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The Republican presidential nomination race is starting to take shape as one of the most captivating competitions and reality shows we've seen in years. Think America's Biggest Loser meets Extreme Makeover meets Jon and Kate Plus 8.

The Republican presidential nomination race is starting to take shape as one of the most captivating competitions and reality shows we've seen in years. Think America's Biggest Loser meets Extreme Makeover meets Jon and Kate Plus 8. Mitt Romney as a front-runner didn't do much for ratings, but Rick Perry and his Perryisms changed that. Now, Sarah Palin appears set to come on board as a leading cast member, and we already know from previous experience she's rarely a dull momen...

Karl Rove says former Alaska governor and VP presidential candidate Sarah Palin is more likely to run for President than not. In a Fox News interview Sunday, Rove said a video released on Friday by Palin's political action committee looked very pre-presidential. Rove is a former advisor to President George W. Bush and a key Republican activist and fundraiser, and Palin is a Republican as well.

This is her last chance. She either gets in or gets out. I think she gets in,” Rove said.

Former state House speaker David Wilkins, who served as George W. Bush’s ambassador to Canada, and now a top Republican mover-and-shaker in South Carolina, gave Perry a rousing welcome.

Presidential hopeful Rick Perry's brash appeal to the Republican Party's fiscally conservative base may fall flat with big donors who favor a more moderate candidate to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

I weigh too much because I eat too much, he once told reporters. And I eat some bad things too.

For presidential hopefuls in a campaign that is all about the U.S. economy, the Republican contenders have offered few clear plans for what they would do to get the country's finances back on track.

Karl Rove hints Palin may announce her candidacy after Labor Day.

Rick Perry's ties to well-heeled Texans will help raise cash for his presidential run but he will also be gunning for passionate anti-Washington Republicans whose small donations have fueled rival Michele Bachmann.

Perry is a favorite among social conservatives, including the Tea Party

Another Rick Perry book is coming out soon, but the Republican presidential hopeful probably won't like it.

Warren Buffett and Howard Schultz want to change the conversation about how to fix the United States' economic woes. But their solutions - more taxes on the rich and a boycott on political donations - risk falling on deaf ears among fellow business leaders.

The White House denounced Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday for his threatening remarks toward the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve that represented some of the most inflammatory rhetoric of the 2012 election campaign.

The White House denounced Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday for his threatening remarks about U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that represented some of the most inflammatory rhetoric of the 2012 election campaign.

The 2010 U.S. Health Care Act could hinge on the votes of two justices, Chief Justice John Roberts (front center), and Justice Anthony Kennedy (front, second from right). Roberts on occasion refuses to join the court's conservative bloc; Kennedy has been one of the justices most protective of state power vs. the federal government.

The recent federal budget fight between the Democrats and Republicans over the debt ceiling, true to form, yielded "more heat than light," once again, regarding the true sources of the budget deficit. Therefore, without further adieu, sans the rhetoric, here are five things you didn't know about the budget deficit.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has only been a presidential candidate since Saturday, but the Republican hopeful has already produced some of the most inflammatory rhetoric of the early 2012 campaign.

Stoking the flames of hope, Karl Rove said he senses that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin U.S. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, are beginning to falter in their determination against a run for the presidency.

The legal fate of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Republicans are huddling with big campaign finance donors earlier than usual in the presidential election cycle to take on President Barack Obama's fundraising juggernaut in the 2012 race.