There’s a lot of death talk surrounding immigration reform. Will the bill itself, hailed as the magical medicine for the revival of the Republican Party, die in the Republican-run House? Will passage of the bill kill the chances of any...
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A protester holds a sign reading, 'Rubio: Don't Oppose Family Unity', as she joins with others in front of Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) office on May 22, 2013 in Doral, Florida.
Republican ‘Death Spiral:’ Life-and-Breathless Immigration Debate
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U.S. Representative and former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, tries Google Glass after leaving a meeting Republican Party Caucus on Capitol Hill on May 15, 2013.
Bachmann: ‘Lord Calling Me’ to Retire
“Michelle, My Belle,” the theme music plays in the introduction to Mike Huckabee’s interview with Michele Bachmann today — he being someone who won the Iowa Republican caucuses, she being someone who bombed in Iowa. Bachmann explains her impending retirement from Congress...
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The Facebook wall in New York.
Rand Paul Writes on Zuckerberg’s Wall, Friends Mark Sanford
Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky with apparent designs on a 2016 presidential campaign, has gone to Iowa, he’s gone to South Carolina and now he’s gone to Silicon Valley. Where he wrote on Mark Zuckerberg’s wall. Literally: I...
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A grain bin is relocated near Sumner, Iowa.
Paul Talks Farm Subsidies Ahead of Iowa Trip
Senator Rand Paul heads to Iowa today for the start of what amounts to a presidential exploratory tour, one that’s bucking some party orthodoxy as he mulls a 2016 bid and seeks to expand his base beyond the limited-government Tea...
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Sen. Rand Paul introduces his father, Republican presidential candidate Rep Ron Paul on January 2, 2012 in Davenport, Iowa.
Rand Paul’s Ron Paul Advice
Like father, like son? Not if he knows what’s good for him, some are saying of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — suggesting that, for all the popularity his father enjoyed in his bids for a presidential nomination, he’ll need...
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Biden: Iowa, Yes, Know it Well
There goes Joe being Joe. With the Senate set to begin a series of contentious votes on amendments to a gun control bill, including a plan for background checks that was all that was left of the White House’s gun-safety...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks with a reporter outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Ted Cruz’s Silver Elephant Dinner: Debut Tour of 2016 Party Circuit
It’s never too early to book a dinner for the 2016 primary elections. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky already is lined up for the Iowa Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner on May 10. And now comes word from the Palmetto...
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Senator Rand Paul arrives to address the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 14, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.
‘Paul for President Outpost?’ – Iowa
Rand Paul is getting things rolling early in Iowa, whose 2016 presidential nominating caucuses are still nearly four years away. The Kentucky Republican will be the keynoter at the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Day dinner on May 10...
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Voters fill the booths on Nov. 6, 2012, at the Stockton Community Center in Stockton, Minn.
Minnesota Tops in Voter Turnout (Again) — Obama Carried Top-Five
Minnesota is the nation’s undisputed champion when it comes to voter turnout. About 76 percent of Minnesota residents who were eligible to vote in the 2012 election cast a ballot, leading the nation for the eighth time in the past...
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, center, and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, right, look over their birds with guide Justin Hillman during a hunt at Doc's Hunt Club in Adel, Iowa, in this file photo.
Republican Tensions Displayed in Iowa Race to Replace Harkin
U.S. Rep. Steve King has said Americans should pick immigrants as they would a hunting dog and equated maintenance workers installing energy-efficient light bulbs to an oppressive police force. Some Republicans worry he’ll also be the U.S. Senate nominee in...
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