GOP contenders hit the road after CNN debate

By Greg Pollowitz PAUL: Probably not, but we can do a better job, and the best way to do it is forget about the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and deal with our borders, put our resources on this border. This is what we need. By Rachel Streitfeld and John Helton, CNN Mesa, Arizona (CNN) [...]

FDA advisors endorse weight-loss drug Qnexa

By Deborah Kotz SILVER SPRING, Md. — A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted overwhelmingly this afternoon in favor of approving the anti-obesity drug Qnexa. It would be the first new prescription weight-loss drug in 13 years — and 23 (Bloomberg) — Peter Tam, president of Vivus Inc., talks about the outlook for [...]

Florida Republican debate: Winners and Losers

Republican presidential hopefuls headed into the homestretch of the critical Florida primary campaign Friday after a riveting debate that analysts believe gave Mitt Romney a boost over fellow front-runner Newt Gingrich. Florida voters will decide Romney won on points, but nobody has raised his stock in these debates the way Senator Sweatervest has. Michelle Cottle [...]

Florida GOP debate: 7 takeaways

GOP hopefuls square off in the last of two Florida debates ahead of Tuesday's Primary Day. Follow the action and weigh in with your comments as the candidates duke it out in Jacksonville. WPBF 25 News' Victor Blackwell is in Jacksonville for the debate Newt Gingrich was well on his way to reversing his downward [...]

What You Missed While Not Watching The NBC GOP Debate In Florida

5:46PM AsI prepared for the third GOP debate — and my third drunkblog — in eight days, I was sorely tempted to take my PJTV on-air coffee mug and just fill it up with cheap bourbon. But we try to run a classy(ish) joint here, WaPo reports that “the debate at the University of South [...]

FACT CHECK: Gingrich flubs history in GOP debate

By Siobhan Hughes “A lot of ZZZZs going across Twitter feeds tonight,” was how Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, described the Monday debate at the University of South Florida. “That energy was missing –and it's The debate was one of the fiercest battles of the Republican campaign, presaged by a [...]

FACT CHECK: Gingrich flubs history in GOP debate

All four remaining GOP candidates have been confirmed for tonight's debate sponsored by NBC News, the Tampa Bay Times, The National Journal and the Florida Council of 100. The debate will take place at the University of WaPo reports that “the debate at the University of South Florida in Tampa, will air on NBC at [...]

South Carolina Republican debate: Surging Newt Gingrich scores (+video)

Ron Paul, R-Texas, participate in the Republican presidential candidate debate at the North Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, SC, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. ROMNEY: "We started a number of businesses; four in particular created 120000 jobs, as of today. By Angie Drobnic Holan The Republican candidates for president gather tonight to debate in Tampa, PolitiFact Florida's [...]

Fact check: GOP debate's history flubs

First question from the enemedia's CNN, craven news network: His tenure at the venture capital firm has come under repeated fired on the campaign trail and in the presidential debates. He fired back at that during Thursday night's presidential debate. “I find it kind of strange on a stage like this with By Jonathan Easley [...]

Fact check: GOP debate's history flubs

And, then, there were 4. Perry's sudden departure from the race mixes up the dynamic for tonight's debate. Expect nasty exchanges between Romney and Gingrich. The wild card is Santorum, who is quickly fading in the polls. All eyes are on the GOP hopefuls who are taking the stage tonight in South Carolina at a [...]