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Sarah Palin joined a number of other GOP hopefuls in New Hampshire last week making the typical pre-campaign rounds. But unlike Mitt Romney, who managed to focus his speaking on the economy and his business experience, Palin decided to give her fans a brief history lesson on Paul Revere ...

The political blogs and the pundits' pronouncements make it sound as though anyone else has a better shot than Mitt Romney does to become the Republican nominee for president next year. Don't believe it: Mitt's the man to beat in the 2012 GOP race.

So Sarah Palin is taking a field trip. The former Alaskan governor has a coach bus painted with images of purple mountain majesties and the U.S. constitution, which she plans to use to make stops in historic Northeast sites familiar to grade-school civics classes. Along the way, she plans to remind Americans that they are “one nation under God,” to appreciate the country’s “diverse cultures,” and to “discover the ties that bind Americans.”

A Wisconsin judge struck down that state's controversial new collective bargaining law Thursday, ruling that GOP legislators failed to provide sufficient public notice before passing the measure this year.

As grumbles about the lackluster Republican presidential field grow louder, reports of the return of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are growing stronger.

Jon Huntsman is considering a run for president but may have trouble overcoming his time in the Obama administration.

Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind., said Sunday he won't run for president because of family concerns, narrowing the field but making a wide-open race even hazier....

A GOP bid to expand and hasten offshore oil drilling in the face of $4-a-gallon gasoline prices suffered an overwhelming defeat in the Senate on Wednesday, four days after President Barack Obama directed his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production....

Kentucky Senate president David Williams easily defeated two others to win the GOP primary.

Candidate or not, the New Jersey governor is someone who political experts say could influence his party’s presidential nomination.