By Mark Mix
Home day care providers would be forced into unions

Do Republican officials need to fear the specter of some defiant third party bogeyman emerging to split the vote and keep President Obama in the White House?

Ex-Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s bid for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination was rocked Thursday with the abrupt resignation of campaign manager Susie Wiles, who cited exhaustion as the reason for her departure.
Moves to the left on the Iraq war by Democratic presidential contenders — especially votes against troop funding by Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama — will haunt them in a general election contest, top Republican candidates say.
Moves to the left on the Iraq war by Democratic presidential contenders — especially votes against troop funding by Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama — will haunt them in a general election contest, top Republican candidates say.
"He won Sunday's debate in Concord by distinguishing himself to voters in New Hampshire and around the nation that he is the leader who can unify the American people," says campaign manager Matt David. "The fundamental difference in this campaign is that Gov. Huntsman puts country first, and Mitt Romney puts politics first."