WASHINGTON - December 20, 2011 - In his biography of Amerikan iconoclast Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine quotes the noted author referring to the U.S. Congress in a less-than-congenial manner: “Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself,” he famously said.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (PNN) - December 20, 2011 - Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich’s status as the media-declared frontrunner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is fading after weeks of attacks by rivals and intense media scrutiny of his political record and personality.

Gingrich acknowledged that negative advertisements by political opponents had dented his popularity but suggested he would refrain from launching his own attacks while responding more aggressively to criticism of his record.

DES MOINES, Ioaw - December 20, 2011 - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul became visibly irritated during a CNN interview on Tuesday after he was asked to explain 20-year-old racist newsletters that were written in his name, and have recently resurfaced.

DES MOINES, Iowa - December 19, 2011 - The continually evolving GOP presidential race has taken another twist, as Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) has become the new frontrunner in Iowa.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - December 16, 2011 - Republican presidential candidates Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann are trading barbs over Iran, with the Texas congressman saying the U.S. has no legitimate claim to block Teheran from developing a nuclear weapon and Bachmann calling his position wildly dangerous.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - December 16, 2011 - Entering 2012, illegitimate President Barack Obama's re-election prospects are essentially a 50-50 proposition, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. It found that most Amerikans say the illegitimate president deserves to be voted out of office even though they have concerns about the Republican alternatives.

NEW YORK (PNN) - December 15, 2011 - Fox News - the premiere biased, unfair and unbalanced news organization - host Chris Wallace doesn’t want Republicans to waste their votes on presidential candidate Ron Paul’s campaign.

Wallace, who moderated a biased Thursday’s Republican presidential debate, told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto on Wednesday that a win by The Patriot Congressman would discredit the Iowa caucuses.