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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who is running for president, said Monday that "too many Republicans ... aspire to be frugal socialists” who "share the same core political philosophy about the purpose of government" as President Barack Obama. When asked to name the Republicans she was speaking about, Bachman jokingly told a reporter, "That's part of the puzzle you get to figure out when I give the speech." Speaking at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., Bachmann warned that if the United States was not willing to make major changes in cutting spending it would end up like Greece, which...

Less than two weeks before Iowa Republicans make their crucial caucus choices on the night of Jan. 3, George H.W. Bush offered words of support, if not an official endorsement, to an old friend, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to a story today in the Houston Chronicle. “I think Romney is the best choice for us,” former President Bush told the newspaper. “I like Perry, but he doesn’t seem to be going anywhere; he’s not surging forward.” The former president’s choice is a blow to native son Rick Perry, the Texas governor who has had a long-standing feud with...