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The Tribune
| 1 year ago
Some of his problem comes with the Republican brand, some through his own tough talk on illegal immigration during the Republican primaries. Either way, Romney has to find a way to close the gap or lose. Among the options: a conservative version of...
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The Tribune
| 1 year ago
GOP sees chance to win over Hispanic voters GOP sees chance to win over Hispanic voters Just beneath the surface of President Barack Obama's strong approval ratings, Republicans see signs of a chance to woo Hispanic voters and turn this influential...
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Newsbusters
| 1 year ago
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Friday used a famous "Godfather" movie reference to dramatize what will happen if Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) were to turn down Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's possible request to be his...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
Leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus say Romney's opposition to the proposal which would forge a pathway to citizenship for high achievers brought to the U.S. Latinos, a fast-growing group that's sure to figure prominently in this year's...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
With Mitt Romney the presumptive GOP nominee, the U.S. presidential race has begun with President Barack Obama leading Romney by 3 points, a poll indicated. The Public Policy Poll, conducted among 900 U.S. voters April 12-15, shows Obama leading...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
A former president of the University of Arizona pleaded with Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Friday to support some version of the Dream Act to give "a glimmer of hope" to college students who are not in the United States legally. "...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney worked on Friday to rally party leaders behind his cause and overcome lingering suspicions that he is too moderate, but failed to get all to pledge allegiance. Romney called for unity at a...
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The Orange County Register
| 1 year ago
49 pm · Republicans, Democrats and nine subgroups agree that Mitt Romney as president would be preferable to George W...Votes are still coming in, but at the time of this writing 60 percent of Republicans, 70 percent of Democrats and 78 percent of...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Many Democrats have decided to retire rather than risk defeat in newly configured House districts, leaving the districts in play or solidly Republican. Mitt Romney's campaign will have to handle a vastly more complex operation while maintaining the...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
Both are establishment candidates known for playing it safe and catching grief from extreme members of their party. And both are willing to turn themselves inside out to appeal to voters at the other end of the spectrum who typically escape them --...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney, the newly-minted presumptive GOP nominee, sought to rally Republican Party officials around his campaign with a speech tearing into President Barack Obama and his economic record. Share This Story The speech, delivered in Arizona at a...
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Chandler Republic
| 1 year ago
The Republic azcentral.com John McCain and Mitt Romney, the past and future Republican presidential nominees, joined forces in Scottsdale on Friday to blast President Barack Obama's economic policies in back-to-back speeches at a Republican National...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Unless they can find ways to begin convincing the nation's fastest growing population Hispanics accounted for half of all the growth of the U.S. population over the last decade that the GOP is a potential political home for them, they won't remain a...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he'd consider running as vice president with Mitt Romney, but doubts he'll ever be asked.
Bush tells the conservative website Newsmax that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is "probably the best"...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Balancing the Republocan ticket with a Hispanic running mate would do little to alter Mitt Romney's weak standing among Latinos, according to a new Public Policy Polling analysis. Romney is lagging far behind President Obama among Hispanic voters, a...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
A Fox News poll shows President Obama with a narrow lead over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the battleground states of Ohio and Florida. The poll released Thursday gave Obama a lead of six percentage points in Ohio and two points in...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney plans a fresh appeal to Hispanic voters as his team looks to the general election campaign. Romney was in Arizona on Friday to hold a business round-table with Hispanic leaders and a campaign...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney raised nearly $12.6 million in March, his campaign announced today, marking his best fundraising month so far in this election season. Romney slightly outpaced his February haul of $11.5 million and ended March with nearly $10.1 million...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has $10 million in the bank as he shifts toward a general election matchup against President Barack Obama. Romney's campaign released its March fundraising totals Friday. The numbers show that the...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Many Democrats have decided to retire rather than risk defeat in newly configured House districts, leaving the districts in play or solidly Republican. Mitt Romney's campaign will have to handle a vastly more complex operation while maintaining the...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
And each has weaknesses that Democrats would sink their teeth into. Sen. Rob Portman Portman has made jobs, the economy and fiscal policy his top priorities, a portfolio that would fit well with Romney's campaign platform. But he will not enhance...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
The candidate does not like the Etch A Sketch metaphor, which first surfaced in an ill-advised comment by an adviser during a CNN interview that raised questions about Romney's fealty to conservative principles. But when it comes to moving his fire...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
The unofficial start of the general election campaign a week ago triggered a deluge of public polling on the Obama-Romney matchup as quickly as research firms could crunch the data...For starters, you may not be surprised to learn that it's expected...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
ments Rubio insists VP spot not in cards The Cuban-American senator may be considering a presidential run in 2016, however. By Donna Cassata, The Associated Press / April 19, 2012 Wherever Sen. Marco Rubio goes, talk of vice president follows...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Rubio, in Appeal to G.O.P.'s Conscience, Urges Compromise on Dream Act Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, fielded questions from reporters on Thursday in his office on Capitol Hill. With Republicans...
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Politico
| 1 year ago
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has thrust himself into the raging illegal immigration debate, proposing a plan that would create a path to legal status for children of illegal immigrants putting him at odds with an immoveable wing of the Republican Party...
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Hackensack Chronicle
| 1 year ago
State House Bureau Two national polls out today put Gov. Chris Christie at the top of the list of potential running mates for Mitt Romney. Christie would give the presumptive GOP presidential nominee the biggest boost of other short-list names,...
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The Tribune
| 1 year ago
Act, which would provide a path toward citizenship for young people who came to the U.S. as children illegally, and join the military or go to college. Rubio and others were newly inspired this spring by the story of Daniela Pelaez, the valedictorian...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Republican voters have given a thumbs-up to Condoleezza Rice as their preferred choice as running mate for Mitt Romney as he gears up to challenge Barack Obama. Dr Rice served as National Security Adviser and Secretary of State for George W Bush,...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Repeatedly denying any interest in being the vice presidential nomine, Rubio used a pair of appearances Thursday to push legislation based around the Dream Act , a bill that Democrats have promoted to offer a path to citizenship for underage illegal...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
Marco Rubio has long been pointed to as a top running mate pick for any GOP presidential nominee. The freshman Republican senator from Florida, however, has been steadfast in saying he has no interest in running for vice president, maintaining that...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
FoxNews.com President Obama edges Republican Mitt Romney by 45 percent to 43 percent in a new Fox News poll of Florida registered voters. Men give the edge to Romney (by 45-42 percent), while women back Obama (by 47-41 percent). Hispanics break...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
President Obama leads Republican Mitt Romney in the key battleground state of Ohio, a Fox News poll released Thursday shows. Obama tops Romney by a six percentage-point margin among Ohio registered voters: 45 percent to 39 percent. The president's...
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Truthdig
| 1 year ago
Specifically, he's been having so much difficulty connecting with female voters that he has had to enlist his wife Ann to speak out on mostif not allmatters relating to women. Who better then for Romney to choose as a running mate than a woman?...A...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he does not want to be vice president now and possibly never. But then he referred to himself as ... vice president.
Rubio was answering questions Thursday at a forum sponsored by the National Journal. He...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday he is "not going to rise" to President Barack Obama 's comment on his wealth. Speaking at a community college in Elyria, Ohio, Wednesday, Obama said he "wasn't born with a silver spoon in my...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he does not want to be vice president now and possibly never...Rubio was answering questions Thursday at a forum sponsored by the National Journal. He was asked repeatedly about his vice presidential aspirations and...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney and the national Republican Party's effort to appeal to Latinos is becoming a balancing act between the party's anti-immigration wing and those who want to compete with Democrats on policy important to an ever-growing voting bloc. Share...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Share This Story "If in four to five years, if I do a good job as vice president -- I'm sorry, as senator -- I'll have the chance to do all sorts of things," he told the publication at an event kicking off Next America, a demography project sponsored...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Washington journalists' ears perked up Thursday morning when Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) made that misstatement during his remarks at a breakfast sponsored by National Journal and the University of Phoenix. Rubio said Wednesday night, and reiterated...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
A new Quinnipiac University poll gives Obama a 46%-42% lead over Romney; the president has an advantage with women voters, while the GOP challenger is doing well on economic issues. "The presidential race remains tight," said Peter A. Brown,...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday found that 26 percent of likely voters would like to see Romney tap Rice as his vice president. Former Sen. Rick Santorum, who challenged Romney for the nomination before ending his campaign earlier this month earned...
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Times of India
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race in the November presidential poll as Romney solidified support within his party, according to a new poll. Registered voters are evenly split between...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney has turned his attention to November's presidential election and the Republican establishment is beginning to fall in line behind him. Endorsements for him have grown from a stream to a flood this week, including from big names such as...
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Education News
| 1 year ago
Act.' Former Massachusetts Governor and Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has said that he would make substantial cuts to the Department of Education if elected President. The Department of Education: I will either consolidate with another...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
That bill, supported by Democrats and popular among Latinos, would facilitate citizenship for illegal immigrant youths who enroll in college or enlist in the military. The plan by Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles, would allow these young illegal...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
As part of the efforts, Team Obama launched a string of Spanish-language advertisements in swing states such as Florida, Colorado and Nevada. Speaking to reporters on a conference call, campaign manager Jim Messina said the Hispanic vote will be...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
After devoting seven years and tens of millions of dollars trying to convince conservatives that he is one of them, Mitt Romney finally has a firm grip on the Republican presidential nomination...In a matter of weeks, Romney must shift his focus away...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Fred Bayles followed Massachusetts and national politics as a Boston-based national correspondent for The Associated Press and USA Today. He is now director of Boston University's Statehouse Program, which covers state government and politics for...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
Out is the emphasis on Romney as a centrist flip-flopper with no core, a tag useful for Democrats as they attempted to hurt Romney with Republican voters and lengthen the primary season. Now, as the campaign moves into a new phase and the general...
