The hubbub in the United States over Sarah Palin’s use of the charged term “blood libel” obscures a larger point: the former Alaska governor is weighing a run for the presidency in unprecedented and even daring ways, commanding nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, and choosing provocative words where others would [...]
Sarah Palin is stopping in Columbia to promote her new book, “American by Heart.” Palin is scheduled to finish up her book tour on Friday at a local Books-a-Million store. Palin went on the road Nov. 23 to promote the book, her first since the million-selling memoir “Going Rogue.” An overwhelming majority of South Carolina [...]
Rick Scott winning the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Florida, an upset of sorts against an establishment candidate endorsed by arty leaders, including Jeb Bush. The very wealthy Scott spent something like $50m in the primary and can easily do so again in the general election. Alex Sink is the Democratic nominee and she will need [...]
New York’s Democratic political establishment came out for embattled U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel on Wednesday, packing a sold-out fundraiser to praise Rangel’s service to the city and state over a 40-year career recently tainted by ethics charges.
The second week of the general election campaign saw the publication of party manifestos ahead of the vote on May 6. Here we round up the latest events on the campaign trail as they happen: 20:52 Toby Harnden in America writes his response to how the election debate has been reported in the US: Washington [...]
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