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Brother and campaign advisor of former Irish presidential candidate charged with child abuse (IrishCentral)

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:06:18 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The former campaign advisor and brother of Irish presidential candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon has been charged with child molestation in the UK.

Chris Christie will run for re-election next year - does not rule out presidential campaign in 2016 (IrishCentral)

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:58:18 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie plans to run for re-election.

The final stretch of John F Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1960 - photo slideshow (IrishCentral)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 06:38:41 PST

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie plans to run for re-election.

Democrats threw God and Israel under the Obama campaign bus, then got second thoughts (IrishCentral)

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:02:06 PDT

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Chris Matthews slams RNC’s Reince Priebus for using the race card in campaign against Barack Obama - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:00:37 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

MSNBC host Chris Matthews launched an attack on the Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on the Morning Joe program yesterday.

Bill Clinton touts Barack Obama’s plan to 'rebuild America' in new presidential campaign ad- VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:53:57 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Former President Bill Clinton has released a new commercial showing his support for incumbent President Barack Obama for the upcoming presidential election. The new commercial is a first from Clinton for Obama’s 2012 campaign.

Does Mitt Romney really believe that Jesus visited Missouri? -- Questions on his Mormon beliefs sure to arise as campaign continues (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:16:38 PDT

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Campaigns In Wisconsin (Credit: Getty Images)Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith teaches that Jesus visited Missouri between his death and resurrection and that the Garden of Eden is located therePretty bizarre don’t you think but the next occupant of the White House will hold it as a tenet of his faithMost religions have strange beliefs but somehow Jesus in Missouri does blow my mind quite a bitDid he visit St READ MORE

Paul Ryan’s Vice Presidential campaign off to a tough start - hecklers in Iowa and policy criticism (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:45:02 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, 42, had a rough public roll out on Monday when protesters heckled him at the Iowa State Fair.

Congressman Paul Ryan a brave pick by Mitt Romney for Vice President - Charismatic Irish American will force a major economic debate in fall campaign (IrishCentral)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:31:28 PDT

Paul RyanIrish American Congressman Paul Ryan is a brave pick by Mitt Romney It makes the election a contest about ideas, the “get government off my back crowd” against the “government is needed to keep our social and economic fabric together” groupRomney could have run on just attacking Obama’s evident economic failures but he saw that policy was not working He was seven points down in a CNN poll as late as Thursday of this week READ MORE

Mitt Romney campaign ranks Bill Clinton more pro-Israel than Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan (IrishCentral)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:23:55 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Only Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter qualify among the last six presidents as leaders who 'recognize the cherished relationship the U.S. has with Israel and stands with our allies,' according to a new ad released by the Romney campaign.

Mitt Romney out-raises Barack Obama re-election campaign with $101.3 million in July (IrishCentral)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:15:03 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Mitt Romney’s campaign announced yesterday that it had raised $101.3 million in campaign donations in July, out-raising the Obama campaign by more than $25 million.

Barack Obama’s ancestral home of Moneygall set to hold fundraiser for presidential campaign (IrishCentral)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:09:56 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

With just under 100 days of the presidential campaign left to go, Barack Obama is set to receive a little help from his friends in Moneygall, County Offaly as the Irish branch of Democrats Abroad prepare to throw a fundraising event on the President’s birthday, 4th August.

Larry Donnelly, who acts as legal counsel for the Irish branch of Democrats Abroad, said, “We were always looking to go there. President Obama’s visit to Moneygall captured everyone’s attention. Ollie Hayes has been very good to us too.”

Why Mitt Romney needs to pick Chris Christie as running mate - GOP campaign needs the excitement and media pizazz of Christie (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:16:15 PDT

The Hollywood site TMZ had a Chris Christie video on Saturday showing the New Jersey governor angrily dismissing a heckler he met after buying an ice creamCan you honestly imagine any other GOP VP candidate attracting the attention of ultra hip TMZ? Governor?Romney needs him A well-placed media friend tells me me that Mitt Romney on the cover of a national magazine dooms sales for that week “They can fall as much as 20 percent “ she said READ MORE

Mitt Romney's campaign spells Ronald Reagan's name as “Regan” (IrishCentral)

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:44:33 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

It hasn't exactly been the smoothest campaign roll out for Mitt Romney. This week his beleagured team suffered its third major spelling gaffe in a week, this time misspelling conservative titan Ronald Reagan's name as Ronald Regan.

The Mitt Romney bark is awful - Irish setter named Seamus a disaster for presidential campaign (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 May 2012 06:30:07 PDT

Mitt RomneyWhen the election is over in November I suspect we’ll have an Irish Setter named Seamus to thank if Mitt Romney doesn’t close the dealI mean for sheer weirdness, for what it says about Romney’s determination to accomplish his goals regardless of the cost to the less fortunate individuals concerned, poor old Seamus’s travails are hard to beatAs we know Seamus Romney was once strapped to the roof of Romney’s station wagon, for 12 terrifying hours, on an epic family road trip from the United States to Canada Of course the poor dog lodged his protest in the only way dogs know how, but Mitt wasn’t going to let a little thing like that stop him, then or ever READ MORE

Rick Santorum brings a bootstrap work ethic to the GOP campaign (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:15:16 PST

Senator Rick SantorumThe GOP primary campaign blasted through the states of Michigan and Arizona, blazing its way to the the epic 10 state battle of Super Tuesday, coming up in less than 6 daysMitt Romney won Arizona and all of its delegates with a solid win, but barely eked out a victory over Rick Santorum in Romney's native state of Michigan As a result the Michigan delegates will be shared evenly between Romney and SantorumAt the beginning of this whole GOP contest, Rick Santorum was not given much of a chance READ MORE

Bill Maher donates $1 million to President Obama re-election campaign - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:15:16 PST

Bill MaherIn a surprise move, which is bound to get the entertainment world's attention, comedian Bill Maher has donated one million dollars to the Obama re-election campaignPoliticocom reports that in California last night Maher made the surprise announcement"At the end of his groundbreaking comedy special, “CrazyStupidPolitics: Live from Silicon Valley,” which streamed live on Yahoo!, Maher brought out a check, making a personal donation of one million dollars to Obama’s Super PAC, Priorities USA Action Politico reported READ MORE

Donald Trump puts his logo on the Mitt Romney's US presidential campaign (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:45:17 PST

Donald Trump with Mitt Romney on stageDonald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president this morning & gave his Trump seal of approvalAlways the promoter and showman, rumors swirled last night that he was going to endorse Newt Gingrich The Gingrich camp had been so confident of winning the real estate mogul's backing that it had leaked word Trump would support the former House speakerBut those Gingrich rumors were quashed as Trump made his announcement this morning READ MORE

Thoughts from Ireland on the US presidential campaign - what's next for Mitt Romney (IrishCentral)

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:45:17 PST

Mitt RomneyDespite the endless implausible scenarios proffered incessantly by political commentators on America’s 24-hour news stations, that we in Ireland can watch on satellite television or online, Mitt Romney will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, barring a meltdown of epic proportions Surges by Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have all come and gone Only the dogged Ron Paul, with his fervent, libertarian-leaning following, is likely to continue to fight on to the end However, Paul’s positions on American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, and on what has become its corollary, the use of military force, are of limited appeal within the Republican Party READ MORE

Irish ghosts haunt the presidential campaign trail (IrishCentral)

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:55:17 PDT

Ron Paul (AFP/Getty Images)As Martin McGuiness embarks on an Irish presidential race that is sure to resurrect a fair share of ghosts from the past, Americans are also slogging their way through a tough presidential campaignRecently, an interesting spat broke out involving a controversial candidate, a current Irish newspaper columnist, and a fascinating yet forgotten pundit from the pastThe next thing you knew, the charges of anti-Semitism and McCarthyism were flying, and it was real hard to tell who the liberal and who the conservative was READ MORE