From outside Michigan Republican circles, it appeared that the Republican drive to weaken unions came out of the blue - proposed, passed and signed in a mere six days.
Herman Cain, republican presidential candidate, defends his decision to enter the race for the White House, and provides insight on what makes him stand out from his political rivals.
Discussing which potential GOP candidate has the best chance against President Obama in the 2012 election, with Robert Costa, National Review; Dan Gerstein, Gotham Ghostwriters; and Mona Charen, syndicated columnist.
In a new salvo against Warren Buffett, Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry accused the Omaha billionaire of not understanding what's happening in the "real world" when he calls for higher tax rates on Americans making more than $1 million a year.
Ben Bernanke no longer would be the Federal Reserve chairman and the central bank would be out of the money-printing business under a Rick-Perry run White House, the Texas governor told CNBC.
Will New Jersey's governor enter the race for President? A look at the GOP frontrunners for the White House, with David Corn, Mother Jones; Kevin Madden, JDA Frontline; and Mark Simone, WABC Radio.
Debating whether Gov. Rick Perry is electable and which GOP candidate is likely to face President Obama in the 2012 presidential election, with James Pethokoukis, Reuters BreakingViews; Sam Seder, "The Majority Report" host, and Mark Simone, WABC Radio talk show host.
CNBC's John Harwood has the details on Rebublican hopefuls in tonight's GOP 2012 debate, and which candidate will likely win the war of words, with Jimmy Pethokoukis, Reuters/Breakingviews columnist; Ford O'Connell, Civic Forum PAC chairman, and Steve Forbes, Forbes Media chairman.
This may be the video that launches a thousand conspiracy theories. Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry was at a meeting called "Politics and Eggs For Breakfast" in New Bedford, New Hampshire.
The Environmental Protection Agency is emerging as a favorite target of the Republican presidential candidates, who portray it as the very symbol of a heavy-handed regulatory agenda imposed by the Obama administration that they say is strangling the economy. The New York Times reports.
CNBC's Simon Hobbs with the latest details from the European leaders, and the White House responds to Gov. Rick Perry's threat to the Fed chairman, with CNBC's Eamon Javers. Also, the Fast Money traders weigh in on Europe's economy and how to play it, with Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter.
Rick Perry, governor of Texas and GOP Presidential candidate, says if Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke "prints more money," between now and the election, folks in Texas would "treat him pretty ugly," and that it would be "treasonous."
President Obama holds a stronger political position than Republicans entering the end-game of their standoff over the debt ceiling, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll has found.