Presidential candidate Ron Paul was defensive Wednesday when pressed about controversial newsletters in the 1980s and 1990s that were in his name, CNN reports. When asked during an interview with CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger

Gingrich hosted a town hall meeting, making a none-too-subtle dig at Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, by quipping he might host a "Please don't turn America into Massachusetts" rally.

This new HBO film follows John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from his selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, to their ultimate defeat in the general election. Coming in March, 2012.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sat down with Special Report host Bret Baier on Wednesday’s show to discuss where he thinks the payroll tax cut extension is headed on the Hill. When asked if there was any possibility of Senate Dems agreeing to come back and move legislation to that which would extend cuts for one year, Schumer said he doesn’t see

Representative Scott Rigell (R-VA, 2) delivers a Congressional "Holiday Message" to the people of the second district of Virginia.

"If you can't handle the heat in this little kitchen, the heat that's going to come from Obama's hell's kitchen is going to be a heck of a lot hotter. We have to show that we as a Republican Party and as a candidate, that we can stand up to the barrage that's going to come from the Obama world," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said on MSNB

Tom Sorensen of Iowa City confronted Newt Gingrich at a grocery store in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and called him an obscene name."Well, luckily it's a free country," Gingrich responded.

Newt Gingrich slams Mitt Romney for not asking the super PAC backing him to stop running negative ads. "Defending the right to lie as a candidate is a pretty bad idea," Gingrich said. "The Washington Post just gave the newest Romney ad four Pinocchios. Do you know how hard it is to write and run an ad that has four Pinocchios? That means there's

Ron Paul: "You know, talking about giving sovereign immunity to our government officials -- and I would remove it all -- but what about giving immunity to the whistleblowers? They're the ones who need immunity. We have a few brave souls, especially in the foreign policy area -- it came up in Vietnam, it's come up more recently, Wikileaks. Inform

Dana Milbank concludes that President Obama's approval rating is moving higher because of the rise of Newt Gingrich in the GOP race and the prolonged congressional debate the payroll tax cut extension. Milibank believes that voters trust the president more than the GOP.

RealClearPolitics Executive Editor Tom Bevan discusses the 2012 GOP presidential race.

Charles Krauthammer says that Newt Gingrich must win, because "the vote will be so split, if Newt doesn't win, he's the loser, objectively speaking."

Lawrence O'Donnell and Howard Fineman discuss the House GOP and the fate of the payroll tax cut extension.