2 hrs ago | Free Republic
Coburn: Constituents link IRS audits to Mitt Romney donations [our whistleblower side is lit up]
Sen. Tom Coburn said Thursday his constituents have suggested they were audited by the Internal Revenue Service because they donated to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.
4 hrs ago | WTAE-TV Pittsburgh
Source: Pritzker to be grilled about off-shore assets
Remember that Obama campaign ad featuring Mitt Romney singing "America the Beautiful" to scenes of Caribbean islands where the GOP nominee had invested some of his considerable wealth? So do Republican senators who plan to question Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker about her own off-shore assets at a confirmation hearing today, a ... (more)
4 hrs ago | Hampton Roads Daily Press
Boy Scouts set to vote on lifting gay youth ban
Texas businessman Barry Price was so disturbed by the prospect that he joined a protest Wednesday, picking up a sign to urge Scout leaders to retain the ban.
4 hrs ago | CNN
Congressional source on Pritzker nomination: 'There's a certain level of hypocrisy'
Remember that Obama campaign ad featuring Mitt Romney singing "America the Beautiful" to scenes of Caribbean islands where the GOP nominee had invested some of his considerable wealth? So do Republican Senators who plan to question Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker about her own off-shore assets at a confirmation hearing today, a ... (more)
8 hrs ago | Real Clear Politics
Under Fire Again, Will Iowa Caucuses Remain First?
In 1976, a little-known former governor of Georgia rode all the way to the presidency on the momentum generated by his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses.
9 hrs ago | Washington Post
GOP lawmaker questions how Harry Reid 'obtained' false claims about Mitt Romney's taxes
J. Russell George, U.S. Treasury inspector general for tax administration, from left, Douglas Shulman, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Lois Lerner, the director of the IRS's exempt organizations office, and Neal S. Wolin, deputy secretary of the Treasury, are sworn in during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ... (more)
Cal Thomas: Pull the plug on out-of-control IRS
Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Obama's Ohio State University commencement address.
MSNBC's Finney On IRS Scandal: 'Why Didn't Romney Make More Of A Big Deal Of It?'
You can take the flack out of the DNC but you can't take the DNC out of the flack, especially it's MSNBC regular and newly-minted weekend host Karen Finney, who today said that Mitt Romney should have made a bigger deal out of the IRS scandal on the campaign trail.
Some criticize Corbett remark on Latinos on staff
A brief exchange of comments videotaped during an effort to reach out to Latino leaders last week in Philadelphia has created a new wave of controversy for Gov.
Analysis: IRS political suppression cost Romney the 2012 election
In my final prediction of November 5 of last year , just one day before the election , I took into the account the best information on hand to project that Mitt Romney would win the election narrowly with 275 electoral votes and a slim majority of the popular vote.
Vitter stokes buzz about governor bid
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter will spend several days this fall raising money for an outside group set up to support him in both state and federal elections, fueling speculation that the Republican may be preparing to run for governor in 2015.
Electric car maker Tesla Motors showed on Wednesday it was no Solyndra, announcing it had paid off the balance of a $465 million government loan - nine years early.
Boy Scouts leaders will vote Thursday to lift ban on gay youth members
Photograph: Rex Features The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on whether to accept gay youth members, partially overturning a long-running ban on allowing gay people to join the organisation.
Solamere Capital, Romneys' PE Firm, Launches Fund II
Solamere Capital , the private equity fund-of-funds and co-investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney's eldest son, Taggart Romney , has begun raising its second vehicle, Solamere Capital Fund II LP, according to a government filing.
Donald Trump in Michigan: The U.S. should have taxed China and taken...
The ultimate businessman offered some far-fetched revenue-generating ideas Tuesday night in an hour-long speech at a Michigan Republican gathering.
A Dual Disenfranchisement: 2013 Update
Coming out of the 2012 presidential election, women's role in determining its outcome-the so-called gender gap-was a dominant narrative.
Pa. governor "can't find" any Latinos to work in his administration
Later in his remarks, Corbett noted that Pennsylvania is home to 800,000 Latino residents , who represent about 6.8 percent of the state's total population.
The book will be "a mix of autobiography, political analysis, and policy prescriptions," wrote Robert Costa, National Review's Washington-based political reporter.
CNN's Crowley Admits Obama Didn't Call Benghazi a Terror Attack
On the May 19 broadcast of CNN's State of the Union , host Candy Crowley said that Obama was late in identifying the attacks in Benghazi as terrorism quite contrary to what she said during the Presidential debates late last year.
The LA mayoral race is a case study on the Latino vote | Timothy Spangler
City councilman Eric Garcetti carried 33% of the vote but gained no clear majority over Wendy Greuel, his opponent in the runoff.