Mitt Romney’s health problems
The former Massachusetts governor attempts to distance himself from his health-care reforms. But wilNo, he's not the front-runner, but the former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is determined to...
View ArticleUS 2012 presidential race: Sarah Palin is back
The race for the Republican candidate for Election 2012 is finally getting exciting, and not before The Republican race for 2012 just got way more interesting. Yes, Sarah Palin is back – launching her...
View ArticleWhy Weiner got the chop
How do some shamed politicians cling on, while others lose everything?It's not just the weather that's been steamy in DC. New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has finally bowed to the political pressure...
View ArticleObama impersonator cut short at GOP bash
"He was born in Hawaii," he went on. "Or as the Tea Partiers like to call it, Kenya."Oh dear. A comedian hired to entertain Republican activists at their Leadership Conference in New Orleans this...
View ArticleHow Sarah Palin left her fans hanging
So what's the story? Has Palin decided against a presidential run after all?Oh dear. Remember that much-reported bus tour which Sarah Palin began with such a blaze of hoopla, less than a month ago? The...
View ArticleVictory for gay rights in New York
The state becomes the sixth in the US to legalise same-sex marriage.Cheers and celebrations echoed around New York's West Village well into the early hours - outside the Stonewall Inn where the modern...
View ArticleMinnesota's miseries
The government of the northern state shut down on 1 July following a disagreement over the budget deIt's party time across America today as the nation celebrates Independence Day -- but in the state of...
View ArticleCarmageddon: how some roadworks could bring LA to a halt
Los Angeles's citizens love their cars and their freeways. How will they cope without access to themThey're calling it Carmageddon. Only in Los Angeles, perhaps, could the prospect of a weekend road...
View ArticleObama is not providing the leadership the US needs
The President is staying firmly on the sidelines, in the face of another potential financial crisis.There will be no President Bartlett moment -- no West Wing style last minute drama as the...
View ArticleObama turns 50 -- and there's not much to celebrate
The President is keeping it low-key as the focus moves to the next potential crisis: jobs.As 50th birthdays go, President Obama's keeping it pretty quiet. There is nothing in his official diary for...
View ArticlePawlenty out, Perry in, Bachmann to win?
At least you can't say the Republican contest is turning out to be dull.The former governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty has announced he's ending his bid to be the next President of the United States. It...
View ArticleMaking the most of the Obama backlash
The Republican Party is celebrating success after two of its members won House seats in New York andThe Republicans are having a moment. And that's despite the fracas over Monday's presidential debate...
View ArticleThe Republican presidential race gets personal
In a desperate bid to knock frontrunner Mitt Romney off his perch, the other candidates got nasty. It's already being called Las Vegas Fight Night -- the moment the Republican presidential rivals...
View ArticleCain and able?
As the GOP presidential candidates meet for their 10th debate, Herman Cain must prove he's more thanEither he's the Great Survivor, or this could be the beginning of the end of Herman Cain's unlikely...
View ArticleRick Perry's fate sealed by an "Oops"
To think that all those millions of dollars raised should come to this: a man who looks too stupid tNever say politics isn't full of surprises. Last night's Republican debate in Michigan appears to...
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