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The Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
The economic plan unveiled by Mitt Romney Friday offered details on tax reform and Social Security, but several gaffes and a lack of energy could overshadow its content. An important speech by Mitt Romney in Detroit , with just days before Michigan...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 1 year ago
Friday, February 24, 2012 12:49 pm (0) Comments Font Size: Arizona's largest newspaper is endorsing Mitt Romney in the state's Republican presidential primary. An editorial published Friday by The Arizona Republic says there are candidates who exude...
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La Prensa
| 1 year ago
Senate committee passed a bill that would create and fund an armed militia along the Arizona-Mexico border. Que estupidos those vatos, don't see the inherit danger in putting a milita along the border. All Mexicans and Mexican Americans should leave...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
friends, and a political odd couple...Though Paul hasn't campaigned yet in Michigan, which at this point is a showdown between Romney and Santorum, Paul has a television ad running there that calls the former Pennsylvania senator a "fake conservative.
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CNN
| 1 year ago
A Romney loss in his childhood home state would undermine the former governor's claim to frontrunner status and throw the GOP race into turmoil. A Santorum win would clearly establish the former Pennsylvania senator as the main conservative...
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NY Daily News
| 1 year ago
Sometimes you get the idea, no matter which lightweight has been the latest Republican making a move to the top of the polls, that the only candidate out there who scares Mitt Romney , truly, is Mitt Romney himself. This doesn't mean Romney is some...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 1 year ago
Rick Santorum, repeatedly lambasted by his GOP rivals as a Washington insider, turned the attack back on Mitt Romney on Thursday, calling the former Massachusetts governor the true establishment candidate. Here's a guy whose campaign is being run...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Scrambling to galvanize conservative voters for Michigan's critical Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney unleashed a tirade against labor stooges here Thursday night and accused union leaders and President Obama of engaging in crony...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
The state investigation into Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is slowly ramping up. In the meantime, the Mexican immigrant who made allegations against Babeu last week is also under investigation. He's not talking, but today for the first time his...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Romney has not been helped by the resignation of his Arizona co-chair, sheriff Paul Babeu. Photograph: Rick D Elia/Corbis Just a few weeks ago, Mitt Romney 's campaign team, looking at the schedule of primaries and caucuses, could be forgiven for...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Reporting from Phoenix Mitt Romney hit rival Rick Santorum on Thursday for his debate performance the prior night, saying his explanations for why he voted in opposition to his principles showed he was a creature of Washington who sided with special...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Rick Santorum's new TV ad running in Michigan tries to turn Mitt Romney's words against him, as the former Pennsylvania senator seeks to cast doubt about his rival's conservative credentials. The Michigan primary is Tuesday and polls show the race...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are in a tight race in Michigan, while Romney is enjoying a lead in Arizona, ahead of primary elections in those states next week. An average of polls in Michigan produced by...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
President Obama's campaign is targeting the GOP presidential candidates and specifically Mitt Romney for their opposition to the auto bailout in Michigan, launching an ad in the state ahead of its Republican presidential primary next week. A super...
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Chandler Republic
| 1 year ago
The Republic azcentral.com Republican presidential combatants Mitt Romney and Ron Paul pounded GOP rival Rick Santorum as a phony fiscal conservative who indulged in wasteful earmarks in an at-times tense and at-times humdrum faceoff Wednesday at the...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Romney and Santorum clash at Arizona debate video The Republican candidates for the party's presidential nomination have met in Arizona for their latest debate. Mitt Romney attacked Rick Santorum for support funding 'earmarks' in Congress legislation,...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney joined forces with libertarian Congressman Ron Paul in questioning Santorum's conservative credentials. Paul was asked at the CNN-sponsored debate why his campaign had run a television ad calling...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 1 year ago
The debate was held in the southwestern state of Arizona six days before crucial votes there and in Romney's native state of Michigan. The industrial state is now a must-win for Romney, who won it when he ran in 2008 and had been expected to win...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum , who has emerged as Romney's leading challenger in the Republican presidential race, clashed over the federal government's power Wednesday in a high-stakesdebate that might have been the last in the roller-coaster...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Video Republican presidential candidates took advantage of opportunities to attack each other and President Obama at the GOP debate in Arizona on Wednesday night. (Feb. 22) More on this Story When Santorum came under fire for supporting earmarks as a...
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The Tribune
| 1 year ago
During your years in Congress, government doubled in size," Romney said to Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania. "Government as a share of the economy went down," countered Santorum. "I never raised taxes...Gov. Romney raised $700 million in...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 1 year ago
Rick Santorum is on the defensive at the GOP presidential debate, taking criticism from GOP opponents who say he's not a fiscal conservative. The former Pennsylvania senator is coming under fire from rival Mitt Romney, who says Santorum voted five...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Tonight's GOP debate is shaping up as a big one, falling just before important primaries in Michigan and Arizona and ahead of the Super Tuesday extravaganza on March 6. It is also a consolation prize of sorts for the Grand Canyon State, which won the...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Rick Santorum needs to show that his rise to the top is real. Washington Mitt Romney faces enormous pressure Wednesday night in the only Republican debate before next Tuesday's primaries in Michigan and Arizona and the 10 on Super Tuesday a week...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Moments after President Obama rolled out a sweeping overhaul proposal for corporate taxes -- wiping out many deductions while reducing the corporate tax rate -- Republican primary contender Mitt Romney this afternoon introduced tax reductions of his...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Priorities USA Action, a superPAC backing President Obama, has unveiled a new ad running in Michigan in advance of that state's GOP primary next week. It takes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to task for opposing the auto industry bailout. Both...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney said Wednesday that his new tax plan wouldn't help the top 1 percent. I'm going to limit the deductions and exemptions particularly for the higher-income folks, the GOP presidential candidate said at a campaign stop in Mesa, Ariz. For...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Wednesday for an across-the-board cut in individual tax rates and the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax. The former Massachusetts governor said that, as president, he would direct Congress...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney pledged to slash all Americans' tax rates by one-fifth on Wednesday, as he tries to refocus the GOP presidential campaign on the economy hours before a critical debate. "I'm going to lower rates across the board for all Americans by 20%,"...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
ET Mitt Romney has a new tax plan. In a switch to a more aggressive tax plan, Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he now favors cutting marginal tax rates for individuals by 20%. The candidate had previously said he would "maintain current tax rates on...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is calling for 20 percent across-the-board cuts in personal income tax rates as part of a program to help the economy grow. Under the proposal, the top personal income tax rate would fall to 28 percent,...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Allies of President Obama are wading into the Michigan GOP primary, attacking former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney on one of his weakest points in the state. A new Priorities USA ad hits Romney for opposing the auto industry bailout, a position...
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Chandler Republic
| 1 year ago
The Republic azcentral.com In what appears to be a reflection of the tightening contest for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney is no longer enjoying the significant fundraising advantage over his opponents in Arizona that he did last...
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Chandler Republic
| 1 year ago
The Republic azcentral.com The Republican presidential contenders will square off in Mesa today in a high-stakes debate that promises to set the tone for a crucial stretch of the campaign through the Arizona and Michigan primaries and Super Tuesday.
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney has always counted on winning the Arizona Republican primary, but a new poll has Rick Santorum closing the gap ahead of Wednesday's GOP debate. While polls in recent weeks have suggested that Mitt Romney is vulnerable to Rick Santorum in...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
An embattled Arizona sheriff on Tuesday asked authorities in a neighboring county for a comprehensive, independent investigation into allegations made against him and his office. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu asked the Gila County sheriff's office...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Thirty-six percent of likely Republican voters back Romney while 32% support Santorum. The poll, which was conducted Sunday through Monday, has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points, meaning the two candidates are in a statistical dead heat.
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
The former Massachusetts governor takes 36 percent of likely Republican voters in the state, with former Pennsylvania senator Santorum close behind at 32 percent. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich is in third place with 18 percent, while Texas Rep.
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Towleroad
| 1 year ago
Meanwhile, fellow candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul remain well behind in the national tracking poll of registered Republican voters at 13 percent and 11 percent, respectively. Last week, Santorum had risen to within 2 points of Romney, with 30...
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Kansas City Star
| 1 year ago
A Latino rights organization has asked for a federal investigation into an Arizona sheriff seeking the GOP nomination for a congressional seat who was forced to confirm he is gay amid allegations of misconduct made by a Mexican immigrant with whom he...
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Asia Times Online
| 1 year ago
The seemingly obvious, establishment-ordained, safe-bet candidacy of Romney no longer seems to be the sure thing. The longer the GOP primary drags on, the more the "anyone but Romney" candidates erode the ability of the former governor of...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
Sheriff Paul Babeu talked with CNN's Wolf Blitzer Monday afternoon...CNN: So, first of all, what was the nature of your relationship with this individual? We had seen each other privately and for some time, close to three years, simply in dating. And...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu made a name for himself nationally with his tough stance on immigration issues. He testified in Washington several times on border issues, and in January announced he's running for Congress. But now, he's facing some...
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Towleroad
| 1 year ago
Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff and Republican congressional candidate Paul Babeu did a lengthy interview this afternoon with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about the Mexican ex-boyfriend whose allegations of threats involving their relationship forced Babeu to...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said Monday afternoon that he's pressing forward with his campaign for Congress in Arizona, and that his sexuality should not be an issue for Republican voters. Babeu called a news conference Saturday to deny a Phoenix...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
Topics Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event in Mesa, Arizona February 13, 2012. Mitt Romney is struggling to regain control of the race for the Republican presidential...
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Towleroad
| 1 year ago
CNN's Miguel Marquez sat down with Jose, the ex-boyfriend of Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu in an interview : "Jose" said his immigration status is current and legal. He said he travels back and forth home to Mexico on a 10-year, US tourist...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Paul Babeu, the lawman who wants to become a lawmaker, faced mixed fortunes a day after categorically denying allegations he abused power to protect the secret that he is gay. The Pinal County sheriff picked up political donations Sunday, the same...
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Towleroad
| 1 year ago
The AP took up the story of Paul Babeu, the anti-immigrant sheriff who came out over the weekend after it was revealed that he was having a long-term relationship with an undocumented immigrant named Jose and threatened to have Jose deported if he...
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Boston Globe
| over 1 year ago
He said he would continue his Republican campaign for representative from Arizona's Fourth Congressional District...Babeu, the first-term sheriff of Pinal County, responded at a press conference on Saturday that all of the allegations are absolutely,...
