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Is It Over Yet?

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Three states will go to the polls on Tuesday to voice their presidential preference - Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. But do any of these contests matter? No. Not a single one of the three states voting on Tuesday will award delegates. In fact Missouri is only holding its primary because the

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Romney Rolls In Florida

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After getting throttled by Newt Gingrich in South Carolina nine days ago, Mitt Romney got his presidential campaign back on track Tuesday night with a convincing win in Florida. With 100 percent of precincts reporting in the Sunshine State, the former Massachusetts governor drew 46.4 percent of the

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F’Shizzle: Snoop Dogg Backs Ron Paul

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"WITH THE DOGG POUND RIGHT BEHIND HIM ..." Lending more credence to the notion of a "third way" in American politics, rapper Snoop Dogg (a.k.a. Calvin Broadus) has thrown his support behind U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). The gangsta rap icon and marijuana lover - born in "the city they call Long Beach"

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Winning Women In The “Good Ol’ Boy” State

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Greenville, SC (January 22, 2012) -- They say, “Behind every great man, stands a great woman.” Yet when it comes to Newt Gingrich’s historic, come-from-behind win in South Carolina, there stand two. Ruth Sherlock and Leslie Gaines took over the reigns of Gingrich’s SC campaign in October and

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So, Ron Paul Lost SC …

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Ron Paul - the candidate this website enthusiastically endorsed (and for whom our founding editor enthusiastically voted) - lost big in South Carolina this weekend. Or did he? Let's take a look at the raw numbers ... With a handful of ballots left to be counted, Paul finished in fourth place in

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Rand Paul Refuses TSA Pat Down

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) - son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul - was briefly detained on Monday at a Nashville airport by officers of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Paul was detained after refusing to submit to one of the agency's invasive pat downs. According

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Gingrich Smashes Romney In South Carolina

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Former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich - whose candidacy nearly imploded last Spring and whose campaign was savaged with last-minute attacks in rough-and-tumble South Carolina - stormed past GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney to claim a commanding victory in the Palmetto State on Saturday. So decisive was Gingrich's

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Investigator: Gingrich Email Smear “Big, Highly-Sophisticated”

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The two-pronged email smear campaign that targeted former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich on the eve of South Carolina's pivotal "First in the South" presidential primary was a "big, highly-sophisticated" undertaking, according to one of the law enforcement professionals currently investigating the cyber

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Mitt’s Mormons On A Mission (In SC)

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BUZZFEED: BYU STUDENTS PROVIDING PEP AT ROMNEY EVENTS IN SC No one is going to argue the fact that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has drawn big, energetic crowds in South Carolina as the pivotal "First in the South" presidential primary draws to a close. The only problem? According to an

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“First In The South” Prediction Time

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FITS PREDICTS A DOUBLE-DIGIT GINGRICH WIN, THIRD PLACE FINISH FOR RON PAUL The speeches have been made. The issues (to some extent) have been debated. The television ads have been aired (ad nauseam, in fact) and yes ... the mud has been thrown. All that's left is for the people of South Carolina

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“First In The South” Open Voter Thread

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As promised, our founding editor Will Folks (a.k.a. Sic Willie) proudly voted for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul in Saturday's 2012 South Carolina Republican presidential primary - his first vote in more than two decades. Take a look ... (Click to enlarge) Why? Read our website's endorsement of Paul by clicking

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Final SC Poll Shows Gingrich’s Lead Expanding

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FORMER SPEAKER NOW CLEAR "FIRST IN THE SOUTH" FRONTRUNNER Newt Gingrich has widened his lead over Mitt Romney in the final poll of likely South Carolina Republican voters taken before Saturday's long-awaited "First in the South" presidential primary. According to the last pre-election Public Policy

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