Republican hopefuls make pitch at Huckabee forum
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 4th, 2011 5:35 am by HL
Republican hopefuls make pitch at Huckabee forum
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, facing increased scrutiny as he solidifies his standing atop the Republican presidential field, sought to convince conservatives in a forum Saturday night that he would not stray from a limited-government philosophy.
Asked why conservatives should trust that he won’t advance “big government approaches,” given his history of supporting an individual health-care mandate, climate change policies and a larger federal role in education policy, Gingrich said it was his years in Washington that made him best-suited to transform government.
Ex-presidential candidate George McGovern ‘resting comfortably’ in SD hospital after fall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was alert, comfortable and in stable condition at a South Dakota hospital Saturday after hitting his head during a fall, hospital officials said.
The 89-year-old former U.S. senator was taken by helicopter to a Sioux Falls hospital late Friday after falling outside Dakota Wesleyan University’s McGovern Library in Mitchell. A school official said McGovern hit his head on the pavement about two hours before he was scheduled to appear on a live C-SPAN interview at the library.
Herman Cain suspends his campaign for 2012 GOP presidential nomination
ATLANTA — The brief but dramatic campaign of Herman Cain ended on Saturday, when the little-known businessman who captivated the Republican race said the relentless attention on accusations of his sexual misconduct had become too much to bear.
Both defiant and passionate, Cain again denied allegations of sexual harassment and an extramarital affair, while declaring, “I’m not going away.”
For Romney, a day of door knocking in N.H.
MANCHESTER. N.H. — As former House speaker Newt Gingrich surges in the Republican presidential primary polls, longtime New Hampshire favorite Mitt Romney returned to the state Saturday to try to convince residents that he is not taking their votes for granted.
In a stark contrast to Gingrich, who confidently predicted in an ABC News interview Thursday that he would be the party’s nominee, Romney’s team handed out buttons that read “earn it” at an early morning rally in the parking lot of a Manchester pizza parlor as supporters readied for a day of door knocking.
ProPublica review of pardons in past decade shows process heavily favored whites
White criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities, a ProPublica examination has found.
Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president’s ultimate act of mercy, according to an analysis of previously unreleased records and related data.
