Republican Debate News--4.9.12

First Thoughts: The tax debate cometh msnbc.com (blog) The tax debate cometh: Obama and Democrats to focus on tax fairness… GOP to focus on tax hikes… American Crossroads to begin its advertising blitz soon… Crossroads also admits that Obama -- so far -- is winning the tax debate… See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com (blog)

Medical-Pot Debate Rises in Albany Wall Street Journal ... potentially reigniting a polarizing social debate that has been dormant in Albany for years. Medical marijuana has been enacted into law in 16 states and the District of Columbia, but the issue has faced tougher hurdles in Albany, where Republicans ... See all stories on this topic »

GOP should tune out Rush Limbaugh, and tune into Mike Huckabee The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog) With the Fluke incident, Limbaugh awakened a political firestorm and strong backlash against all the Republican candidates, recasting what they'd carefully billed as a debate over religious freedom into an all-out GOP "war on women. See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

The GOP's Indispensible Man Huffington Post Reagan bested George Bush, who won a surprise victory in the Iowa caucus after a famous debate in which Reagan demanded Bush admit the other Republican candidates, Bob Dole, Phil Crane, Howard Baker, and John Anderson to what had been billed as a ... See all stories on this topic »

Things to know: voter registration due; debate set for Wednesday Indianapolis Star Richard Lugar (left) and the fellow Republican trying to unseat him, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock (right), will meet Wednesday in what likely will be their only debate. Lugar and Mourdock have agreed to a one-hour debate that will air at 7 pm on ... See all stories on this topic »

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio proposes a Republican DREAM Act Kansas City Star She visited the nation's capital the same week a Fox News Latino poll found Hispanic voters favor President Barack Obama six-to-one over any of the Republican presidential hopefuls. Suddenly, there was new life in the DREAM Act, an immigration bill ... See all stories on this topic »