Billionaire T. Boone Pickens says he’s “fed up” with Washington.He recalls one of his greatest victories as once getting Republican Senator Tom Coburn to sign off on an energy proposal that included a natural gas user-fee. “He wouldn’t pay a...
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Mitt Romney speaks at the American Legion National Convention on Aug. 29, 2012, in Indianapolis.
Romney Leads Obama 3-to-2 in TV Ads With Outside Super-PAC Help
Swing-state voters continue to see more television ads attacking President Barack Obama than Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Romney and his allies ran three ads for every two by Obama and allied groups in the week leading up to the Republican...
Read more »Go Nuts at the RNC — Kukui Nuts, That Is
Jon Brovold is an Andover, Minnesota, small business owner who wants visitors to the Republican National Convention to go nuts. Kukui nuts that is. He’s set up a tent at the Channelside Bay Plaza, just outside the convention’s perimeter, selling...
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John Kasich, governor of Ohio, at the Republican National Convention.
Florida’s 2 1/2 Hour Drive to the Tampa Convention
Florida’s delegation has great seats for the Republican National Convention. If they could only get there. As punishment for defying the national party’s calendar and scheduling an early presidential primary, the host state’s delegates were given hotel rooms 30 miles...
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Former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani at the Republican National Convention.
Giuliani: Crist `Ambulance Chaser’
Updated with response at 11:41 am Aug. 30 Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani laughed when asked about former Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s plan to speak at the Democratic National Convention next week in Charlotte, N.C. — Crist has...
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Tim Pawlenty stumps for Mitt Romney at the opening of Romney's Las Vegas campaign headquarters.
Romney Draws Small Share of Money from Party Primary Rivals’ Donors
Party unity? Not in campaign contributions. The Republican National Convention is a chance to bring together Republicans from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, and from Manhattan, New York, to Manhattan, Kansas, to gather around the party’s presidential nominee. Also-rans have...
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Mitt Romney is given a tour by Google Vice President Jim Lecinski at the Google Chicago headquarters.
Romney Adviser Criticizes ‘Phony’ Google Antitrust Probe
Charlie Black, a veteran Republican strategist and adviser to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, criticized “phony antitrust suits” at an event co-sponsored by Google Inc., a lobbying client whose competitive practices are under U.S. investigation. “Phony antitrust suits that are...
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Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry on Capitol Hill.
John Kerry: `Reporting for Duty’
Senator John Kerry will report for duty in Charlotte at the Democratic National Convention — a somewhat different “duty” than the one he accepted in Boston in 2004. The Massachusetts Democrat and decorated Vietnam war veteran will make national security...
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Rep. Ben Quayle, with wife Tiffany, at an evening gathering of supporters as he concedes his Republican primary loss to Rep. David Schweikert on Aug. 28, 2012, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Quayle’s Arizona Loss Adds to List of Lame-Duck Legislators
Ben Quayle’s loss in a Republican primary yesterday in Arizona made him an unlucky 13th House member to be defeated for re-election in the primaries. Quayle, the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, was unseated by another Republican congressman,...
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Attendees line the floor at Google's Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Google: Creating Jobs with IT
Times are tough all over — unless you’re in the technology business. Since the 2004 end of the dotcom bust, job growth in high-tech companies outpaced overall private sector employment, according to a new study by the San Francisco-based Bay...
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