Tag: elections
Cain suspends campaign, hints at endorsement; could it be good news for Obama?
Over the weekend, Herman Cain suspended his campaign and hinted that he would issue an endorsement soon. Most Cain supporters seem to be migrating to Newt Gingrich. Could a Gingrich victory ultimately be a win for Barack Obama?...
President Obama playing to win in Arizona as independents, Hispanics flex political muscle
With the Hispanic population of Arizona really growing, President Barack Obama is making a play to take the state out of the Republican column and put it in his own. At least two people are saying it's doable, and there's some precedent for that as well....
YouTube, other free media dominating political campaigns, but inaccuracies abound
The political season so far has been dominated my debates and free video ads aired on YouTube. But many of those YouTube videos contain out-of-context statements or outright inaccuracies that are going unchallenged....
Herman Cain facing accusations of decade-long extramarital affair
Ginger White, a single mom in Atlanta, says for 13 years she and Herman Cain engaged in an extramarital affair. Cain admits knowing the woman but vehemently denied the affair....
Egyptians turn out in droves to vote in Parliamentary elections
Lines were dozens and sometimes hundreds deep as Egyptians turned out for what they hoped are the country's free and fair elections, and were certainly the first elections since the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak....
Gingrich picks up newspaper endorsement in New Hampshire
The Union-Leader of Manchester, N.H., endorsed Newt Gingrich in the GOP presidential primary, but conservative opinion blogger Jennifer Rubin of The Washington Post said conservatives are too fractured to challenge Mitt Romney....
Democrats pushing Republicans to extend payroll tax cuts
Democrats are hoping to use the millionaire's tax to push through an extension in President Barack Obama's payroll tax cuts. So far, though, Republicans are resisting the idea of the millionaires tax, though they may be willing to use other means to keep the tax cut in place....
When it comes to Super PACs, one south Floridan is the man
Josue Larose, a mysterious South Florida man who says he's a millionaire economist, is the driving force behind 25 percent of the Super PACs that have been formed since the landmark Citizens United Supreme Court case in 2010....
In foreign policy debate, Gingrich shines; others surprise
Newt Gingrich, newly minted as the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination shined and surprised in the debate Tuesday night. But other candidates and topics also led to surprises....
As GOP candidates rise and fall, talk grows of a third party candidate
With Mitt Romney the only GOP presidential candidate with staying power, and with Tea Party activists growing more and more dissatisfied with him, is it possible the situation is ripe for a third party candidate to emerge?...
