin read from "Going Rogue" and get an autograph -- so far: 11/18: Grand Rapids, MI - Barnes & Noble, Woodland Mall, 3670 28th St SE, Kentwood, 7 PM 11/19: Fort Wayne, IN - Meijer - 10301 Maysville Rd, Fort (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - In Congress:
Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, after making a series of smart strategic moves over the past few months in advance of an expected run for president in 2012, has struggled on the national stage in the past few weeks.
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The Guardian:
Memorial services at army base in wake of shootings reveal the diversity of America's armed forces, claims the president. But a right-wing backlash is gathering forceby Paul HarrisFort Hood, TexasNew evidence emerged yesterday that Muslim army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan meticulously planned the shooting spree tha (Read More)
Huffington Post:
You have to hand it to Michele Bachmann: She has succeeded in turning the GOP into one big Tea Party. This past weekend, the Minnesota Republican went on Fox News and called on viewers to show up on the Capitol lawn on Thursday at noon for a press conference and a last ditch attempt to kill health care reform. The gatherin (Read More)