Paul Stanley

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  • Tired of Playing Defense, Planned Parenthood Turns Up the Heat on GOP Front-Runners

    Tired of Playing Defense, Planned Parenthood Turns Up the Heat on GOP Front-Runners

    Planned Parenthood started 2011 by facing an onslaught of attacks from newly dominated Republican legislatures and a large freshman class in Congress who wanted to strip the group of all government funding. However, they’ve decided to end the year by launching their own offensive attack against the leading GOP candidates – namely Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

  • Will the 'Values Vote' Matter in the 2012 Elections?

    The Iowa caucuses are a week away and Republican candidates are pulling out all the stops on value voting – including soliciting the help of past and present Christian heavyweights – to convince voters why they are the best person to represent evangelical Christians in the White House.

  • Is the Tea Party Running a Sprint or a Marathon?

    Is the Tea Party Running a Sprint or a Marathon?

    Most pundits – be they Democrat or Republican – will admit that the Tea Party movement played a pivotal role in sending a new stable of GOP Congressmen to Washington in 2010 and at least for the time being, changed the nations political landscape. However, fifty-seven percent of Americans say that neither the Tea Party nor the Occupy movement shares their views.

  • Romney 'Comfortable' With Gays Serving Openly in Military

    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he has no intention of reversing the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military if elected president.

  • Boehner Backed Into Corner on Payroll Tax: Gives Dems Early Christmas Present

    Boehner Backed Into Corner on Payroll Tax: Gives Dems Early Christmas Present

    Speaker of the House John Boehner once again found himself between a rock and hard place as he tried to keep his GOP caucus happy while trying to find some middle ground with President Obama and Senate Democrats over extending the payroll tax cut.

  • How Effective Are Political Endorsements?

    How Effective Are Political Endorsements?

    With the Iowa caucuses less than two weeks away, Republican candidates are stopping at nothing – including soliciting the help of past and present political heavyweights – to convince voters why they are the one to defeat President Obama next fall. But many analysts are starting to ask if these endorsements have any real impact.

  • Bachmann Upset at Being Asked to Exit GOP Race

    Bachmann Upset at Being Asked to Exit GOP Race

    The Family Leader’s top executive threw his personal weight behind former Senator Rick Santorum on Tuesday but the call heard around Iowa may have been the one he made on Saturday when he asked Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann to drop out of the GOP presidential primary.

  • Will Obama Fully Embrace Same-Sex Marriage in 2012?

    Will Obama Fully Embrace Same-Sex Marriage in 2012?

    Gay activists have found themselves confused and often perplexed at President Obama’s position on homosexual rights; more specifically, whether or not he is willing to publicly embrace same-sex marriage prior to the November 2012 elections.

  • Franklin Graham: Romney's Mormonism Doesn't Bother Me

    Franklin Graham: Romney's Mormonism Doesn't Bother Me

    Evangelical minster Franklin Graham said voters should look past a candidate’s personal religion when considering whom they should support for office. Graham offered his advice in a recent interview with The Christian Broadcasting Network when asked if Christians could vote for someone who is a Mormon.

  • Gingrich Banking on Evangelical Support to Win Iowa; Leaders Undecided

    An endorsement from the conservative group The Family Leader would be an early Christmas gift for Newt Gingrich. But his largest hurdle is that too many on the group’s board have severe reservations on lending their support to the former speaker.