Iowa intrigue: Bachmann chair defects to Paul
The longtime chairman of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign in Iowa appeared Wednesday with the congresswoman, and then defected to rival Ron Paul a few hours later. After staying silent at...
View ArticleRomney, Paul, Santorum — down to the wire in Iowa
Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are in a fluid, too-close-to-call race less than three day before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, according to a Des Moines Register poll...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann’s greatest gaffes/hits
The finish to Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign likely will not end Bachmann’s outlandish remarks remaking American history and altering climate science. Indeed, hours before withdrawing,...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann: Off but still running
She fumbled key episodes in American history and proclaimed herself “an Iowa girl,” but dropout presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann said Wednesday she is running for reelection to her...
View ArticleRoseanne Barr is running for president – just the latest woman to do so
A memorable line from the 2008 election was that it left 18 million cracks in the “glass ceiling” blocking women from the White House — the 18 million votes then-Sen. Hillary Clinton received in...
View ArticleRadcliffe ‘disgusted, amazed’ at U.S. Republicans
British actor and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe says he is “disgusted, amazed, stunned” when he looks across The Pond at Republican presidential candidates making statements denouncing gay...
View ArticleGaseous politicians: Nonsense, demagoguery on gas prices
Every increase in gasoline prices gets a rise out of gaseous American politicians seeking to fuel voter anger in their drive for power. Quick fixes get featured. Lower prices are promised....
View ArticleRepublican “greens”: We’re changing our name
Republicans for Environmental Protection is the latest in a line of “green” groups to change its name, in this case seeking outreach to old allies who are now in bed with the oil, gas and coal...
View ArticleGood cause, odd couple — Michele Bachmann & Jim McDermott
The yin and yang of the U.S. Congress — liberal Seattle Rep. Jim McDermott and conservative Tea Party champion Rep. Michele Bachmann — are teaming up on a bipartisan bill to ease red tape tripping up...
View ArticleBachmann: Anti-Muslim attacks hit House colleague
U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, denounced by Sen. John McCain, has doubled down on her crusade to investigate American Muslims with an attack on a House colleague from Minnesota who is the first Muslim...
View ArticleHouse votes to repeal Obamacare — for 37th time
The sequester is forcing layoffs across the Pentagon’s civilian workforce, no budget negotiators have been named, and the Farm Bill is a year late in coming. But the U.S. House of Representatives found...
View ArticleHouse narrowly rejects bid to curb NSA surveillance
The U.S. House of Representatives, on a narrow 217-205 vote Wednesday night, rejected an amendment that would have prohibited the National Security Agency from secretly collecting vast amounts of phone...
View ArticleU.S. Jewish groups “sold out Israel”: Bachmann
Jewish groups in the United States have worked “against Israel’s best interests” and “in some respects sold out Israel,” Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former Republican presidential hopeful, has...
View ArticleOff but running? Rep. Michele Bachmann may again seek Presidency
The Tea Party backed White House bid of Rep. Michele Bachmann was giving off steam in the summer of 2011, but went cold in January’s Iowa Caucuses. She quite the race after a distant sixth place...
View ArticleMcDermott backs accord to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons
With a nod toward the Obama administration’s “steely resolve,” Seattle’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has announced his “enthusiastic support” for the agreement between the United State and five...
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