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The Fred Karger 2012 campaign has sent an email to CNN executives, asking them to “Let Fred In” to its New Hampshire debate on June 13. In addition to the memorandum sent by Karger, the campaign is encouraging its supporters to contact CNN directly to further press the case for Karger’s inclusion in the Republican debate. The full text of the message is below: MEMORANDUM TO: Jim Walton, President, CNN Worldwide; Ken Jautz, Executive Vice President, CNN FROM: Fred Karger DATE: May 30, 2011 RE: Let Fred In the New Hampshire Debate The June 13, 2011 New Hampshire Republican Debate that you are hosting along with the New Hampshire Union Leader and WMUR-TV is fast approaching, and I have yet to receive an invitation.

The state’s second largest power provider – Tri-State Generation and Transmission – has an all-of-the-above approach to energy resources, but that doesn’t mean its interest in a coal plant expansion in Kansas is meant to transform the Westminster-based company into a larger regional power wholesaler. “We serve 44 co-ops in four states over 200,000 square miles,” Tri-State spokesman Jim Van Someren said Thursday

William Kristol, founder and editor of the Weekly Standard, says that he’s been told U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is reconsidering his decision not to be a Republican candidate in the 2012 presidential race

With conservatives screaming from the rafters about the elimination of a business tax deduction for retiree benefits in the Democrats’ health reform law, The

In Iowa, the steady stream of potential 2012 presidential candidates has already become almost commonplace.

Though expected by Senate watchers to be a sideshow and forum for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to voice his criticism of the nation’s top education bill, the

Newsweek reports that Lt. Dan Choi, a highly visible figure in the debate over repealing the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, has become a victim of

President Barack Obama (Pic by The White House, via Flickr) The influential anti-abortion and anti-gay group Family Research Council announced this week that it filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting that the health care reform law be struck down because it will “fund abortion,” among other reasons.

Anti-abortion advocates are touting a new study released by The British Journal of Psychiatry that links abortions to poor emotional and mental health. While other studies have disputed and disproven such a link, the finding remains a common claim used to dissuade women from having abortions. The Journal of Psychiatry ‘s recent study reports that “women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81% increased risk of mental health problems, and nearly 10% of the incidence of mental health problems was shown to be attributable to abortion

During today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan, Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.) tried to drill down on the pace of

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico sued Secretary of State Dianna Duran Wednesday in the Second Judicial Court of New Mexico, alleging that she violated the state’s public records law in claiming “executive privilege” by concealing documents related to her claims of voter fraud. Duran announced that 37 foreign nationals had voted in New Mexico elections, 117 foreign nationals were registered to vote, and there were up to 64,000 cases of possible voter fraud in the 2010 elections. However, she did not offer evidence to back up these claims

LA CROSSE, Wisc.- Speaking to a rally on Main Street here, Sen. Barack Obama touted a rescue plan to help workers, homeowners and taxpayers on Main Streets

Comprehensive immigration reform, new technology, stronger oversight and collaboration with Mexico are among the proposals the Center for American Progress

Now that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y) managed to successfully dispatch a crowded field of challengers in his Harlem, N.Y. Democratic primary yesterday, he’s

Not many senators are willing to own up to this, but here’s Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) in today’s Fort Hood hearing in the Armed Services Committee. He made it

New data released today say the United States is falling far behind Europe and China in wind turbine installation -- further evidence, wind advocates say, that

Enbridge, the Canadian oil pipeline company responsible for the largest oil spill in Midwest history, has announced plans to expand its U.S. pipeline network to

Texas Gov. Rick Perry blasted out a statement opposing the new reporting rules for multiple semiautomatic gun purchases in states bordering Mexico. “Singling

The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent agency established in 2008 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to launch investigations into

Former GOP Rep. Heather Wilson raised $452,000 in the Second Quarter for her campaign for U.S. Senate, staying competitive with Democratic Rep.