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PICKET: Gingrich debate dare to Romney doesn't necessarily extend over to Ron Paul
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spoke to supporters at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia on Wednesday evening.
PICKET: Key Iowa conservative leader Vander Plaats endorses Santorum
Bob Vander Plaats, an influential conservative in Iowa who heads up The Family Leader, endorsed presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Tuesday.
PICKET: Krugman wins media watchdog group's quote of the year
The Alexandria, Virginia based conservative media watch dog organization Media Research Center released their "twenty-fourth annual awards for the year's worst reporting." A panel of 48 radio talk show hosts, magazine editors, columnists, editorial writers, and expert media observers (of which I was one) voted on 18 different media categories ranging from "The Obamagasm Award" to "Flunk the Founding Fathers Award."
PICKET: New PPP poll shows Gingrich support dropping in Iowa; Paul takes lead
The Democratic leaning Public Policy Polling Company released new data on Sunday night showing numbers in Iowa dropping for former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
PICKET: Bachmann continues Freddie Mac attack on Newt
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican and GOP presidential candidate, is campaigning around Iowa’s 99 counties in the run up to the Iowa caucuses on January 3 and is reminding voters that fellow candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich should return the $1.6 million dollars Freddie Mac paid him.
TWT OPINION: Sioux City GOP Debate Live Analysis
Starting at 8:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, December 15th, 2011, the Editorial Board will be providing up-to-the-minute analysis of the Republican Presidential Debate Live from Iowa.
PICKET: GOP polls in Iowa show voters still undecided
A number of polls regarding where the Republican candidates stand in Iowa. The various polls are fairly conflicting and likely indicative that likely Iowa GOP caucus voters have not settled down on a primary candidate.
PICKET: (video) Santorum goes back to school
Republican presidential candidate former Senator Rick Santorum visited Cornell College in Mt.Vernon, Iowa on Monday and spoke to students about his campaign. Mr. Santorum took questions from the students ranging from marriage to abortion to energy independence.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Trump - Why I'm canceling debate and keeping a 2012 run a possibility
Donald Trump appeared in the video above discussing why he is bowing out of the Newsmax sponsored GOP debate on November 27.
PICKET: Trump bows out of Newsmax debate
Fox News is reporting that Donald Trump has bowed out of being the moderator of the Newsmax sponsored debate on December 27.
PICKET: Trump marginalizes Santorum's role at upcoming Newsmax debate
Donald Trump appeared on Fox News "The O'Reilly Factor" on Monday and nearly forgot that Republican presidential candidate former Senator Rick Santorum was the other candidate besides former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich who accepted the invitation to the Newsmax sponsored debate that Mr. Trump is moderating on November 27.
Savage: Hey Newt, here's $1 million to quit
Popular conservative talk-radio host Michael Savage will announce on his show today that he is offering Newt Gingrich $1 million to leave the race. Mr. Savage believes that, should Mr. Gingrich win the GOP nomination, the former House speaker will lose to President Obama — ensuring another four years of socialist rule.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Bachmann camp embraces some provisions of 9 - 9 -9 plan
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican and GOP presidential primary candidate, spoke optimistically about former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain's 9 - 9 - 9 tax plan on Saturday night at the GOP debate in Des Moines, iowa at Drake University.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Romney camp hits back at Perry as 'looking weak' over response to $10k wager remark
Romney campaign explains $10,000 wager made with Perry on debate stage in Des Moines on Saturday
PICKET: (VIDEO) Santorum talks about how he learned to 'chill out' on the debate stage
GOP presidential candidate former Senator Rick Santorum spoke to reporters after the debate at Drake University in Des Moines on Saturday night.
