Because former Arkansas governor and possible 2012 contender Mike Huckabee is trying to explain his remarks criticizing Natalie Portman because the 29-year-old, Oscar-winning Harvard graduate is pregnant yet not married. On his Huck PAC website, he wrote,...

Rangel (AP). Charlie Rangel is not planning on leaving anytime soon. Despite a rough past few years (did somebody say ethics violations?) the 80-year-old Harlem Democrat filed the paperwork to seek a 22nd term in 2012....

Donald Trump keeps talking about his presidential platform—if he actually does run in 2012—and last night, while appearing on CNN, he weaved his current distaste of China and the Chinese at length. Trump proposed a 25%...

Hmm! After saying that running for President next year is a possibility, former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani is planning a trip to the primary state where he finished 4th in 2008. Politico reports, "Rudy Giuliani is...

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is really ramping up his 2012 whisper presidential campaign. And by whisper, we mean, talk show. The other day he was telling CNBC's Larry Kudlow that the door to 2012 was "absolutely" open and, on this coming Monday night's Piers Morgan Tonight, Giuliani says that if Sarah Palin, hell, he might as well throw his hat in the ring, too. Here's the exchange that CNN is previewing:

Either because it wouldn't be a presidential campaign without at least a little 9/11 or because his 2008 flameout was so awesome to watch, CNBC's Larry Kudlow asked former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani if he'd run...

Anyone watch Parker Spitzer last night? No? We can't blame you, but if you did you did you would have seen actor Alec Baldwin once again discussing running for office. And at one point, Spitzer accuses...

The Boss (NYC Mayor's Office) Yesterday, Bloomberg LP announced that it would be adding editorials to the vast Bloomberg media empire. Run by NY Times op-ed page editor David Shipley and former assistant U.S. Department of...

Sorry Ralph Nader, but Mayor Bloomberg is yet again insisting that he has no desire to be the president. He told "Meet the Press" that there is "no way, no how" he would run for president,...

Ralph Nader is pretty much an expert on being in presidential elections at this point, but with but with seemingly nothing else to do until he sweeps up less than 1% of the popular vote, he...

Mayor Bloomberg at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (NYC Mayor's Office) With signs of industrial Brooklyn behind him, Mayor Bloomberg gave a speech outlining six strategies to create jobs during this slow recovery... and he took time...

From a May visit While President Obama is catching hell from his own party for his compromise with the GOP to extend the Bush tax cuts, there's one person who is happy: Independent billionaire Michael Bloomberg....

Bloomberg for President? Yes, we're still two years off and yes he has repeatedly denied that he has any interest in running, and yet still the constant whispers of a Mike Bloomberg presidential run continue. But...

Republican Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour may or may not run for president in 2012, but he does know that he doesn't want Mayor Bloomberg to run, for fear that the NYC mayor would "draw votes...

Clinton during NZ interview While the media back home is still examining the aftermath of the midterm elections, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked by the New Zealand media about 2012 and 2016. The one-time...

Trick! Last week, it was reported was that mama grizzly par excellence and potential 2012 candidate Sarah Palin was going to be in Toms River, NJ for a Tea Party Express event, but the new TLC...

Former 2008 vice presidential candidate and possible/probable 2012 presidential candidate Sarah Palin is headed to the Garden State this weekend. According to the Asbury Park Press, she's "expected to make a stop here Halloween night with...

Vice President Joe Biden was in town yesterday to lend his support to Rep. Tim Bishop and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. According to Newsday, he said, "This is a real important election. It's more important than the...

Yesterday, the official City Hall portrait of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was unveiled. Giulaini joked, "You wonder why it took so long for my portrait to get painted. I'm superstitious about portraits. They're for dead people....

Appealing to the heartland? Bloomberg, beer, and Rachael Ray (NYC Mayor's Office) As long as he has his billions and weighs in on national issues, stories about Mayor Bloomberg running for president in 2012 will never...

NJ Governor Chris Christie took top honors in a straw poll at the Virginia Tea Party Patriots' convention, edging out Republican party superstar, Alaskan half-term governor Sarah Palin. Christie got 14% of the 1,560 ballots casted,...

Photos of Burck from the AP Robert Burck, better known as the Naked Cowboy, has officially announced he'll be running for President in 2012. At a press conference yesterday, the normally scantily clad Burck showed up...

Photograph of Mayor Bloomberg and British PM David Cameron from the NYC Mayor's Office Watch out, America—Mayor Bloomberg is suddenly super chatty. Yesterday, the NY Times published an article about his presence in various political races...

Mama Grizzly, Mama of an upcoming Dancing with the Stars "star," and former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was in Iowa yesterday, speaking at the Iowa Republican Party's Reagan dinner. And Iowa, as...

Ready for Beer Summits (NYC Mayor's Office) It's the Friday before Labor Day, so here's another story wondering what's up with Mayor Bloomberg's many meetings with White House officials. Basically, it's anyone's guess, but one Bloomberg...

Are Biden and Bloomberg walking and talking? Page Six claims that Mayor Bloomberg is being wooed by President Obama to join his team at the White House: Building upon the mayor's golf outing with the Commander...

Mayor Bloomberg appeared on Meet the Press this morning in a segment with former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Of course, because there's a little over two years until the next presidential...