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Obama, Romney, Palin Top List Of Most Searched Politicians In 2012

Obama, Romney, Palin Top List Of Most Searched Politicians In 2012

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was the third most searched politician online in 2012, after President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, showing she powerfully resonates with Americans despite not having run for office in this election cycle.

WaPo's Jennifer Rubin: 'Good Riddance' to DeMint

WaPo's Jennifer Rubin: 'Good Riddance' to DeMint

Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post is supposed to be that outlet’s in-house conservative. But like David Brooks of the New York Times, she’s actually a liberal Republican posing as a conservative. After spending the better part of two years

Poll Shows Support for Raising Taxes on the Rich

Poll Shows Support for Raising Taxes on the Rich

(AP) Poll shows support for raising taxes on the richBy ALAN FRAM and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmericans prefer letting tax cuts expire for the country’s top earners, as President Barack Obama insists, while support has declined for cutting government services to

Kristol: GOP Should 'Acquiesce' to Obama

Kristol: GOP Should 'Acquiesce' to Obama

William Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard, seems to have decided that retreat is the way forward for the Republican Party. In a new editorial, the Fox commentator essentially advises the GOP to throw in the towel on the fiscal

Virginia Governor's Race May Split Three Ways

Virginia Governor's Race May Split Three Ways

When Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling dropped his bid to seek the Republican Party’s 2013 gubernatorial nomination last week against Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, political observers scored Cuccinelli’s likely nomination as a Tea Party victory.  But Bolling later signaled that he

Report: Ryan, Rubio Plan Party Future 2016

Report: Ryan, Rubio Plan Party Future 2016

The young guns in the GOP are ready to take over. Two of the stars of the party, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, attended a dinner honoring the late Jack Kemp, and both addressed remarks to the audience. Ryan addressed

Old Media Still Attacking Mitt Romney

Old Media Still Attacking Mitt Romney

Remember weeks and weeks of reports on how down-in-the-mouth the defeated John Kerry was when he lost the presidency to George Bush? Remember how the Old Media establishment obsessed about how badly Al Gore felt after he lost in 2000?

Sorkin's 'Newsroom' Casts For Romney Staffer

Sorkin's 'Newsroom' Casts For Romney Staffer

Aaron Sorkin’s horrendous drama Newsroom on HBO will now be hiring Joel Johnstone to play a Mitt Romney staffer, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Sorkin’s Newsroom has already featured news anchor Will McAvoy calling the Tea Party the “American Taliban“:

Democrats Winning Technology Battle over GOP

Democrats Winning Technology Battle over GOP

Last week, at the post-election Harvard Institute of Politics conference, Republican campaign managers intensely took notes as Obama’s top campaign operatives explained some of the technology, data, and metrics the campaign employed to run circles around Mitt Romney’s operation. According to

Mitt Romney's loss creates GOP leadership vacuum

Mitt Romney's loss creates GOP leadership vacuum

(AP) Mitt Romney’s loss creates GOP leadership vacuumBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressBOSTONMitt Romney’s shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost

Can the Republican Party Avoid the Fate of the Whigs?

Can the Republican Party Avoid the Fate of the Whigs?

Note from Senior Management: Pat Caddell, Fox News Contributor and top Democratic strategist, continues his series of exclusive commentary and analysis for Breitbart News concerning the recent election and the future of the Republic. If present trends continue, the Republicans will

The Politico Narrative To Take Our Guns Begins

Even though guns and gun control had about as much to with the 2012 campaign as my Aunt Fannie’s fanny, here’s Politico pushing a meaningless poll: Voters in key three swing states preferred President Barack Obama to Mitt Romney on

Obama, Romney to Meet at White House Thursday

Obama, Romney to Meet at White House Thursday

(AP) – President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election. Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with

Poll: Republicans Losing Debate Over Tax Increases

Poll: Republicans Losing Debate Over Tax Increases

How is it that the GOP is so feckless and ineffective that it can’t even convince the 48% who voted for Romney that raising taxes on those making over $250,000 is both pointless and bad policy: Sixty percent of all