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• Poll: Obama Benefitting from Improving Economy
  
• Obama Super PAC Weighs in Against Romney
  An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid is running ads in Michigan chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney for opposing the $80 billion auto industry bailout.The ad from Priorities USA Action draws attention to a column Romney wrote for The...
• Cornyn Leads Donation Race to Become Senate Whip
  In the Republican race for president, it’s about how much money you pull in for your campaign. But in the GOP race for Senate whip, it’s about how much the contestants give out to their colleagues who might vote for them. And Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is winning that race,
• Santorum Aide: 'Why Is Mormonism Off Limits?'
  Aides to Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum aren’t too happy about the way he is being skewered for his comment in a 2008 speech that "Satan is attacking the great institutions of America."
• Roemer Continues Presidential Run — As an Independent
  Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer has abandoned his quixotic run for the Republican nomination for president but has decided to stay in the race as an independent, Politico s Burns and Haberman blog reports. In a statement, Roemer said he would end his bid for the GOP...
• Indiana Lawmaker Says Girl Scouts Promote Abortion
  An Indiana lawmaker has accused the Girl Scouts of being a radical group that promotes abortions and homosexuality.
• Gingrich to Air Energy Infomercial in Key States
  Republican Newt Gingrich is taking his campaign's recent focus on reducing energy costs and boosting domestic production to the airwaves with a 30-minute infomercial-style address.
• Santorum Surge Reaches California
  Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's surge is now being felt in California. Santorum now trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by just six points, a new Field Poll shows.
• Cain Hitting the Hustings for GOP Candidates
  Retired businessman Herman Cain may be gone from the Republican presidential race, but he doesn t want to be forgotten. The former Godfather s Piazza CEO is campaigning for several Republican congressional aspirants who support his 9-9-9 tax plan.
• Barbour: Contested Convention Possible, But ‘Highly Unlikely’
  Talk is growing louder in Republican circles about the chance for a contested presidential convention with none of the four current candidates able to win a majority of delegates.
• Quinnipiac: Christie First Choice of Alternative Candidates
  Some Republicans continue to pine for an alternative to the party s four candidates vying for the presidential nomination. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be the No. 1 choice.
• Romney Maxes Out With Two-Thirds of Donors
  Mitt Romney has maxed out with two-thirds of those donating money to his campaign, a potential problem as the presidential primaries drag on. The former Massachusetts governor has reached the $2,500 limit with the bulk of his donors.
• Romney Gets Endorsement of Detroit News
  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former front-runner who now trails Rick Santorum in many polls, got a boost today with the endorsement of The Detroit News.
• Santorum Compares Himself to Reagan
  Rick Santorum deflected jabs about his 2008 speech saying that Satan has set his sights on the United States by comparing his comments to Ronald Reagan branding the Soviet Union an evil empire. At a rally in Phoenix, the former Pennsylvania senator said that Polish...
• Santorum: Obamacare Prenatal Tests to Thin Ranks of Disabled
  First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race.Republican candidate Rick Santorum is making free screenings for birth defects part of his attack on President Barack Obama's...
• Former Va. Gov. Allen Touts Blueprint for America's Rebound
  Former Virginia Gov. George Allen tells Newsmax.TV that people he meets on the campaign trail remain “upset and discouraged” about high gas prices and the economy — and he expects that sentiment to propel voters to the right on Election Day.
• Ariz. Sheriff Babeu Seeks Independent Probe of Allegations
  Beleaguered Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeau on Tuesday asked authorities in a neighboring county for a comprehensive, independent investigation into allegations against him and his office.
• Santorum's Push on Social Issues Challenges Romney's Tack
  Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's hard-charging focus on social issues has created a quandary for rival Mitt Romney, who usually prefers to steer clear of such sensitive topics and stress his business credentials.
• Rep. Bachmann Says She'll Seek Old Minnesota Seat
  Former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she'll run for re-election in her old Minnesota congressional district, even though a state judicial panel redrew the map to put her home in a Democratic incumbent's district.
• Billionaire Simmons Has a Little Something for Everyone
  Harold Simmons, a Dallas leveraged buyout investor, is spreading the wealth among all the Republican candidates.
• Farleigh-Dickinson Poll: Rubio Is Top Choice for GOP Veep
  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is the No. 1 pick for Republican vice presidential nominee, according to a poll by Farleigh-Dickinson University’s PublicMind.
• Gallup/USA Today Poll: Majority Oppose Brokered Convention
  By a margin of 66 to 29 percent, Republicans and Republican-leaning voters said it would be best if one of the four GOP candidates running for president secured the nomination rather than having a brokered convention, the nationwide USA Today/Gallup poll found.
• Democrats Realize Recent Good Fortune May be Fleeting
  Democrats, including Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. say recent good economic and political news may disappear as quickly as it arose.
• Obama Super PAC Raises Paltry $59K In January
  Priorities USA, the super PAC supporting President Barack Obama, hasn t exactly started the year off with a bang.
• Gingrich: Obama ‘Most Dangerous President in History’
  President Barack Obama is running a feckless foreign policy of appeasement that endangers the nation s security, says Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

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