Jennifer Harper
Articles by Jennifer Harper
Inside the Beltway
Jennifer Harper's Inside the Beltway column is on hiatus until Jan. 4. Published December 25, 2011
Inside the Beltway
The Republican presidential hopefuls are essentially taking 72 hours off for Christmas, after months of ceaseless voter wooing, punctuated by big debates, grand gaffes and a shrill press. Published December 22, 2011
Inside the Beltway
It's boot the Newt time: All those predictions that Republican presidential hopeful and polling darling Newt Gingrich would face a shrill gauntlet of critics before the Iowa primaries are coming true. Published December 21, 2011
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Journalists may scorn Sarah Palin, but they love covering her; it is sport, and the press went into full cry once Fox Business News leaked a Monday night interview with Mrs. Palin in which she revealed that, yes, "it's never too late" for candidates to jump into the 2012 race, adding "things can be shaken up ... who knows what will happen?" Published December 19, 2011
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Election fatigue: Seven out of 10 Americans can't wait for the 2012 presidential campaign to be over, preferring to "fast-forward" to the end, says Gallup analyst Jeffrey Jones. Published December 18, 2011
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Newt Gingrich may want to start courting a voting bloc that could prove to be a sleeping giant in his campaign: the over-55 crowd. Published December 15, 2011
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The College Republican National Committee is poised to outdo the Occupy Wall Street crowd during the 39th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in February. Published December 14, 2011
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"This is going to be tough. But I just want to remind all of you that you didn't decide to support Barack Hussein Obama because it was going to be easy." Published December 13, 2011
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In less than half an hour, Michael Savage's hair-raising proposal drew close to 7,000 mentions on Google News: The syndicated radio host declared presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich "unelectable" Monday afternoon and offered him $1 million to drop out of the White House race. Published December 12, 2011
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It's colossal, it's stupendous: The official "Obama for America" campaign store far exceeds any merchandising efforts among Republican presidential hopefuls. Published December 11, 2011
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The Iowa caucuses are a mere 600 hours away — give or take few minutes — a fact that weighs heavily on a half-dozen Republican presidential hopefuls as they meet Saturday night for debate No. 14 in Des Moines. Published December 8, 2011
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"I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school." - Rick Perry Published December 7, 2011
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Newt Gingrich rules the Republican presidential pantheon for now, leading archrival Mitt Romney 37 percent to 22 percent in a new Gallup poll of GOP voters, with all other candidates foundering in single digits. Published December 6, 2011
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One spectacle ends, another always follows on the Republican campaign trail: now let the Trump-bashing begin. Billionaire, reality-TV star, talking head and perennial presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to vex those who say his persistent presence in serious politics could gum up the Grand Old Party. Published December 5, 2011
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To Trump, or not to Trump: indeed, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich huddles with billionaire Donald Trump in Manhattan for a time on Monday, a stop made by most of his rivals in months past. Mr. Trump himself has emerged as the newest Republican kingmaker, emerging as moderator for a newly minted debate hosted by Newsmax in Iowa at month's end that may or may not include the phrases "you're fired" or "I'm declaring my candidacy for president." Published December 4, 2011
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It's politics, perhaps, around the proverbial cracker barrel: Mike Huckabee intends to retool the presidential debates in his own fashion when he stages a live forum on Fox News for six of the Republican hopefuls on Saturday night. Published December 1, 2011
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Indeed, the official Christmas theme at the White House this year is the cozy but generic "Shine, Give, Share," but never fear, there is still a nativity scene among the many decorations, a spokesman tells Inside the Beltway. Published November 30, 2011
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A Public Religion Research Institute survey released in June found that six out of 10 Americans say elected officials should be held to a higher moral standard than everyone else. But financial sins are worse than the sexual variety, apparently. Published November 29, 2011
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Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is more like Ronald Reagan than any of his rivals, according to a new survey of Republican voters in Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire - an indicator that could reveal the power of nostalgia, not to mention the emotionally charged leanings of skittish conservatives. Published November 28, 2011
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The hawkish charms and institutional knowledge of presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich are besting the perfect hair and stately mien of rival Mitt Romney among those alarmed by the edgy state of things. Published November 27, 2011
