The two leading candidates in the race for the Republican presidential nomination -- former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- added to their teams in South Carolina on Friday, unveiling major endorsements.
With little more than two weeks to go until Iowa Republicans kick off the procession of states that will determine the GOP nominee to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is starting to raise some eyebrows with his campaign in the Hawkeye State.
Looking to reassure conservatives who have doubts about him due to his past positions, Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts attempted to tap into the legacy of Ronald Reagan on Thursday.
A Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH TV) poll of likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters released late on Wednesday found that former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts continues to dominate the field in the Granite State.
Romney tops the poll with 38 percent, while former U.S House Speaker Newt Gingrich takes second with 20 percent. Former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, who has focused on New Hampshire, brushes past U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas to take third place with 13 percent. Paul follows with 8 percent.
With less than three weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, three conservative underdogs fighting for the Republican presidential nomination -- U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania -- continued this week to focus on the Hawkeye State as they looked to score a breakthrough in the race.
Floridas two U.S. senators on Wednesday joined veteran Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw to announce that Congress will vote this week on the 2012 Defense Authorization Conference Report that contains almost $15 million in funds to ready Mayport on the First Coast to port a nuclear aircraft carrier.
From his perches on the House Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee and the International Religious Freedom Caucus, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis urged Congress to set conditions on American taxpayer dollars being sent to Egypt.
"Americans should be alarmed, especially during dire fiscal times, that our taxpayer dollars are being used by the Egyptian military as a means to violate human rights," Bilirakis said in a statement on Tuesday.
While he lags behind former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts in the national polls in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is making a splash in Iowa which will hold the first presidential caucus in three weeks.
