Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who flirted with secession at a Tea Party rally a few years ago, told a crowd of New York Republicans Tuesday night that the Obama administration had failed miserably in handling the economy. “They promised jobs, and they delivered economic misery,” […]

Except for one brief exchange, last night’s Republican presidential debate was something of a yawner as far as debates go. There were few winners and probably even fewer losers. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul fared reasonably well while Minnesota’s Michele Bachmann most likely […]

Arbitrarily excluded from Monday night’s debate in New Hampshire, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson spent the evening campaigning in Iowa — site of the first-in-the-nation caucus — where he called for steep cuts in federal spending and declared that if elected president he would […]

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole would like to see Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, as the Republican nominee against President Obama in 2012. “We’re due for another Eisenhower,” the 87-year-old Dole said during a weekend visit to his […]

Former New York Gov. George Pataki says that he’ll be watching Monday night’s debate in New Hampshire very closely. In an op-ed piece in Friday’s New Hampshire Union Leader, the former three-term governor of New York said that he’ll be watching to see which candidates — if any — […]

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who is expected to declare his candidacy in the next week and a half, told CNN’s Candy Crowley that President Obama has failed miserably when it comes to the economy. “On the economic side, there are no signs of success, […]

Thomas A. Schweich of Missouri, a onetime chief of staff to former UN Ambassador John Bolton, has publicly endorsed Mitt Romney’s candidacy, reports POLITICO. Schweich, who was elected State Auditor in 2010, was one of several big name Republicans in the Show Me State to […]

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays, a moderate Republican who briefly toyed with the idea of running for governor of Connecticut last year, is reportedly eyeing the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman. Shays, who narrowly lost his seat to Democrat Jim Himes in […]

Like the Titanic’s Edward Smith, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal apparently plans to go down with his sinking ship. Despite yesterday’s mass exodus of key staffers, the Georgia governor told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he plans to stick with Newt Gingrich, regardless of what happens in […]

Disappointed by the current crop of GOP presidential candidates, a group of Republican state lawmakers in South Carolina are attempting to prod New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie into the increasingly crowded contest. Led by state Reps. Kris Crawford and Phyllis Henderson, about a dozen lawmakers […]