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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Add this to the long list of Mitt Romney trivia: He isn't much of a fisherman. Everywhere I throw a hook, nothing comes up, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee joked as he made small talk with some local fisherman Monday morning in this...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Ron Paul vowed to stay in the 2012 presidential election until 'all the votes are counted," but dodged a question from Bloomberg News about whether or not he would endorse Republican front-runner Mitt Romney. Share This Story The libertarian, who is...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama gave a steely defense of his handling of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and his use of it to burnish his re-election credentials a year later, saying Monday that it is appropriate to mark an anniversary that Republicans...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
In our Monday Fix column, we argued that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney faces a very narrow path to the 270 electoral votes he needs to claim the presidency in November. What we were most struck by while writing the piece was the fact that...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Sen. Kelly Ayotte is next in line to potentially fill the position of Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate. The Senator from New Hampshire, who endorsed Romney months before the primary there, joined GOP hopeful at a campaign event that was...
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Popeater
| 1 year ago
Bristol Palin doesn't think anyone should be encouraging Mitt Romney to make a safer VP pick than John McCain did in 2008. "Mom answered the call to serve her country, energized the base, and inspired millions," she wrote in a new blog post . "Plus,...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
We're very excited to be on the Mitt train," Scott said on Fox News. Scott said his comments were a "resounding endorsement for the only man who is left in the race, who will take us, our nation, into the promised land." "Now we have a messenger. We...
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The Tribune
| 1 year ago
That's a long time to fill, with no votes that matter, no debates to draw national attention. Voters tend to hibernate politically from the end of the primary season to the start of the conventions. That lull should be a bigger problem for Republican...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama said Monday that his administration's decision to mark the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death has been "entirely appropriate." "I hardly think that you've seen any excessive celebration taking place here," he...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
We are now tuning into Bloomberg TV for "Street Smart" with Trish Regan and Adam Johnson. Bloomberg has billed Paul Krugman , the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, as co-host. Rep. Ron Paul is scheduled to appear as a guest...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Now comes a summertime lull the candidates could find just as difficult not because the schedule is crowded but because it isn't. It is four months until the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., in late August. Democrats hold their...
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Kansas City Star
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama says the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden is a time for reflection, and he pushed back on criticism that the White House was using the occasion for "excessive celebration."Obama also took the opportunity to raise the...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama officially kicks off his re-election campaign Saturday, May 5, with rallies in two competitive swing states, Ohio and Virginia. The race between Mr. Obama and his expected Republican opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt...
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The Birmingham News
| 1 year ago
Rice, a Birmingham native and former secretary of state, would be a big plus for Romney. She already has favor with independents , is a leading choice with GOP state party chairmen and has international standing from her service in the George W.
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Former President Jimmy Carter was no doubt minding his own business, which these days usually means being some place in the world doing good works, when his name came up in the 2012 presidential campaign, and not in a good way...The ad questions...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
The economic plan issued last year by presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney isn't chiseled in stone and is meant to evolve, an aide says. Elements of the 59-point plan have changed since its release in September, such as...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Ron Paul's 2012 delegate strategy made gains in Massachusetts and Alaska in recent days, further demonstrating the tactic's ability to have an impact on the Republican presidential primary race. Share This Story Must Read Sponsorship Link But as the...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), are teaming up again for another joint event on the campaign trail. Associated Press) The father-and-son duo will hold a rally Sunday afternoon at the Texas Capitol in Austin. The national...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney is cheered on by supporters and Sen. Kelly Ayotte ( R-N.H.), left, outside City Hall in Nashua, N.H., last year. (Photo/Winslow Townson) And also for the second time in a week, the former Massachusetts governor and presumptive GOP...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Massachusetts is where Mitt Romney won with his widest margin in this year's GOP primaries to date, taking 72 percent in last month's nominating contest. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R). (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) But when it comes...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
What Barack Obama promised, the ad says, before cutting to the president's speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. But I will also go through the federal budget line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Who's really waging the so-called "war on women"?Barack Obama, Democrats and feminists accuse Republicans of firing the first shots and aiming to keep women down. Mitt Romney, Republicans and conservative women's groups blame Democrats for starting...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
One of Mitt Romney's senior aides said Sunday the stark differences between Romney and U.S. President Obama will come into focus once the primaries were over. Ed Gillespie said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, no...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich may announce the end of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination a day earlier than expected, a source said. It was previously reported that Gingrich would leave the race Wednesday but a source told CNN it...
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The News & Observer
| 1 year ago
When President Obama visited Chapel Hill last week, the theme running through national media stories was how difficult it is going to be for the president to win North Carolina again. They noted North Carolinas unemployment rate is above the...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Florida Republicans revived your candidacy in the Jan. 31 primary. They've donated more than $7 million to your 2012 presidential campaign. They're hosting your nomination bash at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. And without Florida's 29 electoral votes,...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at the Washington Convention Center in Washington April 27, 2012. After months of casting Republican Mitt Romney as someone who often changes positions for political convenience, President Barack...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
I know it infuriates them to hear that," Eric Fehrnstrom, senior adviser to the Romney campaign, said. "The only economic success that President Obama has had is because he followed Mitt Romney's advice." The claim appears to be a shift from Mitt...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama is favored among young voters, but a Gallup poll shows people under 30 are less likely to vote in the presidential election. A survey of 2,165 registered voters nationwide, published Thursday, found 64 percent of people between...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
FoxNews.com Republicans fired back Friday after President Obama's campaign released a web video touting the president's role in the Usama bin Laden raid and suggesting Mitt Romney would not have green-lighted the historic mission if he were commander-...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Ron Paul fell short in the vote count, but he has edged out Mitt Romney in campaign contributions in at least 10 states and counting. From the start, the GOP 'money primary' has been a two-man race. Here's something you hear on cable news all the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Responding to President Obama's assault on Republicans this week over the cost of student loans, Mitt Romney sidestepped the issue on Friday as he urged young voters to think instead about the burden they will face in repaying the national debt.
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
April 27, 2012 General election battle lines are taking shape between President Obama and likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Romney is sticking with his longstanding attack on the president as someone not up to the huge job of turning around...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Is it possible to humanize a presidential candidate by proxy? That seems to be the aim of Mitt Romney 's wife, Ann, who is pursuing the hearts of voters by carefully parceling out seemingly intimate details of her own life. On Thursday, fresh off her...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
Mitt Romney's campaign manager Matt Rhoades unloaded on President Barack Obama's re-election effort Friday, calling it "a remarkably flailing campaign with no discernible rationale" for his candidacy. Rhoades ripped the president and his advisers in...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Republican National Commitee joins Romney campaign Updated The Republican National Committee is moving to formally join forces with Mitt Romney as the party's presidential nominee despite the fact he has not yet secured enough delegates to win the...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Ann Romney is considered one of likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's greatest assets on the campaign trail. But will her multiple sclerosis affect how active she can be in backing her husband? Share This Story Romney, 63, was...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
In extended, previously unreleased footage taken from an interview with former President Bill Clinton for the 17-minute pro-Obama film "The Road We've Traveled," the campaign suggests that the presumptive GOP nominee would not have traveled the same...
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Waldwick Suburban News
| 1 year ago
As his Secret Service-driven SUV glided through New Jersey's affluent heartland Wednesday, Mitt Romney was traveling a path well paved by past presidential candidates...It is a state that offers a deep and dependable reservoir of money that the...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama, polls show, holds a sizable lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney among women the country's largest voting bloc. That becomes important in any presidential election year not only because there are more women voters but...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Texas Governor Rick Perry, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race in January and initially threw his support to Newt Gingrich, endorsed presumptive nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday. Perry's endorsement was another sign of conservatives...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Ron Paul's 2012 campaign has won the majority of Washington's delegates to the Republican National Convention, and a number of other states are expected to follow suit, pointing to a hectic convention in which Mitt Romney 's path to the nomination...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Karl Rove is out with his first analysis of the 2012 electoral map. He's pretty optimistic about President Obama 's chances, giving the incumbent a solid lead in 18 states and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney a solid lead in only 15.
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Forget Mormonism; the real story in the Republican Party right now is the rise of the Catholics. Republicans, who according to Smart Politics have put a Catholic on the ticket just once before (vice presidential candidate William Miller in 1964),...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Greg Henderson Much of the attention on money in politics this election cycle has been focused on the new superPACs, and with good reason. Recent court rulings allow superPACs which officially are independent of specific candidates to raise and spend...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Perry touts Romney's vision in endorsement Updated Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined the Mitt Romney bandwagon last night and endorsed him for president, saying in a statement that his former rival has "earned" the GOP nomination through "hard work, a...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama 's re-election campaign has opened an assault on challenger Mitt Romney's foreign policy, as Obama and Vice President Joe Biden attack the presumptive Republican nominee from what they see as a position of overwhelming strength.
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Perry praised Romney's "vision and record of private sector success." His announcement came following reports that Gingrich would exit the race next week. Perry ended his campaign on January 19 after a disappointing finish in Iowa and bypassing the...
