Yesterday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry became a national laughingstock/object of pity after an embarrassing moment during the 10th Republican debate when he claimed there were three federal agencies he would cut as President, but could only...

Herman Cain is ready to lead, people Were you wondering how to spend $999 next Thursday? Well, if you want to line the coffers of Republican presidential frontrunner Herman Cain—and meet the man himself—that magical number...

nycmayorsoffice's flickr Credit where credit's due: Mayor Bloomberg has a lotta love for science (especially magnets!). Bloomberg, who studied physics in school and was an electrical engineering student, laced into the major Republican presidential candidates' we-know-better-than-science...

GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain is currently the subject of an awful "witch hunt." Yes, he may have been accused of sexual harassment by two different women during his tenure at The National Restaurant Association in the late 90s. But Cain has said that he's never sexually harassed anyone, and never came to a "settlement" either. Sure an "agreement," may have been reached to pay one of the women $35,000—a year of her salary—but remember the late 90s, with all its "free love" and "Macarena?" Now, the woman who accused Cain of misconduct and took the severance pay wants to speak out, but is barred from doing so by the terms of her agreement.

Photograph by Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com Presidential hopeful Rick Perry is taking a page of his "brother" Herman "9-9-9" Cain's book by proposing a flat tax to revive his flagging campaign. Of course, that liberal rag,...

Via Dogboy, Bonnie and Clyde's trainer Fresh off of informing us about a $6,000 toilet, the NY Times delves into an uncomfortable element of Mayor Bloomberg's life. No, it's not another look at how he hates...

Happy couples (Katie Sokoker / Gothamist) To thank four Republican State Senators who agreed to vote for gay marriage, wealthy mover-and-shakers are holding a big fundraiser in Manhattan tonight "expected to raise about $1.25 million to...

The NY Times has a front-page story on City Comptroller John Liu, the city's highest-ranking Asian (ever) and one of many Democrats eyeing a run for Mayor in 2013. Of course, the Times' article claims that...

These old drag photos of Giuliani would have been good fodder. Sigh. Big day for presidential news on the right today! Not only is non-candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie endorsing Massachusetts man Mitt Romney but...

Yesterday, Chris Christie confirmed that he was not going to be running for the job of President of the United States (at least not in 2012). But with Christie confirming what he's been saying for ages,...

This year Chris Christie has gone from constantly denying any interest in running for President in 2012 to flirting with the idea to denying any interest while clearly showing intrest to being actively courted by the...

During the GOP Presidential debate on Thursday night, some vocal Republicans could be heard booing a gay active member of the military who asked a question about the now-defunct "Don't Ask Don't Tell" military policy. The...

Just in time for Oscar season comes what appears to be a trailer for a terrifying post-apocalyptic film called President Zero. Just kidding! It's only a super scary campaign ad from Texas governor Rick Perry. It...

Now that a Republican has won the Congressional District that had been held by Democrats for 88 years, after Anthony Weiner's social media idiocy, everyone is wondering if this means President Obama is screwed next year....

Last night, Republican hopefuls debated for CNN and the Tea Party in Tampa, Florida. While Rep. Michele Bachmann, business executive Herman Cain, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Rep. Ron Paul, and...

Boehner and Obama during debt ceiling talks Democrats are wringing their hands over the latest apparent sign that President Obama is a wimp: After yesterday's public squabble—the White House announced Obama's jobs speech would be September...

After various close sources claimed that former NY governor George Pataki would run for president, now close sources say he will not run. Further, YNN reports that Pataki isn't even going to Iowa—even though his advisers...

For some reason, it really does seem like former New York governor George Pataki is serious about running for president. After sources told media outlets he's ready to jump into the shark tank a few days,...

These days, the media loves covering the presidential aspirations of Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry (and not Ron Paul). So we're not sure why former New York governor George Pataki is thinking about running for president....

After the House's passage of the debt-ceiling "compromise" that will raise the debt ceiling through 2013 and cut more than $2.1 trillion in government spending without raising taxes or closing corporate loopholes, the Senate passed the...

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of NYC and lifetime mayor of 9/11, is in New Hampshire to consider a 2012 presidential run. He told the AP what he thinks of the current crop of contenders, "These are...