Gop Race

The Funniest Rick Santorum Headlines

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2012

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Rick Santorum dominated the headlines on Tuesday after announcing that he was officially dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomi...

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WATCH: Fallon's Thank You Notes For Parents, The GOP Race & Tiger Woods

Posted 04.02.2012

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Another Friday, another round of Jimmy Fallon's thank you notes. These are always a treat, and this time around we especially enjoyed Fallon's thank y...

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GOP Brace For Possibility Of Brokered Convention

www.nytimes.com | Posted 03.18.2012

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CHICAGO — For the first time in a generation, Republicans are preparing for the possibility that their presidential nomination could be decided at t...

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WATCH: Colbert Makes Transvaginal Ultrasound Margaritas For Super Tuesday

Posted 03.07.2012

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As is often the case with election days, "The Colbert Report" taped on Super Tuesday well before any results began to come in. But that didn't stop Co...

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Santorum Endorsed By Megadeth Frontman

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 02.15.2012

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Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has picked up a campaign endorsement from Megadeth's Dave Mustaine. The heavy metal band's leader t...

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Palin Talks GOP Contest, Remains Coy About Endorsement

New York Times | By JEFF ZELENY | Posted 02.11.2012

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Sarah Palin said Saturday that Republicans should be in no hurry to wrap up the presidential nominating contest, declaring that a competitive campaign...

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Appealing to the Right on Anti-Immigration May Not Produce Victory

Judith Browne Dianis | Posted 04.08.2012

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States will likely be the primary, if not exclusive, site for immigrant rights fights. Moreover, with presidential candidates brazenly using racist rhetoric, it is not hard to see how election politics will contribute to support state anti-immigrant legislation.

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WATCH: Colbert Slams Ugly GOP Campaign, Creates Awesome New Hashtag

Posted 02.02.2012

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Ugly campaigns are nothing new, yet it seems like every four years we're told that the latest round of nasty attack ads has the potential to damage on...

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GOP Race Far From Over

AP | By THOMAS BEAUMONT and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 02.01.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The race for the GOP presidential nomination probably is far from over. Front-runner Mitt Romney's rivals – chief among them Ne...

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EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Endorses Sarah Palin For President

HuffingtonPost.com | Carol Hartsell | Posted 01.31.2012

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Sarah Palin may be encouraging voters to rally behind Newt Gingrich, but if we had our way, she would reconsider her own run for the presidency. A...

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WATCH: Colbert Super PAC Gets Even Dirtier

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 01.18.2012

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Colbert Super PAC is refusing to lose steam as the South Carolina primary grows ever closer. In a new ad released late Wednesday night, the organizat...

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THE MOLOTOV PARTY: For Today's GOP, Conservative Just Isn't Enough

NY Mag | Posted 12.26.2011

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Even those who loathe Karl Rove’s every word may be hardpressed to dispute his pre-Christmas summation of the Republican circus so far: “the mos...

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Perry Defends Oops Moment

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 02.10.2012

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Rick Perry defended his most recent "oops" moment on Fox News Sunday. "[Voters] aren't looking for a robot...or someone who's gonna be perfect in e...

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Rick Perry's Mom: 'I Don't Think He's Perfect'

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 01.06.2012

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Rick Perry's parents opened up about their son in a rare interview with the Dallas Morning News. "I don’t think he’s perfect and I don’t al...

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WATCH: Arianna On How 'Herman Cain Is The Latest Balloon Boy'

Huff TV | Posted 01.06.2012

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Arianna appeared on 'This Week With Christiane Amanpour' to discuss how Herman Cain's sexual harassment allegations scandal will effect his chances fo...

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WATCH: Arianna On How 'Herman Cain Is The Latest Balloon Boy'

Huff TV | Posted 01.06.2012

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Arianna appeared on 'This Week With Christiane Amanpour' to discuss how Herman Cain's sexual harassment allegations scandal will effect his chances fo...

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Newt Gingrich Steals The Spotlight

Urbandale, IA Patch | Posted 12.23.2011

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In a night that had been chugging along predictably at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s presidential candidate forum, suddenly a surprise was bo...

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WATCH: Man In Coma Enters, Leads GOP Race

Posted 12.18.2011

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With the 2012 presidential election just about a year away, it's hard to believe how many GOP candidates have entered the race without there being a c...

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The GOP's New "Two-Man" Race?

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 12.06.2011

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The next few weeks are likely to be critical for determining whether Cain and Gingrich can continue their extraordinary surge, or whether Perry, especially, can recover from a possible flame-out.

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Steele Challengers Begin Piling Up, Creating Opening For Steele

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The campaign for the next chair of the Republican National Committee is heating up in the wake of the committee's political director pen...

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Michael Steele: Some White Republicans Are 'Scared Of Me'

David Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following article was produced by the Raw Story and written by David Edwards. Since being elected the first African-American RNC chairman, Michae...

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GOP Base Driven By Bizarre Ideology, Not Racism, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Stan Greenberg and fellow Democratic researchers launched a study of the conservative Republican world's reaction to President Obama, he figured ...

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Sotomayor and Our Changing Demography

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lack of diversity and a long history of racial intolerance has taken its toll on the Republican brand with the fastest growing non-white part of the population: Hispanics.

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The Meaning of Michael Steele

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's hard to remember the last time a party chairman's race has been so closely followed, but the reality is that Steele's win really doesn't mean much.

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When You're Wright, You're Right

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Wright/Obama story has been utterly mangled. It's a human story and a tragic one. Two decent men doing good work are being used against each other in a game of political one-upsmanship.

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