National Journal's Ron Brownstein writes of the 2012 presidential contest, "The debate will revolve around a big question more often dodged than confronted: How much government are Americans willing to pay for? Before the conversation is over, the answer could produce uncomfortable moments for President Obama and Republicans alike, not to mention voters themselves."
Politico notes that the next two weeks will finally shine more light on the GOP nomination race: who's in, who's out, and who steps up when some of the contenders finally share a stage.
So far not one Republican presidential candidate – not even the ones who’ve said they’ll participate – actually fit all the criteria for the May 5th presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina, the Spartanburg Herald Journal writes. While some have already met part of the criteria, none of the candidates have filed paperwork to be on the ballot in the state.
BARBOUR: There are eight days left until all of Haley Barbour’s self-imposed deadlines for a presidential announcement have past, the Jackson Clarion Ledger points out: the legislative session is over, and the month of April has only eight days left. Barbour’s ambivalence has left some Mississippians miffed: “Let us know instead of running from state to state. If he's not going to run, we need him home in Mississippi," retired school nutritionist Lola Ducksworth said.
GINGRICH: Gingrich moved away from Paul Ryan’s budget this week, writing in a Facebook post on Wednesday that he would embrace “a voluntary plan that would give seniors the option to choose private plans without explicitly abolishing Medicare as we know it. That is in line with a Medicare proposal by former Democratic Congressional Budget Office director Alice Rivlin and former Republican Sen. Pete Domenici, once embraced, then rejected by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan,” the Wall Street Journal writes.
HUCKABEE: “Mike Huckabee on Thursday criticized fellow Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck for calling the former governor and potential White House hopeful a ‘progressive’ for supporting first lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity efforts,” the AP says. Huckabee said Beck’s statement was an attempt to “create yet another ‘bogey man’ and said the first lady’s program “is about personal responsibility, not the government literally taking candy from a baby’s mouth.”
PAWLENTY: One of Pawlenty's New Hampshire steering committee members is a convicted felon who served jail time after his third drunk driving arrest.
ROMNEY: Romney dinged Obama over Libya policy yesterday on National Review Online: "It is apparent that our military is engaged in much more than enforcing a no-fly zone. What we are watching in real time is another example of mission creep and mission muddle."
SANTORUM: Rick Santorum has hired Cody Brown, the campaign manager for a “hard-fought but unsuccessful” congressional campaign last fall, to manage his testing-the-waters effort in Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports.
TRUMP: The Donald's media blitz doesn't appear to be boosting ratings for 'The Apprentice.'
Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer fielded a call from Trump, and now he says the tycoon sounds serious about a run.
.
Browse: 2012
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 … d-whos-out
obama's certificate is online. you can see it
by Grace Marguerite Williams 11 years ago
Obama indicated in his promissory speeches that he would improve America? However, he has done nothing of the kind, in fact, he has made America much worse since his takeover in the White House. Do you think that America has become worse under President Obama? The main crux of Obama's...
by Jezzzz 14 years ago
The story hit the airways that Palin said that she could beat President Obama in the 2012 Presidential Election. What do you think.. Can she do it?
by Kathryn L Hill 9 years ago
The Government or YOU?
by Linda Crist 12 years ago
Have you decided not to vote in the 2012 Presidential Election?Can you explain your reason for choosing not to vote?
by Susan Reid 12 years ago
Talk about whoever you want to. Someone who is impressing you these days? Someone who is blowing it bigtime? Someone you wish would shut up? Someone you are excited to see joining the freshman class in Congress?I will start.1. I am not happy that Nancy Pelosi wants to be Minority Leader of...
by Alexander A. Villarasa 11 years ago
However Obama and the Democrats are deliriously desirous that this "phony" scandal would go away, it won't. Simply put the reason for its longevity in the minds of folks who seriously care that 4 Americans were killed during the terrorist attack on the consulate,...
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |