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Fox News
| 4 months ago
It's not just social v. fiscal conservatives, or Tea Party v. establishment Republicans in Florida. With the presidential primary campaigns and their surrogates spending millions of dollars on advertising in the race, the candidates are trying to...
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The New York Times
| 4 months ago
Recent Posts January 30 There has been a diversity of polling results in Florida -- more so than in the three earlier nominating contests -- even among surveys conducted at the same time. January 29 New polls suggest the tough road ahead for Mr.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 4 months ago
Story continues below Romney has fought back with aggressive debate performances in Florida, and an NBC News/Marist poll published on Sunday showed him with support from 42 per cent of likely Florida primary voters, compared with 27 per cent for...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Articles Success may, however, come at a cost with fellow Republicans criticising Romney's attack ads on Gingrich which they fear may harm the overall chances of the party. Florida, which carries a significant number of Electoral College votes (27),...
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CNSNews.com
| 4 months ago
Gov. Mitt Romney on Monday called it "very sad and painfully revealing" to see "Newt Gingrich railing on" about Romney's supposedly liberal positions. Gingrich on Sunday called Romney a "pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax-increase liberal" who...
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The Guardian
| 4 months ago
In a state with one of America's highest foreclosure rates, do Floridians really care about colonising the moon?
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Washington Post
| 4 months ago
Mitt Romney enters the final full day of campaigning in the Florida Republican primary with a 14-point lead, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University . The poll shows Romney expanding on his lead from midweek last week by five points and...
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KSAZ
| 4 months ago
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney tore into rival Newt Gingrich in Naples, Fla., on Sunday, refusing to let up on his lagging opponent lest he makes the same mistake he did earlier in this primary cycle. Romney, who has pulled to a double-...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 4 months ago
Ahead of the make or break Florida Republican primary tomorrow, Mitt Romney appears to be surging ahead in opinion polls against his nearest rival Newt Gingrich , as the two top presidential hopefuls intensified their war of words. A win at Florida...
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Fox News
| 4 months ago
A day before voting begins in Florida's Republican primary, Romney is running ahead of rival Newt Gingrich in polls. The former Massachusetts governor earned positive reviews during two debates. And Romney has put the former House speaker on the...
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Herald News
| 4 months ago
Everyone has been piling on Mitt Romney because of his personal wealth while criticizing his effective tax rate of 15 percent...But here's the dirty little secret that the economically-challenged members of the mainstream media either don't...
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Jerusalem Post
| 4 months ago
Gingrich said the race was closer in Florida than the polls indicated and vowed to fight on beyond Tuesday's vote. Conservatives eventually would rally behind his candidacy and block Romney's nomination, he said. "I believe the Republican Party will...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 4 months ago
In the final days and hours before the Republican primary in South Carolina , Newt Gingrich surged ahead in the polls, leaving Mitt Romney scrambling to make the best of an increasingly losing situation. Romney got shellacked in that race, losing to...
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NY Daily News
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich cried foul on the Sunday talk shows, blaming his current campaign slump on everyone but himself. The latest Florida polls show Mitt Romney has regained a double-digit lead ahead of Gingrich heading into Tuesday's winner-take-all Florida...
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Los Angeles Times
| 4 months ago
Reporting from Naples, Fla. Seeking to deliver a knockout punch to Newt Gingrich in Tuesday's Florida primary, Mitt Romney and his surrogates continued their heavy assault on the former House speaker's record, urging voters to study his temperment,...
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Washington Post
| 4 months ago
As new polls showed him opening a double-digit lead heading into Tuesday's Florida primary, Mitt Romney stepped up his attacks on rival Newt Gingrich here Sunday, saying the former House speaker should look in the mirror to discover why he is losing...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Conservatives are getting more involved in the Republican U.S. presidential nomination race but they aren't flocking to Mitt Romney, rival Newt Gingrich said. "The conservatives clearly are rejecting Romney. He is nowhere near getting a majority,"...
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The Globe & Mail
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney courted voters across Florida Saturday just three days before the state's pivotal primary in what now looks like a two-man race for the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama. More videos in:
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Newsbusters
| 4 months ago
The ignorance of HBO's Bill Maher was oozing from every nook and cranny of his being Friday night. After telling his Real Time audience that the national debt has only gone up by $1.5 trillion under Obama, the host during the Overtime segment...
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Taiwan News
| 4 months ago
Front-runner Mitt Romney predicted victory in the pivotal Florida primary, but his chief rival Newt Gingrich vowed Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the party's national convention this summer even if he...
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The Guardian
| 4 months ago
Republican presidential rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney conclude Thursday's Florida primary debate. Photograph: Scott Audette/Reuters Newt Gingrich might just be the best thing that has ever happened to Mitt Romney ...It is a scenario that does...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| 4 months ago
Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama...He couldn't top George Washington who, with nearly 60,000 acres and more than 300 slaves, is considered the big daddy of presidential wealth. After that, it gets...
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National Public Radio
| 4 months ago
January 28, 2012 After his second-place finish in the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney arrived in Florida armed with money and organization...With three days until the primary, polls give Romney a solid lead over Gingrich in Florida. Florida is a...
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Houston Chronicle
| 4 months ago
President Barack Obama met with former President George H.W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the Oval Office on Friday, joining in a bipartisan gathering in an election year. The White House said the three men enjoyed a personal visit in the...
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Washington Post
| 4 months ago
After getting the better of Newt Gingrich in Thursday night's debate, Mitt Romney is trying to rub it in. The increasingly confident, and increasingly punchy, former Massachusetts governor took a fresh swipe at the former House speaker at a campaign...
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The Tribune
| 4 months ago
Miami becomes battleground for Gingrich, Romney Miami becomes battleground for Gingrich, Romney A sign it's getting close to election day in Florida: Mitt Romney softens his immigration stance and his opponent's new ads end with " Soy Newt Gingrich y...
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The Mercury News
| 4 months ago
When Romney became governor of Massachusetts, his blind trust gave Goldman much of his wealth to manage, a fortune now estimated to be as much as $250 million. And as Romney mounts his second bid for the presidency, Goldman is coming through again:...
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Miami Herald
| 4 months ago
Fortuno and Gingrich announcing his support for legislation allowing children brought into the United States illegally to earn citizenship by joining the military. The two men outlined their views on Latin American policy during back-to-back speeches...
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The Huffington Post
| 4 months ago
Act if provisions included in that act say that people who were here illegally -- if they go to school here long enough, if they get a degree here -- then they can become permanent residents," Romney said during a GOP debate in South Carolina. "I...
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Washington Post
| 4 months ago
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has said it filed disclosures required by the Treasury Department involving the Romney family's offshore holdings, but the campaign has not responded to requests from The Washington Post over the past two days for...
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Kansas City Star
| 4 months ago
The ad begins with footage of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran against Romney in the 2008 GOP presidential contest, talking into the camera. "If a man's dishonest to get a job, he'll be dishonest on the job," Huckabee says.Downbeat music...
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KSBY
| 4 months ago
by KO, The Associated Press There are multiple updates to this story...Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is suggesting that the news media is responsible for tarnishing his party's reputation among immigrants.
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National Public Radio
| 4 months ago
One of the more dramatic moments in Thursday night's Republican presidential debate was when Mitt Romney said it was "repulsive" of Newt Gingrich to suggest that Romney was the most "anti-immigrant" candidate among the GOP contenders. "Mr. Speaker, I'...
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Canada.com
| 4 months ago
Florida White House hopeful Mitt Romney has seized the initiative in the Republican race with a poll released Friday giving him a nine-point lead in Florida, shortly after he left rival Newt Gingrich flat-footed in a debate. With only four days to go...
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USA Today
| 4 months ago
Obama did not cite Romney directly during his speech at the University of Michigan, but did appear to reference the Republican candidate by saying wealthy Americans should pay higher tax rates to finance the nation's needs. In the letter published in...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Articles It came as little surprise to listeners that Clinton brushed off any confirmation that she would run as a vice presidential candidate in 2012. After all, as Secretary of State, Clinton would have to resign her position if she planned to run...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Senator and first woman to win a state's presidential primary election, told her staff that she is ready to get off the "high wire of American politics" when she leaves the White House , even if President Barack Obama wins re-election. She said she...
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NY Daily News
| 4 months ago
He ran in 2008 and heavily invested in his own fortune, but posted disappointing results in Iowa and New Hampshire, effectively ending his bid. But after eventual nominee John McCain lost to Barack Obama that November, Romney became the beneficiary...
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Washington Post
| 4 months ago
The campaign of former House speaker Newt Gingrich put out the transcript for an ad that has yet to air, using former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney 's words from Thursday night's debate. Romney, who had a good night overall , did struggle a bit...
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Los Angeles Times
| 4 months ago
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney , aiming for a knockout blow in next week's Florida primary, tore into Newt Gingrich in a televised debate Thursday night and vigorously defended his personal wealth as an asset in his presidential...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
For the most part, the four remaining presidential candidates held nothing back in the debate. But several of their statements, while passed off as fact, either skirted the truth or were just plain wrong. What answers did the candidates get wrong,...
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Mail and Guardian
| 4 months ago
Barack Obama used his state of the union address this week to launch his 2012 re-election campaign with a populist speech that portrayed him as the champion of working-class Americans fighting against the small, wealthy elite he claimed was protected...
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Fox News
| 4 months ago
Fla. Mitt Romney, forced to prove his resilience after a stinging loss in South Carolina, is showing why the so-called Republican establishment thinks he has the best discipline, organization and campaign smarts to challenge President Barack Obama...
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The Guardian
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich makes a point as Mitt Romney tries to interject during the debate in Jacksonville. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney trounced rival Newt Gingrich in Thursday night's televised debate, revealing a pugnacious side to his...
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News 24
| 4 months ago
Republican White House hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich traded blows on immigration, space policy and wealth on Thursday in a feisty debate ahead of the all-important Florida primary...Hispanic voting bloc With a large Hispanic voting bloc,...
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Voice of America
| 4 months ago
Republican Party's presidential nomination met in a sometimes heated debate in Jacksonville, Florida, Thursday ahead of that state's January 31 primary. The debate quickly produced fireworks on issues like immigration and foreign bank accounts.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
| 4 months ago
Days before the primary election in Florida, a state with a large number of immigrants, Romney vehemently denied Gingrich's accusation that he is more anti-immigrant than any other candidate. And, as charges flew back and forth, Gingrich in return...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
Romney, stung at his loss in the South Carolina primary last Saturday to Gingrich, went after the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from the start and the brawling continued throughout the 90-minute CNN-sponsored debate. Gingrich,...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich's South Carolina bump is fading, and polls show Mitt Romney again leading in Florida...It won't be because Mr. Romney has become a better or more effective candidate. Primaries exist to help with that process, to let contenders read...
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The Tribune
| 4 months ago
Act for military Inspired by a discussion about immigration during Monday night's Republican presidential-candidate debate, Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., has filed his own bill that would give young people who serve in the military a path to U.S.