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Rick Santorum (R) Drops Out of Presidential Race

Editor — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:39:19 +0000

Currently: Santorum’s has dropped out of the race saying, ”We made a decision to get into this race at our kitchen table, against all the odds, and we made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting,“ [...]

Rating: 2.8/10 (5 votes cast)

Mitt Romney Leads GOP Race with 666 Delegates

Editor — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:23:54 +0000

Currently: Romney is the clear leader for the GOP presidential nomination with 666 delegates after winning Illinois. Rick Santorum is trailing with 282, Gingrich has 136 and Ron Paul has 52. Recently: Mitt Romney was declared the victor in New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada GOP presidential primaries and now has 112 delegates. Mitt won Florida with 46.4% and Nevada [...]

Rating: 4.6/10 (29 votes cast)

President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad: Violently Cracking Down on Protesters

Editor — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:00:21 +0000

Currently: Syrian government forces are massacring innocent civilians with heavy artillery while the UN Security council is held up by Russia and China; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17348402 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-homs-20120313,0,5612044.story http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-03-12/syria-doctors-patients-hospital-attacked/53504614/1 Recently: Syrian security forces are reported to be using violence to disperse protesters. According to activists and human rights groups with Amnesty International 55 civilian protesters have been killed [...]

Rating: 4.0/10 (6 votes cast)

Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ-10th) Passes Away

Editor — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:44:40 +0000

Donald Milford Payne (July 16, 1934 – March 6, 2012) was the U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 10th congressional district, serving from 1989 until his death. He was a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses most of the city of Newark, parts of Jersey City and Elizabeth, and some suburban communities in Essex [...]

Rating: 2.9/10 (16 votes cast)

Gov. Matt Mead (R)

mbeharry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:55:16 +0000

Matthew Hansen “Matt” Mead (born March 11, 1962) is the 32nd and current Governor of Wyoming. Early life Mead was born in Teton County, Wyoming, the son of Peter Bradford Mead and Mary Elisabeth (née Hansen; 1935-1996), the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 1990, and the grandson of the late Governor and U.S. Senator Clifford Hansen. [...]

Rating: 10.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Gov. Scott Walker (politician) (R)

mbeharry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:51:01 +0000

Scott Kevin Walker (born November 2, 1967) is an American Republican politician who began serving as the 45th Governor of Wisconsin on January 3, 2011, after defeating Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, 52 percent to 47 percent in the November 2010 general election. Previously, Walker was the County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 2002 to [...]

Rating: 1.0/10 (2 votes cast)

Gov. Peter Shumlin (D)

mbeharry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:21:13 +0000

Peter Elliott Shumlin(born March 24, 1956) is the 81st and current Governor of Vermont. He represented the Windham Vermont Senate District for 8 terms (1992–2002, 2006–2011). He was elected the Governor in the 2010 election. Early life, education and career Shumlin went to high school at the Buxton School, and he graduated from Wesleyan University [...]

Rating: 5.0/10 (2 votes cast)

Gov. Rick Perry (R)

mbeharry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:09:16 +0000

James Richard “Rick” Perry (born March 4, 1950) is the 47th and current Governor of Texas. Perry, a Republican, was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become President of the United States. Perry was elected to full gubernatorial terms in [...]

Rating: 1.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Gov. Nikki Haley (R)

mbeharry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:04:23 +0000

Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley (born January 20, 1972) is the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010. In the 2010 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Haley was endorsed for the Republican nomination by former Massachusetts [...]

Rating: 8.1/10 (17 votes cast)

Gov. Tom Corbett (R)

mbeharry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:54:32 +0000

Thomas W. “Tom” Corbett (born June 17, 1949) is the 46th and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. He is a former Attorney General of Pennsylvania and was elected to that office in 2004 and reelected in 2008. He is a member of the Republican Party. Corbett also served as the Pennsylvania [...]

Rating: 3.8/10 (4 votes cast)