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Election 2012 stories: 73 news summaries

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 How to Survive the Apocalypse 

Guardian explains how to kill pheasants, build shelter

Feb 1, 09 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Economic ruin, climate change, war—the apocalypse can’t be far off, right? Movies tell us that to survive the end of days we need “to sit in desirable country mansions, eat tinned tomatoes, develop post-traumatic psychosis and shoot each other,” Tanya Gold writes in the Guardian, noting... More »

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Canada • survivors • apocalypse • meltdown • armageddon • Election 2012

 Palin Ramps Up 
 Presidential Push 

Alaska gov. will attend key pols dinner in DC, launches political action committee

Jan 27, 09 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is headed to Washington this weekend, for an invitation-only dinner for political stars—an event President Obama is likely to attend, the New York Post reports. It’s the latest sign the Alaska governor is eying a Republican presidential bid—she’s also launching a political action committee,... More »

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presidency • political action committees • presidential bid • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • President Obama

 Newt: An Old Star on the Rise 

Former House Speaker muses on his political future

Dec 21, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has 1.1 million subscribers to his email list, 4,825 Facebook friends, and was the election's most influential voice outside the two presidential campaigns on everything from gas prices to the Wall Street bailout, Politico reports. So will the former speaker of the House run for president... More »

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Newt Gingrich • GOP • Republican Party • Election 2012

 Jindal on 2012 Run: No Thanks 

La. governor plans re-election run in 2011

Dec 10, 08 5:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican rising star Bobby Jindal sought to quash speculation today that he's planning a presidential run in four years. The 37-year-old Louisiana governor said he has no interest in the White House and instead plans to run for re-election in 2011. The Indian-American called being governor "one of the... More »

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presidential campaign • GOP • Louisiana • Republican Party • Bobby Jindal • governor • Election 2012

GLOSSIES

 No More Mr. Nice Huck 

Republican Huckabee takes on new post-election life

Nov 25, 08 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The post-election, book-peddling Mike Huckabee is folksy and affable as ever, but he's no longer pulling his punches when it comes to his party's run at the presidency: If he’d been the nominee, the election “would’ve been very different,” Huckabee tells Lauren Collins in the ... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mike Huckabee • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Palin's 
 Not It in 2012 

Group of frontrunners will emerge, Former House Speaker predicts

Nov 16, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich predicts that Sarah Palin will not be the Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee, the Hill reports. “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” the former speaker of the House told Face the Nation. “But she’s going to be one of 20... More »

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Newt Gingrich • General Motors • Jon Kyl • Tim Pawlenty • talk show • Carl Levin • Richard Shelby • auto industry • Carlos Gutierrez • Rick Wagoner • bailout • Sarah Palin • financial crisis • Election 2012 • President Obama

analysis

Romney Already Looks
Like a Candidate for 2012


Nov 13, 08 7:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Mitt in 2012? Romney's stock is on the rise in the party, writes Alexander Mooney for CNN, and the former Massachusetts governor is showing all the signs that he's antsy to run again. For starters, he's currently schmoozing with the conservative elite on a Caribbean cruise, the same venue that... More »

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Mitt Romney • GOP • Election 2012

OPINION

 After Obama, Which 
 Minority's On Deck? 

If Barack can do it, anyone can—except Muslims, gays, atheists ...

Nov 13, 08 5:07 PM CST
(Newser) - A self-described “black man with a funny name” is now the most powerful person on the planet. So which minority group will next see one of its own in the Oval Office? Mark Oppenheimer considers the contenders in Slate:
  • Women: Not technically a minority, which means that if
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Antonio Villaraigosa • Ed Rendell • Rahm Emanuel • Claire McCaskill • President • Kathleen Sebelius • ethnic diversity • Sarah Palin • Eric Cantor • Election 2012 • President Obama

analysis

Palin Refuses to Give Up Post-Election Spotlight

Governor looks back in anger, ahead with interest

Nov 12, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is upending protocol with a barrage of post-election interviews, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. The Alaska governor may be seeking to repair her image after a brutal campaign, and to get the ball rolling now for a White House run, Stanley speculates. She's continuing to... More »

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GOP • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

 Palin Seeks 
 'Sign From 
 God' on 
 2012 Run 

Governor says 2012 run will depend on God showing her an 'open door'

Nov 11, 08 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin plans to let a higher power guide her to higher office, she told Fox News last night. The governor wouldn't commit to a White House run in 2012 in her first post-campaign TV interview—but said she has always prayed for God to "show me where the... More »

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GOP • Republican Party • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

2012 Campaign Gets Under Way

Huckabee, Jindal among possible GOP candidates hitting trail
in Iowa, elsewhere

Nov 10, 08 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Likely candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination are playing it cool, but their feet tell a different story, Jonathan Martin writes for Politico. Mike Huckabee, for example, says 2012 is “way too far away” to think about, but his book tour has lots of stops in Iowa and... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • GOP • Mike Huckabee • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • Republican presidential primaries • Sarah Palin • Election 2012


 Novak: 
 Newt in 2012 

Newt ready and willing

Nov 8, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Shell-shocked Republicans are casting about for a savior for 2012, and believe it or not, the name most often floated for this Moses-like role is none other than Newt Gingrich, writes Bob Novak of the Chicago Sun-Times. It’s a “very risky choice,” admits one strong Newt-booster,... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Election 2008 • Election 2012

 Palin May 
 Eye Senate 
 Stop on
 Road to 2012 

VP nominee sketches a path to 2012

Nov 5, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - If Sarah Palin makes a run for the presidency in 4 years—a widely anticipated possibility—she'll need a more visible post than the governorship of Alaska, writes the Washington Post. Palin might well gun to polish her resume in the Senate, especially if a victorious Ted Stevens is forced... More »

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Alaska • Republican Party • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate • Election 2012

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