Bachmann Tops Romney in First Quarter Fundraising
The Speakers Lobby - 4hrs 18mins agoRep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., raised a combined total of $2.2 million in the First Quarter of 2011, outgaining presumed presidential contender Mitt Romney who raised $1.9 million over the same period. Bachmann's political action committee, Miche…
Read more >>[Headline] - NO JOKE: FOREIGN BANKS TOOK MOST FROM FED; BERNANKE KEPT SECRET
Drudge Report - 8hrs 31mins agoDexia SA borrowed as much as $33.5 billion through its New York branch from the Fed’s “discount window” Lending program, according to Fed documents released yesterday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Photograp…
Read more >>You Saw This Coming: Fox News Announces Mondays With Trump On Fox & Friends
Mediaite - 20hrs 5mins ago
Need to add some spice to your Monday morning? Fox & Friends has announced just the thing for the media nerd that simply can’t get enough of the most attention-grabbing potential 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates yet: “Monda…
Read more >>More Americans Back Unions Than Governors in State Disputes
Gallup - 13hrs 48mins agoPRINCETON, NJ -- With political battles over state Budgets and Collective Bargaining still playing out to varying degrees in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Maine, and several other states, 48% of Americans say they agree more with the Unions in these d…
Read more >>Cops, firefighters turn on GOP on labor
Politico - 13hrs 7mins agoMany cops and Firefighters have thrown their allegiance to the GOP for years – union members who frequently stray from labor’s longtime support for Democrats. A host of new Republican governors is changing all that. Continue Reading …
Read more >>GOP launches mock 'Obama 2012' ad
The Hill - 9hrs 48mins agoThe ad, which features Obama riding a unicorn over a rainbow, declares: "Four more years: America needs more changing." Republicans are taking aim at President Obama's impending Reelection effort with a mock campaign ad outlining his first two …
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Paul Rankles Reid on Libya
National Review Online - 6hrs 4mins agoWashington — Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), a Tea Party favorite, has boxed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) into a corner. After a quiet day of quorum calls and speeches, Reid abruptly adjourned the upper chamber Thursday and postpon…
Read more >>Obama's 2012 fund raising goal per Messina: "north of $750 million"
Chicago Sun-Times - 9hrs agoWASHINGTON -- President Obama will register with the Federal Election Commission as a 2012 re-election Candidate as early as Monday, I've learned, clearing the way for what may be the biggest campaign fund-raising drive in the nation's history --…
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