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Election 2012 stories: 64 news summaries

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Interview

 Lieberman: I'll Back 
 Republicans 
 in 2010 

Sort-of Democrat says he'll 'call them as I see them'

Oct 30, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman says he “probably will support some Republicans in 2010” and may not seek the Democratic nomination in his own 2012 reelection campaign. “I’m going to call them as I see them,” he tells ABC News , saying he’s weary of “partisan, passionate, hardcore”... More »

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Republican • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • independent • Election 2012 • Election 2010 • 2010

Fox News CEO Rules Out Presidential Bid in 2012

'I can't take the pay cut,' Roger Ailes jokes

Oct 23, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Ailes won’t run for president in 2012, despite appeals from friends and associates. The Fox News CEO says he thinks he’ll serve the nation better in his current role: “This country needs fair and balanced news more now than ever before, so I’m going to... More »

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CEO • president • Fox News • Roger Ailes • Election 2012 • 2012

Analysis

 You Betcha: Palin Won't Run 

She has nothing to gain, and no hope of victory

Oct 21, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Schaller is so sure that Sarah Palin won’t run in 2012, and wouldn’t be nominated if she did, that he’s made a bet on it with fellow FiveThirtyEight.com writer Nate Silver. Schaller’s argument, in a nutshell, is that short of winning the presidency or... More »

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Republican nomination • Republican presidential primaries • Sarah Palin • poll numbers • Nate Silver • Election 2012 • 2012

OPINION

In 2012, GOP Goes With Heart (Palin) Over Head (Romney)

Who knows, maybe her star power will make her the next Reagan

Oct 20, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter what kind of gains Republicans make in the midterm elections next year, it’s going to be tough to unseat President Obama—and that’s why the GOP is going to choose Sarah Palin, its heart’s preferred candidate, over Mitt Romney, its head’s favorite. Or as... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • Bob Dole • Sarah Palin • incumbents • Election 2012 • President Obama • midterm elections • presidential nominee

Poll Numbers

 Unemployment  
 Hasn't Helped 
 Sarah Palin 

Poll numbers fall with her low profile

Oct 20, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Political professionals largely applauded Sarah Palin’s flight from office, saying it would give her time to lie low, hone her message, and build her brand. But so far the disappearing act hasn’t helped with voters. A new Gallup poll found Palin’s favorable rating at 40%, its lowest... More »

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Facebook • Republican nomination • Sarah Palin • poll numbers • Election 2012

Limbaugh: Obama Nobel
a Bid to 'Emasculate' US

Rush, fellow conservatives jump all over award

Oct 9, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh doesn’t think the Nobel committee members were trying to honor President Obama—he thinks they’re trying to “emasculate" the United States. “With this ‘award’ the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan,... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • Mike Huckabee • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2012 • President Obama • Michael Steele

 McCain Warms to Romney 2012 

Former rival lends his name to big fundraiser

Oct 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney let bygones be bygones when he campaigned for John McCain last year, forgetting an acrimonious relationship with his erstwhile rival for the GOP presidential nomination. Now, McCain appears to be repaying the favor and ginning up support for the former Massachusetts governor’s 2012 bid, reports the Boston ... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Bobby Jindal • Republican nomination • political endorsement • Election 2008 • presidential election • Election 2012

 Outside DC, Palin's Still a Star 

VP candidate popular, but she may have goofed with resignation

Sep 29, 09 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Call her a quitter or a laughingstock, but Sarah Palin is still one of the most popular figures in the Republican Party—as admired by local leaders as she is doubted in Washington. A Politico survey of grassroots GOP members nationwide found particular support for her among Westerners, many of... More »

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Republican Party • grassroots • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Republicans

 Pawlenty 
 Launches 
 PAC 

Committee seen as another sign of upcoming presidential run

Sep 22, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty is taking yet another step toward a presidential run by launching a political action committee, the Washington Post reports. The PAC, dubbed “Freedom First,” will allow Pawlenty to travel the country, build a national network, and donate funds to state and federal candidates. Its first... More »

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Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • political action committees • Election 2012

 Pawlenty Rips Obama's 
 Pre-9/11-Style 'Appeasement' 

Blasts talks with Iran, N. Korea, says similar moves didn't stop Nazis, Soviets, terrorists

Sep 18, 09 10:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible Republican presidential contender in 2012, tonight compared President Obama’s diplomatic moves on Iran, North Korea and the missile shield to pre-World War II and pre-9/11 “appeasement,” Politico reports. “The lessons of history are clear,” he told Christian conservatives. “... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • North Korea • missile shield • Nazi • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • foreign policy • appeasement • 9/11 attacks • Election 2012 • President Obama • Values Voters Summit

 Petraeus 2012? 
 GOP Mulls New 
 Candidates 

Republicans take hope in Obama's lowered poll numbers

Sep 4, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Obama’s poll numbers sinking, Republicans are feeling more confident about 2012—and eying a new crop of potential candidates, Politico reports. Among them: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman who’s slammed Obama but is also ready to criticize his own party, and Gen. David... More »

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Dick Cheney • politics • David Petraeus • Republican Party • Republican candidate • Joe Scarborough • Election 2012 • President Obama • Mitch Daniels

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has no plans to challenge Joe Lieberman for his Senate seat in 2012, USA Today reports. The actor’s spokesman says he wants the Connecticut independent to retain his position because of the paucity of moderate Republicans in the Senate. In a recent Playboy interview, Baldwin... More »

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entertainment • Senate • Alec Baldwin • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • 30 Rock • actor • independent • Election 2012

Interview

Policy-Wonk Pawlenty Steers Clear of Wackos


Aug 20, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters are “ticked off and scared,” by Barack Obama’s health care plans, says Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, because those plans are “out of step with common sense, out of step with the notion that the government isn’t going to run everything.” Pawlenty, an oft-mentioned... More »

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Mitt Romney • Tim Pawlenty • health care reform • Election 2012

analysis



 Why Gingrich 
 Became Catholic 


Aug 16, 09 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich shrugged off religious issues while in office, and was recently seen reading a novel before Mass—so why his sudden conversion to Catholicism? Some analysts say he converted this spring to position himself for the Republican nomination in 2012. Joining other high-profile conservatives on the road to Rome,... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Catholic Church • conservative • convert • Catholic • conversion • Election 2012

Pawlenty: Defeating Health Reform Will Lift GOP

Would-be presidential contender talks tough

Aug 15, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty, a top prospect for the GOP’s 2012 nomination, practiced his act yesterday, dispensing pointed jabs at Barack Obama’s health care plans. Obama, an “extreme left liberal,” promised “change we can believe in, but now we’re seeing it’s about changing what we... More »

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Republican Party • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • health care reform • Election 2012

(Newser) - One of California's biggest and most influential gay rights groups says it will delay a ballot push to overcome the state's ban on same-sex marriage until 2012, the Los Angeles Times reports. Equality California, which led the failed effort to defeat Prop 8 in November, says there is too... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • state legislature • California Supreme Court • Proposition 8 • voter referendum • Election 2012 • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is writing a new book, and it sounds mighty presidential, the New York Times reports. Romney signed a deal with St. Martin's Press for No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, in which he will lay out his plans for the economy, health care, education, and everything else... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican • GOP • book • Election 2012

 Gingrich Group Raises $8.1M 


Aug 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich’s political organization brought in a hefty $8.1 million in the first 6 months of the year, Politico reports. American Solutions for Winning the Future advances conservative issues by paying for Gingrich’s air travel, promoting his books, and distributing mail and advertising—but if anybody asks,... More »

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Newt Gingrich • presidential campaign • political action committees • Election 2012 • conservative movement

interview

McCain: Obama Governing
From 'Far Left'

He blasts policies in interview, praises Palin for energizing party

Aug 1, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is busier, and angrier, than ever, writes Stephen Moore in the Wall Street Journal. The senator has become one of the fiercest critics of Obamanomics, with free-flowing stimulus and bailout dollars re-energizing his career-long fight against pork-barrel spending. President Obama was elected to govern from the center, McCain... More »

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John McCain • Senate Republicans • US economy • pork barrel spending • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

 Palin Quits in Fiery Speech 


Jul 26, 09 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin resigned as Alaska's governor in a feisty speech today, ducking details about her future but promising to fight for conservative ideals, the Anchorage Daily News reports. "I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right, and for truth. And I have never... More »

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Alaska • resignation • Sarah Palin • Twitter • punditry • Election 2012

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