Presidency
Rick Santorum, Catholicism, and the 2012 Republican Ticket
Republicans have nominated a Catholic just once on the presidential ballot in 152 years, compared to seven times for the Democrats since 1928.
Read MoreBachmann vs. Pawlenty: How do Same-State Same Party Presidential Rivals Fare?
More than two-dozen pairs of candidates from the same state have sought the same major party nomination in the post-Civil War era; 15 have won the nomination and nine the presidency.
Read MoreFrom Rumor to Reality: Pawlenty’s 2,456-Day Presidential Candidacy Roll Out
National chatter of a T-Paw presidential bid first began nearly seven years ago at the 2004 RNC
Read MoreFlashback Fail: Tim Pawlenty is the “Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Midwest”
In 2004, Club for Growth founder and then President Stephen Moore called T-Paw “Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Midwest”
Read MoreReading the Tweet Leaves: Sarah Palin’s Vanishing Act
Palin tweeting 64 percent less frequently in 2011 compared to 2010
Read MoreHumphrey Event: Direct National Popular Vote in Presidential Elections
Humphrey event examines the movement afoot that seeks to implement an electoral system with a direct, nationwide popular vote
Read MoreGingrich Launches First Presidential Bid by House Speaker Since 1940
Gingrich becomes just the 4th sitting or ex-House Speaker to run for president since 1900 and the first since World War II
Read MoreA House Divided: A Content Analysis of Congressional Press Releases on the bin Laden Killing
Less than 25 percent of Republican U.S. House members give credit to Obama in press releases on the bin Laden kill; less than 3 percent of Democrats acknowledge Bush
Read MoreRon Paul to Become 3rd Oldest Major Party Presidential Candidate in U.S. History
Only Minnesota’s Harold Stassen and Alaska’s Mike Gravel would have made older presidents if elected
Read MoreCan Haley Barbour End Mississippi’s Presidential Drought?
Mississippi has not produced a competitive presidential candidate who has been close to winning a major party nomination across four-dozen election cycles since statehood in 1817
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