New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not going to the Conservative Political Action Conference, but he is going to implement the expansion of Medicaid called for under Obamacare.
President Obama is toast in 2012 if the economy is stagnant and the Republican nominee is good, according to an analysis by New York Times statistician Nate Silver; with a better economy and Rick Perry as the nominee, he Silver forecasts talk of Obama winning states like Georgia and Arizona.
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Jon Huntsman has been reduced to running a one-state presidential campaign in New Hampshire, getting about 6 percent of voters' support in that state and 1 to 2 percent in national polls.
Jon Huntsman's daughters are trying really, really hard to get famous before their dad's single-digits-in-the-polls campaign comes to an end.
Jon Hunsman's three daughters Liddy, Abby, and Mary Anne put together a pretty spot-on mockery of the Cain ad circling around earlier this week that had heads scratching.
Jon Huntsman brought his nice-guy shtick to The Colbert Report hoping to build a little momentum, but he made at least one joke that stunned the audience into an awkward silence, according to an audience member's account to ABC News.
Tuesday night is the eighth Republican primary debate of the 2012 election cycle, and while many pundits agree that this time the debates have mattered a lot more this cycle, will they run out of things to say about them?
CNN reports that the candidate has spent $4.18 million of his original $4.51 million warchest
Despite Western roots and Mormon heritage, he's being crushed by Romney in the state
His big speech today will criticize Obama's supposed 'Apology Tour'
Republicans are boycotting a Univision primary debate on behalf of Marco Rubio
The wives -- and one husband -- each offer a quality the candidate lacks
The media darling needs to break the 2 percent mark to qualify for next month's debate
Nine Republicans debate Social Security, immigration, Israel, and everything else
Plus: Nike chairman Phil Knight endorsed Jon Huntsman
He replaces Tim Pawlenty as the guy destined to lose
Jim McCray, the candidate's national finance consultant, has been sidelined
Promises to win in New Hampshire just as he fires his campaign manager there
The Republican presidential hopefuls have issues, especially if you read the blind quotes
Piers Morgan manages to elicit that answer from the moderate GOPer
He doubles down, blasting his opponents over the economy and science
He's best able to play the sane candidate by making corny jokes on the Internet
2011 has been a series of fast-burning media crushes, from Trump to Bachmann
Vogue profiles the comfortably cosmopolitan candidate
Expect the claws to come out in Iowa
Meanwhile, Bachmann will have to live up to the high expectations from June
A bit of a letdown after speculation that Jeb Bush Sr. would be giving him the thumbs up
A rumor is born, furiously debated, and dies in the space of an hour
The presidential candidate still lives in his father's shadow, especially in his home state
Jon Huntsman's daughters are following in the footsteps of Meghan McCain
Top strategist rains down the f-bombs, makes women cry, as the candidate struggles in polls
The Wall Street Journal outlines the preemptive steps the church has taken
Campaign has biggest staff in the state, but its primary could be less important this year
Exactly one month into a campaign with a lot of press but little voter support
Republicans are pretty close to being all pledged-out
A depressing economic forecast, an argument for pot research, and more
The former New York mayor is looking more and more like a presidential candidate
The race to be the first to concede the Republican primary is on
Romney didn't raise much money; Pawlenty, Huntsman, and Gingrich are struggling
Romney is expected to raise less than 2008, while Obama is wants to break Bush's record
The candidate's billionaire father has been opening doors for his son's campaign
Frontrunner Romney is looking to cut off Hunstman's support in homestate Utah
As Chris Wallace learned, Michele Bachmann is not a "flake"; she's a "wacko"
The ambsassador set aside Mormon beliefs on alcohol at official ceremonies
Not only did he serve Obama, Huntsman's family gave thousands to Harry Reid
Pundits find the speech a little boring, but his positions "may very well be golden"
He'll be the "authentic" Republican who'll attack Obama's policies, not his personality
A number of shots are taken at his rivals--without naming them
Tuesday's Statue of Liberty speech is meant to evoke Reagan comparisons
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