by Erik Kain on March 5, 2012
Mitt Romney? Rick Santorum? Forget these guys – Commander Shepard is back… The internet will be abuzz tomorrow with predictions of Mitt Romney’s doom as the candidates gear up for ‘Super Tuesday.’ Ten states hold Republican primaries Tuesday, and the lack of enthusiasm for either Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney this election cycle is painfully [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 18, 2011
Ron Paul has finally spoken out critically of his Republican rivals. The race toward the Iowa Caucuses is heating up. In a startling break with tradition, Ron Paul took a few quick jabs at his Republican rivals on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Friday. Asked his opinion of Michele Bachmann, who Paul had clashed [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 16, 2011
I want political leaders who will lead us toward peace and prosperity, not toward war. As I noted last night, the sparring between and Ron Paul over the question of a nuclear Iran stood out in last night’s Iowa Republican debate. I think Paul is right, and the threat of war with Iran is something [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 15, 2011
Thursday’s Fox News debate in Iowa came to a head when Ron Paul and clashed heatedly over foreign policy. The segment came after Fox News host Bret Baier tried repeatedly to trip up congressman Paul with hypothetical questions on intelligence of a fully nuclear Iran. Ron Paul’s clear and compelling case against a war with [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 13, 2011
Jon Huntsman’s path to the nomination is built on the front-runners in the race tearing each other to pieces. Will it work? Daniel Larison calls the recent one-on-one foreign policy debate between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich a self-congratulatory failure barely worthy of the term ‘debate:’ To the extent that Huntsman has helped lend valuable credibility [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 10, 2011
is not a fan of Newt Gingrich, and he’s not shy about it either. On the Judge Nepalitano show on Fox, Beck said of the former Speaker, “If you have a big government progressive, or a big government progressive in Obama… ask yourself this, Tea Party: is it about Obama’s race? Because that’s what it appears [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 10, 2011
In the ABC Iowa debate, Newt Gingrich claimed that he never lobbied for when he was on their payroll and that all the money he earned was for work done in the private sector. Tim Carney of the Examiner begs to differ: Newt Gingrich may not have meant it as a laugh line when he [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 5, 2011
Donald Trump and Newsmax are hosting a debate in Iowa in the run-up to next month’s primary season, but both Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman have turned down the reality TV show star’s offer. Presumptive GOP front-runner Newt Gingrich said he will attend the debate, however, and after a meeting with Trump has come to [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 4, 2011
Former House Speaker and current Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich is going to the / Newsmax debate in Iowa, taking a different approach than his rivals Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman who turned the reality TV star and one-time GOP candidate down. “I would want to go just for the entertainment value,”Gingrich told reporters. “I can’t [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 3, 2011
Newsmax and are teaming up for a GOP debate in Iowa and Ron Paul is the second candidate to turn the Donald down. “The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the Presidency and flies in the face of that [...]
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