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Flashback: How Clinton exploited Oklahoma City for political gain

Washington Examiner - 17hrs 56mins ago

With the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing Monday [4/19/10], former President Bill Clinton is playing a starring role in the liberal effort to draw what the New York Times calls "parallels between the antigovernment tone that preceded …

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Within GOP, Huckabee Most Liked, Palin Best Known

Gallup - 20hrs 50mins ago

PRINCETON, NJ -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has the highest net favorable score among Republicans nationwide in a field of potential GOP Candidates for 2012, while former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the most recognized. Former Speaker of th…

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Tom DeLay Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison

The Huffington Post - 9hrs 5mins ago

AUSTIN, Texas — A judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in Prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas Candidates in 2002. The sentence comes after a jury in …

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Steele in striking distance of second RNC term

The Hill - 6hrs 7mins ago

Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Priebus remains the front-runner for the Republican National Committee chairmanship, which some observers predicted could spell trouble for his bid. Priebus leads the field with 36 RNC members publicly backing him, …

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The Speaker, Since Saturday

National Review Online - 8hrs 19mins ago

For House Speaker John Boehner, the tragic news came fast. Shortly after 1 p.m. est on Saturday, while he was relaxing at home in West Chester, Ohio, Boehner was notified by his Chief of Staff, Barry Jackson, about the shooting involving Rep. Gabr…

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DeLay sentenced to three years in prison in money-laundering case

The Hill - 8hrs 27mins ago

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) was sentenced Monday to three years in Prison for his conviction on charges of conspiring to launder corporate money into a political campaign fund. DeLay was convicted in November on state money…

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Barack Obama, supply-sider?

Washington Examiner - 10hrs 37mins ago

Stop the bad stuff" is what House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told a bunch of us at breakfast a few weeks before the election. That's how he defined the GOP mission. Now he's speaker. And now there's an opportunity for both ends of Pennsylvania…

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Poll: Huck most well liked in GOP field

Politico - 16hrs 50mins ago

Former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee rates as the most liked Republican in the potential presidential primary field, according to a new Gallup Poll out Monday. The survey of 923 Republicans and Republican leaning Independents showed that Hucka…

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