New Jersey governor and Republican rising star Chris Christie appeared on Friday’s TODAY Show with Matt Lauer to discuss a landmark pension reform package that passed through the state’s legislature this week. The changes are expected to save more than $100 billion over the next […]

U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan — the darkest of dark-horse candidates — secured a spot in the Ames Straw Poll yesterday, the clearest indication yet that the folksy, guitar-playing congressman is seriously considering jumping into the fray. Long regarded as the most prominent straw […]

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann told the National Right to Life convention in Jacksonville, Florida, earlier today that the GOP shouldn’t nominate somebody who hasn’t been consistent on the issue of abortion. Without mentioning frontrunner Mitt Romney by name, the Minnesota congresswoman said that this was […]

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson told CNN on Thursday that he has no intention of seeking the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination in 2012. “The idea of getting elected actually appeals to me more,” said Johnson, who will appear on CNN’s “John King, USA” tomorrow night. Former […]

The tiny Prohibition Party, once a significant third party in American politics, nominated little-known Jack Fellure, a retired engineer and Baptist minister from West Virginia, for the nation’s highest office earlier today at its sparsely-attended national convention in Cullman, Alabama. A newcomer to the dry […]

Coming on the heels of another disastrous day in what has thus far been a pretty rocky campaign, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that he’s not interested in talking about the problems that have plagued his candidacy in recent weeks. He’s more […]

Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who delivered a fiery speech to the Republican Leadership Conference yesterday, won a resounding victory in the organization’s presidential straw poll earlier today, defeating his nearest rival, Jon Huntsman, by 230 votes. Paul, who has won a string of straw polls in […]

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 […]