Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is off to a rocky start. He is behind most of the other presidential hopefuls in terms of fundraising. Gingrich's campaign staff also quit en masse earlier this year over concerns that Gingrich was not taking campaigning seriously.
SIMI VALLEY-Meeting on the debate stage for the first time, Republicans Mitt Romney and Governor Rick Perry squared off. The rest of the Republican debaters at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley seemed relegated to the background.
Republicans in Iowa, according to the last Rasmussen Reports telephone poll, are beginning to line up behind Texas Governor Rick Perry. Their telephone survey shows Perry as the first place choice for president among Republicans in the state with 29%. The poll was conducted on 862 likely Republican voters.
It's not uncommon for me to get an email or phone call from someone punctuated with "Have I got a story for you!" December 2008 was no different. I was resting up after a particularly busy and historic election year. Sarah Palin had just come back from her unsuccessful national run.