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Republicans are huddling with big campaign finance donors earlier than usual in the presidential election cycle to take on President Barack Obama's fundraising juggernaut in the 2012 race.

President Obama's approval rating in the Gallup daily tracking poll sunk to 40 percent today. Only 39 percent of those polled said that they approve of Obama's performance. 54 percent said that they are unhappy with Obama's performance.

Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll on Saturday in the first big test of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign, as Texas Governor Rick Perry launched a White House bid that could reshape the race.

Republican Rick Perry, the conservative governor of Texas, on Saturday declared himself a candidate for president with a blistering attack on Democratic President Barack Obama.

Rick Perry is officially a candidate for President of the United States. Here's five reasons the Texas Governor can beat Barack Obama.

Surely wearing his boots emblazoned with the words "liberty" and "freedom," Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he is making a run for the U.S. presidency in 2012. And if the recent polls prove to be a trend, he and his boots have already walked over many of his competitors.

The 2010 U.S. Health Care Reform Act will likely be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, in a case that pits individual liberties concerns versus the U.S. Government?s authority to limit public health care costs via universal insurance. If the court hears the case by the spring 2012, it could issue a ruling in June 2012.

Rick Perry, the conservative governor of Texas, declared himself a candidate for president on Saturday, shaking up the race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012.

A California man, who pleaded guilty in May to threatening U.S. Representative Jim McDermott, was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison.

A California man who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Representative Jim McDermott of Washington state was sentenced to eight months in prison on Friday by a federal judge.

A spree of bad news -- market gyrations, fears of a double-dip recession, stubborn unemployment and fallout from a debt deal -- has shaken confidence in President Barack Obama's leadership and could cloud his chances for winning re-election.

The White House has identified two economists to fill vacant seats on the Federal Reserve's powerful seven-member board, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.

Which party creates more jobs per year, on average -- Democratic presidents or Republican presidents? The answer may surprise you.

The Stephen Colbert Super PAC (political action committee) wants you to cast a write-in vote for Texas Governor Rick "Parry" at the Ames Straw Poll. That's right, Rick "Parry" with an "A."

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rounded out the super committee by announcing her three House Democratic members for the special bipartisan board. Now the tough work begins: reducing the deficit by at least another $1.5 trillion over 10 years, and as far as the financial markets are concerned, the sooner the reduction is announced, the better.

Comedian Stephen Colbert's Super PAC has released a video that mockingly endorses Texas Governor Rick Perry, or Rick "Parry," as the videos state.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for U.S. president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for U.S. president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

The Republican Party argues it's the party of job creation, but the statistics indicate otherwise, at least concerning U.S. presidential administrations. Democratic presidents have a higher annual job creation average, 1.647 million per year, than Republican presidents, 966,388 per year.

The eyes of Texas, at the very least, seem to be upon Rick Perry, despite no formal entrance to the 2012 presidential race. But at long last, the Texas governor has put voice to his desire to make a run for it.

The attacks are openly denounced by Pakistani military and political leaders.