Chris Christie

Daniels Has Support To Win White House

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels boasts that he would turn heads with his fundraising firepower and roster of big-name GOP supporters if he jumps into the 2012 presidential race. “If I were to decide to do this, we would have an unbelievable letterhead,...

Tags: Executive Branch, Mitch Daniels, Elections, White House, Republican Party

NJ Mayor Out On Bail For Computer Hacking, But Bigger Drama Outside Court Hearing

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He's a mayor whose candidacy was championed by Governor Chris Christie for being clean and straightfoward, but Mayor Felix Roque of West New York, New Jersey was in federal court Thursday, charged with felony computer crimes and one computer misuse...

Tags: Executive Branch, U.S. Army, Politics, Fainting, Computer Crime

Search for Romney running mate in audition phase

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a possible shot at the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket are starting to...

Tags: Elections, Washington, DC, Republican Party, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Paul Ryan

Donald Trump mulls vice presidency, starting a 'super PAC' [Video]

Donald Trump’s newest foray into politics may be his own “super PAC,” if the real estate tycoon, and onetime supposed presidential hopeful, follows through on comments made in an interview with Newsmax on Wednesday. “There was a...

Tags: Elections, Rob Portman, Marco Rubio, Republican Party, Politics

News briefs for Thursday, May 24

Federal government wants to give states more power to combat food stamp fraud WASHINGTON (AP)— Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even...

Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Foreign Exchange Market, Republican Party, Indianapolis 500

Crunch time

The 20 or so Percy Julian Middle School students seated in a half-moon around the governor Tuesday couldn't fully understand the financial crisis facing Illinois. At one point, an eighth-grader asked, "What's a pension?" He'll find out soon enough....

Tags: Oak Park, Executive Branch, Medicaid, Interior Policy, Politics

Q&A: Political experts chime in on vice-presidential contenders

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With a Democrat incumbent and a Republican field winnowed down to one real contender, today’s presidential primary will be largely a formality for many area voters. The real intrigue is who Mitt Romney, the likely Republican presidential nominee,...

Tags: Elections, Mitch Daniels, Primaries, Colleges and Universities, Paul Ryan

O'Malley builds on tax-raising legacy

The General Assembly's speedy embrace of Gov. Martin O'Malley's income tax increases this week cleaned up a political mess in Annapolis, but the rate hikes could come back to haunt the Democrat if he seeks national office when his time in the governor's...

Tags: Elections, Executive Branch, Republican Party, Primaries, Democratic Party

Where are the candidates?

WASHINGTON -- The nascent third-party movement called Americans Elect assembled a dream team of prospective presidential nominees: Mike Bloomberg! Colin Powell! Chris Christie! Mitch Daniels! Condi Rice! Rick Santorum! Hillary Clinton! There was...

Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Elections, Mitch Daniels, Rick Santorum

Being camera-ready counts for a lot, studies find

When former Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1996, he wondered if he was too ugly to be president. Last fall, as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was being promoted as a possible presidential contender, some wondered...

Tags: Newt Gingrich, Elections, Chicago Tribune, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

Gay marriage debate on the ballot Tuesday

Expect a Romney-Rubio Ticket

I was like, “You should predict who Romneywill choose to be his VP.” And then I was like, “Why? That’s boring. And obvious." So I was like, “Okay, great, why don’t you write about eating dogs some more or...

Tags: Mitch Daniels, Fox News Channel (tv network), Executive Branch, Elections, Mitt Romney