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Bachmann Blitzes Key State

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 02.15.2012 | Politics

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann said she did not want "to trash anyone" on Friday and then called her lea...

Perry Made Questionable Decision To His Benefit

AP | CHRIS TOMLINSON | Posted 02.15.2012 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a double-dipper, collecting a salary and retirement benefits simultaneously, according to a personal fi...

GOP Presidential Candidates Stumble On Facts

Posted 12.16.2011 | Politics

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. The final Republican presidential debate in advance of the Jan. 3 first-in-the-nation Iowa ...

GOP Candidates Make Questionable Claims

AP | By CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 12.16.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich overlooked a couple of years of red ink when he asserted Thursday night that he balanced the budget for four years as Hous...

Elise Foley

The Second Tier Makes Its Final Pitch

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.16.2011 | Politics

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- In the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3, the candidates who are mired in second-tier status tried as bes...

Elise Foley

Out In The Cold: Rick Santorum Says Cut Heating Assistance, Unemployment Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

HOLSTEIN, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said on Thursday he would end federal assistance for heating bills and cut down on une...

Newt Hit With Surprising Attack

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) attacked Newt Gingrich over getting draft deferments while advocating a hawkish foreign poli...

As Caucus Day Approaches, a Debate Over Us Iowa Hicks

B.A. Morelli | Posted 02.14.2012 | Politics
B.A. Morelli

Should Iowans play kingmaker in selecting our president? I don't know the answer, but it's a good question.

Newt's Ad Omits Facts

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 02.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — TITLE: "We Deserve Solutions." LENGTH: 30 seconds....

GOP Candidate Attacks Rival's Ad For Not Being In The 'Spirit Of Christmas'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 02.14.2012 | Politics

JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich chided his GOP presidential opponents in a new TV ad for going negative and said separately Thursday that his checkere...

GOP Candidate Claims Voters Looking Beyond Checkered History

AP | By MIKE GLOVER | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich says he's surged ahead of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination because voters are looking beyond his ...

Perry Plays Up Background

AP | By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Every now and then, Rick Perry seems to stop campaigning for president. That's when he talks about the men and women who have ...

Newt Scrambling In Key Primary State

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 02.14.2012 | Politics

DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has little choice but to rely on momentum to carry him to victory in the Iowa...

Newt Has His Own 'Oops' Moment

AP | By CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry isn't the only one to have an "oops" moment in the Republican presidential contest. An article on Newt Gingrich's official w...

Santorum Makes Shocking Prediction About Future Of America

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Tuesday that the passage of the Affordable Care Act could be the "death knell" for America. "W...

GOP Candidates Crisscross Key States While One Goes To New York

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics

IOWA CITY, Iowa — His attacks growing ever more personal, Mitt Romney on Wednesday questioned chief rival Newt Gingrich's temperament, spending ...

Key Gingrich Staffer Resigns After Incendiary Comment

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics

Craig Bergman, Newt Gingrich's political director in Iowa who joined the campaign less than a week ago, resigned Tuesday after calling Mormonism a "cu...

GOP Candidate Makes Startling Claim

AP | By STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul wants the federal government out of the health care business. Paul is known for his ...

Gingrich Makes a Mess with Janitors Claim

Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Newt Gingrich got it wrong when he claimed "an entry-level janitor gets paid twice as much ...

Rick Santorum Drinks Beer

Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum made a swing through the Millstream Brewery in Iowa this weekend to both taste and talk about his favorite be...

GOP Candidate: 'My Views Are Progressive'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics

Mitt Romney described his views as "progressive" at a 2002 campaign stop in Worcester, Mass., while running for governor. "I think the old standby ...

Newt Calls Obama 'Chicken'

AP | STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 02.12.2012 | Politics

MANCHESTER, N.H. — There were no time limits, formal rules or reporters asking questions. And if you ask Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman, they w...

Bachmann Plans Major Push In Key State

AP | Posted 12.12.2011 | Politics

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Each of Iowa's 99 counties is likely to hear from Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann by the end of December. Bachman...

Rick Perry Has Another 'Oops' Moment

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.10.2011 | Politics

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry could not remember Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's name Friday in an editorial board interview wi...

Santorum Makes Shocking Proposal On Immigration

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.09.2011 | Politics

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, speaking at a campaign stop in Spencer, Iowa Wednesday, said families with undocumented immigrants sh...