As Rick Santorum departed the GOP presidential race on Tuesday, he paid homage to some of the Iowans who played a crucial role in his campaign. Much of Santorum’s 14-minute speech focused on his time spent in Iowa. He specifically mentioned campaign aide Chuck Laudner, Sioux City talk show host Sam Clovis, and super-volunteer Wendy [...]
Here are the last few paragraphs of Time’s “The 97-lb Recovery,” by Rana Foroohar & Bill Saporito. The piece is a comprehensive assessment of where the economy is and where it might be going:
“If housing recovers, the American economy will truly begin to feel like it’s in recovery. But when it does–be it a year from now, or three, or five–the problem that precipitated it will still be with us.
“We got into the housing mess because we used our homes like ATMs to cover up the fact that neither incomes nor jobs have grown as much as [....]
In a move that likely could not have been timed any better, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination. Branstad made the announcement at a 12:30 pm news conference on Tuesday afternoon. A half hour later, Rick Santorum dropped out of the race. Here is the press release sent by [...]
A Nicely Conceived Ad from San Diego Mayoral Candidate Nathan Fletcher on One of His Opponents, Carl DeMaio
Iowa Caucus winner Rick Santorum has decided to suspend his presidential campaign, essentially dropping out of the race. This decision more or less hands the GOP nomination to Mitt Romney. Surrounded by family members in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Santorum announced his decision. “We made a decision to get into this race at our kitchen table, against [...]
A law passed last year to let high school students graduate early if they score high on college entrance exams could be gutted, thanks to some late session maneuvering. The House Education Committee approved a bill Tuesday effectively repealing the … Continue reading →
On Good Friday, President Barack Obama shone some attention on helping women, yet at the same time sent a warning that women were not to be reduced to a uniform political bloc, or seen as an interest group and “shouldn’t be treated that way.” He went on to say at a White House forum focusing [...]
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