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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Three former Democratic presidential candidates paid personal respects Friday to George McGovern, whose 1972 campaign for president galvanized the party's liberal wing and ushered in a new generation of political activism. Walter Mondale, John Kerry and Gary Hart — who like McGovern all spent time in the Senate before unsuccessful runs for the White House — led a crowd of hundreds of mourners. Hart, McGovern's campaign manager in 1972, was the only one of the three to speak at the funeral. AP Photo...
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward. As a young Capitol Hill staffer, he impressed Republican lawmakers with his hustle and intellectual curiosity. He blended quickly with an elite crop of conservative thinkers. By his 30s, he was a congressman on his way to becoming a GOP name brand with his push-the-edge budget proposals. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., touts his 2012 f...
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Republican Michele Bachmann is casting herself as the "bold choice" in the 2012 presidential race. AP Photo/ The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., greets supporters after a welcome home event in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa Sunday. Bachmann said Sunday her bid to unseat President Barack Obama shouldn't be viewed as "anything personal" against the Democrat. The outspoken congresswoman and tea party favorite formally launched her bid Monday in her Iowa birthplace, after f...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination on Sunday, hours after finishing a disappointing third in the Iowa straw poll. "I wish it would have been different. But obviously the pathway forward for me doesn't really exist so we are going to end the campaign," Pawlenty said on ABC's "This Week" from Iowa shortly after disclosing his plans in a private conference call with supporters. The low-key Midwesterner and two-term governor had struggled to gain t...
