Sen. John Edwards, on the campaign trail, has proposed the creation of an international organization to fight terrorism through shared intelligence. The man who claimed that there was no war on terror beyond a bumper sticker a few months ago, now ins
You have to love the hypocrisy of the Republicans running for president, nine characters in search of Ronald Reagan. That's why Fred Thompson, who thinks he's the next best thing, jumped in among the lemmings. After all, he is tall and is an
Only two well-known candidates for President made it to the Republican straw poll: Congressman Ron Paul of Texas and Congressman Duncan Hunter of the people’s republic of California. Ron Paul presented the convention with tangible ideas, agree with h
In an internal memo sent to political advisers this week, John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis writes of "four phases" the campaign plans to "roll out" in September.
This isn't one of those internal memos meant for p
3 years after Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, Fred Thompson provided advice to a colleague about one of his law firm’s new clients: The man representing the 2 Libyan intelligence officials charged in the terrorist bombing.
As you may know, UNH hosted the Republican debate on Sept.5th. Somebody chalked the campus for Ron Paul on Tuesday night! Purdue University was recently chalked. Here is a video of the post-chalking event.
Presidential candidate Fred Thompson was asked to react to Osama bin Laden's first public communication in 3 years. He was asked if the US should have captured bin Laden and fully dismantled al-Qaeda prior to invading Iraq? This is what he said:
The Ron Paul interview with Bill O'Really is scheduled for Monday at 8:00pm, according to the Paul campaign. Faux News is making sure viewership is minimized by scheduling him during the opening night of Monday Night Football,
Freshly minted GOP White House hopeful Fred Thompson puzzled Iowans yesterday by insisting Al Qaeda smoking ban was one reason freedom-loving Iraqis bolted to the US side. "They said,'You gotta quit smoking,'" Thompson explained
Dr Paul is to make a speech on 9/11 at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. Also, it seems the debate between Dr. Paul and Mike Huckabee is a no go, due to scheduling conflicts.
GLENN: Right. But isn't illegal immigration a crime in and of itself?
GIULIANI: No.
GLENN: Should it be?
GIULIANI: Should it be? No, it shouldn't be because the government wouldn't be able to prosecute it. We couldn't prosecute 12
“You permitted Bush to complete his first term, and stranger still, chose him for a second term, which gave him a clear mandate from you — with your full knowledge and consent — to continue to murder our people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then you claim
A spokesman for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney slammed an earlier report that claimed the candidate's Utah finance committee co-chair, who is co-founder of a group facing child abuse and fraud allegations, was asked to resign his position a
"If we look weak and divided in this country, we're going to pay a heavy price for it in the future." he went on. "We're living in the era of the suitcase bomb. And they're not going to go away. They're here now, they**
When a thousand Republicans are in a room and one man of the eight on the stage takes a sharply minority viewpoint on a dramatic issue and half the room seems to cheer him, something's going on.
After the recent FoxTV-managed GOP debate fireworks in New Hampshire, CNN is actively seeking to set up an "immediate" further debate between Ron Paul(R-Tex) and former governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee(AR).
The confrontation with the media giants is inevitable. So where do the people start? Some thoughts on the subject by Ernest Hancock. It's all about the timing :)
This may come as a major shock to the nation just discovering the latest presidential wannabe. Major publications have written long profiles of Thompson without revealing this detail. And it's not news Thompson wanted to leak out right at the pea
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More resignations of Thompson's original core — "Fred Heads" — were expected in coming days, which could leave Thompson without any of his original supporters who joined him in March. Thompson's campaign events and strategy are mark
Dozens of supporters for Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul say they were shut out of last weekend's Texas straw poll in which he placed third. Some say GOP officials orchestrated it because of Paul's contrarian views. The Texas congres
Fox News and Sean Hannity tried to discredit Ron Paul after the latest debate by claiming the Texas Congressman's runaway success in the subsequent text messaging poll was due to "Paulites" flood voting, when only 1 vote per phone numbe
We know that Ron Paul did great in the Republican presidential debate because [of] neocon Andy McCarthy's exclamation of despair over at the National Review group blog? "Why," he cried out in anguish, "is there so much cheering for
One of the producers of "The Path to 9/11", the $40-million, 5-hour ABC miniseries, which received 7 Emmy nominations and drew a audience of more than 25 million viewers, says the film is not being turned into a DVD because of politics.
The officials arrested include two state lawmakers, a mayor, three city councilmen, school board members and a city council staffer.
All were charged with demanding and taking cash bribes to influence the awarding of public contracts, said Michael