Apr 01 Iowa, I Hear You Calling By Gwen Ifill AMES, Iowa | I have this little theory that has long served me well. Everything, I believe, is politics. Politics determines whether your children go to school or to jail; whether they eat or starve; whether their futures will improve… Continue reading
Mar 21 Pawlenty Takes His First Step Toward the 2012 Republican Nomination By Terence Burlij Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Monday he has formed a presidential exploratory committee, making him the first major Republican candidate to take an official step toward running for the GOP nomination in 2012. Pawlenty broke the news to supporters… Continue reading
Mar 07 Republican Hopefuls Take the Iowa Stage By David Chalian The 'Presidential Table' at the Hamburg Inn No. 2 is a well-known stop for hopefuls campaigning in Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The first big Hawkeye State cattle call in the battle for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination is… Continue reading
Mar 03 Gingrich Ready to ‘Test the Waters’ By Terence Burlij Newt Gingrich is entering the "exploratory phase" of a 2012 presidential bid. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Updated: 3:00 p.m. ET Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced Thursday he had launched a website to explore a possible presidential bid. Gingrich… Continue reading
Feb 28 Iowa’s Top Republican Sizes Up 2012 Field By David Chalian Iowa Republicans may be souring somewhat on Sarah Palin. According to a Des Moines Register poll out Monday morning, Palin's favorable numbers have slipped from 71 percent to 65 percent in the last 15 months, while the segment of… Continue reading
Feb 22 South Dakota’s Thune Says ‘No’ to 2012 Presidential Run By Terence Burlij Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., in Feburary. (Photo by Getty Images) John Thune is going to pass on 2012. The second-term South Dakota senator announced Tuesday he would not seek the… Continue reading
Feb 11 On Day 2 of GOP’s 2012 Cattle Call: Romney, Pawlenty, Thune, Paul, Daniels By David Chalian Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., addresses CPAC on Thursday. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. The largest annual gathering of conservatives got underway Thursday as more than 11,000 activists flocked to Washington to size up their potential choices for the 2012… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP Candidates’ Plausibility, Egypt’s Bottom-up Revolution Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's news, including the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the candidates eyeing the 2012 Republican presidential nomination at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch At CPAC, Field Appears Wide Open for 2012 Republican Nomination At the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Republican presidential hopefuls began pitching their candidacies to the conservative faithful. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Feb 10 CPAC Sets the Stage for ’12 GOP Hopefuls By Terence Burlij Former House speaker Newt Gingrich will be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. The list of confirmed speakers for this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) set to get underway Thursday reads like… Continue reading